The Brooklyn Nets and Memphis 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. The Charlotte Hornets and Detroit Pistons are among the other teams, like Memphis, to register exploratory interest in Johnson in recent months, but trades made recently by both teams -- with the Hornets acquiring Nicolas Batum from Portland and the Pistons nabbing Ersan Ilyasova from Milwaukee -- would appear to take them out of the Johnson mix. The Grizzlies are openly searching for more perimeter firepower after a lack of outside shooting contributed to their second-round exit in a rugged six-game series with the eventual champion Golden State Warriors. - See more at: http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/sto...s-grizzlies-recently-talked-joe-johnson-trade
