Jason Kidd

Atlanta Hawks head coach Mike Woodson drew an unusual technical foul with 1:37 remaining in the fourth quarter against the Dallas Mavericks.

Down 97-95, Mavericks point guard Jason Kidd noticed Woodson standing on the court and drove into him, causing the contact and foul.

Woodson and Kidd argued after the play, and both had to be restrained from one another.

“Smartest basketball play I’ve ever seen in my career,” Jason Terry said.

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Zydrunas Ilgauskas

The Wizards and center Zydrunas Ilgauskas completed a buyout agreement on Thursday and the Hawks wasted no time making a pitch to sign the soon-to-be free agent.

“Once he clears waivers and becomes a free agent [on Monday], hopefully he will consider us,” Hawks general manager Rick Sund said. “We talked to his agent [Herb Rudoy]. He knows we are interested, as are a couple other teams.”

Ilgauskas has long been expected to re-sign with the Cavaliers, who traded him to the Wizards last week.

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Othello Hunter

The Atlanta Hawks today requested waivers on forward Othello Hunter, according to Executive Vice President/General Manager Rick Sund.

Hunter appeared in seven games this season, and averaged 1.6 ppg and 1.7 rpg in 4.7 mpg (.333 FG%, .750 FT%). He played in 16 games with Atlanta last season as a rookie, and had four playoff appearances.

Overall, in 23 career regular season games with the Hawks, Hunter compiled 1.4 ppg and 1.6 rpg in 5.4 mpg (.469 FG%, .333 FT%). Hunter, who was undrafted, played collegiately at Ohio State.

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Mike Bibby

Atlanta Hawks starting guard Mike Bibby sprained his left ankle in the first quarter of the Hawks’ game in New Orleans Hornets on Saturday night.

Bibby appeared to roll the ankle while coming down from a jump shot about five minutes into the game. Team officials said he would not return.

Bibby came in averaging 10.7 points and 4.2 assists in a little more than 31 minutes a game.

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Josh Smith takes the alley-oop from Mike Bibby and throws down.

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Joe Johnson gives an alley-oop to Josh Smith, who throws it down, with authority.

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Joe Johnson

For the longest time, the Knicks have been clearing salary cap to make room for LeBron James and Dwyane Wade to save the franchise.

But what is the plan if neither one of them end up in New York?

According to sources, the Knicks are apparently adjusting their expectations for next summer.

The franchise believes that it is much more likely to end up with Chris Bosh and Joe Johnson instead, who are also both free agents next summer.

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Chris Kaman

The Atlanta Hawks’ Joe Johnson and the Los Angeles Clippers’ Chris Kaman were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Nov. 2, through Sunday, Nov. 8.

Johnson’s Hawks finished the week with a 3-1 mark, which included wins over Portland, Denver and Sacramento.

Kaman led the Clippers to 3-0 week, averaging 24.3 points on .574 shooting from the field, 9.7 rebounds and 2.0 blocks.

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Josh Smith

Hawks forward Josh Smith became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 900 blocks late in the Hawks’ game against Washington on Friday, surpassing Shaquille O’Neal, at 23 and 329 days.

Smith, however, insisted that being a shot blocker was never a part of his NBA master plan.

“It started out with me being young and just playing with energy, and now it has become something I just have a knack for,” he said.

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Josh Smith steals the pass and goes coast to coast for a big time slam.

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