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p(strongFriday update/strong: Mark Jackson will get a chance to convince Hawks owners he should be the next head coach. Hersquo;ll have some work to do to persuade everyone in the Hawksrsquo; hierarchy he can do the job with no prior coaching experience but itrsquo;s significant that he will get to make his case. Part of Jacksonrsquo;s pitch includes this 2008 academic study on successful NBA players also doing well as coaches.)/p
pWhen the stronga title=Atlanta Hawks Jerseys href=http://jerseysdealer.com/nba-jerseys-atlanta-hawks-jerseys-c-1_2.html target=_selfHawks /a/strongstarted their coaching search it looked like strongAvery Johnson/strong was the hot, big-name candidate. As it turns out, Celtics assistant Tom Thibodeau seems to be the key horse in the coaching carousel./p
pNow that Thibodeau reportedly turned down the Hornets and favors Chicagorsquo;s opening, it looks like Johnson is the favorite in New Jersey. When Johnsonrsquo;s name first surfaced with the Hawks, the perception was that they wouldnrsquo;t spend the money to hire him. The Hawks dispute that notion, but if they really want Johnson they might have hellip;/p
pThe stronga title=Atlanta Hawks Jerseys href=http://jerseysdealer.com/nba-jerseys-atlanta-hawks-jerseys-c-1_2.html target=_selfHawks/anbsp;/strongsay they are looking to free agency instead of the draft for frontcourt help. At this point itrsquo;s not clear if that need supersedes their desire for a starting-caliber point guard (in case the strongJeff Teague/strong thing doesnrsquo;t yield immediate fruits) or wing player (in case strongJ.J./strong bolts in free agency). This is especially the case since the returning frontcourt (strongAl/strong, strongJosh/strong, and strongZaza/strong) might be a stronger group than the returning backcourt (strongBibby/strong, strongJamal/strong, strongMarvin/strong and strongTeague/strong)./p
pBut since the draft doesnrsquo;t look like it will yield a big man who can contribute now at pick No. 24, and strongJason Collins/strong and strongRandolph Morris/strong both are free agents, thenbsp;stronga title=Atlanta Hawks Jerseys href=http://jerseysdealer.com/nba-jerseys-atlanta-hawks-jerseys-c-1_2.html target=_selfHawks/a/strong will need a center one way or the other. Letrsquo;s assume they wonrsquo;t go the vet-minimum route this time and will actually use their mid-level exception to seek a starting-caliber center (neither assumption is safe, but letrsquo;s just say both are plausible). What kind of center could the Hawks expect to/p

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