Joe Johnson

A Hawks all-star has made his departure from Atlanta a little more likely. “Josh Smith has told the Hawks that he isn’t going to sign an extension during the season. He’d rather wait to become a free agent, when he can get a five-year deal. An extension would limit him to a three-year deal, according [...]

Josh Smith is about to play the last season of his contract with the Atlanta Hawks. The sides have been said to not be very close to any agreement to keep Smith in Atlanta. So, perhaps it’s safe enough to assume that the upcoming NBA season may see Smith do some auditioning for a contract. Josh [...]

Joe Johnson is gone, so everything with the Atlanta Hawks is just peachy, right? Kind of, but not really. Though the Hawks made a shrewd financial move when they sent Johnson to the Brooklyn Nets, his departure doesn’t guarantee the team anything but an ample amount of cap space next summer. And they’ll have even [...]

September 7, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim Jerry Reinsdorf knows what he’s got in Tom Thibodeau. After all, you’re talking about the guy who led the Bulls to records of 62-20 and 50-16 in his first two seasons. “Thibs”, as his players like to call him, spearheaded a renewed effort on the defensive side of the [...]

August 31, 2012 – Rob De France After a series of new moves this off-season, we revamp our count down of the Top 10 trades or free agent signings: 10. Louis Williams to Atlanta Hawks The Hawks brought in the offensive engine that made the Philadelphia 76ers go last season, as he scored a career-high [...]

July 24, 2012 – Allen Moll Non NY Knicks fans of NBA basketball living in NYC have been waiting a long time for a franchise to cross over the Hudson River and take residence in New York City’s biggest borough……Brooklyn. The decades long wait is finally over as the new look Brooklyn Nets will descend [...]

July 17, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Brand new Net Joe Johnson has already stated that he thinks the Nets are the best NBA team in New York. Now he’s professing that it won’t take them long to win a championship. Does he realize they haven’t even played a game yet? Q: Why did you [...]

July 12, 2012 – Griffin Gotta The only thing promised with the end of another wave of Dwight Howard near-trades and “imminent talks” is that, since the center remains on Orlando’s roster, there will be more to come. The Magic organization appear to have gotten tired of looking at essentially the same package of Brook [...]

July 4, 2012 – Allen Moll Don’t look now Nets fans, but it appears that nearly a decade of bad basketball from the New York area’s “other hoops team”, will thankfully come to an end as GM Billy King and their Russian billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov have begun to build a contender in the Eastern [...]

July 3, 2012 – Griffin Gotta When the Brooklyn Nets landed Joe Johnson yesterday, the move seemingly accomplished two things: The almost-assured likelihood of Deron Williams re-signing with the franchise and the dimming prospects [...]