SB Nation Atlanta - Josh Smith Trade Rumors: T-Wolves Don't Bite, But Smoove Could Still Movehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/46601/atlanta-fave.png2011-06-23T19:50:04-04:00http://atlanta.sbnation.com/rss/stream/19536772011-06-23T19:50:04-04:002011-06-23T19:50:04-04:00Josh Smith Not Traded To Timberwolves After All: How About That?
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<p>The buzz throughout the day fell short: <span>Josh Smith</span> hasn't yet been traded by the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.peachtreehoops.com/">Atlanta Hawks</a>. Though the Atlanta Thrashers will be headed to the very cold upper-central region of North America, Smoove won't join them in nearby Minnesota. The<a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.canishoopus.com/"> Timberwolves</a> used their No. 2 2011 NBA Draft pick on Derrick Williams of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/arizona-wildcats">Arizona Wildcats</a>.</p>
<p>Several other potential trade partners are still out there, though it's entirely conceivable this was all noise drummed up by the Wolves themselves, who were also tied to <span>Monta Ellis</span> and several other possible trades. Smith still isn't guaranteed to remain in Atlanta, but chances have increased that he'll at least make it through draft night without being shipped elsewhere.</p>
<p>Hawks fans may need to wait until darn near midnight for their team to make a move after all.</p>
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https://atlanta.sbnation.com/atlanta-hawks/2011/6/23/2240271/josh-smith-trade-timberwolvesJason Kirk2011-06-23T15:19:55-04:002011-06-23T15:19:55-04:00NBA Blockbuster Rumor: Josh Smith To Timberwolves For Enes Kanter
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<p>As we near the 2011 NBA Draft, expect <span>Josh Smith</span> trade rumors to just get bigger and bigger. That's been the case so far, as we've now reached <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/WojYahooNBA/statuses/83974677281783808">Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski reporting</a> that the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.peachtreehoops.com/">Atlanta Hawks</a> are "dangling Josh Smith to Minnesota for No. 2 pick, eyeing <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/123766/enes-kanter">Enes Kanter</a>."</p>
<p>The six-foot-11 <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/kentucky-wildcats">Kentucky Wildcats</a> big was ruled ineligible before the 2010-11 season, so he's not exactly the surest thing in this year's draft. He's been projected by almost everybody to be gone by pick No. 3. For more on Kanter, read up on <a href="http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Enes-Kanter-5168/">his Draft Express profile</a> and Tom Ziller's look at <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/5/18/2177244/nba-draft-2011-enes-kanter-jonas-valanciunas">how he helps define this year's class as "The Year of the Big Man."</a> </p>
<p>Could the Hawks somehow find a way to one-up the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/atlanta-falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a> draft day trade for <span>Julio Jones</span>? God help us all.</p>
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https://atlanta.sbnation.com/atlanta-hawks/2011/6/23/2239815/nba-draft-trade-rumors-josh-smith-enes-kanterJason Kirk2011-06-23T15:00:53-04:002011-06-23T15:00:53-04:00How Would Josh Smith's Weird Contract Affect A Trade?
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<p>Peachtree Hoops' Jason Walker <a href="http://www.peachtreehoops.com/2011/6/23/2239308/nba-trade-rumors-josh-smith-trade-kicker">deploys his famed SEC math to figure out how Josh Smith's trade kicker may come into play</a>.</p>
https://atlanta.sbnation.com/atlanta-hawks/2011/6/23/2239556/josh-smith-contract-tradeJason Kirk2011-06-23T14:50:42-04:002011-06-23T14:50:42-04:00Josh Smith Shrugs Off Trade Rumors: 'I Will Just Have To Deal With It'
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<p>Trade rumors have dogged <span>Josh Smith</span> in recent days, with word that the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.peachtreehoops.com/">Atlanta Hawks</a> are shopping him around the league to see what other teams are willing to offer for him. But <a href="http://blogs.ajc.com/hawks/2011/06/23/atlanta-hawks-josh-smith-says-hes-not-eager-for-trade/?cxntfid=blogs_hawks&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter" target="blank">Smith told Michael Cunningham of the Atlanta Journal Constitution he wants to stay with Atlanta</a>, though he didn't say he'd be heartbroken if it were to trade him. From Cunningham's story:</p>
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<p>"I’m not saying I want [a trade] to happen but if it does I will just have to deal with it,” he said.</p>
<p>Smith said the Hawks haven’t told him anything about a trade. But he noted that players aren’t usually privy to the team’s internal deliberations until a deal is going down. </p>
