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Marvin Williams has never been the kind of NBA millionaire to make outlandish fashion statements.
And he probably never will be. There is precious little of the flamboyant and next-to-nothing of the Dennis Rodman in his boy-next-door makeup.
Nonetheless, the Bremerton export's finely tuned Mohawk is all the rage among NBA cognoscenti.
OK, maybe it's sort of the rage.
Williams, who left North Carolina after the Tar Heels won a national title during his freshman season, debuted the new look Dec. 13 when the Hawks opened an eight-game homestand with a 97-92 victory over Cleveland, one of just four losses for the Cavaliers this season.
Perhaps the new 'do is working as a good-luck talisman for Atlanta, which is 6-1 on the homestand following Saturday's 129-117 victory over the Chicago Bulls.
And Mr. Atlanta Mohawk? He has been acquitting himself nicely of late.
Williams had 16 points, eight rebounds and four assists Saturday night, and he came up with a critical three-point play that stretched Atlanta's lead to seven points with 1:44 left. He's averaging 15.6 points and 7.9 rebounds over the first seven games of the homestand, above his season averages of 13.8 points and 6.3 rebounds.
He had 21 points, on 9-of-13 shooting, and seven boards Tuesday as the quietly surging Hawks dropped the visiting Okies to 3-26 (they've made the journey to 3-28 since). The only conspicuous area of regression for Williams concerns his 3-point shooting.
He came out of November 18-of-38 from beyond the 3-point arc, a .474 percentage that ranked ninth-best in the league. Williams has made just eight of 30 3-pointers in December, and his percentage has plummeted to .382 and off the NBA radar.
As for the Hawks, they haven't seemed to miss the Mohawk's 3-point touch. Joe Johnson scored 41 points Saturday as the Hawks put away the Bull and improved to 19-10, the fourth-best record in the Eastern Conference.
So there's no need for Marvin to ditch the Mohawk, though few might notice if he did.
