Hawks request waivers on Jordan Williams (updated)
Vivlamore reporting.
The Hawks requested waivers on Jordan Williams Monday.
Williams, a 6-foot-10 forward, was obtained from Brooklyn as part of the July 11th trade for Joe Johnson. Last season with the Nets he averaged 4.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 14.8 minutes in 43 games. The Nets selected Williams in the second round of the 2011 draft out of Maryland.
There was a buyout component to the roster move. The Hawks now have 13 guaranteed contracts, including Ivan Johnson and Mike Scott. The Hawks are allowed 15 guaranteed contracts so there remains some roster flexibility. They could use the flexibility to add a player now or wait should a need or a trade arise during the season.
- Chris Vivlamore
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doc
September 17th, 2012
7:41 pm
wow! surprise.
doc
September 17th, 2012
7:42 pm
ivan signing seemed to roll this guy out of town?
High-sider
September 17th, 2012
7:51 pm
3rd?
doc
September 17th, 2012
8:05 pm
no second h-s. same person one and two.
Just Joe
September 17th, 2012
8:28 pm
A 2 for 1, or 3 for 1, trade coming? Another free agent signing? The timing suggests a corresponding move about to be made.
The Truth
September 17th, 2012
8:33 pm
This is good news (sad to say). He was over-weight in the SL and showed very little.
Buddy Grizzard
September 17th, 2012
8:45 pm
I linked this yesterday:
http://www.rantsports.com/nba/2012/09/13/atlanta-hawks-2012-13-player-profile-fc-jordan-williams/
Williams showed up to camp last year with the Nets out of shape and overweight. I doubt Ferry would be cutting him if the coaching staff hadn’t had a chance to get a look at him and see if the same applied this year. I just don’t see them cutting loose an asset. Then again, maybe Williams is fine but more roster moves are coming and the Hawks needed the roster spot. If Williams’ salary was not fully guaranteed and they can cut him and only pay part of it, maybe that’s the reasoning.
Buddy Grizzard
September 17th, 2012
8:47 pm
Then again maybe this is just to create some court time for Mike Scott, whom the organization loves for some unfathomable reason.
Buddy Grizzard
September 17th, 2012
8:48 pm
So much for that theory:
Eric Pincus: Interesting to see the Hawks waive Jordan Williams – whose contract was fully guaranteed for the coming season Twitter
random
September 17th, 2012
8:49 pm
indeed it is good news.
AG
September 17th, 2012
9:09 pm
As in most write up, I also read about him and was excited. Yet, in the SL, he showed NOTHING. I would prefer to have Benson. This team had enough PF’s.
Melvin
September 17th, 2012
9:23 pm
He’s not going to be missed. I rather have the roster flexibility than have dead weight on the end of the bench. Hopefully, gone are the days using a roster sport for unproductive vets like Ethan Thomas, Joe Smith, Erik Dampier and Collins
i_am_soulstar
September 17th, 2012
9:35 pm
He was going to play here anyway.
i_am_soulstar
September 17th, 2012
9:35 pm
wasn’t
doc
September 17th, 2012
10:03 pm
first!
heh heh
Melvin
September 17th, 2012
10:16 pm
Doc,
FYI…. I jumped the broom with Ms.Kiss Cam two weeks ago….
Basketball Digest
September 17th, 2012
10:17 pm
I think this is a great!!!!
GRRREEATT move Danny!
This guy can play. Hes pretty much a rookie who only had a couple years at Maryland. He is truely 6′10″ plays both power forward and Center, (like Al ) but if you asked him he’d say he wouldn’t mind playing center at All. Hes big and strong at a solid 260 lbs. He is very physical and not only loves to block shots but he has broken a glass backboard during a game Ala Chocolate Thunder.
His offense is not bad, pretty much the same as you get with Al. I think their college averages were about 1 pt difference..or so.This guy has more low post moves than Al.
Hes young and will only get better. Think Al horford but more of a beast, bigger and stronger.
I think this guy has a good future ahead of him. In 2 or 3 years he will be better than Al for sure. So this to me is a step in the right direction. He makes Al more expendable during trade season.
Do, I think this guy will be the center we are looking for to win with?
No, not at this time. But he is still a growing puppy and could turn into something good.
All and All I like this move. It certainly gives us more options at the low post, I do want to add that he will need more time to develop.
Basketball Digest
September 17th, 2012
10:25 pm
I really like this guy. when he was drafted he was 6′9″ 247 @ 21 years of age, now at 23 (he will be in October) this guy has added 13lbs and grew an inch. He will fill out more as he gets older and his body matures. He comes from the finesse Maryland Terrapins where he was a force. All this guy needs is a chance to develop. Nice pick up.
