March Madness (NBA style)!
Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat are stalking the Hawks for the No. 4 spot in the Eastern Conference playoff chase.
HAWKSVILLE - If you think the college kids are doing it big these days (and they are), check out Dwyane Wade in March.
The Heat superstar has all but ruined the good vibrations from the Hawks’ four-game win-streak, one that can reach five with a win today (provided they can beat back Portland at Philips Arena).
Wade’s not only been the best player in the NBA the past few weeks, he’s been the best player on the planet (sorry LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, but D. Wade’s my pick for MVP and I don’t care what his team’s record is right now).
“I don’t want any part of D. Wade in the playoffs, man,” one of our founding members wrote in an email yesterday. “He’s playing right now the same way he did during the playoffs in 2006. And you know what happened then.”
The Heat won the title that year riding Wade’s cape tails past Dallas in the NBA Finals.
While playing at an otherworldly level in March doesn’t exactly mean your team will get out of the first round of the playoffs in March, Wade’s current tear does pose a clear and present danger to the Hawks.
With the way both the Hawks and Wade (I mean Heat) are playing right now they are setting up a first round matchup in the playoffs. That means the home court advantage fight is going to come down to the final weeks of this season. And the team that gets it almost guarantees itself a win in the series.
That’s why every game the Hawks and Heat play between now and the end of the regular season, including their April 14 tilt at Philips Arena, becomes a battle of epic proportions.
The Hawks already know how important it is to “take care of home” court at all times. They knocked off the eventual NBA champions three times on their home floor during the playoffs last year but couldn’t find a way to even stay close in Boston.
You should expect more of the same in the playoffs this year, with the home teams ruling the roost. The Hawks would best served to be one of those teams. And that means taking care of teams like the Pacers the way they did Friday. Because most of the teams the Hawks will see between now and April 15 are of a much higher caliber.
Slip up against the likes of Sacramento, Minnesota or Indiana – all visitors to Philips between now and the end of the season along with heavyweights like the Celtics, Lakers, Spurs, Mavericks (okay, light heavyweights) and Magic and – and Wade will be kicking the Hawks’ door down for that fourth spot.
Every single Hawks game between now and the end of the season is its own one-and-done tournament.
Did someone say something about March (and a little bit of April) Madness?
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Mark
March 15th, 2009
5:13 pm
I think that we are better off without Marvin for now. Woodson is using his bench more and I am scared that if Marvin came back he would go back to that eight man rotation crap. Just like he did when Horford and Josh came off of injuries. He stopped playing Solo. Woodson does stupid stuff like that. If Marvin were to come back, you wouldn’t see West or A.C.
cp
March 15th, 2009
5:15 pm
The Hawks are playing the way they did to start the season. Its great to see Joe find his groove again. Bibby looks like he is starting to get his rhythm back. The bench is producing. I know it looks like we are a better team without Marvin right now but come playoff time we will need him.
Astro Joe
March 15th, 2009
5:19 pm
Funny how the Joe fans never clamor for the “Joe haters” to vindicate themselves, like Smith’s afans do. Joe was rigtfully ripped during his woeful play much like Josh was… and it’s great to have both back playing at their typical level.
Big Ump
March 15th, 2009
5:33 pm
Ken Strickland:
The Hawks won but most of your blog is about the HC. Do you really hate HC that much. Hatered always affect a person process of thinking. Please don’t give me that line again that you speaking for most of the Hawks fans. Sure the HC have faults like other coaches do. The Hawks HC is not
the greatest coach in the NBA and he not the worst HC either. Your next comment will be that the player won 39 games without him, but lost because of him. Can you imagine any team.in any sport
that can be successful without a HC or Manager. Who will make line ups out, who will say who play of who won’t play and etc. I don’t think the Hawks or any other NBA team have that kind of maturity
to play without an HC. If you did not have an HC there will be a lot of bickering among the players and fighting among each other and it would be a totally diaster. Ken take a clue from Ray, Doc,
Kirkanga, Aroise Samuel and other veteran bloggers who always recognize the success or failure of the Hawks and will speak their mind if it’s the players or HC at that time. I’m not speaking for the most of the Hawks fan or any Hawks fans I’m just speaking for myself…
kirkinga
March 15th, 2009
5:36 pm
The Hawks remembered what happen to them when they visited Portland and today avenged a horrible loss. I think we have to give credit to the Hawks, it’s not so much that Portland didn’t play as well as expected so much as it was the Hawks who imposed their will upon the Blazers. Sometimes an embarrassing loss can be great motivation.
