True Hoop: Ford's the man with the connections, and this is some of what he's hearing:
The Hawks roll into the summer with roughly $15 million of cap space and are considering passing the free agent market altogether and make a trade pitch to the 76ers for Allen Iverson.
Knight knows he needs to start adding some star power to the team and Iverson would be a good complement to Joe Johnson in the backcourt.
The Hawks might have the goods to pull it off. Knight could offer Harrington (in a sign-and-trade) and one of their young players (Josh Childress or the draft rights to this year's lottery pick) for Iverson.
That would free up some of the logjam at the three and four and fill in a serious hole in the Hawks' backcourt.
If the Sixers are intent on moving Iverson this summer, they'd have to seriously consider an offer like that. There aren't many teams willing to give up much to bring Iverson into the fold -- but Atlanta might actually be a decent fit.
I don't think they can offer a good offer to the 6ers for Iverson.But they do have a lot of young talent they can trade for him. But if Joe isn't involved which I don't think he will, I don't think this deal will happen. They would have to trade Josh Smith, some future 1st round picks, Childress, and maybe Marvin Williams(which also I don't see Atlanta Trading) to get AI. And they defiently wouldn't so that.[/quote]
