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$119 million is $119 million. This was the best offer Joe Johnson could get from any NBA team, and he will now have the chance to try and finish what he and the Hawks have been building in Atlanta. But what does accepting the offer say about Johnson? Simply put, it says that Johnson just really isn’t worth it. Johnson was supposed to wait and see what the other free agents (LeBron, Wade, Stoudemire, and ...

The Atlanta Hawks have their new man and they didn’t have to search too far. Mike Woodson’s former assistant coach 52-year old Larry Drew will take over and be the next head coach of the Atlanta Hawks. Drew was able to beat out potential candidates Dwane Casey and Mark Jackson. The Hawks also looked at Avery Johnson, but moved on once it was announced that Johnson and the Nets reached a ...

Wow! The Washington Wizards win the No. 1 draft choice in June’s 2010 NBA Draft. And the look on Mikhail Prokhorov’s face, priceless. Could this be a sign of misfortunes to come with the Nets under the regime of Prokohorov? Who knows? The Wizards are back in the NBA’s spotlight and it doesn’t involve guns or the trading away of Antawn Jamison for next-to-nothing. What will the Wizards do? Gilbert Arenas will make ...

You know, there is this part of me that wishes that the Atlanta Hawks had lost to the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round. That way, I wouldn’t have to be toyed with by them and the Orlando Magic now. All I hear on TV, mostly on ESPN, is how the Hawks are an AAU team. Not that I am upset with ESPN or anything because it’s true. With the way that ...

The Western Conference first-round matchup between the Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs might be the most even "two vs. seven" pairing in NBA history. Both teams have been a part of the playoff scene since the turn of the century and usually find themselves meeting each other in the Conference Semifinals and Finals. With the two teams separated by a mere five wins, it makes even harder to believe that ...

The Atlanta Hawks are 0-3 against the Cleveland Cavaliers this season after tonight’s 93-88 loss in Cleveland. This game had a familiar tune to those played in the first two meetings with the Cavaliers. Atlanta played very well in the beginning of the game and led in the fourth quarter 76-74 with seven minutes left in the game. However, just like in their two previous games, the Hawks went cold from the ...

At the start of the 2009-2010 Josh Smith had a few goals he hoped to accomplish this season. Some of those goals were personal and some were team goals. One of those goals, making the NBA All-Star game, seemed like a sure thing for Smith, as he was having one of the best seasons of his career, while being one of the leaders on a Hawks team that was playing ...

You’re the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks and were up by as much as 15 points with only eight minutes left in the game when your opponent begins clawing their way back into the game. Your opponent is also one of the best teams in the NBA, the Dallas Mavericks, with one of the best players in the league, Dirk Nowitzki. In a back-and-forth type of contest where your team has ...

ItÆs official. The Atlanta Hawks are off to a bad start in 2010. After ending 2009 with two collapses in back-to-back nights to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Hawks appear to still be in a hangover. They opened 2010 with a New YearÆs Day loss to the New York Knicks. Atlanta had an 80-67 lead at home against the Knicks on Friday going into the fourth quarter. However, the 13-point lead was washed ...

The Atlanta Hawks are 21-10 and just as easily couldÆve, wouldÆve, and should be 23-8. But a dreadful fourth quarter, a miscue with the shot clock, a lucky three-pointer by Anderson Varejao, and a 48-point performance by LeBron James on his birthday caused the Hawks to drop back-to-back games to the Cleveland Cavaliers to end 2009. Joe Johnson did everything he could to help the Hawks steal one in Cleveland and spoil ...