Barnes to T-Dot

[snipezo]

Veteran swingman Matt Barnes said via his Twitter feed that he is joining the Raptors after one year with the Orlando Magic.
"Nxt season I will b playing for the Toronto Raptors. I wanted to thank the fans in orl you guys were amazing the way u guys excepted," Barnes tweeted.

 

[playmaker7]

He'll be a pretty useful addition to the Raps. Good signing IMO.

 

[snipezo]

I've never liked him but he'll be an energy guy for the raps.

 

[footballplaya52]

excepted?

 

[RipCity32]

Nice sign I suppose. Toronto is going to need a lot more than that though lol.

 

[FLIP!]

Good were adding some nice defenders
Bryan Colangelo is chasing his old Suns too. Barbosa, Diaw (dead deal?), Barnes

 

[Pugz]

Matt Barnes announced on Monday night that he is going to sign with the Raptors.

However, ESPN.com's Marc Stein reports that Orlando's limited sign-and-trade options may scuttle the deal, according to sources.

Barnes is expecting to sign a two-year, $10 million deal.

The Raptors and Magic will resume discussions on a sign-and-trade Tuesday. However, because of the financial standing of both clubs, it's possible that Barnes may have to agree to new terms.

Toronto recently spent the bulk of its $5.8 million mid-level exception to sign Linas Kleiza. They don't have the available funds to sign Barnes outright to a deal that starts in the neighborhood of $4 million.

The Magic are prevented by salary-cap rules from starting a sign-and-trade deal for Barnes at higher than $2 million, because Orlando doesn't have Barnes' full Bird rights after employing him for only one season.

Via ESPN

 

[.GR]

Barnes is the man. Needs to come back to Sac tho.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

IDK why he'd go to Toronto. We all saw what happened to the last Orlando SF that went to Toronto

And Greg, stop. Why would anyone go to Sacramento.

 

[jdelarosa]

So much for that Raps fans , hes going to L.A