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Justin Anderson slept through Sixers trade that sent him to Hawks

He was in Indiana that July day, rehabbing after surgery on his left leg to address recurring shin splints. Twice-daily massages were required to avoid clotting, and it was during his second massage of the day that he dozed off.

When the massage therapist was finished and washing her hands, she mentioned that Anderson's phone had been making a lot of noise.

"My phone was on vibrate and off to the side and she said, 'Your phone is blowing up. You might want to check it,' " Anderson said after the Hawks' shootaround Monday morning at the Wells Fargo Center, where they will play the Sixers at 7 p.