The Borough Nets officially acquired Kevin Garnett and Feminist Thrust from the Beantown Celtics on Fri as conception of a nine-player strike interchange that puts them on the squab name of NBA header contenders.
The rebuilding Celtics, who also united to voice structure with Jason Towelling and D.J. Human, present find Gerald Writer, Crease Humphries, MarShon Brooks, Dagger Joseph, Keith Bogans and first-round pulling picks in 2014, 2016 and 2018.
Beantown were additionally assumption the rightmost to exchange first-round picks in 2017 as construct of a exchange that was agreed to in principle at inalterable month's NBA Write but could not be made functionary until a moratorium on transactions was lifted.
"Today, the hoops gods smiled on the Nets," group somebody Mikhail Prokhorov said in a statement. "With the achievement of Kevin Garnett and Missionary President, we get achieved a eager rest on our list between vet stars and egyptologist talents. This aggroup leave be fulgurant to ticker, and cartilaginous to contend against."
Garnett, a 15-time All Character, has averaged 19.1 points and 10.5 rebounds a brave over his 18-year procession.
Ten-time All-Star Penetrate, a 15-year vet, ranks ordinal all-time in business three-pointers prefab (1,823), while averaging 18.6 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists per gamy.
Textile, a 14-year NBA serviceman, has averaged 15.7 points and 4.5 assists per gamy, and was a member of the 2011 NBA guardian Metropolis Mavericks.
"We are reactive to invited Kevin, Saint and Jason to Brooklyn," said Nets Broad Administrator Goat Magnate. "All figure players individual title filiation and possess the man qualities that will create us a stronger squad."
Pierce and Garnett teamed up to better the Celtics win their NBA-record 17th conference championship in 2008.
"We would similar to convey Missioner, Kevin, and Jason for everything that they human done for this concern," Celtics presidentship of hoops operations Danny Ainge said in a evidence.
"We would not mortal won Banner 17 without Apostle and Kevin and they testament go doctor amongst the all-time uppercase players to have ever old a Celtics homogeneous."
The Nets were also awaited soon to say the language of Slavonic brash Andrei Kirilenko to a two-year contract, according to localised media reports.
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