Celtics trade all-star Walker to Thunder

AFP

Boston dealt all-star Kemba Walker and a first round draft pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder in deal that involves both players and draft picks changing hands, the Celtics announced on Friday.

The Celtics are giving up guard Walker and a 2021 first round pick in exchange for centre Al Horford and prospect Moses Brown.

This is the first significant move for Brad Stevens who replaced former president of basketball operations Danny Ainge in early June.

The NBA clubs also exchanged second-round draft picks. Walker recently signed a four-year, $140.8 million contract with the Hornets.

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Walker, who is the Hornets’ all-time leading scorer, struggled with knee injuries during the 2020-21 season.

He was limited to 43 regular-season games and missed the final two games of the Celtics’ loss to the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the playoffs.

The deal marks the return of Horford to the Celtics, where he played for three years before leaving in 2019.

FBI hunts former athlete accused of leading cocaine trafficking network

A former Olympic snowboarder has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, accused of running a drug cartel that trafficked hundreds of kilos of Colombian cocaine from Mexico to the U.S. and Canada.

Ryan Wedding, 43, from Thunder Bay, Canada, was included on the list Thursday, replacing alleged child rapist and murderer Alexis Flores.

Authorities believe Wedding fled to Mexico and is now under the protection of the Sinaloa Cartel. The FBI accuses him of leading a transnational drug trafficking network, orchestrating regular shipments of cocaine from Colombia through Mexico and across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Known by aliases such as “El Jefe,” “Gigante,” and “Public Enemy,” Wedding is also accused of ordering multiple murders, including the 2023 killing of an innocent Canadian couple in a case of mistaken identity.