Wolves Tried To Trade Jefferson For Pacers’ Granger?

Adrian Wojnarowski (Yahoo! Sports) reports Minnesota Timberwolves’ president David Kahn attempted to trade center/forward Al Jefferson to the Indiana Pacers for guard/forward Danny Granger, but was immediately rebuffed.

Wojnarowski said league sources told Yahoo! Sports that not only did Pacers decline the offer, they had no interest in such a discussion involving the two players.  Had the Pacers been interested, another player would need to be added in order to make the salaries work for a trade.

Kahn immediately denied the rumors in e-mails to reporters, but Wojnarowski stands by his report.  He said via Twitter: “Predictable move to run and get David Kahn denial, but Minny GM initiated Al Jefferson-Danny Granger trade idea with Indiana.  That’s fact.”

Update:  Here is a denial report by Marc Stein (ESPN.com Blog), with Kahn denying trade rumors and saying Jefferson is not available.  (01/11/10)

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