The Wizards will send forward Jan Vesely to the Denver Nuggets and move backup guard Eric Maynor and a second-round pick to the Philadelphia 76ers, according to the report.

Several teams were interested in Miller, who was likely to either be traded or bought out because of his rift with Nuggets coach Brian Shaw. He will be an upgrade over Maynor in Washington, where point guard John Wall is playing major minutes because of the lack of bench options.

Miller, who had averaged 5.9 points and 3.3 assists this season, because angry with Shaw when his streak of 239 consecutive games played was broken. It had been seven weeks since Miller last played for the Nuggets.


BROOKS ON MOVE


The Houston Rockets have traded Aaron Brooks to the Denver Nuggets, netting wing Jordan Hamilton in the process, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports.

As Wojnarowski noted, the move helps both sides, as the Rockets get the secondary wing player they coveted and the Nuggets get a backup for Ty Lawson after trading away disgruntled guard Andre Miller.

This move also means that Rockets general manager Daryl Morey keeps up his streak of making trades on deadline day. We've reached seven straight years now.


 


BOBCATS' NEW SHOOTER


The Charlotte Bobcats have agreed to a trade with the Milwaukee Bucks that will net Gary Neal and Luke Ridnour in exchange for Ramon Sessions and Jeff Adrien, according to Marc Stein of ESPN.com.

The Bobcats have been in the market for a shooting guard before the trade deadline, making plays for Evan Turner and Anthony Morrow prior to settling on Neal.

Charlotte needs outside shooting, because starting shooting guard Gerald Henderson remains a reluctant 3-point shooter.

To convince the Bucks to take Sessions in the deal, the Bobcats had to commit to taking on Ridnour's contract, according to the report.

It makes sense for the Bobcats to trade Sessions at this point. He was added after starting point guard Kemba Walker struggled through an unimpressive rookie season.


HAWES' NEW HOME


The Philadelphia 76ers have traded center Spencer Hawes to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Earl Clark, Henry Sims and two 2014 second-round draft picks, according to a  report from Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski.

Hawes has been a serviceable player in his career and should add offensive punch to a Cavaliers team that still has hopes of making the postseason. While the Sixers have struggled, Spencer is averaging 13.0 points and 8.5 rebounds, and he is also one of the better 3-point shooting big men.

The Cavaliers expected to have a big man in place, but center Andrew Bynum proved to be a disruptive force on an already distracted team. He was traded to the Bulls in exchange for forward Luol Deng. Bynum has since been waived and signed to the Indiana Pacers.

Philadelphia was expected to be more active than most teams around the trade deadline, but this is the first move the team has made. There have been rumors surrounding guard Evan Turner and forward Thaddeus Young throughout the season, yet neither player has been traded with the deadline looming.


COLLINS WORKS OUT FOR NETS


Jason Collins made waves last April when he came out and admitted he was gay.

While still a free agent at the time, the power forward's decision made him the first current athlete in the big four North American sports to do so. The 13-year NBA veteran had played for the New Jersey Nets, Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics and, most recently, Washington Wizards.

On Thursday, Billy King, the general manager for the now-Brooklyn Nets, confirmed that the team had worked out Collins. While King was not present at the workout, he said Collins was in good shape.

“He's obviously on the list (of potential free-agent additions),” King said, according to the New York Daily News. “We're looking at any guy guys that are free agents and he's one of the guys, but we've got other guys that we're going to look at. (Coach Jason Kidd) and I will visit (Friday), he's got the list, I've got the list, ownership has got the list ... we're going to look at it and try to find the best guy possible for us.”

The Nets would be interested in signing Collins to a 10-day contract, and they  have two open roster spots after being unable to land forward Jordan Hill from the Los Angeles Lakers in trade.

While King said that Collins' potential addition would be purely for basketball reasons, his arrival would certainly help break down the rigid boundaries that exist in professional locker rooms.  With standout Missouri defensive end Michael Sam recently coming out, the discussion about homosexual professional athletes is louder than ever, which is exactly what the American sporting landscape needs.

Contributors: DeAntae Prince, Troy Machir