Some of My Friends are Canadian.

I've have nothing against Canada, some of my friends are Canadian (no, really). So when I dismiss a Canadian writer as a loony Canadian let me say that it isn't his Canadian-ness that is making him a loon, but the fact that he's a sports writer.
Here it is, brace yourself:

My best guess, after talking to all kinds of folks in Dallas, Orlando and Miami, is that there is some sort of trade in the works and I think — for no other reason than it's a good fit — that Seattle's No. 10 pick, in some sort of package that includes Luke Ridnour and maybe Ray Allen, makes some sort of sense.
- Doug Smith of the Toronto Star.

It make sense as long as you are taling to people in Dalls, Orlando and Miami. Maybe Smith should try talking "all kinds of folks" in, let's try, Seattle.

Well, let's hear him out.
Smith rolls through the teams that have picks from Toronto, #1, to Seattle's #10. Here he arrives at a "jumping off point."

Seattle: Ta-da! If I'm Bryan Colangelo, and I'm not, I'd call and offer No. 1 and Charlie Villanueva for No. 10, Allen and Ridnour. That's probably too much for the Sonics to pay to get Morrison or Aldridge, but a good jumping off point for negotiations.

That is too much. That's a deal that sets the Sonics back a few years. It's trading two starters for one, and moving up 9 draft positions in a draft that doesn't have an obviously superior talent at #1 than all others in the draft.

Doug Smith, you are loony. If the jumping off point wasn't suspect enough, how about the fact that you are trading away Villanueva AND passing on drafting LaMarcus Aldridge? Is this in hopes that Bosh doesn't take a beating, or that Kris Humphries or Robert Whaley are better than they really are.

Smith should post that jumping off point at sonicscentral.com using your real name. At some point the good folks there will make your proposal fair. Before you go there, or write something about trades in the NBA, you should know the rules.

You are sending out just over 2 million in salary and taking back 17 million. No can do, Mr Smith. That tells me that either you don't know what you are talking about, or the people you talk to don't know what they are talking about beyond the possibility of the Sonics and Raptors talking. You clearly don't have a clue as to what they could be talking about.