"Hedo Turkoglu was only half-joking when he was overheard telling people how he couldn't wait to show his face in Toronto.

In the aftermath of an ugly loss to his former team in Vancouver, Turkoglu could he heard saying: "I can't wait to go back."

When the Phoenix Suns played host to the Raptors on Oct. 6, the scene inside Rogers Arena was unlike any one has ever, or likely will ever see.

Turkoglu was booed when he was introduced, when he touched the ball, but was cheered by Phoenix's followers when he finally scored a bucket.

Steve Nash was showered with applause, much like he will on Sunday, providing a rare moment when a hero and anti-hero were cast. And they're on the same team.

Turkoglu loves the attention, much like he basked in the booing that greeted last season when Toronto visited Portland, a city Turkoglu spurned to sign with Toronto last off-season.

Players of Turkoglu's ilk don't care about the booing, in fact most players feed off it.

What's important to Turkoglu is his ongoing adjustment at playing power forward, a position so foreign that he admittedly has acknowledged the growing pains."