Knight Raus!

For those of you who worried that the Hawks' strong showing in the playoffs would mean a lack of changes in the team's management in the off-season, fret no longer: Billy Knight has resigned. I have no inside information as to whether this was Knight's decision. If you asked me to speculate, I'd guess that Knight interpreted ownership's refusal to let him fire Mike Woodson as a vote of no confidence and elected to leave. It will be critical for ownership to replace Knight quickly because the team has some major decisions to make in terms of re-signing Josh Smith and Josh Childress. more...