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The Hawks have thus quickly emerged as a potential destination for Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, who grew up in the Atlanta area and is close friends with Hawks swingman Josh Smith. Howard is also close with Anthony Morrow, one of five players that the Hawks will acquire from the Brooklyn Nets in their pending trade with the Nets for Johnson. ESPN.com

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Tim Bontemps: I will miss @Anthony Morrow next season. One of the nicest guys around. I'm happy if he has to get traded that it's back home to Atlanta. Twitter

Atlanta Hawks, Brooklyn Nets, Trade, Anthony Morrow 

The Brooklyn Nets are “very close” to acquiring six-time All-Star guard Joe Johnson from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for guards Jordan Farmar, Anthony Morrow and DeShawn Stevenson and centers Jordan Williams and Johan Petro, as well as a protected first-round pick that came from Houston, according to a league source. The deal, the source said, would be completed whether or not Brooklyn is able to convince free agent guard Deron Williams to re-sign with the team. Williams is entertaining an offer from the Dallas Mavericks as well. NBA.com

Atlanta Hawks, Brooklyn Nets, Trade, Jordan Farmar, Joe Johnson, Anthony Morrow, Johan Petro, DeShawn Stevenson, Jordan Williams 

The Brooklyn Nets are finalizing a trade to acquire Atlanta Hawks guard Joe Johnson, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. The trade will send guards Anthony Morrow, Jordan Farmar and DeShawn Stevenson and forwards Jordan Williams and Johan Petro to the Hawks, along with a 2013 first-round pick the Nets acquired from the Houston Rockets. Stevenson is a free agent, so he will go to the Hawks in a sign-and-trade deal. Johnson, 31, has four years and nearly $90 million dollars left on his contract. Shedding his contract would give Atlanta immense cap relief and flexibility moving forward. Yahoo! Sports

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Sam Amick: Source confirms reports that Atlanta has agreed to framework of a deal that would send Joe Johnson Brooklyn for Jordan Williams, Johan Petro, Jordan Farmar, Anthony Morrow, sign and trade of DeShawn Stevenson, and protected 2013 first rounder. Differing reports on whether or not the deal is contingent on the signing of PG Deron Williams, who is meeting with Nets officials now. Sulia

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Conor Orr: Hearing now that the Joe Johnson deal is NOT contingent on Deron Williams re-signing with Nets. Twitter

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Stefan Bondy: League source confirms the Nets have all but finalized deal for Joe Johnson. Wow. Twitter

Atlanta Hawks, Brooklyn Nets, Trade, Jordan Farmar, Joe Johnson, Anthony Morrow, Johan Petro, DeShawn Stevenson, Jordan Williams 

Adrian Wojnarowski: As teams finalize framework of Joe Johnson deal contingent on DWill commitment, Nets won't be sending future 1st to Atlanta, source tells Y! Twitter

Atlanta Hawks, Brooklyn Nets, Trade, Jordan Farmar, Joe Johnson, Anthony Morrow, Johan Petro, DeShawn Stevenson, Jordan Williams 

Colin Stephenson: Hearing the Nets-Joe Johnson deal is "pretty much done.'' Twitter

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David Aldridge: Breaking: Nets "very close" to acquiring Joe Johnson from Hawks for Farmar, Petro, Morrow, Williams, Stevenson and protected pick (Houston). Twitter

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David Aldridge: Source indicated earlier that the Nets would proceed with JJ deal whether or not they get commitment from Deron Williams to stay w/Brooklyn. Twitter

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David Aldridge: Current construction of deal would also keep MarShon Brooks, Gerald Green in Brooklyn. Nets want to keep both. Twitter

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Nets would send Jordan Williams, Petro, Farmar, Morrow and a sign-and-trade of Stevenson for Joe Johnson, sources tell Y! Twitter

Atlanta Hawks, Brooklyn Nets, Trade, Jordan Farmar, Joe Johnson, Anthony Morrow, Johan Petro, DeShawn Stevenson, Jordan Williams 

The most recent proposal, sources said Sunday night, would call for the Nets to send the expiring contracts of Jordan Farmar, Johan Petro, Anthony Morrow and Jordan Williams along with the signed-and-traded DeShawn Stevenson and a future first-round pick to Atlanta in exchange for Johnson. ESPN.com

Atlanta Hawks, Brooklyn Nets, Trade, Jordan Farmar, Anthony Morrow, Johan Petro, DeShawn Stevenson, Jordan Williams 

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. ESPN.com

Atlanta Hawks, Brooklyn Nets, Trade, Jordan Farmar, Joe Johnson, Anthony Morrow, Johan Petro, Jordan Williams 

Anthony Morrow: Salute to my bro @Kevin Durant great work this season mane Twitter

Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant, Anthony Morrow 

Yesterday, I asked Anthony Morrow if Deron Williams will re-sign with the Nets. His response: "I sure hope so. Since the season ended, we haven't really talked about basketball. We worked out a couple of times in the weight room and spoke to each other on Father's Day, but we haven't talked much about basketball. Hopefully he's back in that Nets uniform. He's a good person to have on your team, as a player and as a leader. I'm hoping he's back on the team. At the same time, I'm sure he's going to do whatever is best for himself and his family, which is what he should do. Hopefully that's being in Brooklyn." Sulia

Brooklyn Nets, Free Agency, Anthony Morrow, Deron Williams 

That's a little optimistic, of course. We all know the unpredictability of tunnel traffic. But Anthony Morrow, who is signed through next season, also wasn’t concerned. “For me, I think I just get a real estate person to figure out what to do,” he said. New York Daily News

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Anthony Morrow: Sad day in GS warrior history when Monta doesn't put on that Warrior uniform anymore. S/O to my bro ME8 *Salute* Twitter

Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks, Brooklyn Nets, Trade, Monta Ellis, Anthony Morrow 

Sources tell HOOPSWORLD that the Utah Jazz and New Jersey Nets have discussed deal that would swap Miles for pieces like Anthony Morrow and Johan Petro. The Nets would like to trim off as much salary as possible for the offseason, when they hope to attain the services of center Dwight Howard. Miles has an expiring deal while both Morrow and Petro have another at a combined $7.5 million. HoopsWorld

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