The Brooklyn Nets have committed to a makeover and Joe Johnson looks like the next expensive player to go.
Holding a $24.9 million salary for 2015-16, the Nets are ratcheting up efforts to move the talented shooting guard according to Marc Stein of ESPN.com.
The Brooklyn Nets and Grizzlies recently discussed a potential trade to send former All-Star shooting guard Joe Johnson to Memphis, according to league sources.
The teams could not find a workable deal and have tabled discussions, but sources told ESPN.com that the Nets were encouraged enough in general to believe that they will ultimately find a trade taker for Johnson’s mammoth contract, which only has one season left to run but at a massive $24.9 million in 2015-16.
Brooklyn had also discussed Johnson with the Charlotte Hornets and Detroit Pistons — but both franchises acquired players via trade — with the Hornets acquiring Nicolas Batum from Portland and the Pistons getting Ersan Ilyasova from Milwaukee.