Atlanta Hawks: Summer roster set
The Hawks today released the roster for the three-day minicamp this week and their entry in the Las Vegas Summer League starting Friday.
The roster includes 2012 draft picks John Jenkins (No. 23 overall) and Mike Scott (No. 43) in addition to 2010 second-round pick Pape Sy and 2011 second-round pick Keith Benson.
Sy, Benson, Derrick Caracter and Jerry Smith are the players on the roster with NBA experience. The Hawks are also expected to add Jordan Williams to the roster after he officially joins the team as part of the Joe Johnson trade with the Nets.
The Hawks open summer league play July 12 at the Cox Pavilion vs. Washington. Their other scheduled games are July 15 (vs. San Antonio), July 16 (Boston), July 18 (Dallas) and July 19 (Portland).
Hawks Summer Roster
| Player name | Position | Height | Weight | DOB | Prior to Hawks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Benson | C/F | 6-11 | 230 | 08/13/88 | NBDL/GSW/Oakland U. |
| Brian Butch | C | 6-11 | 240 | 12/22/84 | NBDL/Wisconsin |
| Derrick Caracter | F/C | 6-9 | 275 | 05/04/88 | NBDL/Lakers/UTEP | Paul Carter | F | 6-8 | 203 | 06/02/87 | NBDL/Illinois-Chicago |
| Frank Hassell | F | 6-9 | 255 | 10/09/88 | NBDL/ODU |
| Jeremy Hazell | F | 6-9 | 255 | 03/25/86 | NBDL/Seton Hall |
| Delroy James | F | 6-8 | 225 | 05/04/87 | NBDL/Rhode Island |
| John Jenkins | G | 6-4 | 215 | 03/06/91 | Vanderbilt |
| Elija Millsap | G | 6-6 | 215 | 08/12/87 | NBDL/UAB |
| Mike Scott | F | 6-8 | 237 | 07/16/88 | Virginia |
| John Shurna | F | 6-9 | 215 | 04/30/90 | Northwestern |
| Jerry Smith | G | 6-2 | 190 | 09/26/87 | NBDL/Nets/Louisville |
| Pape Sy | G/F | 6-7 | 210 | 04/05/88 | Gravelines/Hawks/NBDL |
| Jordan Taylor | G | 6-1 | 195 | 09/30/89 | Wisconsin | Brad Wanamaker | G | 6-4 | 210 | 07/05/89 | NBDL/Pittsburgh |
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rollo lawson
July 10th, 2012
4:53 pm
Lebron James was the major reason OKC lost that series. See, I fixed that for ya Glenn!!!
Ken Strickland
July 10th, 2012
4:53 pm
OBRIEN-Dwight doesn’t care about any Bird rights. He wants to go to a big market team where he can be a big fish in a bigger pond, and get endorsements and bigger recognition to satisfy his big ego. He’d be guaranteed the ability to make up for the extra yrs salary he’d give up under the Bird Rights through endorsements. MJordan made far more money from endorsements than he was ever paid by the Bulls.
The same held true for KBryant, until his little indiscretion cost him a number of his major endorsements. I think Dwight is looking more towards potential endorsement income than any max salary he can get from a team. Endorsements were the reason the Bulls were able to grossly underpay MJordan and sign all of those stars.
Slimjr
July 10th, 2012
4:57 pm
O’Brien you should copy and paste that response to KS and use it every time these debbie downers come on here and say dont do it..
It makes to much darn sense not to pull the trigger just the way you described the scenario…C’mon Danny get it done……………………………………
Heck, I may copy and paste! Hahahah
Ra'mon
July 10th, 2012
4:58 pm
I’ve wanted Ronnie Brewer every since he was a free agent. The Hawks need to move to attempt to sign him. A three year deal would pretty decent for Brewer. He would be less than half the price of Marvin, a better defender, and well coached. Imagine if the Hawks signed Brewer and Pietrus to man the SF position.
