.... Aaaaaaaaand... THEY'RE OFF!!
The pre-draft trading is suddenly getting hot... with the Wizards and Timberwolves swapping 5 players and the #5 pick in the draft, according to Sports Illustrated.
The Wizards and Timberwolves have agreed in principle to a trade involving Washington's No. 5 pick in the draft, a league source told SI.com on Tuesday.
The Wizards would receive Randy Foye and Mike Miller while the Timberwolves would get the No. 5 pick, Etan Thomas, Darius Songaila and Oleksiy Pecherov.
The deal would leave Minnesota with the Nos. 5 and 6 picks in the lottery. The Timberwolves also have the 18th and 28th selections in the first round of Thursday's draft.
The trade was awaiting final approval by both sides. If consummated, the deal would enable new Timberwolves general manager David Kahn to make any number of moves leading up to the draft, whether he decides to keep the picks or package some or all of them to move up to No. 2 in an exchange with Memphis that could bring Ricky Rubio to Minnesota.
Part of me thinks it's great that Minnesota has managed to secure FOUR first round picks in the draft. The other part of me thinks it's typical that Minnesota manages to pull that move off in what many people are calling the worst draft ever. While I don't think it will live up (down?) to that hype, Minnesota has managed to make a big splash in what's probably going to be a muddy puddle of a draft.
Sorry 'Sota... I'm really pulling for you. I hope the Ricky Rubio thing works out. Maybe then you can have a team that matures into a contender just before Al Jefferson retires.
