ESPN NEWS reporting Joe smith to hawks

[georgiaheel]

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Edited August 14, 2009 by georgiaheel

[HawksFan87]

Dude I really hope you're not lieing lol..

[joeschmoe]

If this is true, this was an awesome off-season, and it could have been catastrophic.

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HawkItus]

Man, I'm ready for the season if this is true.

[ATLNY7]

This better be true.

[GameTime]

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If this is a lie, you deserve to get perma-banned.

[TeagueForMVP]

man i hope this is true if it is sign siler

[swolehawk2]

man i hope this is true if it is sign siler

I just read it on the ESPN news ticker too, being reported by Ric Bucher.

[Mdizzle5]

I heard the same. I got a text via ESPN mobile that says they signed him to the vet minimum for 1 year so...*shrugs* take it for what it is.

[GameTime]

I just read it on the ESPN news ticker too, being reported by Ric Bucher.

If true we are a darkhorse Finals team and Woody has no excuses this year.

[capstone21]

If true we are a darkhorse Finals team and Woody has no excuses this year.

YES!!! Finally, we are getting our depth put together now. This is great news!! Great job Sund!

We have a pf that I feel will bring veteran leadership to this team. A great locker room guy. He will also give us solid rebounding, scoring and defense off the bench. If someone gets injured I am okay with him playing a starter role.

This has been a very important move for us.

[TheTruth]

1 year vet minimum? That rumored amount can't be right. But if it is, all I can say is WOW what a great move!

[WraithSentinel]

Yep I just saw it on Espnews to. Good job Hawks.

[HawksFan87]

I read somewhere else it's a 3 year deal, 4.8 million per year

[EazyRoc]

3 years ? :thumbsdownsmileyanim: 2 ? Maybe. I liked the idea of the 1 year minimum, but Joe didn't want that. He wants to cash in on his last contract. Oh well. We've definitely got depth at all 5 positions. Well..we still need a better option at SF than Mo Evans.

[mrhonline]

The Hawks had to give the third year to get the salary lower, it sounds.

[capstone21]

1.6 per year is really good. I was thinking there was no way we were getting him for anything under 2 - 2.5 million.

Our top 10 is set. Now we can fill out the rest of the roster...I will be happy with Hart and Petro. We will be 12 deep.

[WraithSentinel]

It is $1.6 mil per. What is the big deal? That is a very cheap and movable contract.

[Admin]

If it's 4.8 TOTAL then this is a GREAT deal, if it's 4.8 per I'm going to be very unhappy.

[MaceCase]

Sekou acknowledges the report so now it actually happened

Spoke w/2 Hawks sources about Joe Smith: looks good, but nothing concrete yet. Final process begins Monday. Another Hawks' score. Stay tuned

per his twitter.

Edited August 15, 2009 by CrawfulToCrawesome