Jul 3rd, 2009 | 12:01 pm |

According to ESPN.COM the Blazers have reached a verbal agreement with forward Hedo Turkoglu. Turkoglu was reportedly wanting a 5 year $50 million dollars deal. NBA free agent signings cannot be made official until July 8th 2009.

The 30 year old Turkish native, Turkoglu averaged 15.8 ppg in 24 playoff games for the Orlando Magic in 2009.