The NBA schedule is not set to be released until Tuesday, but the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is giving Hawks' fans a sneak peak at how their 2006-07 season schedule will look.

In their first five games of the season the Hawks will face 76ers star Allen Iverson on November 1, New York under Isiah Thomas in their home opener Nov. 3, Atlanta native Dwight Howard and Orlando at home Nov. 5, LeBron James in Cleveland on Nov. 7 and former Georgia Tech star Chris Bosh in Toronto on Nov. 10.

NBA champion Miami will come to Philips Arena on Nov. 18 for a Saturday night game. The Hawks won't face defending Western Conference champion Dallas until after the All-Star break, Feb. 26 in Dallas.

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The rumored sign-and-trade deal between the Hawks and Pacers involving Al Harrington is becoming more clear as Atlanta has laid out their demands.

According to sources, the Hawks want the Pacers to part with a future first-round pick, absorb the contract of third-year center John Edwards and kick in $3 million in cash considerations, which is the maximum amount any team can add to a trade.

It's believed that the Pacers want to either scale back the quality of the draft pick or reduce the cash contribution, which is the reason that the trade has yet to be completed.

Industry sources say no one else but the Pacers are presently chasing Harrington, as officials from around the league see his return to Indiana as an inevitability.

Atlanta is expected to sign Harrington to a six-year contract worth nearly $57 million and send him to Indiana. Separate trade exceptions to add Harrington and Edwards to their payroll, without shipping any players to the Hawks, would then enable the Pacers to complete the exchange.

The terms of the sign-and-trade deal that will send Hawks free agent Al Harrington to Indiana are nearly done, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.

According to a report by Sekou Smith of the Atlanta Journal-Constitituion, the Hawks will sign Harrington to a six-year deal worth an estimated $60 million and then send him and reserve center John Edwards, both former Pacers, back to Indiana in exchange for cash, a future draft pick and a trade exception.

The sticking point of the deal is the cash the Hawks will receive according to those familiar with the negotiations. The Hawks want more than the Pacers are willing to give. A deal for Harrington has stalled nearly a month after the NBA's free-agent negotiating period began.

"No, there is no deal. There is nothing new to report," Hawks general manager Billy Knight said Thursday afternoon.

While frustrated fans continue to wonder how long it will take for the deal to be done, Knight said he's not experiencing the same frustrations.

"I'm not exasperated at all," he said. "All you can do is see what happens at the end of the day and just let this thing play out."

"Obviously we're disappointed at the pace of the transaction," Harrington's New York-based agent Andy Miller said Thursday, "but I will say that everybody is working diligently to find a solution to execute."

The Pacers secured a $7.5 million trade exception in an earlier sign-and-trade deal with New Orleans/Oklahoma City that allows them to make the deal with the Hawks.

They're over the NBA's salary cap and would not be able to acquire Harrington without it.

Pacers president Donnie Walsh told the Indianapolis Star on Thursday that they are waiting on Knight.

"It's up to Billy now," he said.

"We're just waiting to here where we are. I have hope it can get straightened out, sooner rather than later. That's important to us. But I don't think we've reached a point where we say 'We have to get it done or we can't use the [trade] exception.'

"We'll just keep working on it and see if we can get it done."

Joe Johnson's inclusion with the other 25 players on the national team roster is a sign that his relentless work ethic, talent and potential are appreciated.

"I don't know if there can be a more solid player," Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "He can play four positions, he shoots, he defends and doesn't say a peep about anything. There's high maintenance, low maintenance and no maintenance. Joe's no maintenance... I think he's a star."

Johnson is a good bet to be one of the players named today to the travel roster for next month's World Championships in Japan, as the list is cut to 15 players.

The roster will be trimmed to its final 12 on the eve of going to Japan.

The Indiana Pacers are closing in on acquiring Al Harrington via a sign-and-trade deal, according to a report on ESPN by  Marc Stein.

Multiple front office sources believe that the deal is as good as done.

The Pacers' chief competition, the Golden State Warriors, expect Harrington to end up in Indiana with a six-year $57 million deal.

Harrington, sources said, initially told interested suitors he was expecting a six-year deal worth at least $66 million. For the Pacers to pay that much, Atlanta almost certainly would have to be willing to accept a package built around Indiana center Jeff Foster. But Foster, by all indications, is not part of the forthcoming trade.

Indy's unforeseen trade exception from the Peja Stojakovic sign and trade gets Harrington fairly close to his financial target and the team he likes best.

With a modest cash payment believed to be in the $250,000 range, Indiana convinced the Hornets to participate in a sign-and-trade swap for Stojakovic instead of signing him outright.

Without the $7.5 million trade exception resulting from that maneuver, Indiana wouldn't be able to complete a sign-and-trade for Harrington unless the Hawks were willing to take back contracts in the same monetary range as Harrington's new first-year salary.

Marvin Williams is hoping his MVP performance in the Rocky Mountain Revue carries over to his sophomore season in the NBA.

"I'm hoping it transfers over smoothly," said Williams. "I want to improve on my performance from last year and that's the case now in the Summer League and I just want to continue that improvement into the regular season.

"I think we have a good chance of making the playoffs. We have Speedy Claxton now at the point and Joe Johnson is our leader and we've added Shelden Williams. And the rest of us have a year of experience under our belt. I think we can keep getting better and make the playoffs this year.

Hawks forward Marvin Williams has been named Most Valuable Player of the Rocky Mountain Revue, after averaging a Revue-best 23.2 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.2 apg and 0.6 spg in 31.8 mpg (.549 FG%, 2-2 3FGs, .879 FT%), playing in five of the six games.

The rest of the all-tournament team consists of Utah's Ronnie Brewer and Paul Millsap, Philadelphia's Steven Smith and Louis Williams and Seattle's Andre Emmett.

RealGM Radio presents a special episode of the program focusing entirely on the Atlanta Hawks.

The RealGM Radio team are joined by columnist Patrick J. Austin who discusses the team's ownership situation involving Steve Belkin and how it may impact their future.

The episode also addresses the looming Allen Iverson rumors.

You can listen to the episode by clicking here

According to WTHR 13 in Indianapolis, a deal has been completed that will send Al Harrington to the Indiana Pacers.

The full details of the trade are yet to be released, but RealGM.com will continue to update our users as the deal becomes official.

The Pacers have a $7.5 million trade exception, which will likely be involved in the deal.

The Warriors and Bulls were the two other teams believed to be most interested in acquiring Harrington.

Friday afternoon update: An official from the Pacers informed RealGM's Christopher Reina that no annoucement of any deal involving Harrington has been scheduled.

Allen Iverson showed up to a charity softball game in Maryland on Saturday wearing a retro Atlanta Braves jersey, Dale Murphy's number 3.

"Should I read anything into your wearing an Atlanta jersey?" asked David Aldridge.

Iverson smiled, sort of.

"I don't know," he said. "You know, God works in mysterious ways. So whatever happens, happens."

"I always admired [Webber] as a basketball player and as a person from afar," Iverson said, "but I've got a different love for him now, now that I know who he is as a man.

"He's just a great person and he's a stand-up guy and he's straightforward... I want to play with Chris. When people said that we couldn't play together, we proved everybody wrong. Now we just have to try and win together. We want to win together."