<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>By Marc Stein ESPN.com The Atlanta Hawks, according to NBA front-office sources, have narrowed their search for a new general manager to a single contender. Sources told ESPN.com on Friday that Cleveland Cavaliers assistant general manager Chris Grant -- who worked under Pete Babcock and Billy Knight in the Hawks' front office before moving to Cleveland -- is the only candidate Atlanta is presently speaking with as it seeks to replace Knight. Contract negotiations between Grant and the Hawks began this week, sources said, after San Antonio Spurs assistant general manager Dennis Lindsey withdrew his name from consideration Monday. It's apparently up to Grant, at this point, whether he wants to make the leap from one of the most stable franchises in the Eastern Conference to a team that just halted the league's longest playoff drought (eight seasons) and which is known for feuding factions in its crowded ownership group. The other main candidates Atlanta has considered, in addition to Grant and Lindsey, are Boston Celtics assistant general manager Dave Wohl, Washington Wizards vice president of basketball administration Tommy Sheppard and Portland Trail Blazers personnel scout John Gabriel, formerly general manager of the Orlando Magic. Lindsey cited "family considerations and professional considerations" for pulling out. In his first full season with the Spurs after spending 11 seasons in Houston's front office, Lindsey has been reluctant to entertain outside interest, previously resisting overtures from the Milwaukee Bucks late in the regular season before the Bucks hired longtime Detroit Pistons executive John Hammond as their new front-office chief. Lindsey is widely considered future GM material after his long stint with the Rockets and his move to San Antonio as a top aide to Spurs personnel chief R.C. Buford. Various members of Buford's staff, most notably Cleveland's Danny Ferry and Seattle's Sam Presti, have been sought to run other teams after the Spurs' run of three championships in the past five years. The fast-rising Sheppard, who works as a lead assistant to Wizards president Ernie Grunfeld, is also considered a likely future GM. Besides his talks with the Hawks, Sheppard was a finalist in Seattle for the job that went to Presti last summer.</div> I can't find the link, but it's from ESPN Anywayz I don't like him.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (o.iatlhawksfan)</div><div class='quotemain'>Anywayz I don't like him.</div> Why not?
