Hawks News (7-5-04)

[HawkTodd]

Hawks News (7-5-04)

Hawks agree to contract with Woodson (7-5-04).

http://www.ajc.com/hawks/content/sports/ha...04/06hawks.html

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Reports: Woodson accepts offer from Hawks (7-5-04).

http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfu...ry.asp?ID=41183

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Sources: Woodson to become Hawks’ coach (7-5-04).

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/stor...marc&id=1834621

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Free-agent Ginobili in hurry to choose (7-5-04).

http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/nuggets/article/0,1299,DRMN_20_3013292,00.html

Manu Ginobili is quick on the court and wants to be quick in figuring out where he'll play next season.

The San Antonio restricted free-agent shooting guard returned to his native Argentina on Sunday after visiting Denver on Friday and Utah on Saturday. His agent, Herb Rudoy, will interview officials this week with Atlanta, the other team Ginobili is considering.

"He wants to make up his mind," Rudoy said Sunday. "He wants to get this moving."

Ginobili, who is getting married Saturday, wants to make a decision by the end of the week. He plans to sign an offer sheet or re-sign with the Spurs, the team he says he prefers, July 14, the first day possible.

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THE DAILY (7-5-04).

http://www.hoopsworld.com/article_8893.shtml

Atlanta Hawks: According to local media sources it appears that the Hawks are about to end their search for the next head coach with the hiring of Detroit Pistons Assistant and Larry Brown disciple Mike Woodson. Woodson spent 11 seasons as a player in the NBA and has totaled five years as an assistant coach including stints in Milwaukee, Cleveland, Philadelphia and Detroit.

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Ellis steals Hood Classic show (7-5-04).

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/spor...lumhoops05.html

Most fans came to the Hood Classic Alumni Tournament see Seattle-bred NBA stars Jason Terry of the Atlanta Hawks and Jamal Crawford of the Chicago Bulls.

While they got a nice show from Terry and Crawford in some one-on-one tussles, they really got a heavy dose of 2000 Rainier Beach graduate Tim Ellis.

Ellis was the show-stopper, scoring 43 points and making some eye-popping moves and dunks to lead Rainier Beach past Franklin 106-97 in the tournament title game last night at Garfield High.

Terry, a 1995 Franklin graduate, finished with 24 points.

Three-point contest:

Terry claimed the shooting contest by making 13 shots beyond the arc in one minute in the finals, denying 2003 Garfield graduate Marques Echols. Echols made 10 in the final round; Seattle University's A.J. Brooks sank nine; and UW's Will Conroy made seven.

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Past local hoops stars shine in tourney, but future looks brighter (7-5-04).

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/spor...84_allen05.html

This weekend collection of former Seattle-area high-school boys basketball stars had all the makings of a hoops homecoming.

It had the Atlanta Hawks' Jason Terry running the point and the Chicago Bulls' Jamal Crawford working wizardry beneath the basket and outside the three-point arc in last night's championship game.

Crawford tallied 33 points in his first game Saturday, sinking eight three-pointers. He drew cheers for his fancy dribbling and made the crowd rise to its feet after catching a Tim Ellis pass that had been thrown off the glass and converting it into a rim-rattling dunk.

But if Crawford was the showman, then Terry was the maestro.

During Franklin's 115-110 victory over Garfield, Terry dove to the floor to retrieve a loose ball not once, but three times.

Obviously, the game was much more than an exhibition for Terry, who literally wears his loyalty for his city like a badge of honor.

"If I play, then I'm going to give it my all," said Terry, who has the city's skyline tattooed on his chest. "My game is all about winning. ... People here remember that about me."

This was old grudges being settled and glory days being revisited.

You could feel it when Crawford and Terry traded threes — almost as if it were scripted — in the championship game that was claimed by Terry's Franklin team.

"Some things never change when you get all of us together again," Terry said.

But to look at them now, they are different.

Many of them were boys when their basketball talent reached maturity; now as young men, their abilities have diminished.

A few among them, Crawford and Terry, have achieved that which all of them had dreamed about. Others are still chasing the NBA, no matter where the pursuit might take them.

[Traceman]

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During Franklin's 115-110 victory over Garfield, Terry dove to the floor to retrieve a loose ball not once, but three times.

Obviously, the game was much more than an exhibition for Terry, who literally wears his loyalty for his city like a badge of honor.

"If I play, then I'm going to give it my all," said Terry, who has the city's skyline tattooed on his chest. "My game is all about winning. ... People here remember that about me."

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That's what I'm talking about JT! Now bring some of that desire back to the ATL with you and lets get this thing turned around!

[pathway23]

That is just what I was thinking when I read that. I would love to see JT get down and dirty like that over here.

Maybe we need to make him feel at home more here, provide him some Seattle scenery in the locker room or something?

[Diesel]

11 Tim Ellis G 6-3 180 Sr Seattle, WA

(Rainer Beach)

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Ellis was the show-stopper, scoring 43 points and making some eye-popping moves and dunks to lead Rainier Beach past Franklin 106-97 in the tournament title game last night at Garfield High.

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The opposing gaurd always gets a career night on Terry.

Seriously though, I wonder if Ellis is available?

[Nicholasp27]

so terry will dive for loose balls for an exhibition tournament but won't do the same for the hawks?

[Plainview1981]

Damn! 43 points! I bet you are right Diesel... He probably

gave up a bulk of those points.