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Blazers Sign Center Przybilla

Aug 25, 2004 7:17 PM EST

The Portland Trail Blazers signed free agent center Joel Przybilla from the Atlanta Hawks. The Blazers will be the third team he has played for after he left the University of Minnesota after his sophomore year and was drafted ninth overall in the 2000 draft by Houston.

"Joel is a young man that has demonstrated the ability to rebound and block shots especially when given the opportunity to play last season in Atlanta," Trail Blazers General Manager John Nash said. "We would welcome those attributes to our team."

Przybilla has had a modest carrer thus far, but there are a finite number of 7 footers in the NBA and has a lot of upside and should become a contributer with the rebuilding Blazers.

Via ESPN

Portland Trail Blazers, Atlanta Hawks

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Ilgauskas 2005 Speculation Now Begins in Cleveland

Aug 23, 2004 2:32 AM EST

Cavs center Zydrunas Ilgauskas will be a free agent following this season and Roger Brown of the Cleveland Plain Dealer is already speculating that there will be few suitors who will be able to sign him. Amongst the teams with suitable cap room will likely be Golden State and Atlanta, but neither have proved terribly attractive to free agents in past seasons. With the lack of options, combined with the Cavs losing Carlos Boozer this past offseason, Cleveland GM Jim Paxson will likely do all that is possible to resign his center.

Via Cleveland Plain Dealer

Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, Atlanta Hawks

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The Big D x 2: Dampier to Dallas

Aug 17, 2004 10:13 PM EST

According to ESPN, the Warriors and the Mavericks have agreed in principle to a deal sending Erick Dampier to Dallas.

Eduardo Najera, Christian Laettner, two future first-round picks and cash would go to Golden State. In return, the Mavericks would acquire Dampier, center Evan Eschmeyer and guard Dan Dickau.

The deal cannot become official until trade restrictions on Laettner and Dickau expire later this summer. Both have recently been acquired so the deal can only be agreed upon in principle now.

Dampier is passing up the Hawks' $50 million offer over six years. The Knicks and Pacers also pursued the big man.

Dampier averaged 12.3 points and 12.0 rebounds last season and finished third in the league in field-goal percentage at 53.5 percent.

Via ESPN

Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks

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Hawks Aug 2004 Archive

  • Drobnjak a Hawk

    SportsLine.com | Aug 16, 2004

    Nearly two months after being the first player ever acquired by the expansion Charlotte Bobcats, F Predrag Drobnjak has been traded away in a move which gave Charlotte a 2nd round pick in the 2005 NBA Draft.

  • Isiah Tries for Dampier One Last Time

    New York Daily News | Aug 16, 2004

    For the last two months, Knicks' president Isiah Thomas has been trying to work a sign-and-trade with Golden State to land center Erick Dampier.

  • Curry on Grizzlies radar

    Memphis Commercial Appeal | Aug 14, 2004

    The Memphis Commercial Appeal confirms that the Memphis Grizzlies have asked the Chicago Bulls about trading center Eddy Curry, but the part about Stromile Swift and Bonzi Wells being the two that the Grizzlies are offering in return is not.

  • Barry A Hot Commodity

    The Rocky Mountain News | Aug 12, 2004

    No, it isn’t Brent, this time it is his older brother Jon.

  • Walker Will Recruit Dampier

    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Aug 11, 2004

    Antoine Walker now feels like he has his own team and it wants him.

  • Baker Signing Could Mean No Dampier

    New York Post | Aug 10, 2004

    Vin Baker is expected to re-sign with the Knicks this week, a move that will eliminate the ability to obtain Erick Dampier for the $4.

  • Jermaine: Please Get Dampier

    ESPN | Aug 10, 2004

    Jermaine O'Neal would like some big help in the frontcourt.

  • Hawks Swoop in on Hudson

    St. Paul Pioneer Press | Aug 9, 2004

    If the Timberwolves cannot finish a deal to sign free-agent point guard Troy Hudson, he could end up with the Atlanta Hawks by this week.

  • Antoine officially joins Hawks

    hawks.com | Aug 5, 2004

    The Atlanta Hawks officially acquired former All-Star Antoine Walker and Tony Delk from the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for guard Jason Terry, forward Alan Henderson and a first round pick according to the Hawks' official website.

  • Slava returns to Lakers, Hawks guard Hansen goes to Spain

    ESPN | Aug 3, 2004

    The Los Angeles Lakers have re-signed backup big man Slava Medvedenko to a two-year contract, according to a report out of ESPN today.

  • Antoine Walker to be a Hawk

    NY Post | Aug 3, 2004

    Although he expected to be traded to the Knicks, Antoine Walker will apparently be traded tomorrow from the Mavs to the Hawks for Jason Terry and Alan Henderson, a league source revealed.