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Found July 29, 2009 on FanHouse:
PLAYERS: Marvin Williams,  Josh Smith,  Rashard Lewis,  Reggie Evans,  Vladimir Radmanovic
TEAMS: Atlanta Hawks,  Orlando Magic,  Toronto Raptors,  Charlotte Bobcats

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by Tom ZillerFiled under: Hawks, NBA TransactionsThe Hawks played hardball this summer with restricted free agent Marvin Williams, just as the Hawks do with most restricted free agents. Last year, Atlanta GM Rick Sund allowed Josh Smith to hang in the RFA win, only bringing the electric forward back when Memphis got Smith to sign a reasonable offer sheet.It didn't come to that this season -- Marvin apparently talked to no other team seriously -- but it still worked out for Atlanta. Marc Spears of Yahoo! reports Williams will stay in the ATL for $40 million over the next five seasons.As Kevin Pelton of Basketball Prospectus has noted, Sund has always tried to use restricted free agency to his advantage -- he played hardball with Rashard Lewis, Reggie Evans and Vladimir Radmanovic during his Seattle tenure. Because restricted free agency heavily favors teams over players, Sund has had great success in this area.Williams as an unrestricted free agent could have received closer to $...
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1 Comment:
  • Good, we needed to keep he and Zaza to remain a contending team. Im looking foward to seeing an improved hook shot. I strongly believe we need to retain Flip too. West I feel will develope nicely here but we are in desperate need of a true big man. I don't know what the plan is for Solo, I don't know how he will be able to develope under sorry Mike Woodson.

    We do have Continuity with the squad we have and hopefully Crawford can
    be that body that allows JJ a way out of the dbl/tripp team he sees regularly. Ready for the season to start and hope we have a healthy one.
    by jjisthetruth   July 30, 2009   Reply   Options  
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I thought I'd wait until things were settled but that's apparently not very new media of me. If the years and money being reported (5 years, $37.5-40 million) are accurate this seems like a good deal for the Hawks whether the intend to keep Marvin Williams or use him as a trading chit. I'd be surprised if he, barring injury, fails to provide $8 million worth of production...
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