<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> HAWKS OBTAIN AL HARRINGTON FROM INDIANA FOR STEPHEN JACKSON NBA.com: Al Harrington Profile ATLANTA, GA (July 15, 2004) ----- The Atlanta Hawks have obtained forward Al Harrington from the Indiana Pacers in a trade for swingman Stephen Jackson, it was announced this afternoon by General Manager Billy Knight. ?This was a great opportunity to continue improving our roster and Al adds a great deal of size and experience to our young club,? said Knight. ?In 1998, I participating in the discussion to select him in the Draft, so I am very familiar with his abilities. He will give us tremendous options at both forward positions, and he excels at putting the ball on the floor and creating his own shot.? </div> Link Harrington was a great pick up even if we had to give up Stephen Jackson and Al is only 24 years old. Harrington will be great on the Hawks here he will showcase his talent and finally get to start, I'd rather have him play more minutes at PF than SF because he's quicker than other PF's and he's capable of playing the position really well. And if we have him at PF we have more minutes in line for Josh Childress if we have him take in some minutes at SF instead of having all the minutes at SG,Josh Smith, and Boris Diaw.
I think even if Harrington is younger, we got the better of it.......but I hope one day that we can get Harrington back.
