Josh Powell has signed with the Atlanta Hawks as a free agent after spending the last two seasons as a backup with the Los Angeles Lakers. The 6-foot-9 Powell was signed to provide depth behind Hawks center Al Horford and power forward Josh Smith.

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The Boston Celtics , Dallas Mavericks , and Atlanta Hawks have all contacted Shaquille O’Neal (notes) about possibly coming to work for them, but it looks like the Hawks are the c losest to an actual deal . AOL FanHouse is reporting that the 38-year-old center has an offer from the Hawks for two years that will pay him the mid-level exception of $4.8 million in the first season

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Shaquille O’Neal (notes) may be 38 years old but the 325-pounder has been part of four NBA championship-winning teams and plenty of others would like a little piece of that magic.

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As much as Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban would likely want to try and get the Cleveland Cavaliers to do a sign-and-trade with him for LeBron James (notes) , it doesn’t seem like a very likely scenario so Yahoo! Sports Adrian Wojnarowski reports that Cuban is thining of attempting to work that same sort of deal with the Atlanta Hawks for Joe Johnson (notes) .

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Former NBA point guard and current ESPN analyst Mark Jackson has never coached in the NBA but he’s getting a second interview for the Atlanta Hawks head-coaching gig, according to AOL Fanhouse. The site reports that Jackson is a finalist for the job along with Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Dwane Casey, former Mavs head coach Avery Johnson, and Hawks assistant Larry Drew.

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Mike Woodson had the unfortunate experiences of "leading" the Atlanta Hawks through the horror of being on the losing end of one of the most lopsided NBA sweeps in history at the hands of the Orlando Magic . Now Woodson is out of a job and Atlanta is mostly interested in interviewing assistants of other teams for the position, according to the Oregonian. The Hawks contacted Blazers GM Kevin Pritchard yesterday to get permission to talk to assistant Dean Demopoulos.

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Eddie Sefko of the Dallas Morning News reports: Assistant coach Dwane Casey is with the Mavericks management crew in Chicago and will meet with Atlanta Hawks officials about their coaching vacancy. Casey is on the list of virtually every team looking for a coach, but several of those teams dont seem to be in a hurry to

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The Atlanta Hawks will interview Trail Blazers assistant coach Dean Demopolous for their coaching vacancy, two NBA sources told SI.com.

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Atlanta Hawks head coach Mike Woodson can now add the word "former" to the front of his title.

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Hawks interviewing Mavs’ Casey

The Atlanta Hawks will interview Mavericks assistant coach Dwane Casey for their coaching vacancy in the next few days, according to NBA coaching sources.

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Sources: Dallas Mavericks assistant Dwane Casey on Atlanta Hawks’ radar

The Atlanta Hawks will interview Mavericks assistant coach Dwane Casey for their coaching vacancy in the next few days, according to NBA coaching sources.

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Sources: Former Dallas Mavericks coach Avery Johnson, current assistant Dwane Casey on Atlanta Hawks’ radar

Mike Fratello has coached in the NBA for about 15 seasons for the Atlanta Hawks , Cleveland Cavaliers , and Memphis Grizzlies .

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