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**GregOden** · 06-24-2009, 01:52 PM

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The Atlanta Hawks and Golden State Warriors are closing in on a trade that would find a new home for Jamal Crawford.

NBA front-office sources say that the Warriors and Hawks will soon complete a deal sending Crawford to Atlanta for Acie Law and Speedy Claxton.

Warriors coach Don Nelson made no secret of the fact that Crawford wasn't in his future plans. By shedding Crawford's longer contract and by virtue of insurance payments that will cover some of the costs of Claxton, Golden State would secure a decent measure of payroll relief with the trade.

Less clear is what impact the move will have on Atlanta's forthcoming negotiations with free agent-to-be Mike Bibby. Although Crawford is not a pure point guard, he's a prolific scorer whose arrival could affect the sort of contract offer Bibby expected to command from the Hawks.

Marc Stein is the senior NBA writer for ESPN.com.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4284512

What do you guys think about this? Is Bibby gone, and JJ moving back to the PG spot? Is he going to be the 6th man? Or is he going to be a piece that we package and trade away.

o.iatlhawksfan · 06-24-2009, 02:00 PM

Why not play Crawford at the point? and who will we pick in the draft now?

ATLien · 06-24-2009, 02:54 PM

Acie Law and Speedy Claxton are worthless, but Jamal Crawford has been to me a player with a low basketball IQ and he has not won where he has been. I'll wait and see what other moves are to come.

**GregOden** · 06-25-2009, 08:49 AM

I don't know, I like the addition of him, especially considering we gave up nothing. However, I don't know exactly what this means for our team. We can get away with letting Crawford play PG because he won't have to be the primary decision maker because we'll have Joe Johnson for that.

Crawford hasn't really been in any good team situations since he's been in the league, so hopefully he fits in well here and things go smoothly. He has the talent to be a valuable asset.

o.iatlhawksfan · 06-25-2009, 09:07 AM

I still think we need another PG. I would love to get T.J Ford.

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