NBA Cavaliers, Celtics negotiate trade, which brings Bremer home again

The Cavs will send Jumaine Jones to Boston for J.R. Bremer and Bruno Sundov.
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CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Cavaliers agreed to trade swingman Jumaine Jones to the Boston Celtics on Monday for point guard J.R. Bremer and center Bruno Sundov.
An announcement planned for Monday night was postponed because there wasn't enough time to file the trade paperwork with the league. Both teams have agreed to the deal and expected to officially announce it today, Cavaliers spokesman Tad Carper said.
Jones, a 6-foot-8 guard-forward, joined the Cavs in 2001 in a trade with Philadelphia. He averaged 9.8 points and 5.1 rebounds last season.
Returning to his roots
The 6-2 Bremer, a Cleveland native, averaged 8.3 points and 2.6 assists and shot 35 percent from 3-point range in 64 games after joining Boston as an undrafted rookie from St. Bonaventure.
Sundov, a 7-2 Croatian, signed as a free agent with the Celtics last July but was used sparingly in 26 games. He averaged 1.2 points and 1.1 rebounds in 5.3 minutes.
This is the second time the Cavaliers have worked out a trade involving Jones. He was shipped to Sacramento before last season, but the deal was rescinded when point guard Mateen Cleaves failed his physical.
Cleveland has been trying to revamp its point guard position, which was the weakest area during the team's recent 65-loss season.
Kevin Ollie, who signed as a free agent two weeks ago, will be counted on to teach the position to 6-8 rookie LeBron James, the top overall pick in the NBA draft.
Bremer will get minutes off the bench along with forward Ira Newble, who signed last week and can replace Jones as the team's swingman.
Lawsuit
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Darko Milicic's European team has sued his American agent, seeking at least $10 million in damages for encouraging the Detroit Pistons' draft pick to pursue an NBA career.
In a lawsuit filed Friday in New York, Hemofarm Vrsac says agent Marc Cornstein and Pinnacle Management Corp. interfered with Milicic's European contract. Milicic has played for Hemofarm since 2000, and the club says it has him under contract through 2009.
Timberwolves
MINNEAPOLIS -- Free agent forward Mark Madsen agreed to a two-year deal with Minnesota. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
The 6-foot, 9-inch, 245-pound Madsen averaged 3.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 14.5 minutes per game in 54 contests for the Los Angeles Lakers in 2002.
The Timberwolves also announced the signing of veteran free agent guard Fred Hoiberg, who averaged 2.3 points, 2.2 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 12.4 minutes in 63 games last season with Chicago.
Hornets
NEW ORLEANS -- Legal complications prevented New Orleans from introducing free agent guard Darrell Armstrong as their new player Monday, team spokesman Harold Kaufman said.
Addressing the media a little more than an hour after a news conference had been scheduled to begin, Kaufman said he could not field questions or specify what the problems were, except that they were matters that required approval by the NBA.
Armstrong's agent, Glenn Schwartzman, was at the New Orleans Arena for the news conference but neither he nor Hornets general manager Bob Bass met with the media as planned.
On Sunday, Schwartzman confirmed that Armstrong had agreed to a two-year contract with the Hornets.
Lakers
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Horace Grant, a starting forward on the Lakers' NBA championship team of 2001, signed a free agent contract with the team Monday. Terms were not announced.
Grant, who turned 38 earlier this month, hasn't played since being released by the Orlando Magic last Dec. 11. He played only five games with the Magic last season, averaging 5.2 points and 1.6 rebounds.
Nets
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Free agent Lucious Harris has reached a $5 million agreement to stay with New Jersey for another two seasons.
Harris has not signed a contract, but his agent, Jerome Stanley, told The Star-Ledger of New Jersey on Monday that the backup guard will sign soon.