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It's never a dull moment in Minnesota when it comes to their point guards.  On the same day news broke that point guard Jonny Flynn will be out for 3-4 months with a hip injury, the Timberwolves traded one of their back-up point guards...for another one.  Amongst other things.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have acquired guard Ramon Sessions, center Ryan Hollins and Minnesota's second round pick in the 2013 NBA Draft from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for guards Delonte West and Sebastian Telfair, Cavaliers General Manager Chris Grant announced today.

In Sessions and Hollins, the Cavs get their likely-new starting point guard and a 7-footer coming off his best statistical season. In Telfair and West, the Timberwolves get two contracts they will almost assuredly dump before the season starts, though with the Flynn injury there's a chance Telfair just became valuable.

Minnesota GM Dave Kahn adds one more curious move to his already impressive list of curious moves.  The GM who stockpiled point guards like they were collectibles will now head into the season with only Luke Ridnour to count on while Flynn recovers, Sessions is in Cleveland and Ricky Rubio does whatever it is Ricky Rubio does.

Check out Cavs blog Fear The Sword and T'Wolves blog Canis Hoopus for analysis and updates.

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The Timberwolves recently acquired Luke Ridnour to compete for the starting point guard position with Jonny Flynn.  Turns out Dave Kahn was almost-certainly bringing in Ridnour to replace Flynn, who will be missing some significant time due to a nagging hip injury.  According to Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports, Flynn is expected to miss quite a few months of the 2010-2011 NBA season with a hip injury.

Wolves Jonny Flynn expected to be out 3-4 months after hip surgery next week, NBA sources tell Y! Sports. Missed summer league with injury.

Flynn's hip has been bothering him for some time, forcing him to miss Summer League play.  Considering he's been the subject of fan dissatisfaction and frequent trade rumors for the last year, this injury could expedite Flynn's exit in Minnesota later on this year.

Keep an eye on SB Nation Minnesota and Canis Hoopus for updates and reaction.

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There is some worrisome news to report Friday evening on Lorenzen Wright. The NBA free agent hasn't been heard from since Sunday, and Wright's family has filed a missing persons report.

The family of Lorenzen Wright says he's been missing since Sunday.

Wright's sister, Savia Archie, says her family is very concerned.

Archie said, Wright was last seen on sunday when he was expected to fly out of Memphis, but no one has heard from him since.

Wright, the seventh overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, has played 13 seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzles, and Cleveland Cavaliers. He last suited up in an NBA uniform with the Cavs during the 2008-09 seasons.

Obviously, our thoughts are with the 34-year-old Wright and his family, and we hope he'll turn up. We'll update this StoryStream with news once we learn more.

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Is Isiah Thomas the once and future king of the New York Knicks? Doubtful. Possibly. Maybe? With team president Donnie Walsh looking for his successor, the search has apparently narrowed to two people: Thomas and former Knick Allan Houston.

ESPN reports that Houston, who spent the past year as a "special assistant to the president" as Walsh's protegé, was the front-runner for the job. The 39-year old Houston accompanied the Knicks on their free agent trips this past summer is reporteldy on good terms with owner James Dolan and head coach Mike D'Antoni, and would certainly seem to be a fine choice. Still, rumors persist that longtime Dolan favorite Isiah Thomas remains in the mix for the job.

Thomas raised eyebrows several weeks ago when he intimated that he would only leave the college coaching ranks for a job as an NBA GM. Thomas assessed his record as a GM thusly:

I think that's where my skill is -- the evaluation of talent, putting teams together. That's what I'm good at.

Coaching? The jury is still out. I coached five years in the NBA and had three winning seasons in Indiana, went to the playoffs every year, and two losing seasons in New York.

Self-awareness is apparently not one of Thomas' skills; if there was a single thing his run in New York proved, it's that assembling an NBA team is not one of his strengths. To be fair, Thomas did have more than a few astute draft choices during his tenure (Trevor Ariza, David Lee, Wilson Chandler), but he also had some notable flubs (like taking Renaldo Balkman a spot ahead of Rajon Rondo when point guard was a desperate need). And that's not even mentioning his abysmal record with trades and free agency (Stephon Marbury, Jamal Crawford, Eddy Curry, Jerome James, Jared Jeffries, Steve Francis, etc.). Calling his reign an unmitigated disaster is probably being a bit generous, considering that he left New York with simultaneously one of the highest payrolls and worst rosters in the league. Oh, and as a parting gift, the Knicks lost their lottery pick this past year as the final piece of the ill-conceived trade for Marbury.

And yet, despite that record of incompetence, there's a chance Thomas could be back. Knicks owner Jim Dolan has also been enamored of Thomas, and that continues to this day -- as the New York Daily New's Frank Isola notes -- to the point that Thomas reportedly believes he has the best chance at the gig of anyone. Already, some of Thomas' allies in the New York media are suggesting that Thomas' relationships make him the best bet to swing a trade for Chris Paul, and pushing a revisionist history that had Thomas been in charge, LeBron James would have come to the Knicks. These may all seem like laughable propositions, but the Knicks did reach out to Thomas as a Hail Mary during their LeBron recruitment, so there is clearly still some relationship there between he and Dolan.

Is this all baseless speculation pushed by Thomas and his friends? I would say yes...but with Dolan, you never really know. Stay tuned.

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