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Atlanta Hawk Marvin Williams was moving with a full head of steam, just about to launch for the rim. Things were looking good for a spectacular play. Williams is faster, longer, lighter and more athletic than the lone Celtic defender in the play, Bos...

Posted by Timothy Varner of 48 Minutes of Hell. I'm always more sympathetic to players who test positive for PEDs when the phrase "over the counter" is part of the story. If a substance is readily available to your local high sc...

While the cellar-dwellers prepare their draft board, the NBA's elite have some tough calls to make. Will the Lakers pony up for Lamar Odom? Is Hedo Turkoglu worth exceeding the cap for? And the Cavs confront the reality that they're a couple ...

Yesterday on TrueHoop I, probably foolishly, riffed a bit on a Joe Johnson story I heard while watching TV: Did anyone else notice Doug Collins, during the U.S. vs. Angola broadcast, saying that the reason the Hawks drafted Marvin Williams ahead of ...

No Suspensions? So, nobody from either Atlanta or Boston will be suspended for Game 5, and that's a big problem for people in ... Phoenix. For instance, consider this e-mail from TrueHoop reader Damien: HOW IN THE WORLD WERE THERE NO SUSPENSIONS???...

Posted by Brian Windhorst The Atlanta Hawks won their fifth straight game last night, dropping the Pacers, to move to -- get this -- fourth in the Eastern Conference. Josh Smith is having a career year, Joe Johnson is headed to the All-Star Game an...

Sekou Smith has been hanging around the Hawks' practice facility: He’s so much more confident and physical than he was as a rookie, playing with that nasty streak the coaching staff loves and continues to try and coax out of him. He was workin...

Jason Terry, Michael Dickerson, Jamal Crawford, Doug Christie, Luke Ridnour, Dan Dickau, Marvin Williams, Nate Robinson, Martell Webster... Don't look now. The Northwest is becoming a place that breeds basketball players....

Nike, Reebok, Adidas et al are underwhelmed by this year's rookie class, and according to Liz Mullen in the Sports Business Journal that's reflected in the numbers: Marvin Williams, the North Carolina forward picked second in last month's NBA draft w...

You know how the Knicks have 700 power forwards and a huge payroll? With Marvin Williams, the Hawks are doing the same thing at small forward on a budget. It's never good when you're the poor man's Knicks....

In case you're not watching on TV... #1 Andrew Bogut #2 Marvin Williams #3 Deron Williams #4 Chris Paul #5 Raymond Felton...

Over on Eric Marentette's Blazers Blog at Oregonlive there is a lot rumbling about Atlanta passing on Marvin Williams. Ooh, baby, that gets the Blazer fan in me up and running. Eric points to a Chad Ford ESPN chat, where Ford is outlining two scenar...

In the New York Post Peter Vecsey explains that this draft is as deep as the ocean. But is there a killer whale? And if so, who? Here's his speculation: So deep is the draft's skill stratum, Andrew Bogut, Marvin Williams, Deron Williams, Chris Paul, ...

This mock draft from the Chicago Tribune has Marvin Williams #1 to Milwaukee, Chris Paul #2 to Atlanta, and Andrew Bogut #3 to Portland. When pigs fly....

In the lead up to the draft, a lot teams enlist the media in manipulating things to their advantage. It's good theater. In The New York Times today, Milwaukee GM Larry Harris is waxing poetic about North Carolina freshman Marvin Williams: "Marvin i...