NBA Free Agency: Joe Johnson Accepts Atlanta’s Offer, Hawks Will Regret Move

July 4th, 2010 by John Boller Leave a reply »

$119 million is $119 million.

This was the best offer Joe Johnson could get from any NBA team, and he will now have the chance to try and finish what he and the Hawks have been building in Atlanta.

But what does accepting the offer say about Johnson?

Simply put, it says that Johnson just really isn’t worth it.

Johnson was supposed to wait and see what the other free agents (LeBron, Wade, Stoudemire, and Bosh) would do before making his decision.

However, Johnson couldn’t wait. His agent, Arn Tellem, confirmed to the Associated Press that Johnson isn’t going anywhere.

Tellem told the AP that Joe was very impressed by the team’s commitment to him with the offer they made, and their continued commitment to pursue a championship.

But here is what I think happened.

After his dr ...

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