Updated: Hawks acquire Korver
Vivlamore filling in for M.C.
Kyle Korver is the latest shooter being stockpiled on an ever-changing Hawks’ roster.
A trade for Korver, a guard known for his 3-point shooting, was completed Monday. The Hawks acquired the veteran from the Bulls for cash considerations.
“I appreciate the toughness and the competitive energy Kyle brings to the game every night, and we’re very excited to add
him to our team.” Danny Ferry, Hawks President of Basketball Operations/GM, said in a statement released by the team. “Adding him makes shooting an even greater strength for our club.”
The deal was several days in the making. Korver was in Atlanta for a physical on Saturday.
Korver was owed a $500,000 guarantee of his $5 million non-guaranteed salary for 2012-13 by the Bulls by Sunday.
“We led the NBA in wins two years in a row, and (I) loved the personalities and chemistry we had,” Korver told the Chicago Tribune Friday when news of the potential trade first surfaced. “The bond we had was unique. You always feel you could’ve done more, but everybody on our team gave it all we had and there’s at least some satisfaction in that.”
In 65 games for the Bulls last season, Korver averaged 8.1 points in 22.6 minutes per game. He was 10th in the NBA in 3-point percentage at .435 (118-for-271).
The Hawks have added shooters Lou Williams, Devin Harris, Anthony Morrow and first-round pick John Jenkins during the offseason.
Korver, 31, was a second-round pick (No. 51) by the Nets in the 2003 draft. He was traded to the 76ers, where he spent his first four-plus seasons. He also played for Jazz before playing the past two seasons with the Bulls.
- Chris Vivlamore
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SteveW
July 18th, 2012
11:33 am
Umm, Fussball – Marvin broke ZaZa’s foot, not hurting himself. Not sure what your reading.
And the Nets are waaay deeper than the Heat. The Heat’s downfall, if they had one, is their lack of depth.
Anthony and Turiaf at C?
Chalmers and Norrris, while pretty good, at PG?
Haslem, Miller, and Battier have been walking injuries lately. The miracle is they lasted thru the playoffs without getting hurt. All getting up there in age also.
Have u checked out the Nets revamped roster?
DeRon and CJ Watson at PG – Now that’s depth
JJ and Marshon Brooks at SG – Now that’s depth
Reggie Evans, Humphries and these overseas guys at PF – Now that’s depth
Looking at Nazr to back up Brook.
They got Bogans lurking out there also.
Get another F to back up Wallace – Yeh, their deep – way deeper than the Heat.
But I never said they were better.
lewis
July 18th, 2012
11:38 am
what about josh howard
Marcus
July 18th, 2012
11:39 am
I am kinda surprised at the teams using their amnesty so soon. I thought there was a 10-year window to use it.
@ Jae Evolution (12:45 am)
“Ryan Gomes amnestied by the Clippers, another swingman available for cheap pickup.”
Would Gomes be starting material or backup SF? Not real sure about his game to know if he would be an option.
SteveW
July 18th, 2012
11:41 am
Also, I was referring to last years Heat roster, not this years.
But Rashard Lewis has been garbage recently. And while I like Ray Allen, 37 years old, ankle surgeries – I’m not sure how much he gives them. We’ll see I guess.
Marcus
July 18th, 2012
11:43 am
Steve W,
BKN Nets also signed Stack ….. and they could put any combination of D-Will, Stack, MarShon, JJ, and CJ Watson to go small and have JJ at the SF.
Ra'mon
July 18th, 2012
11:44 am
SteveW, I’ll take Miller, Ray Allen, R. Lewis, Haslem, Battier and Coles over Bogans, Nazr, Brooks, Evans, and Watson.
Ray
July 18th, 2012
11:53 am
While Heat may have signed all these guys and kept some of them. Don’t expect them to reach Finals next season.
Ray Allen again is 37 years old just like what happened to KG this past playoffs he ran out of gas now you actually have an 82 game season again don’t be surprised that this happens to R. Allen as well.
R. Lewis is another story was his big time slump in Washington a sign of the culture or himself we’ll have to wait and see.
cp
July 18th, 2012
11:58 am
Ferry said during a summer league game that Teague and Harris will be playing together. I think you’re reading too much into what the assistant gm said.
