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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; The Nets are \"aggressively pursuing\" a trade for Josh Smith. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Brooklyn Nets are \"aggressively pursuing\" a possible trade for Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith, ESPN.com's Chris Broussard reported on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Nets are also targeting Charlotte Bobcats guard Ben Gordon in trade talks before the Feb. 21 deadline. But Broussard reported that Smith is a \"higher\" priority for the Nets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Nets would offer Kris Humphries and second-year guard MarShon Brooks for the 27-year-old Smith, who is averaging 16.9 points and 8.5 rebounds per game on 45.1 percent shooting from the field. He would be a bona fide addition to a Nets lineup that includes guards Deron Williams and Joe Johnson and center Brook Lopez.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Hawks would be looking for more in return from the Nets, however. Broussard reported that they would want the Nets' first-round pick in addition to Humphries and Brooks. Or, it could take a third team to get involved for the trade to go through.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Smith will be a free agent in the offseason. He said recently that he believes he is worth a max contract, something the Hawks have indicated they are unwilling to give him. If Smith re-signs in free agency, a max contract would run for five years and cost his team in the neighborhood of $94 million.\nThe Nets and Hawks are neck-and-neck in the current Eastern Conference playoff standings. The Nets sit at No. 5, while the Hawks are right behind them at No. 6 \u2014 and the two teams are tied in the loss column.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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