I agree with Astro Joe, it’s high time we see the brown spots in other fields as well as our own. And as Ariose predicted, no 50 for Wade today “just” 18 as he said he “didn’t have the energy” today.
Hawks now 2.5 games up on the Heat who only have 7 home games remaining.Hawks have only 7 road games remaining.The Hawks really could help their quest for the 4th spot by wining a game or 2 on the road just in case they lose a game at home.
It looks harder and harder for the Sixers and Pistons to reach and hold on to the 4th spot.Both teams with double digit road games remaining and the Pistons the only team besides the Celtics and Cavs with a wining road record in the East.
Um, now who was it that said the Hawks would go 3-17 the rest of this season?
Go Hawks!!
kirkinga
March 15th, 2009
5:40 pm
Correction…the Magic also are above .500 on the road.
darrell starks
March 15th, 2009
5:53 pm
DEFENSE , DEFENSE, DEFENSE , THATS HOW YOU PLAY BALL LONG AS WE PLAY GOOD DEFENSE BOX OUT REBOUND AND PUSH THE BALL UP COURT WE WILL BE OKAY.GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
niremetal
March 15th, 2009
6:04 pm
Rod,
We get it. You don’t like Marvin. But since you are nearly alone in thinking that he hasn’t shown himself this year to be a dangerous scorer and our top perimeter defender, I’d suggest you find a new line of conversation before people start seeing your name and hitting “Page Down.”
Ray,
Man, it feel good to see JJ playing like this again. Sekou said awhile back that if you don’t double-team JJ, he’ll score pretty much every time. Today, he proved that. I was really amazed that McMillan didn’t make the adjustment quickly and start double-teaming JJ every time he touched the ball. But I think that might be a testament to the recent resurgence of Josh and (more importantly) the rapid rise of Horford. And with the way Flip has been playing lately, I guess you can’t blame McMillan for at least wanting to start by just single-covering JJ. After all, if the Hawks have Flip, Bibby, Josh, and Al on the floor, who do you leave open to double JJ? I think Al actually got more double-teams today than JJ did – which goes to illustrate your point that when we run our offense through the frontcourt on a more regular basis, it opens things up for us hugely.
Lacsho
March 15th, 2009
6:11 pm
Great win, it was good to see the entire team participate!!
Melvin
March 15th, 2009
6:49 pm
Forget all this Western Conf is the best talk. Utah, New Orleans and Portland all came East and got stomp…. The West has 6 teams under 25 wins for the season. The Hawks would have 50 wins if they played in the west…lol
Reggie
March 15th, 2009
7:05 pm
Rod:
Marvin is the best man on man defender we have. He has gotten put on Melo, LBJ, Pierce, VC, and Granger this year and has shut them down a lot. Do you remember the game against Cleveland when we shut him down the whole game and the only time LBJ went off was when Marvin was sitting. He also killed Melo when we played Denver. Marvin can really play hard perimeter defense and is the best at it on our team.
Mark:
How can you say we are better without Marvin. That is plain stupid. With how hot he was before he got hurt I don’t understand how we are better? Are we better because he was becoming our 2nd offensive option? Are we better because he is our 2nd most versatile player and can spread the floor out with his range? Marvin coming back shouldn’t affect our rotation anyways since we sub Mario and AC in for guards. Marvin Williams isn’t a guard. Of course you’ll find some way to complain about Woody after the great job he has done as of late. Seriously Mark tell me how we are better without Marvin and why are you always complaining or saying something negative.
Eric
March 15th, 2009
7:42 pm
JUST LAST WEEK AFTER THE HAWKS BEAT THE PISTONS, EVERY SPORTS RADIO STATION IN TOWN WAS TALKING ABOUT TRADING JOSH SMITH AND BREAKING UP THE ENTIRE HAWKS TEAM. ATLANTA HAS THE WORST FAN BASE IN THE COUNTRY. IT’S THE REASON THIS TOWN HAS ONLY ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY’RE TOO QUICK TO BUST A TEAM UP BEFORE THEY SEE THE FINISHED PRODUCT. JOSH SMITH IS AN EXCITING PLAYER, YOUNGEST PLAYER TO 500 BLOCKS IN N.B.A HISTORY. JOSH IS 23 YRS OLD, AND IS ABOUT 5YRS FROM HIS PEAK. THE HAWKS ARE ON A 5 GAME WIN STREAK AND THE CITY IS QUIET, NO ONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THEM NOW THAT THEY’RE WINNING. ONLY IN ATLANTA, HOME OF THE WORST FANS IN AMERICA!!!
