The Atlanta Hawks have acted quickly to replace Josh Childress as they have signed Maurice Evans to a 3-year, $7.5 million dollar contract. Evans is 29 years old so he still likely has a lot of good basketball in his future. Evans played in 75 games (47 starts) for the Magic & Lakers last season and he averaged 22.9 minutes, 8.9 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. Look for Evans to be the 6th man for the Hawks this season which should earn him a lot of playing time in 2008-09. Evans has now played in 306 games (69 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 19.2 minutes, 7.0 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game. This was a solid move for the Hawks but Evans is not near as good of a player as Childress was so it’s a downgrade overall for the Hawks.