Lou Williams, the biggest FA signing for the Hawks since...?

[Dejay]

Was it to resign Nazr Mohammed?

[Guest]

Wasn't Flip signed with the BAE?

Another misconception. Sund already used part of the MLE to get Mo, so he had a lot of that left (I think it was roughly $5.5m and Mo got a $2.5m starting value). Murray was signed late, so it wasn't like Sund had other big free agents he could entice with the remaining ~$3m. It was a better scenario to use up the rest of the MLE than use the BAE and lose that next season when the A$G would become BIG SPENDERS BABY!

[Johnnybravo4]

Big Dog

[Guest]

Was it to resign Nazr Mohammed?

After we traded for him in the Mutumbo deal we resigned him with Bird rights.

[MaceCase]

Another misconception. Sund already used part of the MLE to get Mo, so he had a lot of that left (I think it was roughly $5.5m and Mo got a $2.5m starting value). Murray was signed late, so it wasn't like Sund had other big free agents he could entice with the remaining ~$3m. It was a better scenario to use up the rest of the MLE than use the BAE and lose that next season when the A$G would become BIG SPENDERS BABY!

Hmm, interesting considering it was a one year deal. How did we get Zaza? Cap space?

[Diesel]

How about Kenny Anderson?How about Kevin Willis?How about Joshua Smith?

Edited July 11, 2012 by Diesel

[JohnnyCASH]

zaza pachulia

[wolvetigers]

lol this is sad ya'll.

lol..you are so right...

[CongoP]

Erick Dampier

[ATLscrubLove]

Erick Dampier

The scrub love

[lethalweapon3]

I'm going with my man Etan Thomas!

~lw3

[MaceCase]

I'm going with my man Etan Thomas!

~lw3

No way will I accept that we had a wolf in vetmin clothing!

[thecampster]

FYI - Williams, Morrow, Smith all Atlanta high school products

[lethalweapon3]

Oooo, or how about Chillz in the sign-and-trade to the s?

(these were for the MLE quiz)

~lw3

Edited July 11, 2012 by lethalweapon3

[Dejay]

I got it...Matt Freije!!!

[lethalweapon3]

~lw3

[phoostal]

Hey the Fonz

[Plainview1981]

~lw3

What a disappointment he was.

[Guest]

I think Flip might have had a player or team option (I doubt it though), but the previous CBA did not put a minimum on years for the MLE. Z was cap. Couldn't S&T Chill with an MLE so had to be Bird Rights. Now the fonz...he was certainly the first and you never forget your first.The MLE came in the 1999 CBA which applied to the 1998-1999 season that didn't play a single game in 1998. Back then, contracts were not reported in a CBA-nerd friendly manner. Stuart Scott would just announce the numbers, yell boo-yah and then move on to a different story but same catch phrase. The first MLE had to start around $1.75m then $2m, $2.25m, and $4.5something and beyond ( http://www.insidehoops.com/nba-salary-exceptions.shtml). So that might help people with what I am pretty sure is the answer, I would have to dig up a 1999 CBA to be extra-sure.

[Guest]

So what I believe to be the correct answer is...Chris Crawford! Working with 2nd round draft picks and the structure of their contracts/earlybird rights were a little differently back then but I believe Babs got giddy after Crawfords playoff performance and broke the bank for him with a deal starting at $2 million.