Rod from College Park
July 10th, 2012
4:59 pm
Good info OB. What I don’t understand is people who say forget about Dwight if he won’t resign here. Either way we will blow it up. If we blow it up this year cool. If we get Dwight and blow it up next year, we lose Josh and Dwight and maybe Horford in the trade, but we get a bunch of first round draft picks, along with the ability to maybe do a sign and trade. It is a win win. We also have the possibility of making a real run in the playoffs this year, with a couple of additions. Horford or Teague ar not superstars, and probably never will be. Dwight is the best center in the league, and it aint even close.
Astro Joe
July 10th, 2012
5:00 pm
Melvin, other than the possibility that he met with Josh first, we don’t know that Ferry said anything to Josh that he wouldn’t have said to Al, Ivan or Zaza. If we go strictly on what MC reported, it didn’t sound like he was trying to “convince” as much as explain. It could have been as simple as “I hope to make moves this summer (short term) to create flexibility to re-load the roster next summer (long term) into one that can contend. But the plan is not to build a roster from the ground up like the team did around 2004″.
MC’s blog said:
Word is Smith, whose contract expires after next season, expressed his concerns about the team’s direction in a recent meeting with Ferry. The Hawks GM in turn told Smith his short- and long-term visions for making the team a contender.
If Ferry is gearing up for next summer (which has been my opinion since he traded Joe) and is willing to play this season out with LD, Josh & Zaza on their last contractual year… I kind of doubt that he will feel compelled not to trade someone now for an asset he wants long-term. In this case, the difference from being a 42 win team and a 32 win team in ‘12-13 is essentially immaterial.
Jae Evolution
July 10th, 2012
5:04 pm
Rashard Lewis close to being gone to Heat.
All efforts should be moved to Brewer, slasher, can guard 3 positions, comes from Bulls so his defensive mindset will feed off to others.
Buddy Grizzard
July 10th, 2012
5:06 pm
Lou Williams to sign with Hawks.
TMACfan
July 10th, 2012
5:07 pm
Lou Williams
Jae Evolution
July 10th, 2012
5:07 pm
Source?
Slimjr
July 10th, 2012
5:09 pm
Co-sign Rod for CP!
Danny is not going to pass this up! He’d be nutzo if he did…
Aren’t Danny and the GM of the Magic good friends? They used to work together in the Spurs Organization I believe…
Bring the Super Star home yesterday and Sellout Phillips for 40 games plus next season…
Jae Evolution
July 10th, 2012
5:11 pm
Wow great move Lou is a great scorer off the bench, does this mean Devin is trade bait now?
Slimjr
July 10th, 2012
5:11 pm
Source?
Lou has got superior offensive skills! He would quickly make us forget about iso at least on the offensive end of the basket…
Astro Joe
July 10th, 2012
5:12 pm
So why wouldn’t Orlando keep Howard until next year? Wouldn’t they get more value next year than this year? If they trade him next year, Howard is likely getting 4 years which means the receiving team is getting a long-term deal. Wouldn’t that cost more in compensation than potentially trading him as a rental player to a team this year? A S&T maxes out at 4 years… so D12 would lose that 5th year if Orlando simply decides that the current offers are insufficient. Howard could just leave and come to the Hawks or Mavs (2 teams that we know will have cap space) and leave Orlando with nothing… that would be the risk. All the reasons trading for him now would create an advantage for us, are replicated for the Magic. As are the risks… we’re not on his list and neither are the Magic. They just have to hold their nose and deal with the potential drama for 82 games. But so would any other team not named the Nets.
IMO, Orlando will deal him to Houston. They have the draft picks and the ability to absorb a bad contract. I previously read that the Orlando GM was always hopeful to trade him to the Western Conference. Would he go from that to trade him within the division?
Ra'mon
July 10th, 2012
5:14 pm
Sekou is the source for Lou Williams
BIG DOG
July 10th, 2012
5:14 pm
As much i like D12 no way you trade Horford and Teague for him unless agreed to and sign trade of 5 years.
BIG DOG IN THE HOUSE
Mike
July 10th, 2012
5:15 pm
That means, now Harris is now trade bait for D12 if that happens
MikeH
July 10th, 2012
5:15 pm
They are getting ready to move Teague……
Astro Joe
July 10th, 2012
5:15 pm
I wonder what ther contract terms are for Sweet Lou?