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<p>The key part of the above excerpt is "I'm not saying I want [a trade] to happen," because the NBA fines players who make trade demands in public; <span>Stephen Jackson</span> and <span>Rudy Fernandez</span> were the most recent players to run afoul of that rule. Thus, even if Smith did desperately want out of Atlanta, he couldn't say so through the media.</p>
<p>By most accounts, Smith is open to moving on from Atlanta, the only team to employ him in his seven-year career. This week, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reported <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Au8F1Qszi6PZxxVlYpgEASW8vLYF?slug=aw-wojnarowski_josh_smith_hawks_nba_draft_062011" target="blank">Smith had told people close to him he wants out</a>, and would prefer a trade to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/">Orlando Magic</a>, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.celticsblog.com/">Boston Celtics</a>, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.thedreamshake.com/">Houston Rockets</a>, or <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/new-jersey-nets">New Jersey Nets</a>. Further, Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix told a Boston-area radio station <a href="http://greenstreet.weei.com/sports/boston/basketball/celtics/2011/06/22/chris-mannix-on-dc-rajon-rondo-has-been-on-the-table-in-the-past-year/" target="blank">Smith's representatives are pushing rumors that Smith wants a trade</a>.</p>
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https://atlanta.sbnation.com/atlanta-hawks/2011/6/23/2239753/josh-smith-trade-rumors-atlanta-hawks-nbaEvan Dunlap2011-06-23T13:44:53-04:002011-06-23T13:44:53-04:00Josh Smith Trade Rumors A Consequence Of Overpaying Joe Johnson
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<p>The <a href="https://www.peachtreehoops.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Atlanta Hawks</a> are reportedly shopping <span>Josh Smith</span> around the NBA, seeing what they might be able to get in return for the 24-year-old combo forward. Despite his tumultuous, up-and-down Hawks career, it'd be a difficult choice for Atlanta to make, as he's truly a gifted player. His career averages--14.6 points, 7.7 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3.5 combined steals and blocks--attest to his versatility and all-around brilliance, and he's arguably the league's most talented current player to never make an All-Star team. But Atlanta may not have an alternative, all because of the regrettable decision it made last summer to award <span>Joe Johnson</span> a six-year contract worth $123 million.</p>
<p>The Hawks want to save money, and <span>Jamal Crawford</span>'s $10 million salary coming off the books this summer isn't enough. Their other player with an onerous contract, <span>Marvin Williams</span>, isn't an attractive trade piece. No team is taking on Johnson's deal. <span>Al Horford</span>'s five-year, $60 million extension is more than fair, so it wouldn't make sense for the Hawks to move him. And it's hard for a team in Atlanta's financial situation to justify paying Horford and Smith a combined $88 million.</p>
<p>If the Hawks wanted to keep Smith, they ought not have been so generous to Johnson last summer, however much they wanted to keep him in order to avoid sliding into lottery-level mediocrity. Now, trading Smith seems like the only possible way for Atlanta to save money.</p>
<p>Doing so could be a blessing, depending on what the Hawks receive in return. A competent starting center, for example, would allow Horford, who's earned two All-Star appearances despite playing out-of-position at center, to shift to power forward. Yet there are few obvious trade partners and targets for Smith, who's done nothing to dissuade Atlanta from trading him; according to Chris Mannix, <a target="new" href="http://greenstreet.weei.com/sports/boston/basketball/celtics/2011/06/22/chris-mannix-on-dc-rajon-rondo-has-been-on-the-table-in-the-past-year/">Smith's "camp" has long sought a trade for its client</a>, who feels unappreciated in Atlanta and is ready for a new start.</p>
<p>I don't think a new start is what Atlanta wants for itself. The Hawks could probably put up with some of Smith's attitude for a while if they could afford to keep him. But they can't.</p>
https://atlanta.sbnation.com/atlanta-hawks/2011/6/23/2239594/josh-smith-trade-rumors-atlanta-hawks-nbaEvan Dunlap2011-06-23T11:35:34-04:002011-06-23T11:35:34-04:00Atlanta Hawks Fielding 'Increased' Josh Smith Trade Talks, According To Report
