Spurs get Richard Jefferson, Wizards get Foye, Miller from Minnesota

The San Antonio Spurs agreed to acquire forward Richard Jefferson from the Milwaukee Bucks for veterans Kurt Thomas and Bruce Bowen, and Fabricio Oberto, who was later sent to the Detroit Pistons for young forward Amir Johnson. The Bucks wanted to do this deal to clear up some cap space. The Pistons are planning to buy out Oberto's contract to shed some more cap space. It's all about getting space for 2010's hyped up offseason now. No one cares who they are dealing except for a couple of the better teams such as Cleveland, Los Angeles Lakers, and Orlando.

The Celtics made a trade earlier, that involves Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo, two key players from Boston's 2008 championship run, going to the Pistons for Richard Hamilton, Rodney Stuckey, and Tayshaun Prince. The Pistons rejected it. Who wouldn't?

This deal was probably not fair for the Pistons, it just gives Boston a whole bunch of great players, and Detroit gets an expiring contract, and a young de! veloping point guard. When Allen's contract expires, it would give Detroit major cap room, but seriously, is it worth it to get rid of three of your best players, to get Rondo and $20 million.

Also, the Washington Wizards and Minnesota Timberwolves made a deal that would have the Wiz sending their 5th pick in the draft this year, Etan Thomas, Oleksiy Pecherov, and Darius Songaila to Minnesota for guard Randy Foye and forward Mike Miller.

Miller and Foye would give Washington very good perimeter shooting. Foye could join a talented backcourt that includes Gilbert Arenas, Nick Young, DeShawn Stevenson, and Mike James, and Miller could go up with starting forward Caron Butler and provide some 3 pointers. This is a good deal for Washington, but what about Minnesota? Are they getting a good deal?

That will be determined by who Minnesota picks for 5 and 6. If they choose correctly, then they will be a much better team next season. If they don't ! choose correctly, then the deal will backfire on them and thei! r record will be even worse, which is the risky part of this deal. But, if they don't trade their 18th pick, their draft day could work out pretty well.