Joe Johnson to stay with Atlanta Hawks
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NBA All-Star guard Joe Johnson's agent Arn Tellem said on Sunday that Johnson has agreed to a maximum contract to stay with the Atlanta Hawks.
Tellem confirmed an entry he wrote for the Huffington Post website, in which he said Johnson "announced his intention to re-sign with the Hawks for six more years."
Tellem said that Johnson chose to remain in Atlanta over Chicago and New York.
The Hawks could pay him about $120 million, while other teams could only give Johnson five years and pay him about $25 million less.
The Hawks have reached the second round of the playoffs the past two years with Johnson as their top player. He's a four-time All-Star and has averaged more than 20 points in each of his five years with Hawks.
"His priorities are his family, his friends and his game," Tellem wrote. "Joe could have forced a sign-and-trade deal for five years with another team, but he decided that winning in Atlanta would be more meaningful. When the Hawks offered the maximum - six years - he happily reciprocated."
