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Wizards swap Ross for Yi in trade with Nets
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July 1, 2010, Thursday
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THE Washington Wizards have acquired Chinese forward Yi Jianlian from the New Jersey Nets in exchange for Quinton Ross, the teams said on Tuesday.
New Jersey will also give the Wizards "cash considerations" in the deal for the 2.13 meter Yi, who averaged career highs of 12 points, and seven rebounds last season.
"This trade is a good opportunity to add a skilled seven-footer with significant NBA experience who was the sixth overall pick in the draft just three years ago," Wizards General Manager Ernie Grunfeld said.
"Yi fits in very well with our ongoing plan of building towards the future with a core of young, talented players."
Yi, set to earn US$4.1 million next season, was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the sixth overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft and traded to New Jersey prior to the 2008-09 season. He has career averages of 9.6 points and 5.8 rebounds in 179 games with the Bucks and Nets.
Ross averaged 1.5 points for the Wizards in 25 games last season after being acquired from Dallas.
The Nets freed up another US$3 million with the deal, leaving them about US$30 million to spend once free agency opens on July 1.
It was the second time in less than a week the Wizards helped a team in the LeBron James chase. The Chicago Bulls added to their cap space when they traded guard Kirk Hinrich to Washington.
Germany's Dirk Nowitzki may also to join the bumper crop of talented free agents.
A person familiar with the decision said that Nowitzki has notified the Dallas Mavericks he is opting out of the final year and US$21.5 million on his existing contract. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team wasn't planning to announce Nowitzki's decision.
Mavericks President Donnie Nelson already has booked a flight that will have him in Germany today, when free agency begins to show Nowitzki how sincere the club is about keeping its all-time leading scorer and rebounder.He'd obviously scrap the trip if Nowitzki decides to be elsewhere, but the Mavs hope that being there sends a strong message.
"He is our No. 1 priority, period," Nelson said.
Dallas had been discussing an extension with Nowitzki, but it would've been for only three years. He can get a four-year contract as a free agent, and perhaps a no-trade clause, something his existing deal lacks. Nowitzki hitting the market could be a good thing for the Mavericks, but it also creates the chance he could leave, like his buddy Steve Nash did in 2004.
"We know what we hope will happen," Nelson said.
New Jersey will also give the Wizards "cash considerations" in the deal for the 2.13 meter Yi, who averaged career highs of 12 points, and seven rebounds last season.
"This trade is a good opportunity to add a skilled seven-footer with significant NBA experience who was the sixth overall pick in the draft just three years ago," Wizards General Manager Ernie Grunfeld said.
"Yi fits in very well with our ongoing plan of building towards the future with a core of young, talented players."
Yi, set to earn US$4.1 million next season, was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the sixth overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft and traded to New Jersey prior to the 2008-09 season. He has career averages of 9.6 points and 5.8 rebounds in 179 games with the Bucks and Nets.
Ross averaged 1.5 points for the Wizards in 25 games last season after being acquired from Dallas.
The Nets freed up another US$3 million with the deal, leaving them about US$30 million to spend once free agency opens on July 1.
It was the second time in less than a week the Wizards helped a team in the LeBron James chase. The Chicago Bulls added to their cap space when they traded guard Kirk Hinrich to Washington.
Germany's Dirk Nowitzki may also to join the bumper crop of talented free agents.
A person familiar with the decision said that Nowitzki has notified the Dallas Mavericks he is opting out of the final year and US$21.5 million on his existing contract. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team wasn't planning to announce Nowitzki's decision.
Mavericks President Donnie Nelson already has booked a flight that will have him in Germany today, when free agency begins to show Nowitzki how sincere the club is about keeping its all-time leading scorer and rebounder.He'd obviously scrap the trip if Nowitzki decides to be elsewhere, but the Mavs hope that being there sends a strong message.
"He is our No. 1 priority, period," Nelson said.
Dallas had been discussing an extension with Nowitzki, but it would've been for only three years. He can get a four-year contract as a free agent, and perhaps a no-trade clause, something his existing deal lacks. Nowitzki hitting the market could be a good thing for the Mavericks, but it also creates the chance he could leave, like his buddy Steve Nash did in 2004.
"We know what we hope will happen," Nelson said.
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