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With many rumors flying around the last
few days about a trade between the Nets and Hawks for All-Star guard
Joe Johnson, it is confirmed that the two teams have reached a
agreement to send Johnson to Brooklyn.
The trade sends Johnson to
the Nets for Jordan Farmar, Anthony Morrow, Johan Petro, Jordan
Williams, DeShawn Stevenson, and the Houston Rockets lottery
protected 1st round draft pick.
Joe Johnson was handed a huge 6 year $119 million contract two years ago by the Atlanta Hawks and has
not lived up to it, and it is considered by many to be a very bad
contract. Johnson is now 31 and has 4 years and almost $90 million
left on the deal.
The Nets still believe that Deron
Williams is resigning and that him and Johnson will become one of the
best back court duos in the NBA. With this trade, the Nets are also
covering themselves to a certain degree that if Williams does in fact
leave, they do have an All-Star to market for the move to Brooklyn, and
can try to make a run at Steve Nash or maybe Jeremy Lin.
If Williams resigns, with the trade for
Joe Johnson and his contract, it would seem extremely unlikely that
Dwight Howard will get his wish to be playing for Brooklyn as the Nets
wouldn’t be able to pay him.
The Nets starting lineup is looking good if
they get their players to sign as it would be Deron Williams, Joe
Johnson, Gerald Wallace, Mirza Teletovic, and Brook Lopez, but it all
depends on if they are able to sign Williams and restricted free
agent Lopez. If they can, the Nets should definitely be a playoff team but
them challenging Miami still seems a ways off.
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