March 18
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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When Mike Woodson was asked if he's concerned about Mike Bibby's problems guarding quick point guards, the Hawks coach turned the question around. "You think Bibby has trouble with quick point guards," Woodson said, smiling. "I'm going to tell Bibby that. Maybe he better speed it up in the playoffs." Reporters got to Bibby before Woodson and relayed the exchange. "You keep some things, some things you can't," Bibby said. "I ain't the only one who has trouble with quick point guards, I can tell you that." Woodson apparently believes such critiques can serve to motivate Bibby. During a meeting with his point guard a couple of weeks ago he told him to be more aggressive looking for his shot."
February 4
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Things are different now for Hawks guard Mike Bibby. His minutes are down to a career-low average and so it follows that his other numbers are, too. He's not a primary scorer. He's not even the finishing point guard some nights. This is after Bibby, 31, signed a three-year contract before the season. "I didn't expect it," Bibby said, "but whatever Coach wants me to do, I'm going to go out there and do it. I'm not out there trying to score 20 points. I'm just trying to get the team into the flow of the game." Bibby's assists are up a bit on a per-minute basis. And he said of a recent shooting slump: "Mostly it was just confidence. Once you miss a couple like that, you start to aim and you ..."
November 24
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The Hawks were uncertain Monday if guard Mike Bibby will play against Orlando Thursday on his sprained ankle. The team began working on its contingency, testing out rookie guard Jeff Teague with the starting unit. "If [Bibby] can't go, then I've got to go to Plan B," coach Mike Woodson said. "Either [Teague] or Jamal [Crawford] will start." Woodson said Bibby was still day-to-day after spraining his left ankle in the loss to New Orleans Saturday. "It still looked a little puffy sitting over on the sideline," Woodson said after practice at Philips Arena."
November 23
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Hawks guard Mike Bibby's sprained left ankle is very sore, but he is "day to day," team spokesman Arthur Triche said Sunday. Bibby was injured in the the first quarter and played just five minutes of the Hawks' 96-88 loss to New Orleans Saturday night. The loss broke the Hawks' seven-game winning streak. The Hawks' next game is Thanksgiving night at home against Orlando."
November 11
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Five members of the Atlanta Hawks were included on the 2010 NBA All-Star ballot, which was released earlier today. Mike Bibby, Jamal Crawford and Joe Johnson are among the 24 guards on the Eastern Conference ballot. Josh Smith is among the group at forward and Al Horford is one of 12 on the ballot at center. Voting will continue through Jan. 18."
October 21
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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For the better part of the past two years, Hawks point guard Mike Bibby played his role to perfection. When his team needed a clutch basket or the right pass, he was there. He ran things in a way that not only put Hawks coach Mike Woodson and his teammates at ease, he did it in ways the Hawks hadn't seen before his arrival. "We didn't put it all together until he showed up," Josh Smith said. "Once he got here it all came together. To me, you couldn't ask a guy to do any more than he's done for this team." But that's exactly what the Hawks did when they re-signed Bibby as a free agent this past summer."
July 8
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
columnist Mark Bradley
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Mike Bibby was the key to this offseason. If he re-signed, the Hawks would be OK. He's going to re-sign, and that means they'll be more than OK. They'll be really good. Bibby was always going to be the toughest case. He made $15 million last season, and he has been a big name since he was a freshman at Arizona. He's not the player he was in college or at Sacramento, but he's ideal for what the Hawks do, which is play off Joe Johnson. Bibby also represents the line of demarcation for the Hawks. Without him they were rudderless. With him they became a real team. To have gone so long without a point guard and to lose him now would have been a blow. But they kept him. They kept him and they ..."
July 7
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Free agent point guard Mike Bibby has agreed to a three-year deal worth an estimated $18 million to return to the Hawks, according to two people familiar with the situation. Wednesday is the first day NBA free agents are allowed to sign contracts. Bibby, 31, guided the Hawks to back-to-back playoff appearances in his year and half with the team after being acquired in a trade with Sacramento at the trade deadline in February 2008. An 11-year veteran, Bibby averaged 14.9 points, 5.0 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.2 last season for the Hawks, who won 47 games during the regular season and advanced to the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs for the first time in over a decade."
April 18
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Mike Bibby was supposed to be a short-term rental. At least that was the theory when the Hawks acquired him at the trade deadline in February 2008. Bibby has since outlived all the rumors of his predicted departure. According to the pundits he was as good as gone at the trade deadline two months ago. Instead, he'll lead the Hawks into a second consecutive first-round playoff series Sunday against Miami, proving himself indispensable for a Hawks team that didn't sniff the playoffs or a winning record before he showed up. "What else was I supposed to do?" said Bibby, who will be a free agent when the Hawks' playoff run ends. "What I had to do was go out there and play the season, and ..."
February 26
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The Atlanta Hawks played without two starters in Wednesday's loss to the Denver Nuggets. Mike Bibby joined Josh Smith on the list of missing in the Hawks' finale of a five-game Western Conference road trip. Bibby was sent back to Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon suffering from flu symptoms. He played 15 scoreless minutes in Monday's loss to Utah. And in the only other game he has missed all season, the Hawks were routed at home by the Los Angeles Clippers three weeks ago. Smith left the team for Atlanta after Monday's game to tend to a family matter. He was ejected in the fourth quarter of that game after a being called for a flagrant-2 foul for a hard lick on Matt Harpring of the Jazz. ..."
