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Sources say the Pacers will acquire Leandro Barbosa from the Raptors for a second round pick.
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The heck? Only a second rounder? That's a lot of backcourt talent they have over there...
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steal for the Pacers.
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That's their ace in the hole
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What's his contract look like?
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ends after this season. He was getting 7.6 M this year.
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Nice pickup.
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Nice pick up, adds to an already very good team.
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The Pacers don't need him at all. They already have Darren Collison, George Hill, Paul George, and Dahntay Jones (who is a much better defender than Barbosa). Irrelevant move for the most part. They are better off giving Lance Stephenson a chance to get some minutes rather than Barbosa.
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Why would the Raptors shed cap space? This makes no sense. Yeah, it's going to help Indiana more than hurt them, but why Toronto? :facepalm: For being a perennial loser team, they still make good money in Canada. Are they just looking for excuses to get younger guys more PT? May as well join the D-League then.
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Jerryd Bayless is a better player than Leandro Barbosa anyway and is a decent combo guard. Once Jose Calderon comes back, he can fill in extra minutes from off the bench. It's a good move for the Raptors because now they get to play a younger guy and get some building blocks for the future. And if they lose a few more games this season, it can only improve their odds of getting a high lottery pick.
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I see that, but why would they send him to another East team in a dump move? That is the real head scratcher. Toronto could have gotten a slightly better pick, and sent him west. Oh well, this isn't the first time that a GM made a wimp move.
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I guess that was the highest pick that they felt they could've gotten for him. I assume that if another team would have offered a higher pick, they would have. Does it matter what conference they traded him to though? He shouldn't even get off of the bench in Indiana anyway unless somebody gets injured.
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Steal for the Pacers although his playing time will be limited for sure.
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Indiana's got a cluster **** of Guards now. They only gave up a 2nd round pick, and Barbosa expires after this season anyways, so he makes for a nice insurance policy for the Pacers. I don't see this being an overly big move for them though.