Hawks' Williams watches with love

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From courtside he yearns to play, roots for fiancee

Valentine's Day works out pretty much like any other day for Shelden Williams. He has a date at the gym.

Even when the Hawks big man steps away from his own withering season, nothing much changes. Over this NBA All-Star break, he'll be the strong, supportive type in the wings, watching someone else play basketball.

This time, he plans to be around the Tennessee Lady Vols, specifically All-American Candace Parker. Engaged for nearly two years, Williams and Parker make up a basketball celebrity couple that still works, despite the current differences in their

playing profiles.

He was the Hawks' top draft pick of 2006, struggling to fit on a team of like-bodied young men. What exactly is that fit, we ask a season-and-a-half in?

"That's a good question. I thought I knew," he said, slowly measuring his words. Then Williams can only repeat, "That's a good question."

When the talk turns to Billy Knight's drafting recipe, Williams often goes on exhibit as the vinegar in the GM's apple pie.

Parker, meanwhile, is the unquestioned star of the college game, likely to repeat as player of the year for the No. 1-ranked Lady Vols, as well as one of People magazine's 100 most beautiful people of 2007.

But all that seems to matter at this point is that her next two games