{"id":230916,"date":"2009-06-24T15:54:18","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T15:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2009\/06\/24\/wolves-updates-624-part-2-v15-2271\/"},"modified":"2009-06-24T15:54:18","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T15:54:18","slug":"wolves-updates-624-part-2-v15-2271","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-624-part-2-v15-2271\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Updates 6\/24 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
NBA officials confirmed that Harden was supposed to be at Wednesday’s media session in New York but had an unscheduled workout thrust onto his schedule late Tuesday night.<\/p>\n According to a source close to Harden, Harden flew to Minneapolis for an interview and light shooting workout with the Timberwolves on Wednesday.<\/em> Presumably, one of those picks will be a lead guard. This draft is loaded with point guards, and the Foye trade leaves the Wolves with only Sebastian Telfair to play the position. The other is likely to be a wing to shore up another soft spot in the rotation, or perhaps a combo guard such as Tyreke Evans.<\/p>\n Minnesota also added more than $8 million to its salary-cap bottom line for the summer of 2010; they weren’t going to be a major player in the LeBron Sweepstakes anyway, and they still will be well under the cap, so this is of comparatively little significance.<\/em><\/div>\n From Kelly Dwyer\/Ball Don’t Lie:<\/a><\/p>\n Listen, this team was thin, and set to have to extend Miller and\/or Foye’s contracts. And these were Kevin McHale acquisitions. Why act all sentimental with this lot? <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The source said Harden was told by Washington that he would have been the Wizards’ pick at No. 5 prior to Tuesday’s trade that shipped the fifth pick to Minnesota for Randy Foye and Mike Miller, with three Wizards — Etan Thomas, Darius Songaila and Oleksiy Pecherov — also heading to Minnesota.<\/em>
The source said Harden would go to either Oklahoma City at No. 3 or Minnesota at No. 5 or 6, pending further moves by the Wolves.<\/em><\/div>\n
Thomas had to sign an agreement that he wouldn’t exercise his early termination option on July 1 and pursue free agency. He has, and now, the teams can submit everything to the league offices.<\/em><\/div>\n