515:. Instead of using the Hawks' 31st overall pick, Sund sold it for cash. Sund also re-signed Jason Collins. During the 2010β2011 season, the Hawks continued to start Bibby over Teague, played Jordan Craword very little, and won 44 games despite few injuries. Just before the trade deadline, Sund traded the prospect Jordan Crawford, the Hawks' future first-round pick in the 2011 draft, and dumped Bibby and Evans's salaries all to the
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in return. The Hawks however did upset the
Orlando magic in six games as the #5 seed in the 2011 playoffs, and played competitive for a while against the top-seeded Bulls in the second round (winning game 1 and almost game 2, only to lose game 3 badly, win a close game 4, and lose 5 and 6 badly).
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Childress' vacancy. While Evans was overpaid (three years at $ 2.5 million per year), Murray did serve as a great sixth man in his one season with the Hawks, averaging 12.2 PPG on .447 FG% from 2008β2009, while being paid $ 1.5 million. The Hawks clinched the fourth seed in the Eastern
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at 28 years of age, making him the youngest general manager in the NBA's history. He helped assemble the first ever
Mavericks roster, and for the remainder of his multiple-year tenure around the organization, brought in
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Midwest division crown. They reached the Western Conference Finals
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in seven games after falling behind 3β2. In the second round, the Magic swept the Hawks in the most lopsided playoff series in NBA history.
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on the basketball squad, while also seeing action as a tight end and wide receiver on the football team. At
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Johnson to a six-year, $ 119 million contract. That summer he also did not re-sign
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Rick Sund (Left) with Dr. Lashbrook (Center) and Larry Riley (Right) at the SMWW Basketball Career
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in the first round of the playoffs in seven games after falling behind 2β1, and then were swept by the
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After his firing, Sund was hired by the Hawks, who had fired
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where he was a two-sport athlete, twice named academic All-
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675:"Cavaliers vs. Hawks - Game Recap - May 11, 2009 - ESPN"
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He aided the then-rookie general manager of the former
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409:Managerial career with the Atlanta Hawks
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647:"Maurice Evans Stats"
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1427:NBA general managers
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790:. February 24, 2011.
596:HAWKS: Rick Sund Bio
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62:Personal information
681:on October 6, 2014.
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443:Cleveland Cavaliers
387:Seattle SuperSonics
372:Vancouver Grizzlies
354:He moved on to the
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763:"Yahoo Sports NBA"
693:"Mike Bibby Stats"
517:Washington Wizards
334:Los Angeles Lakers
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98:Career information
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77:June 4, 1951
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1392:1951 births
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1355:(2014β2017)
1347:(2012β2014)
1345:Danny Ferry
1339:(2008β2012)
1331:(2003β2008)
1323:(1990β2003)
1315:(1979β1990)
1313:Stan Kasten
1299:(1977β1979)
1289:Mike Storen
1283:(1975β1977)
1275:(1974β1975)
1267:(1973β1974)
1259:(1972β1973)
1251:(1970β1972)
1249:Bob Cousins
1243:(1960β1970)
1241:Marty Blake
1177:(2001β2007)
1169:(1994β2001)
1161:(1986β1994)
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1145:(1983β1985)
1137:(1977β1983)
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1105:(1968β1969)
1097:(1967-1968)
1095:Don Richman
1034:(2020β2024)
1032:Troy Weaver
1026:(2018β2020)
1018:(2014β2018)
1010:(2000β2014)
1002:(1998β2000)
994:(1995β1998)
986:(1992β1995)
978:(1979β1992)
962:(1977β1978)
954:(1975β1977)
946:(1966β1975)
938:(1964β1965)
930:(1961β1964)
922:(1958β1961)
914:(1957β1958)
912:Fred DeLano
898:(1954β1957)
498:Joe Johnson
450:Jeff Teague
395:Gary Payton
368:Otis Thorpe
90:Nationality
1386:Categories
1183:Sam Presti
1016:Jeff Bower
1008:Joe Dumars
928:Fran Smith
904:Otto Adams
509:Larry Drew
458:Mike Bibby
439:Miami Heat
376:Joe Dumars
364:Grant Hill
318:Brad Davis
73:1951-06-04
1337:Rick Sund
1175:Rick Sund
1000:Rick Sund
625:USA Today
482:Joe Smith
391:Ray Allen
378:selected
280:with the
223:Rick Sund
195:2008-2012
184:2001-2007
173:1998-2000
162:1995-1998
151:1994-1995
140:1992-1994
129:1979-1992
118:1974-1979
22:Rick Sund
478:Acie Law
93:American
44:Position
1371:(2022β)
944:Ed Coil
833:NBA.com
812:May 24,
631:June 8,
578:Sources
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360:1995-96
298:Big Ten
103:College
1307:(1979)
1291:(1977)
1113:(1969)
906:(1957)
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633:2012
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