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Posted on: Wednesday, June 24, 2009

NBA: Wizards, T-Wolves complete deal for No. 5 pick


Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — A trade that brings the Minnesota Timberwolves the No. 5 overall pick in Thursday's draft has been completed.

The Timberwolves and Washington on Wednesday struck a deal that gives Minnesota its fourth first-round draft choice, along with Wizards forwards Etan Thomas, Darius Songaila and Oleksiy Pecherov.

The Wizards receive guards Randy Foye and Mike Miller.

The teams first agreed to the deal on Tuesday night. Minnesota now has the fifth, sixth, 18th and 28th selections in the draft.