Here’s the Draft skinny on the kid
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Jordan-Williams-5864/
Basketball Digest
September 17th, 2012
10:30 pm
Here you go guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh_oIvJyGNY
doc
September 17th, 2012
10:54 pm
congrats to you both melvin! she is delightful and a real good catch. nice! i still chuckle at that.
Ctrim
September 17th, 2012
10:56 pm
Agreed he will probably get bigger – will take my chances with Al
glw
September 17th, 2012
11:42 pm
I suppose that it confirms he was really never in Ferry’s plan. He was simply a hrow in the Joe trade. Makes you wander if the other players acquired in the Net’s deal. (Morrow and Stevenson) I think they pretty much chose to go the Scott and Ivan route at PF. and no sense keeping an extra stiff. I think this signals that another move might be in the near future (a free agent signing that might be a guaranteed deal, perhaps).
Melvin
September 18th, 2012
12:17 am
Doc,
Thanks…
doc
September 18th, 2012
12:19 am
melvin, hug her for me and give her one of your cam specials. heh heh
tjhook
September 18th, 2012
1:39 am
I still think the Hawks should consider resigning Tracy McGrady. Not many players on the team know how to get points outside of the offense and certainly the team will have trouble creating shot opportunities on their own when teams figure out the scheme. McGrady does not have that problem and is skilled enough to help the team run sets that get people open. I think Devin Harris is the most important acquisition of the team after trading Joe Johnson but resigning McGrady would help the team with continuity and let management look fairly at whether Josh Smith can be a primary option or does he need a frontourt player to help him carry the load.
tjhook
September 18th, 2012
1:40 am
And we know McGrady is willing to be a mentor. Just need to have Larry Drew not have a hangup with the guy.
i_am_soulstar
September 18th, 2012
3:59 am
McGrady never does himself any favors in these locker rooms.
Newsflash T-Mac: You’re no longer good enough to where you can undermine coaches and be invited back.
JSS
September 18th, 2012
4:43 am
Congrads Melvin
Slimjr
September 18th, 2012
7:36 am
FTPB
Sautee
September 18th, 2012
12:10 am
“Hey slimjr, look who’s leading the league in QB rating.
Congrats Falcons. Good game..”
[5-10]
Peyton was terrible and still made it interesting..Hmmmm
Whole lot of football left to play and then there’s the
[Playoffs]……. Yawn….
vava74
September 18th, 2012
7:53 am
tjhook,
McGrady is looking for a bona fide playoff team where he can hope to give some veteran assistance and maybe go deep in the playoffs (hence the Spurs and the Knicks being the teams with whom he has worked out with).
He is not looking for lottery or #8 seed basketball.
PD
September 18th, 2012
7:53 am
September 11 was the first day the Hawks could trade the players involved in the Joe Johnson trade.
ECF or Bust!
September 18th, 2012
8:13 am
wow just let him go and still have to pay him?
guy must really be a stiff.
Slimjr
September 18th, 2012
8:19 am
We need [Stars]
Streakking into the record books…..Hey lets shoot for half a century.
Slimjr
September 18th, 2012
8:20 am
[streaking]^^^
Just Joe
September 18th, 2012
8:32 am
Owed $762k. Negotiated a buyout. Maybe $650k to free up a roster spot??? I’m OK with that. This kid was out of shape going in to Nets camp last year, and he looked as soft & round as a marshmallow in Vegas summer league this year.
Ferry is playing with “house” money at this point after unloading Joe’s & Marvin’s contracts. Buy out Farmar for $2.5M. Buy out Williams for ???. Stevenson & Petro better watch out!!! Morrow may be the last man standing out of the bunch.
Miles ta go
September 18th, 2012
9:23 am
Danny needs to jettison the “Stiffs” from the ISO trade..Going forward he needs to be flexible..
A trade is coming? Possibly. As presently constructed they are not a threat to the elite in this league.
Astro Joe
September 18th, 2012
9:33 am
Melvin, congrats. I’m sure she is a Josh fan, huh?
Wow, first Jordan Farmar and now Williams. The ASG actually paying guys to walk away. And to think, some of y’all act like ferry will need to “justify” firing LD… the man clearly has far more power and authority than any GM we’ve seen here during the ASG ownership. He won’t need to justify dumping LD when he is ready.
I asked yesterday how the Ivan signing would affect this guy, well, there you have it. There are still rumors that the Hawks are interested in Anthony Tolliver and now there are a few “mystery teams” allegedly showing interest in Pietrus.
