<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Sure, Marvin Williams could start spending some of the nearly $19 million the Hawks will pay him over the next five years. But it's just not his nature. "Basketball is what I care about, what I love," said the 19-year-old Williams, the No. 2 overall pick in this year's NBA draft. "I'm not worried about anything else but basketball right now." Clearly. Williams has no car, a limited wardrobe that consists mostly of Hawks attire, and no real desire to splurge on the things a young millionaire could if so inclined. "I don't have a whip yet," he said about his vehicle-free existence, "but I'll get one before training camp. I promise I will." A recent house-hunting trip in one of Atlanta's most exclusive ZIP codes left Williams decidedly underwhelmed. He wondered aloud at times why so much space was needed for one person. He left the Hawks' weeklong summer league in Salt Lake City to head for the seclusion and security of his mother's modest three-bedroom apartment in Bremerton, Wash., where he grew up and says he'll always feel most at home. He leaves the particulars of his first place of residence to his personal assistant, Marvin Williams Sr., who said he'll work for his son in whatever capacity is necessary to help ease his transition from precocious college freshman to newly minted multimillionaire. "He tells me what he wants to do, and I try and take care of it so he doesn't have to worry about anything but basketball," said the elder Williams, who admits to leaning heavily on the Hawks' support staff to help him navigate his way in an unfamiliar city. "He doesn't want to do it anyway. He tells me 'Dad, could you please handle that for me?' " Shot caller Don't think for a minute that the father is micromanaging the son's affairs. "He calls his own shots," said Marvin Sr. "That's his deal. He handles his own money and everything. "And you have to understand some things about Marvin. He's real frugal. And he pays attention to everything. He also understands the concept that this doesn't last forever, this lifestyle and this earning potential. So when he says this is his limit of what he wants to spend, that's it." While Marvin Jr. was concentrating on his first NBA practices at Philips Arena several weeks ago, Marvin Sr. was studying the city and perusing neighborhoods with real estate agent Aleta Saunders and Hawks player relations coordinator Julie Hogg. "We went out so he could just get familiar with certain areas of the city," said Hogg, who has been dubbed the team mother by the Hawks' cadre of young players. "It gave me a chance to point out where [former Hawk] Shareef [Abdur-Rahim] lives and where Antoine [Walker] had a place when he was with us. He wanted to feel comfortable with where Marvin was going to live and what he was going to be doing. "They've both been great to deal with. Marvin [Jr.] and I e-mail back and forth a million times a day to make sure he has what he needs. And Marvin Sr. right now is most concerned with getting him set up in the right situation and getting it set up right." </div> Source
