The Wizards beefed up their front line over the weekend with the addition of center and power forward Ronny Turiaf from the New York Knicks. The 6-foot-10 Turiaf comes in a deal made to allow the Knicks to acquire center Tyson Chandler from the Dallas Mavericks. In order to satisfy the NBA’s spending cap, the Knicks executed a salary dump that sends Turiaf to Washington along with a 2012 draft pick from the Mavericks and a 2013 pick along with $3 million in cash from the Knicks, the Examiner’s Craig Stouffer reported Saturday.

And what did the Wizards give up in return? Nothing.

Turiaf, a six-year journeyman who played with the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors before spending the 2010-11 season with the Knicks, is hardly a statistical juggernaut, averaging just five points and 18 minutes played per game in his career, but the Wizards are prizing their new player for his years in the league. As the Post’s Preston Williams noted, the returning frontcourt of JaVale McGee, Kevin Seraphin and Hamady Ndiaye have between them five years of NBA experience.

“Ronny brings us a tough, inside presence and we’re looking forward to adding his defense and tenacity to our frontline,” Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld said in a press release.

Charitably taking on players and cash from other teams is nothing new to the Wizards, though, as the Examiner’s Stouffer reminds us that the team accepted players and money in 2010 from the Chicago Bulls and New Jersey Nets as they cleared salary room in attempts to sign LeBron James, who, of course, took his talents to, well, you know.