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One of the fun subplots heading into an NBA season - particularly as the social media generation churns out ubiquitous gossip - is which players are going to be advertising their trade stock as rumors of moves to other teams loom over their season.

The future is now for the Brooklyn Nets.The Nets and Boston Celtics agreed Thursday to a blockbuster trade that would send future Hall of Famers Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to Brooklyn.The deal can't be finalized before July 10.Trade talks heated up Thursday, but the main stumbling block late in the day was Garnett,