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Penny Hardaway

Interested - Raptors?

Jan. 20 - ESPN Insider Chad Ford reports: According to sources, Knicks president Isiah Thomas wants to send Hardaway and Kurt Thomas to the Raptors for Jalen Rose and Donyell Marshall.

That probably isn't going to happen in that format, at least. The Raptors might be willing to swap Rose straight up for Hardaway, but including Marshall in a deal that gets them back Thomas' bad long-term salary probably won't work.

While Thomas could solve some of the problems the team has at center, his contract is too rich for the Raptors' blood.

Earlier this month, TNT reported a Rose-for-Hardaway trade but Raptors GM Rob Babcock told the Jan. 14 Toronto Globe and Mail, "There is no truth to it whatsoever."

Previous reports out of New York differed over whether Hardaway wants to be traded. Isiah Thomas has denied he is shopping Hardaway, whose playing time has diminished in the Knicks' guard-heavy rotation.