BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhuanet) -- The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Washington Wizards reached a deal on Tuesday night to trade guards Randy Foye and Mike Miller for the fifth overall draft pick and three players.
The deal would give Minnesota the fifth and sixth overall selections in Thursday's NBA draft, as well as forwards Etan Thomas, Darius Songaila and Oleksiy Pecherov.
The Timberwolves also have the 18th and 28th selections in the first round, which gives them plenty of ammunition to potentially create a package to move up even higher in the draft to go after either Spanish guard Ricky Rubio or Connecticut center Hasheem Thabeet.
New Timberwolves president David Kahn did not immediately comment on the deal.
The Wizards, unlike most lottery teams, feel they can afford to deal a high first-round draft pick because Gilbert Arenas is expected to return at full strength after missing most of the last two seasons due to multiple knee surgeries.
The Wizards also have a plentiful supply of youngsters who are supposedly up-and-coming -- Nick Young, JaVale McGee, Andray Blatche, Dominic McGuire -- and are in need of more veteran poise in the locker room rather than another developing rookie.
(Agencies)
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