Trail Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard called agent Lon Babby about Hedo Turkoglu once free agency opened late Tuesday night.

"Kevin Pritchard and [assistant general manager] Tom Penn called me at the earliest possible moment and expressed enthusiasm for engaging in discussions about Hedo becoming a Trail Blazer," Babby told the Oregonian. "We have begun that process."

Pritchard said that he talked with Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge about contract extensions prior to inquiring about Turkoglu.

Portland has roughly $8 million in cap room.