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Timberwolves land fourth first-round pick for NBA draft

NBA REPORT

Minnesota makes a trade with Washington and will have the fifth, sixth, 18th and 28th selections in Thursday's draft.

June 25, 2009|ASSOCIATED PRESS

A trade that brings the Minnesota Timberwolves the No. 5 overall pick in today'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.

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The Wizards receive guards Randy Foye and Mike Miller.

Minnesota has the fifth, sixth, 18th and 28th selections in the draft.

More moves

The Portland Trail Blazers dipped into their collection of picks, acquiring No. 22 from the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for No. 24 and two second-rounders.

The Trail Blazers still have the 33rd, 38th and 55th picks.

Yao not healed

Yao Ming's broken foot is not healed and the Houston Rockets say the All-Star center is out indefinitely.

Yao suffered a hairline fracture in his left foot in the Rockets' playoff loss to the Lakers on May 8.

The team initially said Yao was expected to miss only eight to 12 weeks.

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