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The Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed to trade Johnny Flynn and their draft pick Donatas Montiejunas to the Houston Rockets for Brad Miller, the 23rd pick in the draft and a future 1st round pick, according to Adrian Wojnarowski.
UPDATE: it appears that the 23rd pick will be traded to the Chicago Bulls for the 28th pick, the 43rd pick and cash, according to Marc J. Spears.
According to Marc Stein, the Rockets will openly shop Flynn to interested teams.
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Rockets nearly got Andris Biedrins last night, will continue to pursue
According to Richard Justice, the Houston Rockets came close to trading for Andris Biedrins of the Golden State Warriors last night.
It is unclear why the deal didn’t happen and who the Rockets would send to the Warriors in exchange for Biedrins, but Justice reports that Houston will continue to pursue Biedrins over the next few days.
Picking up a fairly good center is needed for the Rockets due to Yao Ming’s career currently being up in the air and with Houston sending Brad Miller to the Minnesota Timberwolves last night, the acquisition of Biedrins would make even more sense.
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The Phoenix Suns made a qualifying offer to Aaron Brooks. However, it seems that the Sacramento Kings are also interested in his services and may be making a pitch to him to convince him to join the team, according to New York Daily News.
The Kings are in need a of a point guard now that Beno Udrih has been traded and they see Brooks as a player capable of being able to fill that void.
Don’t be surprised if other teams come out and make offers to Brooks too. It would make sense for the Los Angeles Lakers to make him an offer as they are currently in need of a quicker, younger point guard to replace Derek Fisher in the starting line-up who can also shoot the three. Brooks ticks all the boxes there and could probably be had for all or part of the MLE (as long as the MLE still exists after the new CBA) - the lure of being a starter for the Lakers would also have to be interesting for Brooks.
He had a fairly quiet season last year after being traded from the Houston Rockets to the Phoenix Suns. He spent most of the year on the bench too. The year before however he had career numbers of 19.6 ppg and 5.6 apg as a starter.
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Teams trying to get in last minute trades before lockout at midnight
According to Adrian Wojnarowski, teams around the league are trying to make last minute trades before the lockout is here at midnight. Once the lockout is in effect, all basketball operations will be seized and teams will not be allowed to talk to each other about trades.
The Houston Rockets are the team that are pushing the hardest for a move, Wojnarowski said. It looks like time is running out for teams right now though and it appears that we might not see another trade for a while.
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BREAKING NEWS: Yao Ming to retire from the NBA, Adrian Wojnarowski confirms.
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