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Hawks Keep Mike Bibby

You know, Billy Knight may have gotten a bad rap. We'll need to reassess his Atlanta legacy at some point. Among other solid draft picks (Josh Smith, Al Horford) and signings (Joe Johnson), the 2008 trade for Mike Bibby -- Knight's final move at the helm of the Hawks -- looks pretty good right now.Bibby will ink a...

Toby Bailey on Playing Ricky Rubio

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Toby Bailey was a huge star at UCLA, scoring 26 points as a freshman and leading the Bruins to the 1995 NCAA Championship. But after playing two years with the Suns, he headed to Spain where he...

No One Wants to Fill Billy Knight's Shoes

The Hawks are officially back to square one in their search for a general manager to replace the outgoing Billy Knight. ESPN's Marc Stein reports that the team had offered the position to current Cavs front-office exec Chris Grant late last week, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Sekou Smith even went so far as to say...

Billy Knight Tried to Fire Mike Woodson Three Times Recently

Okay, this is really bizarre. Not the fact that Mike Woodson is a candidate to get fired -- he has a seriously talented Atlanta Hawks team seriously underperforming in a very weak Eastern Conference. What's bizarre is the Atlanta Journal Constitution has had an article on and off the front page of the Hawks and Sports...

Hawks Brass Says Rebuilding Is Over

After a seemingly interminable period of, well, drafting small forwards and nothing else, Hawks GM Billy Knight finally nabbed a point guard. And not coincidentally, with Acie Law on board, he now feels they're now done rebuilding. At least in the most literal sense of the word. From The Atlanta Journal Constitution:...

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Joanna Johnson Comes Out: 'The Bold And The Beautiful' Star Reveals She's A Lesbian

The New Kids On The Block singer was out-ed by fellow '80s teen pop star Tiffany in January 2011 when she revealed she dated Knight before "he became gay later."

Background on Billy Knight

William R. "Billy" Knight (born June 9, 1952 in Braddock, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional basketball player who most recently served as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of the National Basketball Association's Atlanta Hawks from 2003–08.

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