The Hawks introduced Randolph Morris today at the team offices at Centennial Tower, doing the whole "here's your jersey!" photo-op (see above) and making GM Rick Sund and Morris available to the media for questioning.

Sund actually related something fairly interesting during his opening comments - apparently, this signing originated on Morris' side, as he made initial contact with the Hawks about playing for them (I like to imagine he went about it the way everyone looks for jobs, by emailing a resume and saying something like "I look forward to speaking with you about this in the near future"). Morris came in and interviewed, participated in many of the pre-summer league workouts, and obviously did enough to show Sund that he was worth taking a shot on.

On that note I wholeheartedly agree. Morris is a big man, and as we all know the Hawks need more of those. He is a pretty skilled big offensively, with an impressive array of low-post moves. How many minutes he will get will presumably depend on his how well his defensive performance matches his work on the offensive end. But for the money (reportedly around the league-minimum), this is a terrific move for Atlanta.

I spoke to Randolph at the presser (if you want to call it that - it appears most of Atlanta's media is knee-deep in Falcons camp right now), and he definitely struck me as a guy who knows he has his work cut out for him in terms of getting into the rotation, but at the same time is extremely glad to have the opportunity here in his hometown.

As we continue to wait for a resolution to the Josh Smith situation, I am at least comforted by the fact that the team is making good pick-ups in the meantime to keep building the team (yeah, yeah, I know, Childress, but at this point we just have to move on).