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There is a “good chance” Furkan Aldemir will join the Rockets next season, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. The 6-foot-9 power forward out of Turkey was acquired by the Rockets in a draft day trade after being selected by the Clippers with the 53rd pick in the 2012 NBA Draft. It was originally assumed on draft night that he would come over no sooner than 2014. Clutchfans

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Lamar Odom is a Clipper once again. The versatile forward will return to the team that made him their fourth overall draft pick in 1999 after the Clippers Friday agreed to send guard Mo Williams to the Jazz and the rights to 2012 second round selection (53rd overall) Furkan Aldemir to Houston as part of a four-team trade. The Dallas Mavericks will ship Odom to Los Angeles and will also send the draft rights of Shan Foster, the 51st pick in the 2008 Draft to the Jazz. Utah ships the draft rights of Tadija Dragicevic, the 53rd pick in the 2008 NBA Draft to Dallas, while the Mavs receive cash considerations from the Rockets. NBA.com

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The Clippers will send the right rights from their second-round draft pick from Thursday night’s draft, Furkan Aldemir, to the Houston Rockets as part of the deal. Los Angeles Times

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Brad Turner: Dallas sends LO to Clps, Mo to Utah, draft rights of Furkan Aldemir go to Houston, Dallas gets Jazz trade exception and cash from Rockets. Twitter

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Cleveland has strong interest with Turkish forward Furkan Aldemir in early second round, sources tell Y! No NBA out clause until 2014. Twitter

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So the only players we're really looking at are the international players who are younger than 22 years old. This year 17 international players declared early for the 2012 NBA draft. As of Sunday night, only one international player, Turkey's Furkan Aldemir, was confirmed to be staying in the draft. Aldemir is a likely second-round selection. Sources say that France's Evan Fournier is also very likely to stay in the draft, as well. Fournier is projected to be a mid to late first-round pick. A few others including Tomas Satoransky, Josep Franch and Tornike Shengelia might also stay. However, at this point, they don't look like they have a serious shot at the first round. ESPN.com

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Furkan Aldemir, as his agent Misko Raznatovic informed, made himself eligible for the 2012 NBA draft. The Turkish big man born in 1991 is playing with Galatasaray averaging 8ppg and 6.8rpg in TBL. In Euroleague Aldemir scored 6.5ppg with 4.9rpg in the 18 games played. Sportando

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