Yahoo.com: Marvin Williams resigns with Atlanta

[gsuteke]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Asp8F05rZr6KItyqMmjunJu8vLYF?slug=mc-williams072909&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

The Atlanta Hawks and restricted free-agent forward Marvin Williams(notes) reached an agreement on an undisclosed contract on Wednesday, a source told Yahoo! Sports.

Williams averaged 13.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 61 games last season. The 23-year-old was selected by Atlanta with the second overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft.

[gsuteke]

http://www.realgm.com/

There's a nice picture on the front page of RealGM for all the Marvin haters

[capstone21]

http://www.realgm.com/

There's a nice picture on the front page of RealGM for all the Marvin haters

I am really glad this is done. Our roster is filling out now and we didn't lose anyone significant this offseason besides flip (but he is replaced by Crawford).

I am really interested to see what the terms are.

Now lets get our backup big!!

Edited July 29, 2009 by capstone21

[Traceman]

I am really glad this is done. Our roster is filling out now and we didn't lose anyone significant this offseason besides flip (but he is replaced by Crawford).

I am really interested to see what the terms are.

Now lets get our backup big!!

Me too. I REALLY hope it is a multi-year deal and that Marvin didn't just sign the QO.

[Vol4ever]

Good I hope we locked him up for the max number of years. Now, let's get the Joe Smith thing done. I just wished we had signed Nestorvich instead of ZaZa.

[DjGrizz]

Glad to see this finally done! It's good to know that Sund knows how much money he has to work with. NOW PLEASE GO OUT AND GET JOE SMITH!!!

[Admin]

Me too. I REALLY hope it is a multi-year deal and that Marvin didn't just sign the QO.

It almost has to be a multi-year deal.

If the Hawks offered a 1 year deal for less than the QO Marvin would reject it and sign the QO?

On the other hand why would the Hawks offer more than the QO on a 1 year deal?

Personally I hope it's a 5 year deal and not a 6 year deal. Even the superstars are signing 5 year deals (or extensions) if memory serves. 6 years is just too long of a commitment to make in a sport where the guy could get injured in a number of ways and never be worth his contract.

[exodus]

I for one will light a candle for Diesel. My prayers will be with him in these trying times ...

:grimace:

[WraithSentinel]

Now to see how much it was done for. Hopefully it is a long term deal instead of a short term deal.

[gsuteke]

I for one will light a candle for Diesel. My prayers will be with him in these trying times ...

:grimace:

We are all Hawks fans are we not?

If Marvin is signed to a 5 year deal who here will not root for Marvin Williams - raise your hands!

:help wanted3:

[Traceman]

It almost has to be a multi-year deal.

If the Hawks offered a 1 year deal for less than the QO Marvin would reject it and sign the QO?

On the other hand why would the Hawks offer more than the QO on a 1 year deal?

Personally I hope it's a 5 year deal and not a 6 year deal. Even the superstars are signing 5 year deals (or extensions) if memory serves. 6 years is just too long of a commitment to make in a sport where the guy could get injured in a number of ways and never be worth his contract.

I sure hope you are right. I guess I was thinking that the contract "agreement" could be that he signed the QO before the team rescinded it. I agree on 5 versus 6 years. I think that is better for the player and the team. Marvin will still be young enough in 5 years to sign a second deal if he proves to be worth it.

[MaceCase]

Marc Stein gave more details.

The Atlanta Hawks and restricted free-agent forward Marvin Williams(notes) reached an agreement to a five-year contract worth about $40 million on Wednesday, sources told Yahoo! Sports.

:*ss:

[gsuteke]

Marc Stein gave more details.

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WOW

I question whether Marvin could have cost himself 10 million by not signing the QO and taking his chances next year when more teams had money to spend.

Excellent job by Rick Sund

[SmooveTheFuture]

I still dont see how anything Marvin has done warrants him 8 million a year for 5 years this is the worst signing of the offseason.

[WraithSentinel]

Great job it is for $40 million. Marvin wait a year he is looking at the MLE money.

[ATLNY7]

I am so happy Marvin got signed.

[Peoriabird]

I still dont see how anything Marvin has done warrants him 8 million a year for 5 years this is the worst signing of the offseason.

I figured this would bring you out of the woodwork.

[Admin]

5 years 40 million? I wonder if Rick Sund came on here and voted in the "Is Marvin Williams worth 8 million" poll. I guess it doesn't matter since we know his answer :)

If those are the actual numbers then Sund did a great job and I hope that this deal starts low and increases each year that way we have a little extra breathing room under the luxury tax this year although I suspect that it will be a flat 8 million per year deal.

[WraithSentinel]

Next up get JJ re-sign.

[Traceman]

I still dont see how anything Marvin has done warrants him 8 million a year for 5 years this is the worst signing of the offseason.

So Smoove is worth $58M but Marvin is not worth $40M because Smoove scored 1.7 more ppg, grabbed 1 more rbg, got 1 more bpg and 1 more apg? Yeah, right! :questions: