The Brooklyn Nets shook up the NBA landscape by making a blockbuster trade last offseason to acquire a veritable All-Star starting lineup in their quest for a championship. That championship train has been derailed, but that doesn't mean that the Nets are done making moves, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports—those moves will just be on a smaller scale.
Brooklyn is finalizing two separate trades with the Chicago Bulls and the New Orleans Pelicans that will save the team's owner some money.
The first deal sees Bulls point guard Marquis Teague headed to Brooklyn in return for forward Tornike Shengelia:
Neither player has been a big part of his team's rotations this year, and both will hope to latch on with their new clubs and get some playing time.
Shengelia is averaging eight minutes per game for the Nets, but he had an impressive two-game stint in the D-League in which he averaged 17 points (on 56 percent shooting) with five rebounds and two assists for the Springfield Armor.
Teague has yet to live up to the Bulls' expectations when they selected him at the end of the ...
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