Milwaukee Bucks General Manager Ernie Grunfeld is expected to speak with Wizards owner Abe Pollin in the next few days to finalize terms of a contract that would make him Washington's new president of basketball operations, league sources said. Grunfeld did not confirm or deny his expected change in jobs after trading Sam Cassell and Ervin Johnson to the Minnesota Timberwolves yesterday for Joe Smith and Anthony Peeler.

Wizards officials were not available for comment and Grunfeld's agent did not return a phone message. Sources said Grunfeld could be with the Wizards as early as Tuesday, which is also the first day teams are allowed to speak with free agents. It also is believed that the NBA and the Bucks will acknowledge next week the sale of the team to an ownership group headed by Michael Jordan, who played the last two seasons with the Wizards and spent 19 months before that as Washington's president of basketball operations. Jordan would have to go through the league's approval process, which could take weeks.

Further indicating Grunfeld's arrival in Washington was outgoing General Manager Wes Unseld's pledge during Thursday's draft that this was his last day on the job. Unseld, according to team sources, has been cleaning out his MCI Center office over the past few days. He is taking an indefinite leave of absence to have knee-replacement surgery.