Billy Knight
Billy Knight
William R. "Billy" Knightis 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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Joe has tremendous upside and provides our franchise with a player whose talents are worthy of All-Star consideration, ... He has the versatility to play several positions for Coach (Mike) Woodson. Not only is Joe extremely gifted on the offensive end, his size on defense will give us a tremendous advantage against most teams. When you team him up with a combination of Josh Childress, Josh Smith, Al Harrington, Marvin Williams, Salim Stoudamire and Zaza Pachulia, we feel we have one of the best up-and-coming rosters in the league.
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He's a talented young guy. He's physical and he likes to bang inside. He's also a hungry, young guy. And being the first player from Uruguay to play in the NBA, he's eager to compete. He wants to make a statement for the people back home.
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Those things are good for the league. You want your players to play. The D-League is good for them. (With the age limit) you'll see players coming into the league more finished.
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If you uncover something, then you get into more specific testing. We rely on the medical professionals. Exams don't have to be standardized. Teams are going to do everything that they can to make sure players are going to be all right. That's always at the forefront of what you're doing.
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Everybody was here and we made the announcement to the team. The players took it hard, as you would expect. We'll try to deal with it and keep moving forward.
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Jason was completely healthy as far as we knew,
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Jason and his family are first and foremost in our prayers during this difficult time,
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We'll wait until the experts can tell us, but there's no comments about any speculating at all that I'm going to do,
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Joe has tremendous upside. We feel we have one of the best up-and-coming rosters in the league.
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You can get booed on draft day and loved on the parade.
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We call it 'be a pro,' ... We think if you look professional, you'll feel professional and you'll have a better chance of being professional.
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We felt it was needed even if the league hadn't done something. We felt it was necessary because we have a lot impressionable young guys, and we wanted them to have the right impression about the league.
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He was a good guy, a great teammate and a member of our organization. We're going to miss him.
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Everybody took it hard, ... We're all still shocked. It's not something you can prepare for.