Booker to Brooklyn with 2-year deal; Celts sway Al

A day after signing former Knick Jeremy Lin, the Brooklyn Nets came to terms with free agent Trevor Booker Saturday on a two-year, $18.5 million deal. The agreement was first reported by the Salt Lake Tribune.

Booker spent the last two seasons with the Jazz, averaging 6.5 points a nd 5.4 rebounds in Utah. The reserve power forward will likely help fill the hole left by Thaddeus Young, who was traded to the Pacers for a 2016 first-round draft pick, which the Nets used on Caris LeVert.

Confirming the Brooklyn deal on his twitter account, Booker expressed his appreciation to the Jazz organization and changed his profile picture to one of him wearing a Nets jersey.

l Al Horford ended the waiting game with a simple tweet: “Celtic Pride,” it said, followed by 18 shamrocks. The number might not have been a coincidence.

A franchise with 17 NBA championships may have gotten closer to contending for an 18th on Saturday, when Horford decided to accept a four-year, $113 million offer to join the Boston Celtics. Horford made the announcement on Twitter.

l The Houston Rockets agreed to terms with forward Ryan Anderson on a four-year, $80 million contract.

CONTADOR CRASHES

Alberto Contador’s quest for a third Tour title immediately suffered a serious blow on Saturday when the Spaniard crashed during the opening stage of the three-week race.

The 33-year-old Contador hit a traffic curb while coming around a right turn with about 80 kilometers (50 miles) left.

DAY SHARES LEAD

Jason Day hit only three fairways and still managed a 1-under 69 to share the lead Saturday with Scott Piercy at the Bridgestone Invitational. Day and Piercy were at 5-under 205.

U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson, who had a 66 and was only three shots behind.

BOLT’S STILL THE TALK

It’s a sport built on speed, and at U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, sprinters wasted no time drawing conclusions about Usain Bolt’s itinerary. The consensus: He’ll be in Rio.

The Jamaican sprinter’s hamstring was Topic No. 1. If Bolt is seriously hurt, the entire Olympics will take on a new perspective, whether it’s Bolt at less-than-full strength or absent altogether.