Al Horford News

Al Horford spoke with Josh Childress last week and knew something was up - ' Childress was in Greece.

Josh Childress is leaving the Atlanta Hawks for Greek club Olympiakos, reversing the course of the many international stars who have signed with the NBA.

The newest issue of HOOP magazine has a great little tale about the Hawks having a team ping pong tournament.

His Day 1 report of yesterday's practice and scrimmage offers an eyewitness account of proceedings plus audio of interviews with Speedy Claxton , Acie Law IV, Al Horford, and Mike Woodson.

Everybody searches for that one moment in their life when they become the person they're destined to be and they rise to new heights.

Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Woodson added two assistant coaches and conducted workouts for two free-agent centers today.

Al Horford has been named to USA Basketball's Men's Select team. The Hawks forward will help the U.S. Olympic team prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China next month.

Speedy Claxton will be among the Hawks that will participate in a several practices in preparation for the Rocky Mountain Revue.

In what figures to be the most thorough examination this off-season written by someone not required to consider the state of the Atlanta Hawks on a daily basis, Kelly Dwyer delineates the crux of the ...

The temptation lasted the entire night. As the picks started rolling in Thursday's NBA draft, Hawks general manager Rick Sund and his entire basketball operations staff kept checking their draft board to see ...

In the same way the Swedes celebrate Midsummer's Day by dancing around a maypole, we Atlantans had developed our own June ritual: Every year we'd watch the NBA draft and think unkind thoughts about Billy ...

I love basketball, but enough is enough. There should be a rule: no hoop after Memorial Day.

Let me make sure I have this right. A former whistle blower is blowing the whistle on the league, upstaging the NBA's showcase event? The timing couldn't have been better for all of conspiracy theorists who ...

According to ESPN, Stanford's Brook Lopez has a scheduled workout with the Sonics, which is not surprising, but he may have to knock the ironed dress socks off of Sam Presti to get the Sonics to draft him.

Q & A With Hawks GM Rick Sund by Micah Hart The Hawks got their busy summer off to a good start last week, hiring longtime NBA executive Rick Sund as the team's new general manager.

The NBA lives by the "think globally, act locally" mantra, which is why this Celtics-Lakers matchup is such good news for the league.

If you are not sure what to think of Rick Sund, look at it this way: He is better than any realistic alternative.

The Atlanta Hawks , looking for new experienced front-office leadership after ending their playoff drought this season, hired Rick Sund as general manager on Wednesday.

Al Horford had an excellent rookie season, one that was as good as could have been realistically expected, but it's still very difficult for me to imagine him not improving in his second season.

A piece of the Sonics' future, regardless of where they play next season or in 2010, will be determined Tuesday afternoon at the NBA draft lottery.