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July 02. 2012 8:19PM

Nets get Joe Johnson in multi-player trade

The Brooklyn Nets have acquired forward Joe Johnson in a trade with the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for five players and a draft pick, multiple media outlets reported Monday.

The Hawks get Jordan Farmar, Anthony Morrow, Jordan Williams and Johan Petro. They also will get DeShawn Stevenson in a sign-and-trade arrangement and will get the Nets' 2013 lottery-protected pick.

The pick is lottery-protected until 2017, at which point it becomes a second-round pick.

Johnson, 31, is a six-time all-star, and he averaged 18.8 points and 3.7 rebounds this past season.

Originally, the deal was to be contingent on Deron Williams agreeing to re-sign with the Nets, according to ESPN.com, but the Nets have since removed that stipulation.

Adding Johnson and the $89 million and four years remaining on his contract will make it difficult for the Nets to add Orlando center Dwight Howard, who reportedly has said he wanted to be traded to Brooklyn.

The Nets will have to pay Deron Williams a lot, and they signed Gerald Wallace to a four-year, $40 million deal recently.

The Hawks rid themselves of a lot of salary obligation by sending Johnson away in exchange for low-priced players.

Morrow was the highest scoring of the players acquired, and he averaged 12.0 points for the Nets this past season. Farmar averaged 10.4.

Anthony Davis sprains ankle

The U.S. Olympic basketball team, hit by a recent rash of injuries, may have suffered another blow after NBA top draft pick Anthony Davis sustained a sprained ankle, the New Orleans Hornets said on Monday.

Davis, the college player of the year and Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four during Kentucky's march to the national championship, hurt himself during a workout at the Hornets' team facility on Sunday, New Orleans said.

“His status to resume workouts is day to day,” New Orleans said in a statement. “An evaluation of his availability to practice with Team USA will be made later in the week.”

Last week, Dwyane Wade (knee surgery) and Chris Bosh (abdominal injury) of the NBA champion Miami Heat withdrew from consideration for the team.

The U.S. team had already been hit by injuries to several leading candidates for the squad, including Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls and Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic.

The withdrawals of Wade and Bosh had left 16 players in the roster pool for 12 spots on the U.S. team, down from an initial pool of 20.

While the surplus of talent has dwindled for the 2008 Olympic champions, they still will be counted as favorites in the London tournament with LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Carmelo Anthony and Blake Griffin among the names still on the team list.

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