Reggie
March 15th, 2009
7:52 pm
Eric:
I highly doubt every sports radio station in town was wanting to trade Josh Smith. We were upset with his play at the time but he has picked it up since then. Also don’t think because of some radio stations that Atlanta has the worst fans in America. Also what does fans have to do with Championships. Most of the fans are usually mad because we don’t win championships. It’s not that the fans cause teams to not win championships. Just be gald you don’t live in Seattle or San Fransisco or Detroit except for their one NBA title their sports are pretty bad right now.
Clyde
March 15th, 2009
7:54 pm
This is the best I’ve seen the Hawks play all season. Its good that they are hitting their stride heading into the playoffs. If it goes down how bout Miami and Atlanta in a seven game series. Watching two of the hottest teams in the NBA going head to head would be exciting.
Eric
March 15th, 2009
8:05 pm
REGGIE, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ATLANTA. I REMEBER WHEN FANS RAN DOMINIQUE WILKINS OUT OF TOWN, BECAUSE HE WAS A BALL HOG. I REMEBER WHEN LENNY WILKINS HAD MOOKIE, STEVE SMITH, AND MUTOMBO, AND THE FANS SAID THE TEAM WAS BORING AND THE GAME HAD PASSED LENNY BY. WE BROKE THAT TEAM UP AND IT TOOK ALMOST 8 YRS TO JUST MAKE THE PLAY-OFFS. ATLANTA IS THE ONLY CITY IN AMERICA THAT HAS HALF OF THE AREANA OR DOME CHEERING FOR THE OPPONENTS, AND THATS EVERY GAME. P.S. AND IT’S NOT BECAUSE THE CITY HAS TRANSPLANTS, BECAUSE THE ONE’S CHEERING FOR THE OTHER TEAM WAS BORN RIGHT HERE!!!
JerryWest
March 15th, 2009
8:08 pm
Wade’s team went 3-1 this week. JJ’s team went 4-0.
Wade scored 18 in the game Heat lost. JJ scored in the 30s in every win.
JJ’s team increased their lead for the 4th place this week.
This week goes to Joe.
Mo scored 2 pts, 2 rebounds and had 4 fouls. He has a hard time guarding and rebounding against bigger guys after we switch. Did you see how many offensive rebounds were snatched by Portland big guys when Mo was switched to them.
Hawks are more focused when Marvin, Joe or Josh are out, and we have to depend on an inferior player to sub any of them. That focus has helped us surge when Mo starts. I’d like to see Mario West and Acie get regular roles even after Marvin comes back. If anything Mo’s minutes should be cut.
Mario has changed two games in a row. He got Dennis Rodman’s determination. If he had 4 more inches, he’d have been awesome.
JerryWest
March 15th, 2009
8:10 pm
I want sixers or pistons to overtake Miami. Refs will tilt the field if we play Miami in the first round. It would be nice if Wade takes out Boston in the first round in the 3 vs 6 series
JerryWest
March 15th, 2009
8:16 pm
Reggie – Marvin didn’t shut down all those superstar small forwards, but he considerably slowed them down. Mo would be Lawn MOwed by those bigger stronger Small Forward studs. Mo has a role in this team, but Marvin is a far better rebounder, scorer, shooter, defender and everything else. If Joe and Josh didn’t get hot suddenly, we would have been in deep trouble.
Reggie
March 15th, 2009
8:28 pm
Eric:
We probably shouldn’t have let Wilkins go but once again do you think the fans traded him? Also Wilkins didn’t have many years left in him. Also have you been to a Hawks game this year? Times have changed since 3 years ago when there were no Hawks game in the arena. I go to most home games and even against Boston we killed them in fan numbers and it wasn’t even close. Did you go to a Falcons game this year? Once again times have changed. Actually The Dome usually doesn’t sport many away team fans in games. Also the Braves are one of the biggest national teams behind NY, CHI, and BOS. Those are the only teams that even have many people at Turner when they come here. To say our stadiums/domes/arenas are filled with Away teams fans shows you don’t go to or watch games.
Reggie
March 15th, 2009
8:30 pm
Sorry I was trying to say when there were no hawks FANS in the arena 3 years ago.
Eric
March 15th, 2009
8:47 pm
REGGIE, I WAS AT PHILLPS WHEN THE HAWKS PLAYED THE MIAMI HEAT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND ABOUT 30% OF THE FANS HAD HEAT GEAR ON. IT WAS SO BAD THAT AT THE END OF THE GAME A LADY, WHO WAS A HAWKS FANS YELLED OUT ” ALL YOU MIAMI HEAT FANS CAN GO HOME NOW”!!! THE LAST TIME I WAS AT A FALCONS GAME WAS WHEN NUMBER 7 WAS HERE, IT WAS AGAINST CLEVELAND AND AS SORRY AS THAT FRANCHISE IS THEY BROUGHT THE ENTIRE DOG POUND WITH THEM TO ATLANTA. I’VE NEVER IN MY LIFE SEEN SO MANY DOG HEADS, THEY REALLY SHOW PRIDE IN THEIR TEAM.
