Merged: Hawks sign Vladimir Radmanovic

[Brokentree]

I don't understand the negativity. His career numbers are almost identical to Korver and he shoots only a slightly lower % on 3's. He's taller and a better rebounder and assuming its a min deal we got him at 1/5 the cost of a korver and he's not locked in for two years.

Oh and most importantly.. he doesn't look like Justin Bieber.

Edited December 10, 2011 by Brokentree

[WakaFlocka]

Not yet. You have to remember, we're filling those filler spots. This is where we had Josh Powell and the other ham and eggers off the bench last year. I still consider TMac an upgrade (even though I don't expect Tmac from 2003).

If there's ever a year for Marvin to be aggressive, this is the year. Unfortunately, I don't think it was a back thing. I think it was a mind thing.

I don't know if you've ever played sports, but when you have an injury it messes with your mind, too. You're always thinking about your injury and it'll absolutely effect your play on the court, field, etc. Marvin said he hasn't felt this good in a long time, so hopefully he won't be thinking about it and he can just go out and play his game.

[sturt]

Being the glass-half-full guy that I am, I'm tentatively okay with the signing, depending on what we eventually learn the terms of the deal are.

[Plainview1981]

Things were sort of looking up after signing T-Mac and being rumored for Watson, but as it always happens with the Hawks, they peaked with mediocrity. Let's bring back Royal Ivey and Matt Freije.

Where is Hanno playing these days?

[suiluap]

Where is Hanno playing these days?

He's retired. :(

[sillent]

Why is getting a big man who can spread the floor bad for a versatile team like us? I still agree we need another defensive rebounding big man and would like to look at Samuel Dalembert as an option but I don't think Rad is a bad signing at all with the pieces we already have in place. A Horford, Rad and Smoove trio on the court could actually be quite deadly when all 3 can switch positions from offense to defense to create the best match ups. Zaza a hard nose rebounder and offensive rebounding threat could be more dangerous if the other big has to go out to guard Radmanovic. A team is exactly that (a team) and having the right pieces used correctly at the right time is the formula for winning!! I see Rad even being able to play the 3 at times which would allow a back up big 3 including Keith Benson or Jason Collier for defensive.

[DeacKillsaDevil]

Why is everyone freaking out by this? We just got a 3 point shooter. He'll just play a few minutes per game when we need one on the floor.

[Plainview1981]

Why is everyone freaking out by this? We just got a 3 point shooter. He'll just play a few minutes per game when we need one on the floor.

He's not any good. Any good shooting he does is MORE than offset by his lack of rebounding, defense and abilities in other area's.

[frankthetank966]

I'm also really confused why everyone is upset with this signing. He's not a superstar but he fills a need and is a great role player. Remember when the Celtics built the big-three a few years ago they went and got all these great role players who were good at specific roles (defense, 3PT...) this is what we are doing. Rad will help us spread the floor and too be honest he would have been the next best bench player on the team last year behind Crawford. In addition to this he can probably start a few games a year. If we add one more big piece like a Dalemberet I will be very happy with the off-season. I know everyone is begging for CP3 and Dwight but this is the Hawks, let's be realistic about this team for a moment, we won't get those guys.

[HawksFan87]

He will arrive tomorrow. I like the signing . Heck he has a better 3 pt shooting pct than joe, and jamal. He will help stetch the floor unlike jamal ever did.

[SerbianHawk]

Tooo majstore, napokon si došao u pravu sredinu

Hi everybody. This is great sign.. He is still great 3 point shooter (one of the best is serbian basketball history), and with 6-foot-10 he can play multiple positions. And we were born in same town

You can ask me anything you want about Radman. Yes, we call him Radman, not Vlad, or some Romaninan s***

Tooo majstore, napokon si došao u pravu sredinu

Hi everybody. This is great sign.. He is still great 3 point shooter (one of the best is serbian basketball history), and with 6-foot-10 he can play multiple positions. And we were born in same town

You can ask me anything you want about Radman. Yes, we call him Radman, not Vlad, or some Romaninan s***

Tooo majstore, napokon si došao u pravu sredinu

Hi everybody. This is great sign.. He is still great 3 point shooter (one of the best is serbian basketball history), and with 6-foot-10 he can play multiple positions. And we were born in same town

You can ask me anything you want about Radman. Yes, we call him Radman, not Vlad, or some Romaninan s***

Wow, I did not write three posts

[Buzzard]

We are filling out our roster with vet minimums and non guaranteed contracts for the most part. I do not see anything wrong with this signing or the TMac deal to maybe replace Craw. We beat Orlando finally last season and gave the Bulls a good run with Teague starting for the first time.

Our inability to score was very apparent against the Bulls with Teague being one of our leading scorers in that series. TMac, Radman, ( and hopefully Watson ) can all get hot any game and put up some points.

Maybe we get a big snt deal done with Crawford and maybe we don't, but all of our signings so far are as good as you can expect when the vet minimums FA pickings are so slim.

This time last year we all were screaming for Shaq at the MLE, I think Radman, TMac, and Watson will be way more productive than Shaq was last season.

[Kimsey]

Shot 40% last season and has a career 38% 3 pointers. Solid signing imo.

[AUhawksfan]

Looks like we found Radman's one follower. Welcome SerbianHawk.

[coachx]

http://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-hawks/hawks-add-sharpshooter-vladimir-1256337.html

[DrReality]

He definately meets a need. Sund going after some of his former picks.

[sturt]

Jazz pbp guy tweets... "Vladimar Radmanovic has had better rebounding rates than Brook Lopez."... fwiw...

[frankthetank966]

Looks like we found Radman's one follower. Welcome SerbianHawk.

There's no point to be negative about this signing, he was signed for the min. contract and thats what we can afford. Name a better player available that you know would sign at min. contract?

[Joker]

He just as good as Korver so it's whatever.

[frankthetank966]

He just as good as Korver so it's whatever.

True, and didn't Josh Smith publicly announce Hawks need to add a shooter like a Kyle Korver? Was this move mad before or after that statement?