Sekou Smith @SekouSmithNBA
RT @WindhorstESPN: The Atlanta Hawks have agreed to a deal with free agent G Lou Williams (nice hometown pickup for the Hawks) #FerryWorkin’
MikeH
July 10th, 2012
5:16 pm
Lou is a pg….not sg
DunwoodyHeel
July 10th, 2012
5:16 pm
Williams, Harris and Teague at PG? Who thinks there’s another shoe to drop–that Ferry is poised to trade Harris and/or Teague as part of a separate deal?
Ken Strickland
July 10th, 2012
5:17 pm
I don’t give a doggone if the Magic/Nets trade falls through or not. GM Danny Ferry isn’t dumb enough to trade for DHoward without him 1st committing to a long term contract, period.
MikeH
July 10th, 2012
5:17 pm
Someone is leaving and it isn’t Williams….
jay
July 10th, 2012
5:17 pm
Nice pick up on Lou. Rumors are Portland is interested in Zaza, I wonder what they are offering.
We know now that Roy Hibbert won’t be coming to Portland, and that could leave the Trail Blazers in a rough place as far as the center position goes.
Jason Quick of The Oregonian tweets that Portland GM Neil Olshey was clear on Monday that he doesn’t see anything left on the free agent market worth pursuing.
JaVale McGee (restricted free agent) and Chris Kaman (unrestricted free agent) don’t look to be options, which means that the team will have to pursue trades in order to find a veteran who can compliment rookie 7-footer Meyers Leonard at the five next season.
According to Quick, two possibilities could be Atlanta’s Zaza Pachulia and Houston’s Patrick Patterson. The 6-foot-9, 235-pound Patterson isn’t a true center, however, and we have to think he’d be undersized if asked to play there.
- Joe Kaiser
Rod from College Park
July 10th, 2012
5:18 pm
Lou Williams = a young Jamal Crawford. I’m all for it. I hate to tell you guys this, but this Dwight thing might really be real. If the Lou Williams thing is true, I know that he, Josh and Dwight are all from the A and good friends. There might be a A-Town resurgence going on with guys that really are from the A. The last time some real A-towners banded together we got the Dungeon Family with Outkast, Goodie Mob, C-Lo. Rise up Dirty South.
Astro Joe
July 10th, 2012
5:19 pm
Lou is NOT a PG… but I don’t see how they could play Teague & Lou at the same time. Or even Devin & Lou (for that matter).
As long as LD resists playing Lou at PG (and his contract is reasonable), I like this signing.
BIG DOG
July 10th, 2012
5:19 pm
Wow, that beautiful Danny is a genius.
BIG DOG IN THE HOUSE
Rod from College Park
July 10th, 2012
5:20 pm
Lou Williams pickup might be the move before the Dwight move. Harris or Teague may be on the way out.
jay
July 10th, 2012
5:20 pm
Another nugget from insider…..
Sam Amico of FOX Sports Ohio reports that Cleveland has backed out of the rumored deal with the Magic and Nets centered around Dwight Howard, a development also confirmed by Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports.
Charlotte is the other team that’s been mentioned as a possible third trade partner, but at this point our own Ric Bucher reports that the Magic are also exploring other possibilities.
In addition, Ken Berger of CBSSports.com writes that sources indicate the Bobcats are “not in the mix” as the third team in the deal.
What to make of all this? Wojnarowski tweets that sources indicate “if Brooklyn and Orlando are to make a deal for Howard in near-term, it will likely be a trade between the two teams.”
According to Bucher, other possible trade partners include the Hawks — a team that has cleared tons of cap space — as well as the Lakers, Rockets and Warriors.
- Joe Kaise
BIG DOG
July 10th, 2012
5:22 pm
This tell me Teague will be traded along with Horford.
D12 IS close friends with Morrow, Josh, Lou William.
