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Report: Hornets close to acquiring C Robin Lopez in sign-and-trade

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Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reports that the latest sign-and-trade in the NBA appears to be close to completion:

https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/227906598369124354

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https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/227915715460603905

https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/227920884713803776

https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/227927979823616000

Robin Lopez is the less talented of the Lopez twins, but he is still an athletic defender and rebounder. (He averaged 5.4 points and 3.3 rebounds in just 14.0 minutes per game last season.) His presence would allow the Hornets to have a big body to pair with No. 1 pick Anthony Davis and give the team a stout back line of defense.

Hakim Warrick and Wesley Johnson -- two former Syracuse Orangemen -- have not met with much success in the NBA, hence the first-round pick obtained by the Suns could turn out to be the most valuable piece of this trade.

first reported early Tuesday morning

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