Warriors Reportedly Get Lister From Sonics

Center Alton Lister will be traded by the Seattle SuperSonics to the Golden State Warriors in the next few days, according to reports published Sunday.

To get the 7-foot Lister, the Warriors will give back to Seattle the 1990 first-round draft choice they got from the SuperSonics in a trade for an extra first-round pick this year, the Oakland Tribune and the San Jose Mercury News reported.

Neither team would confirm nor deny the reports.

Lister, 30, an eight-year veteran from Arizona State, started all 82 games with Seattle last season. Playing an average of 22 minutes a game, he averaged eight points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.2 blocked shots and had 49.9% field-goal accuracy.