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Hawthorn star Jordan Lewis has held talks with Melbourne about an AFL trade, prompting the Hawks to declare him a required player just days after flagging the shock departure of fellow four-time premiership veteran Sam Mitchell.Its understood Lewis management approached Melbourne about a trade after a meeting between the 30-year-old and coach Alistair Clarkson about his playing future.But the well-advanced talks are understood to have come to a halt, with Hawthorn thought to be less keen to facilitate a move now that Mitchell is likely to head to West Coast.Hawthorn list manager Graham Wright on Thursday confirmed there had been interest in Lewis but insisted he would not be traded.There was an enquiry about Jordan but hes a contracted player and a required player, Wright told the Hawks website.A 264-game veteran, Lewis remains one of the Hawks most-important players and finished second behind Mitchell in the clubs best-and-fairest count this year.Wright said talks between the Hawks and West Coast on a trade for Mitchell had been positive but were still progressing.Mitchells proposed trade to West Coast has shown sentimentality wont get in the way of the Hawks bid to free up salary-cap space.Mitchell, 34, is open to playing for the Eagles before moving into a coaching role and could be traded for as little as a third-round draft selection, given the Hawks need to clear space in their salary cap for star recruit Tom Mitchell, key forward Ty Vickery and trade target Jaeger OMeara.Hawthorn took another step on Thursday towards fulfilling that mission, trading speedy winger Bradley Hill to Fremantle where he will play alongside older brother Stephen.The Hawks gain pick 23 in the draft for the 23-year-old Hill, who had played an important role in their 2013, 2014 and 2015 flag-winning teams.Bradley informed the club he had a strong desire to return to Western Australia and play with his brother at Fremantle, Wright said.We have worked closely with his management and Fremantle to facilitate a deal that we feel benefits everyone involved.The move of Fremantle unrestricted free agent Chris Mayne to Collingwood on a four-year deal on Wednesday facilitated the Hill trade.The Dockers used the compensation pick they received from the AFL (No.23) for the loss of Mayne to secure Hill from the Hawks.In other player movement news on the fourth day of the AFL trade period:* Brisbane traded their No.2 draft selection and several late picks to Greater Western Sydney in exchange for picks 3 and 16* Brisbane list manager Peter Schwab said the Lions were yet to find any clubs interested in a potential trade for captain and star midfielder Tom Rockliff* Out-of-contract Western Bulldogs midfielder Koby Stevens nominated St Kilda as his preferred new home* Port Adelaide midfielder Brendon Ah Chee confirmed his interest in a move to Gold Coast to play alongside brother Callum Cheap NFL Shop .Y. - New York City has been selected to host the NBA All-Star weekend in 2015, with the game played at Madison Square Garden and the slam dunk contest and other skills events held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. 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NEW ORLEANS -- The man who fatally shot retired New Orleans Saints star Will Smith insisted Saturday that he did so only after a drunken, irate Smith retrieved a gun from his damaged SUV following an April 9 car crash.I knew for a fact that I was going to get shot, Cardell Hayes, 29, told the jury in his second-degree murder trial, adding that he heard a pop that he believed to be a gunshot before he fired. Hayes also insisted he didnt shoot Smiths wife Racquel that night. Prosecutors say ballistics evidence shows otherwise.Hayes defense lawyers rested their case Saturday afternoon, setting the stage for closing arguments and the beginning of jury deliberations Sunday.On the stand, Hayes vehemently denied intentionally running into Smiths Mercedes SUV moments after the Mercedes appeared to have bumped Hayes car. He said he armed himself only after he and his own passenger were accosted by Smith and Richard Hernandez, a passenger in the SUV. Hernandez, he said, wildly stripped off his shirt and took something shiny from his pocket -- Hayes said he feared it was a knife.Smith didnt initially notice the gun, Hayes said. He said Smith, 34, threw a cup containing some type of alcohol at him and punched him repeatedly. At some point during the fast-unfolding melee, Hernandez alerted Smith to Hayes gun, Hayes said under questioning from defense lawyer John Fuller.Hayes testified that Smith addressed him with a racial epithet and then told him, ... you got your gun. Well Im going to get mine and Ill show you what to do with it.Hayes said Hernandez, a white Hispanic who fled the scene, also used racial epithets.However, race has not been raised as an alleged factor in the confrontation. Hayes and Kevin ONeal, his passenger, are black, and so was Smith.Hayes was calm and soft spoken under questioning from Fuller, his voice catching briefly as he noted that he hass been jailed since the shooting, unable to be with his 6-year-old son.dddddddddddd. He was the only witness to place a gun in Smiths hand that night. Police say a loaded gun was found in Smiths SUV. Prosecutors say it was never fired that night and that Smith never grabbed it.Hayes fired a .45-caliber handgun numerous times. Racquel Smith was hit twice in the legs, and Will Smith once in the side and seven times in the back. Hayes and others have testified that she tried to calm her husband that night. Some prosecution witnesses say she appeared to have done so and that there was no apparent reason for Hayes to fire.On cross examination, Assistant Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Napoli repeatedly noted that no other witness said Smith had a gun and that Hayes never told investigators he saw a gun in Smiths hands that night.I never gave a full statement to anyone, Hayes said, growing testy as Napoli asked about inconsistencies in his testimony and past statements.Prosecutors also called a rebuttal witness -- a firearms expert who said there was no evidence Smith had fired a gun when he died.The first witnesses called Saturday were friends of Hayes who said he was in a good mood and was not drinking at a party before the crash. Among Saturday mornings spectators was Saints coach Sean Payton. Smith was a defensive leader on the Payton-coached Saints team that won the 2010 Super Bowl.Prosecutors rested their case Friday after nearly a week of hearing from witnesses, including Racquel Smith.She and Smiths former teammate Pierre Thomas were among prosecution witnesses who said Smiths anger seemed to have cooled before the gunfire. But Hayes passenger in the Hummer insisted that Smith and others with him were the aggressors. ' ' '