Josh Smith received a five-year, $58 million deal from the Hawks this summer, but still appears motivated as he has been taking part in unofficial workouts at Philips Arena, according to Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

"I came in [a couple weeks back] just after I signed my contract and got one game in. This week I?m here for good. We?ve got to start early like we started last year. We have to keep it up. We came in early last summer about this time and we ended up making the playoffs," Smith said. "We?ve got to do it again this year. And we?ve got new faces as well so we have to give ourselves some time to gel. So I wanted to be here to make sure that happens."