"Kirk Hinrich and Hilton Armstrong arrived at Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday with their teammates, but both players probably had a decent idea of what would happen next when they were held out of the Washington Wizards' game against the Philadelphia 76ers.

They sat on the bench in street clothes through the first half, but when the team came out of the locker room for the second half, Hinrich and Armstrong had already been shipped to the Atlanta Hawks.

The Wizards dealt the veteran point guard Hinrich and seldom-used backup center Armstrong to the Hawks in exchange for Mike Bibby, Maurice Evans, Jordan Crawford and a 2011 first-round pick. The deal keeps the franchise moving along with its plans to rebuild around rookie John Wall.

With Thursday's 3 p.m. deadline approaching, the Wizards had made it clear to teams that they wanted to get young prospects and draft picks in any deals. The trade with Atlanta essentially yields two first-round picks, since Crawford, a combo guard, was taken with the 27th pick last June. "