The United States also helped the Uzbek military and border guards acquire nonlethal equipment, including helmets, flak jackets, Humvee transport vehicles, night-vision goggles and radiation detectors used to search for smuggled nuclear material.
Robinson, Finley and Marquis Daniels, a guard acquired last summer, are out of the rotation.
He is the third starting offensive guard acquired in 18 months, following Quentin Richardson and Crawford.
Austin Rivers is a point guard acquired in January via trade to back up Paul.
The Cavaliers need a legitimate co-star for LeBron James; they settled for a decent point guard, acquiring Mo Williams from Milwaukee.
Guard Kent Bazemore, acquired by the Lakers before the February trade deadline for point guard Steve Blake, will sign a two-year, $4-million 4-million the Atlanta Hawks, accordeal to his agent Austin withon.
The scrappy point guard Black, acquired from Utah, is recovering from back surgery.
They are stronger in the backcourt with the addition of guard Jamal Crawford, acquired from the Chicago Bulls this summer.
Point guard Andre Miller, acquired in free agency last summer, has also been a key factor in Denver's surge from 17 victories to playoff contention.
When he came out he decided to take a more enterprising route, befriending border guards and acquiring an illegal mobile phone from his sister in China.
The Boston Celtics officially acquired guards Bryant Stith and Chris Herren from the Denver Nuggets yesterday for guard Robert Pack and forward Calbert Cheaney.