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<p>Something new on <span>Josh Smith</span> for late Thursday morning: <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-wojnarowski_nba_draft_cavaliers_irving_062311">Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski says</a> the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.peachtreehoops.com/">Atlanta Hawks</a> "are getting increased volume on calls" from teams looking into a trade. Though the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/">Orlando Magic</a> appear to be the frontrunner based on other reports, Smith has reportedly listed three other teams he'd be interested in leaving Atlanta for: the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.celticsblog.com/">Celtics</a>, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.thedreamshake.com/">Rockets</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/new-jersey-nets">Nets</a>.</p>
<p>Whether Smoove ends up being traded on NBA Draft day or not, there's still a long offseason ahead, and due to the number of reports it's all but undeniable he really is being shopped around the league.</p>
<p>What could they get in return? <a href="http://peachtreehoops.com">Peachtree Hoops</a> has considered some scenarios, but looking at the calendar you'd have to think about how a deal might affect the NBA Draft. None of those teams picks before No. 14 in Thursday night's draft, so Hawks fans shouldn't hope for an outstanding draft pick in any potential trade unless a third team gets involved. Houston does have three picks in the first 38, though.</p>
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https://atlanta.sbnation.com/atlanta-hawks/2011/6/23/2239271/josh-smith-nba-trade-rumors-news-hawks-magic-celticsJason Kirk2011-06-23T08:52:30-04:002011-06-23T08:52:30-04:00Josh Smith Trade Rumor Involving Magic? 'Totally Legit,' According To Report
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<p>If the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.peachtreehoops.com/">Atlanta Hawks</a> have to trade <span>Josh Smith</span> to an in-division team due to their own mismanagement of <span>Joe Johnson</span>'s contract ... sorry, getting ahead of myself there. Those rumors of Smith being shopped to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/">Orlando Magic</a> and other teams are "totally legit," <a href="http://ken-berger.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/11838893/30186974">says CBS Sports' Ken Berger</a>. Berger plus Adrian Wojnarowski means I'm pretty much convinced.</p>
<p>Berger also says the Hawks are looking to unload salary in the process, so previous concerns that the Magic wouldn't be able to send back enough to make it worth it from a basketball standpoint aren't really valid. Wheeeeeee!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.peachtreehoops.com/2011/6/23/2238947/nba-trade-rumors-josh-smith-orlando-magic-atlanta-hawks">Peachtree Hoops isn't happy about the news</a>, but isn't exactly shocked, either. This is the ownership group, after all, that handed pretty-good Joe Johnson the NBA's highest contract, and now we're right back where we started.</p>
<p>If this trade happens, I can become a <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/charlotte-bobcats">Charlotte Bobcats</a> or <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.grizzlybearblues.com/">Memphis Grizzlies</a> fan until the Atlanta Spirit Group sells the team. It really wouldn't kill me.</p>
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<p>We've been hearing and dismissing for weeks now rumors that the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.peachtreehoops.com/">Atlanta Hawks</a> are looking to trade <span>Josh Smith</span>, but the reports are starting to gain serious national attention. <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Au8F1Qszi6PZxxVlYpgEASW8vLYF?slug=aw-wojnarowski_josh_smith_hawks_nba_draft_062011">Yahoo! Sports Adrian Wojnarowski reported early Tuesday</a> that Smith wouldn't be all that upset by a Hawks trade, and has listed the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.celticsblog.com/">Boston Celtics</a>, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/">Orlando Magic</a>, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.thedreamshake.com/">Houston Rockets</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/new-jersey-nets">New Jersey Nets</a> as his preferred landing spots.</p>
<p>Smith's friend <span>Dwight Howard</span> plays in Orlando for the time being, while a dashing global billionaire runs the Nets. I don't know why he'd want to play for the Rockets or Celtics. For what it's worth, <a href="http://www.peachtreehoops.com/2011/6/21/2234836/nba-trade-rumors-josh-smith-trade-rumors-not-going-away-anytime-soon">Peachtree Hoops thinks this is all just a bunch of hoo-ha</a>.</p>
<p>Wojnarowski cites league sources who imply the relationship between the Hawks and Smith is only souring and that the team has to break up its roster somehow, but the biggest piece -- <span>Joe Johnson</span>'s contract -- isn't going anywhere for a long time. </p>
<p>For more Hawks, join <a href="http://peachtreehoops.com">Peachtree Hoops</a>.</p>
https://atlanta.sbnation.com/atlanta-hawks/2011/6/21/2234892/josh-smith-trade-rumors-celtics-magic-rockets-netsJason Kirk