The Los Angeles Clippers acquired center Marcus Camby from the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday for the option to exchange second-round picks with the Clippers in 2010.
Camby led the NBA in blocked shots with 3.61 per game last season, only the second player in league history to do so in three straight seasons.
He averaged 9.1 points and 13.1 rebounds playing a career-best 34.9 minutes per game for the Nuggets. Camby was the league's defensive player of the year in 2006-07.
He played the past six seasons in Denver after four years with the New York Knicks.
Camby is the second big-name player to land with the Clippers in less than a week. Baron Davis left Golden State to sign with his hometown team last week as Elton Brand and leading scorer Corey Maggette were departing as free agents.
Brand bolted to Philadelphia, while Maggette went to the Warriors. Davis signed a five-year deal worth $65 million.
Celtics: Free agent James Posey is seeking a four-year contract, an NBA source said. Posey, 31, has been in talks with Detroit, the Lakers, New Orleans and Washington. No team has been willing to offer a deal beyond three years. Guard Eddie House of Hayward and Posey, who played key reserve roles in the Celtics' title run last season, returned to Boston for promotional appearances this week, both expressing interest in remaining with the Celtics.
Lakers: Forward Luke Walton will have surgery Friday to remove bone spurs from his right ankle, the team announced.
Pacers: Draft picks Brandon Rush (No.13) and Roy Hibbert (No. 17) signed. Hibbert, a center from Georgetown, came in the trade that sent Jermaine O'Neal to Toronto. Rush, a guard from Kansas, came to the Pacers in a trade with Portland that became official last week.
Magic: Orlando signed veteran free-agent point guard Anthony Johnson. Johnson will back up starter Jameer Nelson as he enters his 12th NBA season.
Olympics: Iran's national basketball team has been invited by the NBA to train in Utah and play against NBA and NBADL teams in preparation for the Beijing Olympics. Iran will take part in the Rocky Mountain Revue, the Utah Jazz-hosted summer league and will play four games. ... New Orleans Hornets center Tyson Chandler has accepted an invitation to train with the U.S. national team in Las Vegas later this month, shortly before the team departs for the Olympics in China. ... Yao Ming has a "very high" chance of playing in China's three games at the Stankovic Cup Olympic warmup tournament, deputy director of the Chinese Basketball Association was quoted as saying by newspapers.
