Kwame Brown Signs $7 million Deal With Warriors

Free-agent center Kwame Brown has agreed to terms on a one-year, $7-million contract with the Golden State Warriors. Agent Mark Bartelstein said the offer was “too good to pass up.”

The deal came a day after the Warriors’ four-year, $43.2-million offer to DeAndre Jordan was matched by the Clippers, keeping Jordan in Los Angeles.

The loss of Brown, a former Laker, leaves the Charlotte Bobcats with a hole at center. Gana Diop, who is coming off a torn Achilles’ tendon, is the only center on the Bobcats roster.

Bucks re-sign Mbah a Moute

The Milwaukee Bucks re-signed restricted free agent Luc Richard Mbah a Moute to a multiyear contract, matching the offer sheet to the 6-foot-8 forward had signed with the Denver Nuggets.

Mbah a Moute, 25 and in his fourth NBA season after playing at UCLA, averaged 6.7 points and 5.3 rebounds in 79 games for the Bucks last season.

Wallace gets probation

Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace was sentenced to a year of probation but avoided jail time on drunken driving and gun possession charges stemming from a September traffic stop in suburban Detroit.

Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Shalina Kumar also sentenced Wallace to fines, court costs and 30 hours of community service.

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The Denver Nuggets acquired versatile swingman Rudy Fernandez and forward Corey Brewer from the Dallas Mavericks for a future second-round pick. . . . Restricted free-agent guard Marco Belinelli accepted New Orleans’ $3.3-million qualifying offer and will stay with the Hornets, for whom he started 69 games and averaged 10.4 points last season. . . . Retired NBA guard Kenny Anderson was charged in South Florida with leaving the scene of an accident, police said. Anderson, 41, was arrested late Sunday after crashing into two trees and walking away, Miramar police said in a report. He was briefly jailed before posting bond. . . . The Phoenix Suns waived point guard Zabian Dowdell, Steve Nash’s backup last season, less than a week after signing Sebastian Telfair to apparently fill the same role. The Suns also signed guard Ronnie Price and added forward Marcus Landry to the roster. . . . The Minnesota Timberwolves traded forward Lazar Hayward to the Oklahoma City Thunder for two conditional second-round draft picks and guard

Via (LA Times)

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