Usman Garuba traded again: Hawks send him to Oklahoma / News - Basketnews.com

Usman Garuba leaves for OKC after being previously included in an agreement between the Houston Rockets and Atlanta.

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Usman Garuba has been traded twice this summer. The second of the exchanges in which he has been involved occurred Saturday (July 8), in an agreement between the Atlanta Hawks and the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Usman Garuba

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Garuba entered the summer as a player for the Houston Rockets, and the Texas franchise included him in a trade deal with the Hawks. Now, as ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported, the Georgia team has sent him to the OKC Thunder in a different trade.

The Spanish international will arrive in OKC alongside TyTy Washington, Rudy Gay and a second-round pick for Patty Mills in a move that saves the Hawks $4.5 million in salary cap space.

The former Real Madrid player has a guaranteed contract for next season worth $2.5 million and now it will be the Thunder who will decide if they extend their relationship.

Just a week ago, the Houston Rockets had sent Garuba to Atlanta in a transfer in which TyTy Washington was also involved and whose objective was also to create salary space on their roster. For Patty Mills, this is the third exchange in a ten-day period.

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