This can only be great news for Atlanta Hawks fans - Marvin Williams was named the Rocky Mountain Revue’s Most Valuable Player.  After spending a second overall pick on Williams in last year’s draft, the Hawks were hoping that Williams would elevate his game with more experience, especially considering that he just turned 19 years old at the time of the draft.

And at the Rocky Mountain Revue, Williams showed exactly what he learned previously.

Williams displayed more agressiveness and a back-to-the basket game at Salt Lake Community College where the RMR was held.  He led the league in scoring at a 23.2 clip in six games while shooting 54.9 percent from the field.

Last season, the 6’9” Williams steadily improving with each passing month since the start of the ‘05-‘06 season.  Granted, he wasn’t devastating or made such a significant impact on the team as one would hope from a second overall pick, but improving from month to month has to be appreciated, especially from a youngster under 20 years old in the NBA not named LeBron James.  And this trend of improvement culminated (thus far) in a MVP award.  Williams should have some momentum on his side for the upcoming season.

The Atlanta Hawks have an impressive group of young players, of which Williams is one.  The veteran of the team, Joe Johnson, can do it all and will probably need to for the Hawks to get better and put up a decent won-loss record.  But, with the emergence of Josh Smith and Josh Childress, as well as Salim Stoudemire and rookie, Shelden Williams, the Hawks are in good hands.

Especially, if Marvin Williams continues to play the way he’s been playing.