JANUARY 15th, 11:08am: Atlanta would waive Mo Williams if it signs Neal, tweets Michael Scotto of Basketball Insiders. Williams, who was acquired from the Cavaliers in the Kyle Korver trade last week, underwent surgery on his left leg in October and is officially retired. The Hawks will have to pay the remainder of his $2.2MM contract even if he is released.
JANUARY 14th, 7:34pm: The Hawks are “strongly leaning” toward signing Gary Neal, tweets Marc Stein of ESPN.com. Atlanta worked out the veteran guard earlier this week and may be ready to give him a 10-day contract.
Neal recently joined the Texas Legends of the D-League (Twitter link). He spent last season with the Wizards, where he averaged 9.8 points and shot .410 from 3-point range in 40 games. The 32-year old has also played for San Antonio, Milwaukee, Charlotte and Minnesota in a six-year NBA career.
The Hawks have an open roster spot to sign Neal after waiving Ryan Kelly last week.
CORRECTION, Mr. Hill.
Actually, no they don’t have a roster spot.
Kelly’s slot was taken by Mo Williams, who ATL evidently had been hoping to package as filler in a more substantial deal.
Right now, there’s Schroder, Delaney. Bazemore, Hardaway, Bembry, Sefalosha, Dunleavy, Prince, Milsap, Scott, Humphries, Howard, Splitter and Muscala.
So, Williams makes 15.
Nerd.