I can see you never made it down here to the ATL pete. Phillips Arena is one of the ten best NBA sites in the country. It's much better than the dumps in NY and NJ you frequent. It's too bad the Hawks ruin the experience of visiting Phillips.

They had to force them to stay because the Hawks would have no way to fill the vacancies. An assistant coaching job with Atlanta's basketball franchise, ownership problems and all, is not exactly an NBA dream job.

Sounds like a classless move. Let's hope there is something more to the story.

Otherwise, I am sure that those 2 assistants will give 110% this year in the lameduck season after the company they work for strung them along.

Pete, the Hawks are a total joke. After 5 years of season tix, I finally gave up. Mike Woodson is a complete incompetent. And Billy Knight......let me put it this way: The only intelligent move Knight ever made, when the Hawks were involved, came before they hired him, and he managed to take Pau Gasol away. Since arriving, he has made a point to prove that a guy in the $20 seats actually COULD do a better job. I went to a Division III college, and routinely saw more fans, at games. They are out of any Larry Brown races, as he would not kick his old assistant out. Stan Van Gundy would have been a better fit than Jeff ( who I love, but just not for this team) But Billy screwed that one up, too. As for draft picks, please note that he beat astronomical odds. If the ping pong balls worked out even remotely correct, the Hawks would have had no picks at all,in either round. ( And now they lose next years #1 which will surely be a lottery pick.) I have lived through soe simply awful Jets, Mets, Yanks and Knicks teams. Noting beats this absolute disaster of an organization.


-Doc

While I agree that it's a jerk move to allow them to interview for but not accept the position, they are in fact under contractual obligation to the Hawks.

On the surface, this just looks rude. The bigger story is that Billy Knight may have done something right for once.

Letting them interview is a gift. It allows them to network and market themselves to teams like no other opportunity. However, it's not unreasonable to expect them to fulfill their contract.

I have no sympathy for these assistants. Did they not understand how dysfunctional this organization is when they signed their contract? Everyone else in Atlanta does.

As for Mr. Drew, wanting to watch his son play high school ball in LA is a blatant play for sympathy that would only work against an organization as crummy as the Hawks. His son's senior year wasn't so important when he negotiated the contract with the Hawks.