Found June 16, 2009 on Red's Army: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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The Atlanta Hawks are a young, athletic, exciting team.  But they don't seem to be on a championship path.  So now they're apparently starting to think of pieces they can trade... in an effort to bring in some more stable players that might be able to help them move forward.  One of those players:  Josh SmithThe Hawks have a few other key players whose contracts are about to expire (starters Mike Bibby and Marvin Williams, and reserves Flip Murray and Zaza Pachulia), and they feel that Smith will bring something of real value in return (they're right about that). ESPN reported "the Hawks have been working hard the past few weeks to see whether they can find a taker for Smith," but that trading Smith won't be easy because he has a "$6 million trade kicker attached to his contract." In other words, if you trade for Smith, you're giving him a cool $6 mil right off the batThat means the C...
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