National Basketball Associations' Washington Wizards have traded their fifth pick in Thursday's draft and three players for the Minnesota Timberwolves' Mike Miller and Randy Foye.
Miller, 29, has averaged 13.9 points and five rebounds per game over nine NBA seasons in Orlando, Memphis and Minnesota, and the 25-year-old Foye averaged 16.3 points and 4.3 assists this season in Minnesota, his third pro campaign.
"Their skills compliment our core very well and they will provide a boost as we re-establish ourselves as a contender in the Eastern Conference," Wizards president Ernie Grunfeld said in a statement.
The Timberwolves acquired reserves Etan Thomas, Darius Songaila and Oleksiy Pecherov while adding the number five pick to their sixth, 18th and 28th first round selections.
(Xinhua News Agency June 25, 2009)
