Free agent Hedo Turkoglu(notes) has backed out of his commitment to the Portland Trail Blazers and plans to sign with the Toronto Raptors, a source close to the talks told Yahoo! Sports on Friday night.

Turkoglu had agreed on a five-year, $50 million deal with the Blazers, but changed his mind and could be headed for a five-year, $56 million deal with the Raptors. Toronto would have to renounce three free agents – Shawn Marion(notes), Carlos Delfino(notes) and Anthony Parker(notes) – to create the cap space for Turkoglu.

Apparently, the Blazers are already busy exploring other free-agent options for the $9 million in salary-cap space.

A source says Turkoglu’s wife wanted badly to live in Toronto, a far more European-style city, and that’s where it appears the Turkish native is headed. The Raptors have embraced the Euro game under GM Bryan Colangelo, building a roster that includes Euro talents Jose Calderon(notes) and Andrea Bargnani(notes).

Five years ago, Turkoglu was close to signing with the Phoenix Suns that Colangelo was running, but changed his mind and went to the Orlando Magic.

This  is  a  real  bad   move  for  Turkoglu,  the  Blazers  got  a  chance  to  do  somethin  when  Toronto  aint  doin  nothin

Jul 3, 2009 -- 10:29PM, The X Man wrote:

This  is  a  real  bad   move  for  Turkoglu,  the  Blazers  got  a  chance  to  do  somethin  when  Toronto  aint  doin  nothin

does it look like Turkeyglue cares about winning?

 

 

he jus wanna be financially stable....and i can't blame him

50 mill isnt financially stable in your opinion?

Jul 3, 2009 -- 10:59PM, Radaman wrote:

Jul 3, 2009 -- 10:56PM, Killa.P wrote:

Jul 3, 2009 -- 10:29PM, The X Man wrote:

This  is  a  real  bad   move  for  Turkoglu,  the  Blazers  got  a  chance  to  do  somethin  when  Toronto  aint  doin  nothin

does it look like Turkeyglue cares about winning?

 

 

he jus wanna be financially stable....and i can't blame him

50 mill isnt financially stable in your opinion?

lol, nah son, he cant feed his kids with 50 milli...

but for 56 mil, they can super size my nigga...

trill shit

lmao, "Baby, get some cheese on that whopper. We gots 56 million, instead of the pennies Portland was tossing at us"

smh@choosing toronto