Two minor deals: Boston says goodbye to ‘Big Baby,’ Toronto to its cap space

They won't be the lead stories in any evening papers, as the since-rescinded Chris Paul trade was, but two minor NBA trades should go down one the NBA allows player transactions at around 2 p.m. Eastern on Friday. And they involve three teams sort of giving up on things. And one team, in Boston, finding themselves a gem. The Toronto Raptors will be sending a "conditional" (read: never to appear in reality) second round draft pick to the Phoenix Suns for defensive stalwart Mickael Pietrus. The Suns want to dump Pietrus because he's due to make $5.3 million this year, they're about to re-sign Grant Hill, and his services are somewhat superfluous with Hill and the highly-paid Josh Childress on the roster. The Raptors, who had double-figure cap space heading into this deal, will receive a needed wing stopper while essentially giving up on the 2011 offseason -- if you can call it that. We don't blame the team, they're about 15 signings away from being a play...