August
22 2009
Carlos
Delfino to Milwaukee, Sorry Raptors

The
Toronto Raptors completed a trade with the
Bucks on Tuesday, sending Carlos Delfino to
Milwaukee as part of a four-player deal.
Toronto acquired forward Amir Johnson and
guard-forward Sonny Weems and sent Roko Ukic
to Milwaukee along with Delfino, who spent
last season in Russia.
"Carlos made it clear he would prefer
to play elsewhere if he were to return to
the NBA," Raptors president Bryan Colangelo
said in a statement. "There were limited
sign and trade scenarios available, but acquiring
Amir Johnson in this deal gives us another
long, talented young big man whose best basketball
is ahead of him."
Johnson spent the past four seasons in Detroit
before getting dealt to Milwaukee in June.
He appeared in 62 games for the Pistons last
season and shot a team-best 59.5 percent while
averaging 3.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 0.97
blocks.
Weems appeared in 14 games as a rookie with
the Denver Nuggets last year. Delfino appeared
in 82 games with the Raptors in 2007-08, averaging
9.0 points and 4.4 rebounds. Ukic made his
NBA debut last season following six seasons
overseas. He averaged 4.2 points, 2.1 assists
and 12.4 minutes in 72 games.
Delfino was a member of Argentina's junior
national team that won the bronze medal at
the 2001 FIBA Under-21 World Championship
that was held in Saitama, Japan. Delfino was
also a part of the senior Argentine national
basketball team that won the gold at the 2004
Olympics basketball Tournament. He also played
with Argentina's senior national team at the
2006 FIBA World Championship and at the 2008
Olympics basketball Tournament, where he helped
Argentina to win the bronze medal.
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