BIG DOG IN THE HOUSE
Rod from College Park
July 10th, 2012
5:22 pm
All the Jamal haters (Northcyde, Vava, Astro Joe, Clarification, Big Ray) should hate this move. LOL. We just signed a young Jamal Crawford. LOL
Astro Joe
July 10th, 2012
5:23 pm
According to Bucher, other possible trade partners include the Hawks — a team that has cleared tons of cap space
That’s true NEXT summer, this summer, we are a hair under the salary cap… not “a ton”. Lou must have gotten some or all of the MLE.
Sautee
July 10th, 2012
5:23 pm
Man, we got a lot of guards. No way Ferry is through. I’m not crazy about Lou Williams, but he IS instant offense off the bench. Swinging gate on D though. SG in a PG body.
I’m still going to wait till training camp to fully evaluate all the moves. It’s certainly a fascinating off season, and so different from a couple of weeks ago.
Astro Joe
July 10th, 2012
5:24 pm
Rod, yeah, at half the cost as when Jamal was here.
Astro Joe
July 10th, 2012
5:25 pm
Lou Williams @TeamLou23
ATL… LOUWILLVILLE.. happy to be apart of a team thats similar to the Sixers.. Young, athletic, and hardworking.. #highlightfactory
Retweeted by Bob Rathbun
jay
July 10th, 2012
5:25 pm
@Astro – well we would send the same salary to Orlando so in a sense we cleared the cap space with joe and Marvin leaving thus having pieces to give to Orlando that will fall off their books next year.
BIG DOG
July 10th, 2012
5:27 pm
Next year CP3 will be signing with the Hawks, but Lou is and insurance policy just in case.
CP3 when sign with Hawks in 2013 Lou William will become the Hawks new Jamal Crawford of the bench.
BIG DOG IN THE HOUSE
hawkfan335
July 10th, 2012
5:27 pm
I just read on ESPN,com where Louis Williams has been signed to a multiyear deal by the Hawks.
Slimjr
July 10th, 2012
5:28 pm
Teague and All get your bags packed..
Greyhound is ready…
Ra'mon
July 10th, 2012
5:29 pm
Rod, I never had a problem with JC’s play. I had a problem with paying JC the $10 million he was making at the time. I’m thinking Lou’s contract will be around $6-8 million according to what Stephen A. Smith said just yesterday.
jay
July 10th, 2012
5:29 pm
@BigDog I really don’t think CP3 is coming to the A. It doesn’t make financial sense for him.
BIG DOG
July 10th, 2012
5:29 pm
With signing Lou William it all make sense now for Teague and Horford to be traded for D12.
BIG DOG IN THE HOUSE
KevinM
July 10th, 2012
5:31 pm
We are in the NBA business to win now folks!
Welcome home Lou!
Just reported on NBA-TV
SMH
July 10th, 2012
5:31 pm
@Rod
Atleast this Crawford can actually play some defense.
BIG DOG
July 10th, 2012
5:32 pm
Jay – Word on the street CP3 had been rumor for looking for a home in Atlanta, Plus he could get a max Deal at 4years 80mill.
BIG DOG IN THE HOUSE
Ryan
July 10th, 2012
5:34 pm
The Pride of South Gwinnett High School is coming home!
Now to get the Pride of SW Atlanta Christian Academy to join him……
jay
July 10th, 2012
5:35 pm
Yeah him and every other african american with plenty of cash is looking for a home here. doesn’t mean he wants to lose out on 25 million bucks. The clippers can max him out at 5 years $108 mill.
Jaded Hawks Fan
July 10th, 2012
5:35 pm
Great pickup. Ferry continues to get shti done.
Another move is definitely coming. No way the Hawks carry three starting-quality PG’s.
Rod from College Park
July 10th, 2012
5:35 pm
“Rod, yeah, at half the cost as when Jamal was here.”
No way you can bitch about salary and have supported Marvin Williams. If Joe was making 15-20 then Jamal was worth 10mil to the Hawks.
Rod from College Park
July 10th, 2012
5:38 pm
“@Rod
Atleast this Crawford can actually play some defense.”
Hate to inform you of this, but Lou does not play defense either. He is a scorer. There are many guys like that in the NBA. See Jason Terry, Ray Allen, Jamal Crawford, Lou Williams, James Harden, Manu Ginobli……….