February 14
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Mike Bibby is basketball royalty around these parts. Any scripted history of basketball in the Valley of the Sun has Bibby's name displayed prominently. Folks here remember when the skinny kid with the sweet shot led Shadow Mountain High to the 1996 state title. And they remember when, just a year later, he delivered the University of Arizona's first NCAA Tournament title. "Mike Bibby, this is your city," NBA legend David Robinson said as he greeted Bibby outside a hotel ballroom Friday morning and introduced him to his three sons. "My [middle] son is trying to do it like you do it. He wants to be a big-time point guard." That's why this weekend's All-Star Weekend festivities wouldn't have ..."
February 11
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Mike Bibby's stint on the inactive list lasted one game. The veteran Hawks' point guard was back in the starting lineup Tuesday against Washington at Philips Arena. He missed Saturday night's home loss to the Los Angeles Clippers with a sprained left foot, his first missed game since he joined the Hawks in a five-player deal at last year's trade deadline. The Hawks were blown out Saturday without Bibby, trailing by as many as 29 while losing 121-97. "It was tough without him," Hawks coach Mike Woodson said. "I told him if he was ready to go, we needed him back out there." With unfinished business to tend to before the All-Star break, Bibby said he had to get back on the floor as quickly as ..."
February 4
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Add Mike Bibby to the list of Hawks that will be on display during All-Star Weekend Feb. 13-15 in Phoenix. The Hawks veteran point guard will compete in the 3-point shooting contest in his hometown, the second time in his career that he's been included in the field. Bibby will compete against Toronto's Jason Kapono, who is going for his third straight All-Star 3-point shooting title. Also competing will be Indiana's Danny Granger, Orlando's Rashard Lewis, San Antonio's Roger Mason and Miami's Daequan Cook. Hawks captain and All-Star Joe Johnson will play in Sunday's All-Star Game. He was chosen for his third straight trip to the NBA's star-studded affair last week."
February 4
CBSSports.com
columnist Jamey Eisenberg
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Mike Bibby is entering a crucial part of his season. The second half of this year could determine his future. Bibby is an unrestricted free agent following this season, and he wants another big contract. He would like to stay with the Hawks, but he needs to finish the season strong and likely help Atlanta make a significant playoff run to get paid the type of cash he wants. The Hawks are counting on Bibby and believe in his game, especially after he was traded to Atlanta from Sacramento last year and helped the Hawks push the Celtics to seven games in the first round of the playoffs. Fantasy owners should believe in Bibby as well because he's a proven scorer and point guard even with his ..."
January 24
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Joe Johnson barely played 30 minutes. Mike Bibby didn't. And Josh Smith played 32, but could have exited early as well. It has been awhile since the Hawks' starters have rested on the bench during the fourth quarter of a game the way they did during the finals stages of Friday's 117-87 demolition of Milwaukee at Philips Arena, the team's third consecutive victory and largest margin of victory this season. "It's good that we finished our work early," Bibby said afterward, fighting back a smile the entire time. The work was done in large part because of the tone set by Bibby. He had 10 assists at halftime and finished with a season-high 15, to go along with his 12 points, four rebounds and ..."
January 12
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
columnist Jeff Schultz
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Even before Sunday's 15-point home loss to a sub-.500 team that ended in boos and suddenly left some wondering, "Is this when the trap door opens?" Rick Sund made it clear that he hadn't been sucked in by those previous weeks of bliss. "This is really the year for us to see how this team comes together," the Hawks general manager said. "We'll evaluate it at the end of the year." Success is a fragile thing in sports. The Hawks are finding that out. They've gone from winning 10 of 12 to losing three straight, the last two bathed in ugliness: 102-87 in Orlando and 109-94 to Philadelphia at Philips Arena on Sunday. "We just gave up too many points," guard Mike Bibby said. "Unless we get back ..."
January 4
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Hawks point guard Mike Bibby has been around the NBA long enough to know that for every time you're on the ugly side of a big shot, you'll have chances to take one to make up for it. He did just that Saturday night at Philips Arena, drilling a 28-footer with 1.5 seconds to play off a perfect feed from Joe Johnson to lift the Hawks to a 103-100 victory over Houston to push the Hawks' home win streak to six games. Bibby walked off the floor at Izod Center 24 hours earlier on the other side of that equation, he and the Hawks the victims of Vince Carter's 33-footer that snapped the Hawks' overall win streak at six games in a 93-91 overtime loss to the Nets. That made his game-winner Saturday ..."
December 28
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Hawks point guard Mike Bibby tried to win a 3-point shooting contest at the All-Star Game once and came up short. After years of watching the league's best shooters attempt to snatch the crown, he'd like another shot in February in Phoenix, his hometown. "I'd definitely love another crack at it," said Bibby, who entered Saturday's game against Chicago at Philips Arena third in the league from beyond the 3-point line at 43.2 percent. "The last time I was in it they didn't even have my shoes. It was my second year in the league and the All-Star Game was in Oakland. I guess my shoes didn't make it through customs [Bibby was playing for Vancouver then].""
September 28
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The Hawks are hours away from the start of training camp. Even after last season's playoff run, there are questions that need answers. Five burning questions (and answers) about the Hawks: Bibby is entering the final year of his contract ($15.5 million) and looms as a huge trading chip, if the Hawks were so inclined and not interested in signing him to an extension. He was the linchpin to their playoff push late last season. They were listless in the weeks leading up the trade deadline in February and then finished 15-15 over the last 30 games. There is no riskier move for the Hawks this season than trading Bibby without any assurance that his backups (Acie Law IV, Speedy Claxton and ..."