The Atlanta Hawks Friday re-signed restricted free agent forward Marvin Williams, according to Executive Vice President/General Manager Rick Sund.  

Per team policy, terms were not announced.

?Marvin is an important part of our core, and we?re very pleased to keep him in a Hawks uniform,? Sund said. ?As one of our talented and versatile young veterans, he?s shown improvement every year in the league, and we look for that trend to continue. A big priority this summer was to retain as many of our free agents as possible and keep our nucleus intact, so Marvin?s return is significant for us."

In 284 career games, Williams is averaging 12.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg and 1.4 apg in 31.7 mpg (.450 FG%, .801 FT%). He?s also seen action in 13 postseason contests (10 starting assignments), putting up 8.5 ppg.

Williams was originally selected by Atlanta with the second overall pick of the 2005 NBA Draft.