{"id":230928,"date":"2009-06-25T18:33:19","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T18:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2009\/06\/25\/draft-day-rumors\/"},"modified":"2009-06-25T18:33:19","modified_gmt":"2009-06-25T18:33:19","slug":"draft-day-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/draft-day-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Draft Day rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>From<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/insider.espn.go.com\/nba\/draft2009\/insider\/news\/story?page=09DraftBuzz-090625\"> Andy Katz\/ESPN:<\/a><\/div>\n<div><em>POSTED: June 25 &#8212; 2:13 p.m. ET<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Andy Katz: Memphis and Minnesota talked again about trading the No. 2 pick (Memphis) to Minnesota for the Nos. 5 and 6 picks or the No. 5 or 6 and Kevin Love. But the price was too high for Minnesota, so Memphis plans on keeping the pick. According to multiple sources, Memphis would pick Connecticut center Hasheem Thabeet.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em><br \/><\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>\u2022 Minnesota is hoping to land a specific player at No. 18 &#8212; who could be Earl Clark (Louisville) or James Johnson (Wake Forest), among others. If that player isn&#8217;t available, then the Wolves are expected to trade the pick, according to a source.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>From<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.draftexpress.com\/blog\/Jonathan-Givony\/#Live-Blogging-the-2009-NBA-Draft-3287\"> Jonathan Givony\/DraftExpress:<\/a><\/div>\n<div><em>Crazy Trade Rumors<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><em>A complicated three-way trade involving New Jersey, Minnesota and Memphis, which would send Devin Harris to Minnesota, the #5 and #6 picks to Memphis and Ricky Rubio and Craig Smith to New Jersey.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Andy Katz\/ESPN: POSTED: June 25 &#8212; 2:13 p.m. ET Andy Katz: Memphis and Minnesota talked again about trading the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[605037453],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.2 (Yoast SEO v23.2) - 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