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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...

The Hawks Have a GM: Old Sonics Boss Sund

... and just like that, the AJ-C's Sekou Smith reports Atlanta finds its replacement for Billy Knight, one Rick Sund. (Via BallHype.) Local authorities suspected the Hawks would hire Cleveland assistant GM Chris Grant, but Grant decided to stay put. Sund spent a year off the grid after Clay Bennett's Seattle bloodletting...

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...

No One Denies the 'Fire Woodson' Rumors

Remember Thursday night, when an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story by Sekou Smith concerning Billy Knight's thirst to fire coach Mike Woodson bounced on and offline? Late Friday, Smith's story went live for good, followed quickly by a cryptic blog post from Sekou:Let me make it clear this one time, and this one time only....

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...