Hawks' salary situation

[mrhonline]

I'm so excited that Drob's option was declined. He's a good guy, but the $ will be better spent elsewhere.

Anyways, I figured that I would try to give an update of the Hawks' salary information:

1. Al Harrington $6.9M

2. Marvin Williams $3.9 (an estimate - 5% + Okafor's salary)

3. Tony Delk $3.4M (He might opt out)

4. Josh Childress $2.7M

5. Jason Collier $1.7M

6. Josh Smith $1.4M

7. Boris Diaw $1.1M

8. Salim Stoudamire $0.5M (an estimate)

9. Royal Ivey $0.5M (an estimate; team option?)

10. Donta Smith $05.M (an estimate; team option?)

Total: $22.6M ($19.2M if Delk opts out)

Assuming Delk stays, the Hawks have upwards of $25-$28M to spend (depending on the cap).

I don't think I've EVER seen such a large number of players under contract for so little salary. Kudos to Mr. Knight!

[Vafan]

Yes, I agree. We are getting more talented while spending nothing on salary. The future is bright.

[gohawks11]

nice job BK. 2 great drafts in a row. any one have a link to where drobs was cut?

[emeans]

I concur. Bk is doing an excellent job. We can finally pick and choose and make other teams sweat to keep their players. We have never been able to do that!!

[OGRat]

And teams will only have a week to make a decision to match.

[Sage11]

The man is doing a good job, the future looks good.