Six players, including Latrell Sprewell, Glenn Robinson and Keith Van Horn, were involved in a four-team NBA trade Wednesday night.

In the deal, which had been rumored since Tuesday, Minnesota received Sprewell from the New York Knicks and sent guard Terrell Brandon to Atlanta and center Marc Jackson to Philadelphia.

Robinson went from Atlanta to Philadelphia, which sent Van Horn to New York.

The 76ers also sent reserve Randy Holcomb and a first-round draft pick to Atlanta, while they reacquired their own 2006 second-round pick from the Hawks.

Minnesota vice president Kevin McHale said negotiations continued throughout the day Wednesday. He said they were complicated when a fifth team, which he would not name, tried to get involved. The process accelerated when that team dropped out Wednesday evening.

The deal ends Sprewell's five-season tenure with the Knicks which included a trip to the 1999 NBA Finals. He averaged 16.4 points and shot only a shade over 40 percent last season -- some of the lowest numbers of his 11-year career.