Hawks/Nets trade-(rumor)

[Birdman]

Wojo is reporting Brooklyn and Atlanta are close to a deal. Joe Johnson going to the Nets. Said deal is close.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

Wojo is reporting Brooklyn and Atlanta are close to a deal. Joe Johnson going to the Nets. Said deal is close.

No he didn't he said

"Both Hawks and Nets are engaged in talks on several fronts. No deal close on Johnson, but sides have gone back and forth on possibility."

[Who]

Deron - JJ - G.Wallace

That is a very nice trio on the perimeter. A highly skilled center in Brook Lopez. Add a quality PF to the mix there and NJ would have a nice team.

I presume they offering cap space (maybe role players) and picks to Atlanta. Lopez, Wallace and Deron are all FAs so they can't trade them yet.

[theswitch]

Really? Hmmmm interesting. I'd wager it would send Lopez back to Atlanta for a tremendous frontcourt of Horford and Lopez. I'm not sure what they would do with Smith, then. I don't know what else Atlanta would want, other than cap space and picks. Is that enough to get it done? If it is, then Williams, Johnson, Wallace, Lopez is a nice core.

[AshyLarry]

Marshon, picks, this years rookies to ATL for Joe "Average Allstar" Johnson, blah blah blah. I still don't think Deron's coming back.

[Celts Fan 92]

iont kno how da nets can match average Joe's massive contract my guess is they trynna get Josh Smith instead

[Birdman]

C--Lopez
PF-Kirilenko
SF-Gerald Wallace
SG-Johnson
PG-Williams

Not bad starting lineup. My guess is that Marshown Brooks and Anthony Morrow may be included

[Lucky17]

Really surprised it's Johnson that the Nets are after.

Why not go after Josh Smith? Resign Deron, and then figure out a way to figure out a deal for Dwight Howard.

[theswitch]

Really surprised it's Johnson that the Nets are after.

Why not go after Josh Smith? Resign Deron, and then figure out a way to figure out a deal for Dwight Howard.

Yeah, that seems more exciting to me. Deron, Brooks, Wallace, Smith, Lopez. That's a versatile starting lineup.

[Birdman]

Maybe Hawks want to clean house and will trade both Smith and Johnson.

[theswitch]

Maybe Hawks want to clean house and will trade both Smith and Johnson.

Yeah. Johnson makes more sense for Atlanta. Johnson leaves, Smith is off the books after this year. They can rebuild around Horford and Teague.

[Birdman]

May trade Smith to Houston or Lakers and Johnson to Nets. May get back Gasol from Lakers or Scola and parts from Houston

[theswitch]

Another big stumbling block, sources said, is Atlanta's insistence that Brooklyn include promising Nets guard MarShon Brooks in the trade.

The most recent proposal, sources said, would call for the Nets to send the expiring contracts of Jordan Farmar, Johan Petro, Anthony Morrow and Jordan Williams to the Hawks in exchange for Johnson.

Sources say that the Nets, though, would prefer to complete a deal with the Hawks by including at least one of their free agents via sign-and-trade -- most likely Gerald Green -- and by hanging onto to one or two of the aforementioned expiring contracts.

Couple thoughts here. 1) It's unreal that that's the talent Atlanta is getting back for Joe Johnson. That contract was just the worst decision ever. 2) It's even more unreal that Gerald Green could be the centerpiece in a Joe Johnson trade. 3) It's also ironic that MarShon Brooks is the most controversial piece.

A lot of ex-Celtic-drafted cast-offs being discussed here.

[chambers]

Johnson brings a proven scorer that can make the team a playoff contender immediately. They are going for the high offense kind of team, like an older version of the Thunder but a monster in the middle like Dwight. Great inside outside presence it seems.
Wallace/Williams/Johnson. Dwight signs and they fill the four spot with Memet or Humphries= Instant big boys in the East.
I wouldn't wanna play that line up in a 7 game series.

of course ATL could trade Smith to LA for Gasol, and that's when we give them the farm for Gasol and become real serious.
Melo,Avery,Bass+picks to ATL, Josh Smith to Los Angeles, Gasol to Celtics.

[indeedproceed]

I bet Atlanta gets rid of JJ and Smith, and Marvin Williams, holding on to only Horford and Teague.