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Hawks Sign Maurice Evans
The Hawks needed to add a couple of nice bench players before they magically made Josh Childress disappear so I think the AJC (or AJC.com) headline writer: Hawks fill Childress' void by signing Evans is being overly optimistic. Evans is four years older than Childress has never played as much as Childress nor as efficiently. Still, rare among his new teammates, he can make the three-point ...
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Maurice Evans Signs with Atlanta Hawks, Who Are Not the Golden State Warriors
Third Quarter Collapse — ... the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (ht: Hoopinion). Evans was as good as gone the moment Keith Bogans told the team he would exercise his player option this season, so this signing means little to us. We'll get to see him roast us -- the Hawks always roast us, it seems -- four times a year. It also means he'll play 41 games a year in the building in which ...

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sportspageatlanta.com 7/26/2008 — He is not Josh Childress, but the Atlanta Hawks might have signed his replacement. The Hawks signed Maurice Evans to a 3-year/$7.5 million. Evans is 6′5″ and has played six seasons in the NBA including last season with the Magic. With Orlando, he played in 68 games while starting 47. He averaged 9.3 points per game and 3.1 rebounds per game. His career-high came this past ...
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Journeyman Maurice Evans has agreed to terms with the Hawks on a three-year deal believed to be worth about $7.5 million, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
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