Acie Law IV

Acie Law IV
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Only minutes after signing his first NBA contract on Monday, Acie Law was eager to call home with the big news.
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"It's funny," Law said.
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In his first practice Monday, followed by two more workouts on Tuesday, Law had his first opportunity to prove he can be an NBA point guard and not just another shooting guard who will pretend to play the point.

Law, the No. 11 pick in last month's draft, asks that he not be judged by short-lived experiments in recent years to move shooting guards Joe Johnson and Salim Stoudamire to point guard.

Law (6-3, 195) says critics shouldn't assume that his ability to scoreâ€"he ranked fifth in the Big 12 with his average of 18.1 points per game for Texas A&M last seasonâ€"means that he's not a point guard.He was third in the conference with 5.0 assists per game.

"I'm going to do whatever it takes my team to win," Law said Tuesday."I don't get caught up in what people say about being a pure point guard or a shooting guard trying to play point guard.When I was at Texas A&M, my team was successful.That's what I'm trying to bring hereâ€"be a point guard and be a leader and a winner.That silences everything."

Law, fellow first-round pick Al Horford and second-year forwards Shelden Williams and Solomon Jones will lead the Hawks' summer league team in the Rocky Mountain Review, which begins Friday in Salt Lake City.
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Law and a rookie free agent, Derek Raivio of Gonzaga, likely will be the primary point guards in Salt Lake City, but Law won't have to immediately handle the starting job next season.
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Law and a rookie free agent, Derek Raivio of Gonzaga, likely will be the primary point guards in Salt Lake City, but Law won't have to immediately handle the starting job next season.
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"Acie is going to be fine," Woodson said.
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Law played four years at Texas A&M and Horford left Florida after his junior season.
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Law is wearing No. 4 to reflect his nameâ€"Acie Law IV.He says his father, Acie Law III, also was a point guard.

"He put the ball in my hand as a small child and that's where it's been all along," Law said.

So Law stuck with basketball even though his great uncle is Hall of Fame baseball player Ernie Banks.