According to reports,the Cleveland Cavaliers are working to send 2 first round picks to the Denver Nuggets for center Timofey Mozgov. This is a move that will sure up some interior defense questions that the Cavaliers had after the loss of Anderson Varejao for the season.
The following from ESPN.com’s Marc Stein
The Cleveland Cavaliers are in advanced discussions with the Denver Nuggets to acquire longtime trade target Timofey Mozgov, according to league sources.
Sources told ESPN.com that the Cavaliers, who have been pursuing Mozgov for months to fill their huge need for a basket protector, are prepared to send at least one future first-round pick and possibly additional assets to the Nuggets for Mozgov, after Denver rejected months of trade proposals for the Russian center.
The deal, sources said, could be completed as early as Wednesday.
Deal sending Timofey Mozgov from Denver to Cleveland, I'm told, is on course to be completed as soon as today
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) January 7, 2015
Mozgov is slated to rejoin his old Russian national team coach, David Blatt, who has talked about bringing Mozgov to the team since the summer. Now this will answer any and all questions that there may have been after the trade for J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert earlier this week.
