"He should be able to run club, distribute ball, get the team into its offense. He doesn't have to be a guy who's a great shooter, but he should be able to shoot a little. He should be a good athlete. Somebody who can defend (shooting guards) as well as (point guards) because of (Jason Terry's slight stature)."
This is what the Atlanta Journal-Constitution describe as an ad the Hawks would put in a paper. With Terry, Kukoc, Abdur-Rahim and Ratliff set in the lineup, who will be the point? It certainly will not be rookie Jamaal Tinsley, who the Hawks took then traded to the Pacers for a future first round pick.
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Jun 28, 2001 10:30 AM EST
In one of the big steals of the 2001 NBA draft, the Rockets traded their 3 first-rounders -- #13, #18, and #23 -- to New Jersey for the #7 pick used on Eddie Griffin, reports Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle. Griffin, who can play either forward position for the Rockets, was the Rockets' most coveted player in the draft. And while there are concerns about a couple of punches Griffin has thrown in school, Fran Blinebury writes that all the Rockets' research didn't really reveal him to be a bad seed.
In another draft-night trade, the Rockets traded a future first-rounder to Atlanta for the rights to #34, Terence Morris, for whom Steve Francis had been pushing. The first-rounder traded was from the Mirsad Turkcan trade. It is owed by Detroit but can be any team's pick; there is no protection but it will be given at Detroit's option at or before the 2004 draft.
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The acquisition of Shareef Abdur-Rahim has given the Hawks a quick, mobile front line that could lead them back into playoff contention next season. Abdur-Rahim, who has averaged 20.9 points during his five-year career, gives the Hawks a genuine low-post scoring threat at power forward. He will team with Theo Ratliff, a strong defensive center, and Toni Kukoc, a long-range shooter at small forward.
The Hawks are thin in the backcourt, but that was their weakness before they sent point guard Brevin Knight to the Grizzlies in a package that includes center Lorenzen Wright and the No. 3 pick of the draft.
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Hawks Jun 2001 Archive
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| Jun 28, 2001
Just how happy is Shareef Abdur-Rahim about the fact he is heading home to play ball? "I could not have anticipated a better situation," he said.
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| Jun 27, 2001
According to NBA rules, the deal which would see the rights to the third overall pick head to Vancouver and Shareef Abdur-Rahim head home to Atlanta cannot be completed until the trade moratorium ends July 18 because Abdur-Rahim is a base-year compensation player.
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| Jun 27, 2001
Andy Katz of ESPN reports that Sources around the NBA and close to the teams involved told ESPN.
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| Jun 26, 2001
ESPN reports that Vancouver will trade Shreef Abdur-Rahim to Atlanta for the third pick in the draft, Brevin Knight and Lorenzen Wright.
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| Jun 26, 2001
So who will fit in best with Jason Terry, Theo Ratliff and Toni Kukoc? Shane Battier? Kwame Brown? Eddie Griffin? This is a choice Hawks Gm Pete Babcock must make in 48 hours time.
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| Jun 26, 2001
Hawks Gm Pete Babcock confirmed that draft-linked trade talks are 'serious', but not to the point where he is willing to give up the third overall pick just yet.
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| Jun 24, 2001
Pete Babcock was amazed.
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| Jun 16, 2001
Shane Battier may not be a guarantee to go to the Hawks after all.
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| Jun 14, 2001
The Sporting News says Cleveland is looking for an athletic perimeter player who has the ability to score and create for himself and his teammates and another big man, possibly a center or power forward to be counted on for minutes this year.
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| Jun 8, 2001
Through the first half of the season Nazr Mohammed averaged 6.
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| Jun 7, 2001
Th Sporting News team report on the Hawks says the team likely will keep the pick and select either high-schooler Kwame Brown or Duke's Shane Battier, but general manager Pete Babcock has not ruled out trading the selection.
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| Jun 6, 2001
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| Jun 3, 2001
After being burnt in recent drafts, excluding Jason Terry at 10th overall, the Hawks might look to College Player of the Year Shane Battier as their choice.
