Hawks GM Knight resigns; team ended nine-year playoff drought in '08

[Warhawk]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3385104

ATLANTA -- Atlanta Hawks general manager Billy Knight is stepping down.
The announcement comes after the Hawks forced the Boston Celtics to a Game 7 in a first round playoff series that ended Sunday.
He said Wednesday he is resigning from the organization effective July 1.
The 55-year-old Knight spent six years with the organization. His best season came this year, as the Hawks had a 37-45 regular season record and broke a nine-year playoff drought.
Knight says in a statement he's "leaving the organization in much better shape than it was in when I took over."

 

[4cwebb]

So he determined it couldn't get any better than this year's "success"?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Maybe they told him that they were going to re-sign Woodson.

 

[Elise10]

So he determined it couldn't get any better than this year's "success"?

No, one of them(if not both) was going to leave(forcefully or not) regardless of the "success" of making the playoffs. The Maloofs as owners are Girl Scouts compared to the Atlanta Spirit Group.

They're still in a lawsuit over the Joe Johnson trade(among other things) for crying out loud.


Slim: Very funny! the AJC says that it has nothing to do with whether Woodson stays though