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“Ivan Johnson, he knows how to get under your skin, one of those old school trash talkers,” Pacers swingman Paul George said. Indianapolis Star

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Kenyon Martin got in Ivan Johnson’s face after he and J.R. Smith got tangled up. Martin said he told Johnson: “not here, not today.” Martin has always been one to get his teammates’ back. It’s another example of the toughness he brings to the Knicks. “You know what I do, man,” Martin said. “I’ve got to protect my guys. Him and J.R. got tangled up or what not and I just let him know, ‘Not here, not today.’ It won’t go past today. It’s just basketball. Sulia

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Brett Pollakoff: Ivan Johnson = hilarious. Tells reporters in locker room to move out of his way, threatening "y'all don't want naked balls on your jacket." Twitter @BrettEP

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Power forward Ivan Johnson has agreed to re-sign with the Atlanta Hawks, CSNNW.com has learned. The undrafted forward who played one season at the University of Oregon before transferring to Cal State-San Bernardino, agrees to the Hawks' offer of one-year, $962,195. CSNNW.com

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The Hawks extended a qualifying offer to forward Ivan Johnson by Sunday’s deadline and thus maintain the right to match any offer sheets Johnson signs as a restricted free agent. Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Michael Cunningham: Deadline passes with no word from #Hawks on QO for Ivan Johnson. Team officials were still deliberating decision Sat. Twitter

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Green, McGrady, Radmanovic, Pargo, Collins and Johnson can become free agents starting Sunday. The Hawks can retain salary-matching rights by extending a qualifying offer to Johnson by the end of Saturday. Ferry said Thursday he hadn't made a decision. Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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MC: Do you plan to extend a tender to Ivan [Johnson]? Rick Sund: I’m not going to comment on that right now. Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Michael Cunningham: NBA fines #Hawks F Ivan Johnson $25k for flipping the bird to #Celtics fans after Game 6. Twitter

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Atlanta Hawks forward Ivan Johnson enjoyed a solid rookie season this year, working with good touch on the interior and a low center of gravity to average six and a half points and four rebounds a night with his team, playing 16.7 minutes per game. That production fell off quite a bit in the postseason, as the 28-year old rookie missed 11 of 16 shots in five games before registering a "Did Not Play — Coach's Decision" in Atlanta's series-deciding Game 6 loss on Thursday. And, as you can see above, the rookie with the veteran's age did not take the mature veteran's approach in responding to the effusive nature of your typically rambunctious Celtics fan. That is to say, "he flipped a dude off." Yahoo! Sports

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Add another name to the ever-expanding list of Kevin Garnett’s critics. Hawks rookie forward Ivan Johnson became the latest to join the chorus this afternoon after Hawks practice. “Garnett, he’s a dirty player,” Johnson said. “He gives me a lot of elbows and I can handle that.” Boston Herald

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Johnson said he expected that Garnett and the Celtics [team stats] would attempt to do things to incite a reaction. “I was prepared for that,” Johnson said. “I already knew how KG was going to come at me. They’re a whole bunch of mess-talkers.” Boston Herald

Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett, Ivan Johnson 

Add another name to the ever-expanding list of Kevin Garnett critics. Hawks rookie forward Ivan Johnson became the latest to join the chorus this afternoon after Hawks practice. “Garnett, he’s a dirty player,” Johnson said. “He gives me a lot of elbows, and I can handle that.” Johnson said he expected that Garnett and the Celtics would attempt to do things to incite a reaction. “I was prepared for that,” Johnson said. “I already knew how KG was going to come at me. They’re a whole bunch of mess-talkers.” Boston Herald

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If you are wondering if things are all good as far as Ivan Johnson is concerned, consider the scene at the end of Hawks practice today. “Hey, Ivan, did I shoot you out?” Larry Drew called out. “I let you win,” Ivan responded. Drew schooled Ivan in a game of H-O-R-S-E before practice, then afterwards said there would be no more discipline for the rookie’s verbal altercation with teammates during the Celtics game. “He’s back to full status,” Drew said. “He came in and gave me a big hug this morning. I brought him in this morning and shot him out before we got started. He’s back on board.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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The Hawks sent forward Ivan Johnson back to Atlanta for conduct detrimental to the team. Johnson, who was also fined an undisclosed amount, will miss tonight’s game against the Magic. Johnson was sent home for verbal altercation on the bench during Wednesday’s game against Boston. He did fly to Orlando from Boston with the team after the game before being sent home to Atlanta. Johnson is expected to re-join the team Saturday for a scheduled practice. Hawks coach Larry Drew declined to expand on the disciplinary action, or the reason for it, following this morning’s shoot-around. “We made a decision to discipline him by sending him home, fining him and we will move on,” Drew said. Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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“With me, no it’s not a concern,” Drew said of Johnson’s documented disciplinary issues. “Isolated incident. If it were anybody else we would have taken the same measure. I spoke to him before he left. We had a good conversation. It was like I told him, we will do what we have to do. He will miss tonight’s game. We will see him when we get back to Atlanta. We are moving on.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta Hawks, Ivan Johnson 

The Hawks have sent forward Ivan Johnson back to Atlanta for conduct detrimental to the team. He will miss tonight’s game against the Magic. Johnson is expected to re-join the team Saturday for a scheduled practice. Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta Hawks, Ivan Johnson 

Forgive Ivan Johnson if he doesn’t know exactly who he is playing against. It didn’t matter to the 27-year-old rookie when he was in training camps with the Hawks trying to make their roster. It doesn’t matter now when he’s making an impact at the NBA level. “My thing is, I don’t really watch basketball so I don’t know who anybody is,” Johnson said after sinking two free throws with 4.6 seconds left to give the Hawks a 93-91 victory over the Timberwolves Saturday. “So when I match up against them, they are a regular player. I know the major players like LeBron [James], Kobe [Bryant], [Dwyane] Wade but all the extra ones I don’t know. Even if I did know them, I’m not going to be afraid. We are playing basketball.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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