O'Brien
July 18th, 2012
12:08 pm
Any interest in SF Ryan Gomes, Clippers used their amnesty on him. 6′7″, 245lbs. And a 10 and 5 career average in 28 mpg, but terrible from 3. I really havent seen any of his games though.
vava74
July 18th, 2012
12:11 pm
Gomes would be a cheap decent option to fill the roster with at least an half decent SF.
i_am_soulstar
July 18th, 2012
12:13 pm
Gomes isn’t starting material for anybody’s ballclub. He’d be a decent backup SF though. I’m kind of surprised that the Clippers used the amnesty for a $4 million dollar contract and in order to clear space for Grant Hill. But maybe they see something I don’t.
O'Brien
July 18th, 2012
12:15 pm
From Washington Post;
Blatche occasionally flashed his immense talents while backing up Antawn Jamison in his first 41 / 2 seasons in Washington, but often got in his own way with a questionable work ethic and other unfortunate moments, including being shot before his rookie season and getting arrested for soliciting a prostitute.
When Grunfeld started his rebuilding efforts by dealing away Jamison and Caron Butler, Blatche took full advantage of his opportunity. In the final 32 games of the 2009-10 season, Blatche averaged 22.1 points on 48.5 percent shooting, with 8.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.5 steals.
Leonsis and Grunfeld rewarded him with an extension but came to regret the decision as Blatche’s production waned and he continued to make poor decisions off the court, such as engaging in a fight with teammate JaVale McGee outside a local club and hosting a party in Miami known as “Lap Dance Tuesdays.” Blatche vowed to change last summer — as he had done two years earlier when he changed his jersey number from 32 to 7 to represent “seven days of hard work.” But he erred on the season opener against New Jersey when he introduced himself as “your captain” to fans at Verizon Center and later complained about his role in the offense after the loss.
He regressed statistically for the first time in his career last season, averaging just 8.5 points and 5.8 rebounds, and Coach Randy Wittman shut him down in March for what the Wizards termed poor conditioning..
Melvin,
Are you still interested in Blatche? Change of scenery will do a player good sometimes, but I cant see the ASG making a move to bring him in (even if the price is right).
darrell starks
July 18th, 2012
12:15 pm
If Danny can get Lopez from Suns this has 2 be the best GM in basketball.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MsDee
July 18th, 2012
12:16 pm
I wouldnt mine considering Austin Daye. I dont this Detroit used him properly
vava74
July 18th, 2012
12:17 pm
OB,
For the veterans’ minimum I would definitively bring Blatche. It’s low risk, high reward, although these reclamation projects have a very low rate of success.
MsDee
July 18th, 2012
12:21 pm
I would like either Austin Daye or Childress at starting SF
darrell starks
July 18th, 2012
12:22 pm
Lopez would get a fresh starte with Hawks being Zaza back up, Hawks would finally get a legit center on this team.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!
MsDee
July 18th, 2012
12:23 pm
“Leonsis and Grunfeld rewarded him with an extension but came to regret the decision as Blatche’s production waned and he continued to make poor decisions off the court, such as engaging in a fight with teammate JaVale McGee outside a local club and hosting a party in Miami known as “Lap Dance Tuesdays.” Blatche vowed to change last summer — as he had done two years earlier when he changed his jersey number from 32 to 7 to represent “seven days of hard work.” But he erred on the season opener against New Jersey when he introduced himself as “your captain” to fans at Verizon Center and later complained about his role in the offense after the loss. Washington Post
Yeah vava74, but do u really want him to be tempted for lap dances at MagicCity?? U see what happened to Joe Johnson hanging around there.
NORRIS CHUCK
July 18th, 2012
12:33 pm
Darrell Starks,
What is the Lopez talk about????
vava74
July 18th, 2012
12:34 pm
MsDee,
JJ was a very professional player whilst he was with us. Always came in good, even perfect shape, played injured, returned earlier.
If he did frequent Magic City or not, the fact is that you did not see it on the court.
His major flaw was his inability to “sell himself” to the fans but that can be perceived as problem miss managed by the ASG.
Look at what the Nets did upon his arrival. Suddenly he gives interviews which are several pages long and not a short collection of two word sentences.
