The Wizards and center Zydrunas Ilgauskas completed a buyout agreement on Thursday and the Hawks wasted no time making a pitch to sign the soon-to-be free agent.

"Once he clears waivers and becomes a free agent [on Monday], hopefully he will consider us," Hawks general manager Rick Sund said. "We talked to his agent [Herb Rudoy]. He knows we are interested, as are a couple other teams."

Ilgauskas has long been expected to re-sign with the Cavaliers, who traded him to the Wizards last week.

"He'd bring 'veteranship,' " coach Mike Woodson said. "And he can still play. He's a big presence on the block, he can make shots, he can make free throws, he can rebound and he can block shots."

Atlanta forward Joe Smith said he plans to contact Ilgauskas, who was his teammate during Smith's two stints in Cleveland.

"I will try to reach out to him and see what he's thinking," Smith said. "I hope his mind is not made up."

The Hawks beat the Jazz in Utah on Monday night, the first time they've been able to do that in 17 years.

Joe Johnson scored 11 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter to help Atlanta notch a 105-100 win over Utah.

The Hawks hadn't won in Utah since Feb. 13, 1993, when Dominique Wilkins scored 43 points in a 121-112 victory.

"It's about time," Johnson said. "The last time our team won here, I was just a little kid watching Dominique and dreaming I might play in the NBA someday."

The Jazz were playing without Deron Williams and Andrei Kirilenko.

"We can't make excuses," said Paul Millsap. "Losing Deron and Andrei just gives other guys the opportunity to step up. We just have to do a better job down the stretch."

The Hawks didn't swing a deal prior to Thursday's NBA trade deadline, but that doesn't mean they are done tweaking their roster.

They could alter their original plan to keep the roster at the league minimum of 13 players and consider signing veterans that are bought out by the end of this month.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Hawks like center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who is expected to receive a buyout from the Wizards.

The center's agent, Herb Rudoy, says the Hawks are among the teams Ilgauskas would consider.

"We like our core guys," general manager Rick Sund said.

"I think we are positioned pretty well. We will learn some more [about the team] going forward in the last month-and-a-half and the playoffs."

Despite rumors to the contrary, the Hawks are not interested in trading for Bucks forward Kurt Thomas.

There were rumors that Atlanta was looking to deal Maurice Evans and another player to Milwaukee for the veteran big man.

Hawks star Joe Johnson is scheduled to hit the free agent market this summer and admitted Friday that anything could happen.

"I'd love to," he said of re-signing with Atlanta, "but who knows what happens, man."

That's about as close as Johnson has come to saying that he'd prefer to remain with Atlanta.

"Who knows what's going to happen in July?" he said.

The NBA announced Monday that the Washington Wizards vs. Atlanta Hawks game that was postponed on Saturday, February 6th has been rescheduled to be played on Thursday, March 11th at 7:00 pm at Verizon Center in Washington, DC.  

The Wizards will play three straight games from March 11-13.

A member of the Celtics suggested that the team was better than the Magic despite a 1-3 mark against them this season.

Boston coach Doc Rivers quickly corrected the player.

"One of the guys said, 'We're better than Orlando,' and I said, 'No you're not. That's a bunch of crap,' " Rivers said after Sunday's 96-89 loss at TD Garden. "They beat you three games, two at your place. They're better. They knocked you out of the playoffs last year.

"Orlando's better than us right now. Atlanta's better than us right now. L.A.'s [the Lakers] better than us right now. Those are the teams that have beaten us. That doesn't mean that we can't be better than them at some point. But right now, those teams are better than us."

With Sunday's loss to Orlando, Boston dropped to 3-9 against teams with the top eight records in the NBA.

"It's not just the players," Rivers added.

"I've got to get this right with the team as well. You know you've got to point your fingers everywhere. We're 30-what, I don't even know what our record is -- 32-17. That sounds like a great record. But it's not good enough for us. And that's the way I look at it. So I've got to get the message through to this team. It's got to be more clear. I have to do more things and, obviously, I've got to get the message through."

The National Basketball Association game scheduled for Saturday evening between the Atlanta Hawks and the Washington Wizards at Verizon Center has been postponed due to severe weather conditions in the Washington, D.C. area.

As a result of those conditions, neither the Hawks nor Wizards were able to fly to Washington after their respective games last night.  

The date for the rescheduled game will be announced at a later time.

Josh Smith recorded his second career triple double against the Chicago Bulls on Friday night.

Smith's assisted a Mike Bibby three pointer to give him 10 assists and essentially clinch the game against the Bulls.

Smith had 18 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists with 1:30 to play.

Follow RealGM's Brian Reynolds as he Tweets live tonight from Philips Arena where the Atlanta Hawks will host the Chicago Bulls in a nationally televised contest.

The Hawks (31-17) are 20-5 on their home floor.  Chicago (23-24) looks to get back to .500 on the season and tie Charlotte for the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference.

Follow Brian on Twitter at BReynolds404 or by entering the following address into your browser.  http://twitter.com/BReynolds404