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Hawks forward Josh Smith is ready to lead this season. Armed with a new contract, a renewed sense of his place on his team and eager to show that last season's playoff berth was more than just a stroke of luck, ...

That's the longest hiatus I've taken from this blog since it was born shortly after the end of the Hawks' dreadful finish to the 2004-05 season.

Yesterday on TrueHoop I, probably foolishly, riffed a bit on a Joe Johnson story I heard while watching TV: Did anyone else notice Doug Collins, during the U.S. vs.

The Atlanta Hawks added versatility to their backcourt by signing free-agent guard Ronald "Flip" Murray on Wednesday.

Next step: build a team around Smith and Horford. Mark Bradley needs to get on that particular trolly.

I'm a little conflicted on where I want Josh Smith to end up next year. Hank has a good round-up of the tidbits here .

"As the only team left with significant room under the salary cap, the Griz have shifted out of a summer holding pattern and targeted the versatile 6-9, 235-pound forward.

Maurice Evans could have taken the road to higher pay with a European team, but decided to keep his roots grounded with the Atlanta Hawks .

I'm just returning from a much needed vacation to Louisiana. That's right, the bayou.

Josh Childress is leaving the Atlanta Hawks for the Olympiakos of Greece. Childress, 25, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he came to an agreement on a three-year contract with the Olympiakos Wednesday ...

I'm just returning from a much needed vacation to Louisiana. That's right, the bayou.

Chase Keuch at MVN's Impending Firestorm recently wrote about how they needed their Josh's resigned, and he is undoubtedly correct.

Atlanta currently holds restricted free agent rights on arguably 2 of the top 10 free agents in the market this summer.

Joe Johnson has the same question: "What's going to happen with Josh and Josh?" The Hawks all-star guard inquired about the status of Hawks restricted free agents Josh Smith and Josh Childress while at a ...

There can be no excuses now. If Josh Smith plays elsewhere next season, it will be because the Hawks messed up or wimped out.

The relief Hawks fans felt when Elton Brand signed with the 76ers may have lasted only as long as it took Josh Smith to sit down for dinner in Los Angeles with Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy.

Neither New York nor Charlotte figure to compete for an NBA title anytime soon but both made massive improvements in the area of head coaching.

Former Razorback Joe Johnson would have loved to spend his summer in Beijing competing for Olympic gold, but it looks as if his services won't be needed.

In what figures to be the most thorough examination this off-season written by someone not required to consider the state of the Atlanta Hawks on a daily basis, Kelly Dwyer delineates the crux of the ...

The Philadelphia 76ers rolled out the red carpet for Hawks forward Josh Smith on Wednesday, complete with limousine rides, a guided tour of not only their facilities but much of the city of Brotherly Love and a ...