JJ was coached into becoming a ISO-oriented player, because we needed him to be like that in the beginning and because Woody knows no other offensive scheme, and that was curtailed JJ’s efficiency.
Last year with Josh becoming more of a feature on offense, JJ’s efficiency and numbers in the clutch improved again, back to elite status (with more assisted buckets), but LD was too weak to make JJ revert back to a more catch and shoot player.
Look for JJ to have a very good year under Avery and with Deron besides him.
darrell starks
July 18th, 2012
12:37 pm
Hawks need to sign a legit SF.
Top 10 SF left.
1. Mickael Pietrus
2. Tmac
3. Al Thorton
4. Josh Childress
5.Vladimir Rad
6.Joey Graham
7. Damien Wilkins
8. Bobby Simmons
9. Derrick Brown
10. Shawne Williams
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ray
July 18th, 2012
12:40 pm
What of Derrick Williams That is someone I’d get right now thing about Derrick is while he was a #2 draft pick like Marvin we didn’t draft him so basically to me it’s a low risk how reward type thing going on.
What of this other talk like Robin Lopez I want to know as well?
Also I seriously question anyone that wants Collins or Dampier back on this blog talking about useless. You talk about Steveson, Morrow, and Petro I’d rather have them then half the people we had this previous year.
darrell starks
July 18th, 2012
12:40 pm
Korver will be in a three team trade.
SUNS, HAWKS, ?
That the mystery Team ?
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ray
July 18th, 2012
12:43 pm
BTW Josh Childress is NOT HAPPENING He already said he never wants to come back to ATL Hawks stop that crap.
It’s like the people who want Jamal Crawford back NO and NO again.
dap01
July 18th, 2012
12:52 pm
It seems to me that Childress would not be too picky after the way his career has gone. Apparantly, the Hawks were correct in not giving his a huge contract. History does not lie.
That being said, he does have intangibles that could help most teams, including the Hawks.
i_am_soulstar
July 18th, 2012
12:54 pm
Checked twitter and google, didn’t see anything about any Robin Lopez movement.
Buddy Grizzard
July 18th, 2012
1:02 pm
Don’t know if any of you saw Steven A’s attack piece against Lin on espn.com, but it’s all lies. Lin says the Knicks vets all told him not to rush back to the playoffs. If NY didn’t want Lin to get an offer sheet, they should have made a contract offer, which they never did:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/basketball/nba/07/18/jeremy-lin-exclusive/index.html
cp
July 18th, 2012
1:12 pm
@Ray. Derrick Williams is playing in the summer league. He isn’t knocking down that 3 like he was in college but he continues to fire them up anyway. I think he was highly overrated coming out of Arizona. If the Hawks could acquire him without giving up much then I dont think it would be a bad move.
Ray
July 18th, 2012
1:13 pm
I’m not J.Lin fan, but Knicks messed that one up big time I’d think I’d rather have him than Jason Kidd and Felton right now.
Ray
July 18th, 2012
1:15 pm
@cp
That’s pretty much what I’m saying D-will(2) is a low risk high reward kind of player for us. I don’t think the T-wolves want much for him give them a future draft pick for him or something would be okay by them I would think.
Hawks Blog Legend Worldwide Clyde
July 18th, 2012
1:24 pm
Sund was smart by letting Childress go but he turned around and signed Bibby and Marvin to new contracts.
Hawks Blog Legend Worldwide Clyde
July 18th, 2012
1:32 pm
I want Terry Stotts!!!!!!
LD ain’t the right coach for this roster.
cdog
July 18th, 2012
1:43 pm
once again, glad to have finally a great GM in danny ferry.now, get the low post big man who can play both ends so he can open up the outside play. dwight howard or andrew bynum comes to mind.with this, we will win the title. he put everything else in place.commit al and josh, to winning.
MsDee
July 18th, 2012
2:02 pm
vava74,
I wasnt knocking JJ for not being a pretty good ball player, I was mensioning him in relation to MagicCity where he ended up meeting a dancer, got her pregnant, married her, now suing her for child support..yea, the million dollar man suing his baby momma for Child support. If we get Blatche, the same might happen to him.
