<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Williams 'can't stand watching' Marvin Williams was in Mike Woodson's office moments after the Hawks finished practice Tuesday morning pleading his case. The rookie forward wanted back on the floor after missing the morning session at Philips Arena with a bruised right hamstring. "I can't stand watching from the sideline," Williams said. "I need to be out there." Williams signed his rookie contract late Tuesday, a multi-year deal that will pay him about $3.8 million during the upcoming season based on the NBA's rookie salary scale. Details of the deal were not disclosed. The rookie labored through both sessions Monday with tightness in his hamstring. He showed up Tuesday morning with a noticeable bruise, Woodson said. He stretched and prepared for practice but was held out by Woodson, who said he's not interested in setting Williams back any further for the sake of minicamp, which ends Thursday. The Hawks fly to Salt Lake City on Thursday afternoon for summer league play at the Rocky Mountain Revue and play six games from July 15-22. Woodson said Williams' status will be monitored daily and that his minutes in Utah will be limited to manage the injury. "We won't play him big minutes, and we'll gradually work him into what we're doing," Woodson said. "We've got to make sure we're being as cautious as possible because I don't want to set him back a month by overdoing it now. He'll be fine, but we just have to make sure he's 100 percent healthy before pushing it too hard." Plans in flux The injury to Williams might alter Woodson's plans for Salt Lake City, where he planned to start a "big" lineup that included Williams and Josh Smith as the starting forwards, Boris Diaw at point guard and Josh Childress at shooting guard. "That's my ideal lineup," Woodson. "We'll find a big guy to go with those four and, then have [Salim] Stoudamire, Royal [Ivey] and Donta Smith off the bench. So this is a pivotal summer for all these young guys, and especially Boris." Diaw, a third-year player, didn't play with the Hawks last summer, having already gone back to his native France before Woodson and his staff were able to communicate their wishes. "The next 10 days for Boris will go a long way towards determining where he is and where we can use him next season," Woodson said. "We have to see if he can play the point, which we think he can. We have to see how he runs this team, because the bulk of the playing time out there [in Utah] is going to be chewed up by our core guys. We're going to turn them loose out there and let them play." Big men added </div> Source
