<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Press Release - Atlanta Hawks Executive Vice President and General Manager Billy Knight today announced the team has signed the first of its two 2006 draft picks ? Duke?s Shelden Williams to a contract. As is club policy, the terms of his contact were not revealed. Williams, the Hawks? first round selection ? and fifth pick overall ? was the National Defensive Player of the Year in 2004-05 and a two-time Atlantic Coast Conference honoree in that category as evidenced by his averages of 3.8 blocks and 1.7 steals last season. The 6-9, 250-pound forward also tossed in a career-high 18.7 points and 10.7 rebounds, in addition to hitting 58.4% of his field goals and 74 percent of his FTs.</div> Source
