The Hawks have re-signed 31-year old center Jason Collins. Collins played in 24 games (0 starts) for the Hawks last season and he averaged 4.8 minutes, 0.7 points, 0.6 rebounds and 0.2 assists per game. He has now played in 596 games (429 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 22.7 minutes, 4.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game. Collins will be sitting near the end of the bench in 2010-11 for the Hawks.

The Hawks have signed 27-year old power forward Josh Powell to a 1-year deal. Powell played in 63 games (0 starts) for the Lakers last season and he averaged 9.2 minutes, 2.7 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game. He has now played in 261 games (28 starts) in his 5 years in the NBA and he has averaged 12.6 minutes, 3.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. The Hawks have a lot of depth in the frontcourt so I don’t see Powell getting much P.T. unless there’s some injuries. Still, it doesn’t hurt to have a guy like Powell sitting at the end of the bench just in case.

The Atlanta Hawks have traded 27-year old SG/SF Josh Childress to the Phoenix Suns for a second round pick in 2012. Childress has played the last two seasons in Greece. Childress played in 285 games (67 starts) in his 4 years with the Hawks and he averaged 31.3 minutes, 11.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.0 steal per game while shooting 52.2% from the floor. The Hawks probably should have shopped around a little big more before moving Childress.