<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Josh Smith wasted no time taking advantage of his restricted free-agent status, spending Wednesday visiting the Philadelphia 76ers - a franchise with plenty of cap room to make a big offer. The 22-year-old Smith toured the city and visited the Wachovia Center with Sixers officials, who would like to woo the forward away from Atlanta with an offer sheet too expensive for the Hawks to match. As he's a restricted free agent, the Hawks can match any offer made to the 6-foot-9, 235 pound Smith. "Everything is going good. He's enjoying his time here,'' said Smith's agent, Wallace Prather. "They seem to like him. They seem to be genuine.'' The Sixers have about $11 million in salary cap space available and could use all of it to offer Smith a five-year contract. The Hawks have said they would match any contract offer to Smith, but are on the hook next season for big contracts for Mike Bibby and Joe Johnson, and they still want to resign forward Josh Childress.</div> NBA News I'm hoping he won't leave. I rather him stay, but we also need Johnson and Bibby. I think if anyone had to chose between Smith and Childress, Smith would be the pick. But I can only imagine the great tandem of Iggy and Smith in Philly.
If I'm the Atlanta Hawks I'd wanna keep this team exactly the way it is..Tons of talent and they're finally starting to jell..
Welcome to s2 BzTiger. If you have any questions feel free to PM me or any other mod. Also, are you a Hawks fan? And yea, great point. The Hawks shouldn't be trying to lose pieces. They have a great young core, and Sund needs to do what he can to keep it together.
