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The first round of the NBA playoffs - a place that the Denver Nuggets have had an extremely hard time getting out of.

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 Hawks cornerman led the league in defensive win shares, was fifth in defensive rating, 10th in boards, 18th in steals and eighth in blocks.

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.

Last November, I proposed a trade for the Hawks: Deal any two players on their roster for Dwight Howard.

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.

The Professional Basketball Writers Association is presenting this yearsA J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award toA Pau Gasol of the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2011-2012 NBA season.

It was one of the first questions for the Atlanta Hawks - what to do about GM Rick Sund and coach Larry Drew? Sund's deal is up and Drew has a team option for next season.

Yes, Celtics , the gods of NBA Basketball are seemingly dangling banner 18 directly in front your noses, and all you have to do is reach out and grab it.

The Atlanta Hawks ' Josh Smith debacle is starting to heat up once again. The dominant combo-forward is not just eyeing free agency after his contract releases him in the 2013 offseason, but open to a trade in the coming months before next season.

As the offseason sets in one option the Atlanta Hawks have at their disposal is the amnesty provision that each team was awarded following the NBA Lockout.

By Josh Smith Union sports writer For the third year in a row, the Fort Atkinson High School softball team has finished above the rest in the Southern Badger Conference.

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

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.