ai vision-Mozgov among players on move in 3-team trade

ai vision-Mozgov among players on move in 3-team trade

Timofey Mozgov (20) of the Brooklyn Nets drives the ball around Anthony Davis (23) of the New Orleans Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center on December 27, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Chris Graythen, Getty Images/AFP

Charlotte Hornets center Timofey Mozgov will land with the Orlando Magic in a three-team trade that was being finalized Saturday night, according to multiple reports.

ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Magic had agreed to the deal in principle, with an NBA source telling the Orlando Sentinel that the move is close to being finalized.

According to the reports, center Bismack Biyombo will be sent from Orlando to the Charlotte Hornets and guard Julyan Stone will be shipped from Charlotte to the Chicago Bulls. Also going to Orlando is Bulls guard Jerian Grant, according to Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports.

The Hornets had just acquired the 7-foot-1 Mozgov from the Brooklyn Nets in the deal officially completed on Friday that sent center Dwight Howard to the Nets.

Mozgov, who turns 32 this month, spent last season with the Nets, averaging 4.2 points and 3.2 rebounds in 11.6 minutes. He appeared in 31 games, starting 13.

READ: Hornets, Bulls, Magic finalizing three-way trade

Mozgov, whom the New York Knicks originally signed as a free agent in July 2010, has also played for the Denver Nuggets (2011-15), Cleveland Cavaliers (2015-16) and Los Angeles Lakers (2016-17).

In the 2014-15 season, divided between the Nuggets and Cavaliers, the eight-year veteran averaged 9.7 points and 7.3 rebounds in about 25 minutes per game.

Biyombo, 25, a 6-foot-9 center from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is going back to Charlotte. The then-Bobcats made a draft-night trade to acquire Biyombo, who was the Sacramento Kings' first-round selection, the No. 7 overall pick, in 2011.

Biyombo has played seven seasons in the NBA, the first four with Charlotte, one with the Toronto Raptors and the last two with Orlando.

Last season, he averaged 5.7 points and 5.7 rebounds in 18.2 minutes per game. He played in all 82 games, starting 25. His career averages are 5.0 points and 6.5 rebounds in 20.9 minutes per game.

Stone, 29, a 6-foot-6 guard, has played in four NBA seasons. An undrafted free agent, he signed a two-year contract with the Nuggets in December 2011. He then played a year for the Raptors before playing three seasons overseas in Europe.

For Charlotte last season, he played in a career-high 23 games, averaging over seven minutes per game with 0.8 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists, not much different than his career numbers.

Grant, 25, a 6-foot-4 guard, has played three NBA seasons, one for the Knicks, who traded for him after the Washington Wizards drafted him 19th overall in 2015. He was later dealt to the Bulls in the five-player deal that sent Derrick Rose to the Knicks in 2016.

Grant is coming off his best season. He averaged 8.4 points and 4.6 assists in almost 23 minutes per game, slightly higher than his career numbers of 6.6 ppg and 3.0 apg. He played in 74 games in 2017-18, starting 26.

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