Here Goes Nothing

from espn:

The Washington Wizards are close to a deal that would send the No. 5 pick in Thursday's draft, Oleksiy Pecherov, Etan Thomas and Darius Songaila to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Randy Foye and Mike Miller, a league source told ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher on Tuesday.

The Wolves would then keep the draft pick and their own selection at No. 6 and not try to package those to move up, a source told ESPN.com's Andy Katz.

The deal would be finalized on Wednesday, in advance of the draft, another source told Katz.

Foye is a three-year veteran who was second on the Wolves in scoring last season at 16.3 points per game. He added 4.3 assists per contest.

Miller was part of an eight-player, draft-day trade last season, going from the Grizzlies to the Wolves with Kevin Love for the rights to O.J. Mayo. The nine-year veteran averaged a career-low 9.9 points per game for the Wolves last season.

Technically this is a very interesting trade. Songalia is a poor man's Mike Miller with more passing ability. Etan Thomas is a banger down low which is great to have on the team. Pecherov is a good euro prospect who has mostly failed so far in limited minutes, still interesting though. The number 5 pick is very interesting. It could mean we are going after Thabeet or Rubio. It could also mean we are holding on to both picks and have a total of four first round picks on our team this year. Either way this is a great way to build for the future instead of the holding pattern we've been in. This guy...