Wizards get a reminder in Turkey of past two drafts

Don’t worry about me just yet. (Getty Images) The Wizards have been trade partners with the Minnesota Timberwolves over the past two summers and it will probably be several years before both deals can fully be judged. But two of the pieces that Washington sacrificed were on display on Wednesday during Serbia’s 92-89 upset victory over Spain in the quarterfinals of the FIBA world championships in Istanbul. Ricky Rubio was never drafted by the Wizards, but he’ll always be linked to the organization since the Timberwolves selected the teenage wunderkind with the fifth overall pick they acquired in a deal for Mike Miller and Randy Foye two summers ago. And, going into Spain’s quarterfinal game against Serbia, Rubio was perhaps the most intriguing player to Wizards fans, given all the excitement he generated at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. But after the game, Nemanja Bjelica emerged as another prospect to







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