MannyT
September 18th, 2012
9:38 am
MELVIN,
CONGRATS NEWLYWED!
hawksfancents95
September 18th, 2012
10:09 am
So the AJC writes a blog on Jordan Williams getting waived yet fails to announce the Hawks Ivan Johnson has accepted the qualifying offer? How come we get no information from the AJC about the Hawks and have to hear it from other sources?
If this had something to do with UGA football there would be a blog up 5 minutes after the fact because AJC UGA blogs are incredibley maintained and make the Hawks look like high school basketball, I don’t understand it..
doc
September 18th, 2012
10:36 am
manny t surfaces,
guess no taste for canniblogging, eh?
was thinking about you the other day wondering if i was going to have to go to a dream game to find you. heh heh
Slimjr
September 18th, 2012
11:20 am
hawksfancents95
September 18th, 2012
10:09 am
“So the AJC writes a blog on Jordan Williams getting waived yet fails to announce the Hawks Ivan Johnson has accepted the qualifying offer? How come we get no information from the AJC about the Hawks and have to hear it from other sources?”
You must be bored today? Are you kidding? Its the Hawks man!!!! 45 years of feces…
They aint the Knicks or Miami or the Lakers…
“We want winners man, not losers” -Melvin- [a 790 the Zone regular caller]
Ms. Dee. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
MsDee
September 18th, 2012
11:26 am
slimjr,
yucky, u slobbing on me………………….yuck!
Sautee
September 18th, 2012
11:33 am
Melvin, congrats.
MannyT – good to see you around. Come join the conversation sometime.
doc
September 18th, 2012
11:42 am
slimj stooping to quote melvin of atl radio fame, heh heh.
bet that is all you understood him to say. the guy is pure comic relief.
man, you are a journalist, looking anywhere to find non-credible resources.
so how many offers for the knicks now since they last had a title? how many more titles have they had in the their history in comparison to the hawks despite the best and richest fan base inthe east coast? and where have they hid for the last decade? you suffer just as we hawks fans do and for just as long. probably worse for you since the expectations should be much greater.
bleed on slimj, bleed on.
KevinM
September 18th, 2012
11:53 am
Johan Petro, your days may be numbered….
Melvin
September 18th, 2012
12:00 pm
JSS, Astro, MannyT and Sautee – Thank you..
Astro,
she has several Josh jerseys…:-)
MannyT,
glad to see you are still with us….
Sautee,
Agreed. I missed MannyT witty style on the blog… Now only if we can find SalimFan
Doc,
I (We) will be getting tickets this season so hopefully i will see you and other regulars….
moboman
September 18th, 2012
12:01 pm
moves a comin….
Columbus
September 18th, 2012
12:05 pm
tjhook…..I agree with you on McGrady…..Hes got his health better, I forgot how he did it but he did show he cwas healthier and more athletc than in recent years and he produced more….hes a keeper in my mind too….a leader, a mentor and a producer and scorer….
Supreme Grand Poobah
September 18th, 2012
12:16 pm
Looks like we’re gonna get rid of anyone over 6′9″. Maybe Ferry is channeling Billy Knight. (Except Billy hasn’t managed to convince him about the mini-me guards.) Zaza, Petro, Horford – your days are numbered.
steven a smith
September 18th, 2012
12:40 pm
Michael Turner= Al Horford- That is about a great of a sports metaphor that Atlanta Fans will ever get. You need playmakers to make plays.
Oldhawk
September 18th, 2012
12:40 pm
the hawks should pick up Greg Oden at a minimum salary (health reasons) this will give us the legit center we need I think he still can help a team as long as he’s healthy with him and big Al no one gets to the rim lets not forget Josh and his helpout blocks.
Rev in Tampa
September 18th, 2012
1:00 pm
For what its worth…
http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_21567256/peyton-manning-outgunned-by-matt-ryan-broncos-falcons
If nothing else, it stirs the pot.
hbcuclassics
September 18th, 2012
1:10 pm
Black College Power Poll
Week 3
1. Tennessee State
2. Bethune
3. Alabama State
4. Alabama A&M
5. Winston Salem
6. SC State
7. Norfolk State
8. Howard
9. Miles
10. FAMU
http://www.hbcuclassics.com
doc
September 18th, 2012
1:20 pm
nothing like a rev stirring a pot that is boiling, heh heh.
KevinM
September 18th, 2012
1:23 pm
Oldhawk, from what I’ve read, Oden isn’t near ready…his words from 8/15:
“I would love to play [in 2012-13], but I’m not going to rush anything,” he said Thursday. “I need to take a year off.”