MsDee
July 18th, 2012
2:04 pm
Now I also wouldnt mind taking a chance on someone like Derrick Williams. I can see him growing into the player he can be with Josh mentoring him and dishing out some really great passes/alley’s to him.
O'Brien
July 18th, 2012
2:06 pm
As good as Josh was last year, I hope Hawks fans won’t overlook the fact that having JJ on the court with him did help distract the defense at times (and JJ still got occasional double teams).
With JJ gone, Josh will be the undisputed focus of the opponent’s game plan, and coaches will study his film even more. I think he is a good passer out of double teams, which should help Al Horford out. However, opponents will back off him and dare him to shoot the open jumper, or try and force him to go to his off-hand. It will be interesting to see how he responds.
lewis
July 18th, 2012
2:07 pm
Derrick williams don’t move well enough to play the 3
champion chips plz
July 18th, 2012
2:34 pm
Here is a picture of Joe Johnson’s face after he hit a full-court game winner to cap off a game in which he scored 100 points: http://cdn3.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/4544211/20120330_lbm_sa2_342_extra_large.jpg
There is a reason why ATL wasn’t very exciting to watch…
Ray
July 18th, 2012
2:41 pm
@ lewis
Maybe not right now, but we don’t know the future do we?
Rod from College Park
July 18th, 2012
2:44 pm
MsDee,
“I wasnt knocking JJ for not being a pretty good ball player, I was mensioning him in relation to MagicCity where he ended up meeting a dancer, got her pregnant, married her, now suing her for child support.”
She was not a dancer, she was a waitress, Big difference. LOL
lewis
July 18th, 2012
2:48 pm
dunno
my feeling is he is duck williams 2.0
lewis
July 18th, 2012
2:57 pm
will miss JJ hitting very tough shots and playing solid D and getting double teamed
won’t miss all the nights where the ball stops with him, and the nights when he seemed to so often go 6-20
vava74
July 18th, 2012
2:58 pm
MsDee:
“I can see him growing into the player he can be with Josh mentoring him and dishing out some really great passes/alley’s to him.”
How can Josh mentor Derrick Williams if BOTH suffer from the same problem?
Both are power 3’s going on 4s and both are in love with the long ball that is not going in at the rate they think it should.
If anything could go right with that union/mentoring would be that BOTH might look at each other at some point and think: “Hey, that dude would be 10 times better player if he crashed the paint rather than settle for the long ball!… Heck… I am doing the same dumb mistake so I should start with changing my style of play…”
Marcus
July 18th, 2012
3:31 pm
vava74, I think the (holdover) staff, JJ and players didn’t fully transition to new roles once the young players matured and could handle sharing the load. We never got fully out of the habits formed when we were low double-digit wins (e.g. Iso-JJ) to the detriment of the offense, even after other players proved capable of scoring (5 years removed from the lottery days).
lewis
July 18th, 2012
3:40 pm
where in the world is ivan johnson right now
resign pleaase
jlewis
July 18th, 2012
3:48 pm
I’m curious as to where are the JJ interviews about him leaving from MC, Chris, Bradley or Schultz? lol. Also, Josh isnt excited about leaving now, he thinks in free agency next year he will get JJ money from ATL, hence, trying to say all the right things. However, no team, and I mean no team is going to give him max money. Also, if you notice a trend during free agency, no one is signing with ATL, Lou did, but players are choosing other teams and the Hawks are only getting players by trade. Most of the free agents and amnestied players are scrubs.
pointguardslim
July 18th, 2012
3:57 pm
Buddy Grizzard, Chris Anderson’s child pics were that of a 17 year old girl who posed above her age. Then when Anderson said no thanks, the girl and her mom were trying to extort Anderson for money .
google Chris Anderson, extortion.
MsDee
July 18th, 2012
4:04 pm
jlewis,
Or maybe Ferry has HIS eye on certain players. Again, we dont know what’s up his sleeves, I do hope it goes all the way up to his arm pitts..LOL
MsDee
July 18th, 2012
4:06 pm
vava74,
Well Josh is better at PF while Derrick Williams more of a SF. I can live with Derrick taking the jumpers while I prefer Josh staying under the basket.
MsDee
July 18th, 2012
4:07 pm
Oh O—K, ROD from CP