The Washington Wizards signed swingman Bryon Russell on Tuesday, ending his nine-year stay with the Utah Jazz.
The Wizards were expected to officially announce the signing at an afternoon news conference.
The 31-year-old Russell is expected to play small forward, allowing Michael Jordan to move to shooting guard.
It was Russell that Jordan, now the Wizards' president of basketball operations, fired his winning shot over to clinch the 1998 NBA championship — the Chicago Bulls' sixth in eight years.
Russell averaged 9.6 points last season and 9.2 for his career.
Meanwhile, there has been no verdict yet on Raul Lopez.
Kevin O'Connor, Jazz vice president of basketball operations, said team officials received the injured point guard's medical reports late Monday afternoon but as of Monday evening had not had a chance to discuss them with doctors.
O'Connor expected to have something to announce by Tuesday afternoon.
In the meantime, the visit of free-agent point guard Carlos Arroyo, originally expected Tuesday, was postponed until Thursday, O'Connor said.