Garret Siler will attend the veteran camp

Post #1 » by **HMFFL** » Wed Aug 5, 2009 3:06 pm

Garret Siler is staying close to home.

The former Augusta State All-American center announced Tuesday night his decision to attend the Atlanta Hawks' veteran camp in late September.

He said he expected to sign the paperwork later this week.

Siler also had an offer from Minnesota, but the Timberwolves signed 7-foot center Ryan Hollins, a restricted free agent from the Dallas Mavericks. Shortly after learning the news, Siler's agent, Lance Young, fielded a call from Atlanta. The Hawks offered Siler an opportunity to come up a few weeks early in advance of their training camp.

"It's a lot easier to focus on your prayers," Siler said about now having just one team on his radar.

Young joked with Siler about slipping Atlanta head coach Mike Woodson $50 at the Hawks' minicamp two weeks ago because Woodson speaks so highly of the 7-foot, 278-pound center.

"(Woodson) liked me a lot," Siler said. "The assistant general manager likes me. The regular general manager likes me. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/20 ... 3341.shtml

azuresou1 · Post #2 » by **azuresou1** » Wed Aug 5, 2009 3:42 pm

Awesome.

rak1974 · Post #3 » by **rak1974** » Wed Aug 5, 2009 3:43 pm

I think this is good. I am hoping this kid will have a successfull NBA career. and it might as well be the Hawks.

Hawks · Post #4 » by **Hawks** » Wed Aug 5, 2009 6:31 pm

Good to hear. I like his chances of making the team.

parson · Post #5 » by **parson** » Wed Aug 5, 2009 6:33 pm

Mark Bradley adds this link from the Augusta Chronicle: http://blogs.augusta.com/node/3190

Siler gets better-and-better-looking all the time.

Dour prediction: Woodson takes a good kid and tries to turn him into Rick Mahorn, breaking his spirit.

killbuckner · Post #6 » by **killbuckner** » Wed Aug 5, 2009 6:59 pm

Oh god. I can already see it now- when Siler doesn't work out Woodson is going to be blamed for it.

td00 · Post #7 » by **td00** » Wed Aug 5, 2009 7:56 pm

kb, you are probably right, and I was blaming Woody for Shelden not getting more minutes.......shows you what I knew about Shelden, but I would have known for sure not to draft him at 5.
If Siler makes it, more power to him, but we still need an experienced vet in practice every day.

Post #8 » by **HMFFL** » Wed Aug 5, 2009 8:01 pm

killbuckner wrote:Oh god. I can already see it now- when Siler doesn't work out Woodson is going to be blamed for it.

Sad, but true.