Jamison will be dealt to Wizards

The Dallas Mavericks agreed Wednesday night to trade Antawn Jamison to the Washington Wizards for the No. 5 pick in the draft, Jerry Stackhouse and Christian Laettner, a source close to the deal told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

The trade can’t be official until the NBA offices open today. By then, Dallas may be working toward other deals in its pursuit of Shaquille O’Neal.

While O’Neal remains the center of the Mavericks’ dreams, the high pick also gives them the chance to take 7-foot-5 Pavel Podkolzine, a 19-year-old Russian.

Podkolzine or the pick also could be part of the package the Mavericks would offer the Los Angeles Lakers for O’Neal.

Dallas did not have a first-round pick in Thursday night’s draft, having traded it last summer to Boston in the deal for Antoine Walker.

The Wizards had made it clear they weren’t enamored with any of their choices at the top of the draft. Taking Jamison, a proven scorer over his six-year career in Dallas and Golden State, is a much safer move.

For the Mavericks, all moves for the immediate future will be viewed as positioning for a prospective trade for O’Neal.

Other than the pick/Podkolzine aspect, the benefit of getting Laettner is that he’s going into the last year of his contract, like Walker. That makes them commodities because their salaries — a combined $20.8 million — would open huge cap room next summer.

Their combined salaries puts Dallas much closer to the $25 million needed to get within the league-mandated 15 percent of O’Neal’s $29.5 million price tag.

•The Milwaukee Bucks obtained power forward Zaza Pachulia from the expansion Charlotte Bobcats for a second-round pick in the NBA draft.

•The Cleveland Cavaliers completed their trade with Charlotte, acquiring forward Sasha Pavlovic for a future first-round draft pick.

Fisher opts out of contract

Derek Fisher, a key member of the Los Angeles Lakers the past eight seasons, opted out of his contract to become an unrestricted free agent.

Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said the team expected such a decision.

Kupchak said the Lakers will be aggressive in trying to keep Fisher, who joined them as a first-round draft pick in 1996.

Kings’ Peeler will test free agency

Sacramento Kings guard Anthony Peeler declined to exercise his contract option for next season, making him a free agent on July 1.

Peeler averaged 5.7 points and 2.0 rebounds as a backup guard in his first season with Sacramento. The 12-year veteran led the NBA in 3-point percentage, shooting 48.2 percent (68 for 141).

Riley confirms Lakers’ meeting

Miami Heat president Pat Riley confirmed that he met with Los Angeles Lakers officials about their coaching vacancy, but stressed that no contract offers or demands were made.

Riley, in a statement distributed by team officials, said a meeting took place after Lakers owner Jerry Buss and general manager Mitch Kupchak asked for and received permission from Heat owner Micky Arison.

“During our discussion, which lasted a few hours, there was never any demands made by me nor was there ever an offer presented by them,” Riley said in the statement. “It was simply a long philosophical discussion about the situation.”

Riley did not specify when the meeting took place. On Saturday, he said through a Heat spokesman that he was seeking to extend his contract as Miami’s president and that reports linking him with the Lakers’ coaching search were merely “rumors.”

Riley called the meeting “a great trip down memory lane,” and said he and the Lakers “mutually decided to end our conversation in regards to their situation.”