Perhaps he gets another shot at 25, but for now he’s rehabbing in Columbus.
KevinM
September 18th, 2012
1:25 pm
Tracy McGrady > Kyle Korver and Korver makes 4X the change that T-Mac would get paid.
I like T-Mac backing up Josh much more.
doc
September 18th, 2012
1:41 pm
tmac is done, as done a stack was but a few years earlier. puhlese stop the inane as there is nothing to suggest tmac is still a player kevinm, nothing. though he intimidated his coach in detroit to find an exit there, he wasnt able to do it here. t
here are no cries to get him back, none. any time he would get should go to someone younger anyway. he might latch onto a team looking for a five minute blow every few games. we need more than that.
Astro Joe
September 18th, 2012
1:52 pm
Generally speaking, adding players at the end of their NBA career to this year’s roster seems like a waste of a roster spot. The core of this squad isn’t talented enough to be a legit contender, so winning an extra game or 3 in the regular season should be a secondary concern to evaluating young and inexpensive talent that could be brought back for the long term. In Korver’s case, he is far more likely to deliver a 2nd round draft pick in a February trade than TMac. Not to mention that Ferry expliocitly went out and acquired Korver, so there seems to be little chance that he will dump him in favor of a guy he could have had.
Slimjr
September 18th, 2012
1:56 pm
“bet that is all you understood him to say. the guy is pure comic relief.” [the man full of wisdom]-doc-
hey doc, be careful how you fling it..Some of it will stick to your hand or hands.. LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Slimjr
September 18th, 2012
2:09 pm
Rev, you do know Peyton just comeback from a career if not life threatening neck injury?
To be out of work for so long and play like he has is remarkable in itself. And he made it very interesting in the 2nd half.. If it were not for those three picks in the 1st half……..
doc
September 18th, 2012
2:35 pm
slimj, look i like melvin, but i get the notion that sometimes even he doesnt understand what he is saying. a few president’s in my day are in the same category. now if you understand him, that may be a problem.
Oldhawk
September 18th, 2012
2:57 pm
To kevinM what does he mean he needs a year off hes pretty much had two!
Just Joe
September 18th, 2012
4:35 pm
I hope Ivan gets a press conference now that he’s signed his qualifying offer.
KevinM
September 18th, 2012
4:46 pm
Oldman, Oden’s recovery is not coming along smoothly. He has alcohol abuse issues along with having an issue with his legs being different lengths. Not sure he has anything to offer at this time but this is just based on various reports coming out.
He sounds like he wants to give it another go, but he still has a lot to overcome and he is thinking it will be at least a year to get healthy.
KevinM
September 18th, 2012
5:06 pm
Korver was not worth the acquisition, plain and simple.
If he’s only worth a 2nd round pick, this only proves it.
T-Mac costs 1/4th of what Korver costs, and I recall T-Mac having some good moments last year.
steven a smith
September 18th, 2012
5:26 pm
Kyle Korver will keep all defenses honest when he is on the floor. You can not double anyone when kyle is out there. However, i don not think that we have any players that commands a double team.???
Slimjr
September 18th, 2012
6:36 pm
MsDee, I love your passion! Keep it coming! I’m sure Al does to….heh heh heh
Slimjr
September 18th, 2012
6:36 pm
too^^^^^
Slimjr
September 18th, 2012
6:37 pm
Vivlamore reporting. Hey is MC on vacation? Cant blame him..Just got back myself…
doc
September 18th, 2012
7:10 pm
new blog up! did anyone know they signed ivan? word! heh heh
the hawks is the word
September 19th, 2012
7:23 am
@vava74
tjhook,
McGrady is looking for a bona fide playoff team where he can hope to give some veteran assistance and maybe go deep in the playoffs (hence the Spurs and the Knicks being the teams with whom he has worked out with).
He is not looking for lottery or #8 seed basketball.
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Well tell me what’s the difference between us and the KNICKS then
Pick and Roll
September 19th, 2012
10:50 am
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Gray Mule
September 19th, 2012
5:13 pm
You think it’s bad the AJC didn’t tell us about Ivan re-signing. At least
the Hawks have their own reporter. The Atlanta Dream of the WNBA
are going back to the playoffs again and fans are supporting them, yet
we have to read the Associated Press coverage because the AJC doesn’t
bother to cover them at all.
Not everyone loves the WNBA. True. Not everyone loves the Bulldogs either.
Yet, their coverage is if they are everyone’s favorites. Go figure.
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