Free agent Hedo Turkoglu will join the Toronto Raptors after spurning the Portland Trail Blazers, according to multiple reports.

Turkoglu, a 6-foot-10 forward, helped Orlando to the NBA Finals this past season. On Friday, a person close to the Blazers confirmed that Turkoglu ended contract talks with them.

Turkoglu opted out of his Orlando contract last week when the team acquired Vince Carter from New Jersey.

Turkoglu was due $7.3 million next season, the final year of his $36 million, six-year deal with Orlando. He averaged 16.8 points and 5.3 rebounds last season.

The Raptors almost surely would have to renounce the rights to forward Shawn Marion and guards Anthony Parker and Carlos Delfino, among others, to clear cap room.

Turkoglu was said to be seeking a long-term deal worth at least $10 million annually.

President Joe Dumars is scheduled to have his first face-to-face meeting with Avery Johnson later this weekend regarding Detroit's coaching vacancy, according to NBA coaching sources.

Dumars is intent on trying to hire his next coach before the Pistons begin summer-league play next week in Las Vegas.

After former-Pistons coach Doug Collins pulled out of consideration earlier this week, ESPN analyst Johnson widely was regarded as the leading candidate for the position, which was vacated by the firing Tuesday of Michael Curry.

Dumars, though, said that it is "not a given" that Johnson will be hired as Curry's replacement. Other candidates might include Boston Celtics associate coach Tom Thibodeau as well as Cleveland Cavaliers assistant coach John Kuester.

Johnson, 43, posted a 194-70 record in four seasons with the Mavericks. He took Dallas to the Finals for the first time in franchise history in 2006, earned coach of the year honors and followed up with a 67-15 record in the 2006-07 season.

Johnson's tenure in Dallas began to unravel with a first-round loss to the eighth-seeded Golden State Warriors and former Dallas coach Don Nelson in the 2007 playoffs and was followed by a tension-filled final season in 2007-08 that could not be saved by the midseason acquisition of Jason Kidd.

Unlike the Trevor Ariza negotiations, which turned sour almost from the start and ended with him lined up for the Houston Rockets, Los Angeles and power forward Lamar Odom are patiently waiting each other out, a low-key approach befitting Odom's always-mellow mood.

Odom wants at least $10 million a year, but the Lakers don't want to pay that much, even though they covet the versatile player who helped them emerge from the Western Conference Finals by averaging 19.5 points and 11 rebounds in the final two games against Denver, breaking a 2-2 tie.

The Lakers have plenty of leverage after agreeing to terms on a three-year deal with Ron Artest.

Also, three weeks removed from the stress of an NBA season, Lakers coach Phil Jackson's health concerns ebbed, and doctors gave him the go-ahead to return next season. Jackson, whose future was in doubt pending medical tests, announced he indeed will try for an 11th NBA championship.

"After consulting with Lakers team internist Dr. John Moe, I feel confident that I can gainfully pursue an NBA season with another long playoff postseason. All things point to go!" Jackson said in a statement.