Hawks co-captain Al Harrington does not have a knee problem. His ankle is fine. And that nasty case of plantar fasciitis that had been bothering him for weeks has finally subsided as well.

Internet rumors about a potential knee problem surfaced Monday when Harrington was sent, at the request of Hawks general manager Billy Knight, to a local doctor for an MRI on both his right knee and ankle.

Hawks athletic trainer Wally Blas? said it was simply a routine follow up to the same test Harrington had done this time last year when the Hawks were here.

But once word spread that Harrington was having the test the rumors started flying about a possible knee injury. All of which, Blas? said, is nonsense.

"All we wanted to do was get another MRI to compare with the one he got last year," Blas? said. "And we had the ankle checked out to see if there was anything there that might be causing problems in his knee or foot. But everything came back clean. In fact, it was better than we could have expected."

Harrington laughed at the rumors. He said he's actually felt refreshed lately.