DENVER — In a financially motivated move to get closer to the salary floor, the Denver Nuggets acquired and then waived guard Mo Williams from the Atlanta Hawks, in exchange for the rights to 2005 second-round draft pick Cenk Akyol.
Williams, 34, had surgery to remove bone spurs from the joint of the tibia and fibula in his left leg on Oct. 12 and has yet to appear in a game this season. The Cleveland Cavaliers, who Williams started the season with, announced on the first day of training camp this fall that Williams was retired but the veteran never filed his retirement paperwork.