Joe Johnson News

You can call this our Draft Lottery Preview, in which we offer positive reinforcement for those optimistic fans.

Trying to figure out the Hawks' approach to Josh Smith is a trick. They don't regularly campaign for Smith for the All-Star teams and have never made a fuss when he's not selected despite it routinely being pretty terrible.

The Hinrich injury to start the season forced the Hawks to sign two point guards to back-up Teague, Donald Sloan and Jannero Pargo.

I know, that sounds like a title to a movie. Now don't get me wrong, I like Mike Woodson , alot.

Since signing that monster of a contract, Joe Johnson has failed to average 19 points a game during the regular season.

Renardo Sideney - Renardo Sidney measured 304 pounds with 22.35% body fat percentage, by far the most at the Nets PreDraft Combine.

Basically, the gist of the article is that the author breaks down the offensive possessions of every team.

The NBA is filled with many of the worst, most poisonous contracts in sports. Deals for stars like Joe Johnson , role players like Charlie Villenueva and busts like Andris Biedrins continue to plague teams and keep them from targeting new impact players in free agency.

Apr 29, 2012; Atlanta, GA, USA; Boston Celtics small forward Paul Pierce shoots over Atlanta Hawks point guard Jeff Teague during the second half of game one in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals of the 2012 NBA Playoffs at Philips Arena.

With the Hawks' season in the rearview mirror, all 5 SDS staffers look back at the whirl-wind total of 72 games and look ahead to an equally crazy summer.

When it came to survival, Stan Van Gundy should've known he wasn't going to win a battle with Dwight Howard.

NBA Writers With rumors of power forward Josh Smith requesting a traded and salary cap issues brewing, the 2012 NBA offseason could bring about massive changes to the current Atlanta Hawks roster.

Let's begin with the draft. As someone who follows little to no college basketball before the beginning of March Madness, allow me to concede any sense of sureness, but Fab Melo seems like too much of a dream to come to the Hawks.

While most of the discussion this offseason has revolved around potential free agents that our newfoud cap space could net, there hasn't been much talk of potential trades.

The Atlanta Hawks could have changed a lot this offseason without doing very much.

Despite what many people in the local and national media are saying, the Atlanta Hawks ' best option for the future is to keep the team's core players intact.

Larry Drew is returning for his third season as the Atlanta Hawks' coach despite the team's first-round exit from the playoffs.

When I think Atlanta, I think absurd contracts. No, not Darko, not Wes Johnson but volume shooters getting paid big money.

From the general manager whose contract is up to the coach with an option hanging out there - not to mention the Josh Smith trade request - there are nothing but questions in Atlanta this summer.

The Atlanta Hawks returned to Philips Arena and cleaned out their lockers on Friday, amid much disappointment and regrets about a playoff run cut short.