Report: Mavs Trade With Pacers for Johnson

"The Mavericks have agreed to a trade with the Indiana Pacers that would bring veteran point guard Anthony Johnson to Dallas," writes Tim MacMahon of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. "A source said the Mavericks would send free-agent point guard Darrell Armstrong, power forward Josh Powell and swingman Rawle Marshall to the Pacers. The deal can't be finalized until today after the NBA office opens." "The players involved remember the Athens Olympics as a bewildering, frustrating time, watching another country celebrate a gold medal they had all but taken for granted," writes Lynn Zinser of the NEW YORK TIMES. "To the basketball establishment in the United States, it rang like an alarm clock, signaling the end of taking anything for granted."