Mark
March 15th, 2009
9:02 pm
Reggie, you gotta be kidding me to think that times have changed. The question is, did you go to the games. Obviously, we are gonna outnumber the opposing teams’ fans, but that doesn’t mean that other teams fans aren’t there. Even though the Falcons sold out every game there were not full until the last couple of games (Tampa Bay, St. Louis). You must not have been at the Bears game. It was a fact that companies bought remaining tickets to several falcon games and that is why the games were sellouts and weren’t blacked out locally. The only reason the Braves were had fans. Honestly, fans have good reasons not to show up. The Braves teased us with division titles, the Falcons have never had back-to-back winning seasons and Hawks haven’t been past the second round of the PLAYOFFS in their history in Atlanta. The fans aren’t losers, the teams are. Atlanta fans know what to expect when it comes to their teams. I will admit more fans are coming to the Hawks games, but we all know that they won’t get past the second round of the playoffs. You know it too Reggie.
Oh yeah Reggie, as far as Marvin goes we are better without him because of Woodson. Reggie gotta be stupid or plain delusional to see that when Woody has all of his starters he goes with that same eight man rotation in which the only bench player that play are Flip, Mo, and Zaza. Heck, ask Solo. He was playing well while both Al and Josh were injured, but as soon as they were healthy Woody started giving him the A.C. Law treatment. Reggie I have never criticized Woody, only Josh.
So please shutup! If Marvin is hurt badly, I don’t know if we should resign him. He is having a decent season, but it is his contract year so I am sure he wants to be paid. (sort of like Josh last year).
Mark
March 15th, 2009
9:06 pm
The Braves had a solid fan base, but as they won more and more division titles we knew what to expect from Bobby and his dumb managing as soon as the playoffs hit.(Correction from previous post.)
Rod from College Park
March 15th, 2009
9:07 pm
Niremetal,
Why don’t you take your own advice and page down when you see my post? If you don’t want to read my post, then I will be the first one to tell you to PAGE DOWN. My points are valid, and have been, and will be proven. Other people seem to enjoy my post, and let me know that they do. NO MARVIN=WINS!!!!! Marvin is not our best perimeter defender. THAT IS A FALSE STATEMENT. SEE BELOW. I was one of the only ones still supporting Josh when the majority of you were crying about how terrible he is; so let me have my moment please. Thanks!!!
Reggie,
Players you named that Marvin shut down this year against the Hawks:
Vince Carter – 26, 29, 18, 18 avg = 22 ppg
Granger – 34, 25 = 29.5 ppg
Lebron – 24, 33, 26 = 27.6 ppg
Carmelo – 16, 23 = 19.5 ppg
Pierce – 34, 18 = 26 ppg
Durant – 28 extra one = 28ppg
These are the numbers, now please help me understand who he shut down this year? This myth about Marvin being a great defensive player is hilarious. 10-1without him. I know you addressed this question to Mark, but I thought I would help him out. THIS POST IS IN RESPONSE TO REGGIE’S POST. IN NO WAY AM I SAYING THAT MARVIN WAS THE ONLY ONE GUARDING THESE PLAYERS WHEN WE PLAYED THEM.
Sam from da Swats
March 15th, 2009
9:10 pm
Since Marvin has been out, the Hawks are holding opponents under 85 points per game. We are a better team without Marvin “duck” Williams.
mred1943
March 15th, 2009
9:30 pm
Sekou
The hawks will go along way as long JJ be agressive and drive to the basket instead of dribbling away most of the time and then taking long off balance jump shots
Eric
March 15th, 2009
9:30 pm
MO EVANS IS A SOLID ON THE BALL DEFENDER, AND HE GIVES THE HAWKS A BETTER DEFENSIVE ROTATION TO DEFEND THE THREE POINT LINE. THE HAWKS LIKE TO SWITCH ON EVERYTHING DEFENSIVELY. MARVIN IS A SCORER AND REBOUNDER, AND WE NEED EVERYBODY WE CAN GET IF WE WANT TO MAKE A SERIOUS PLAYOFF RUN.
JerryWest
March 15th, 2009
9:36 pm
Sam – that’s because Hawks know that they are short handed and they have to make it up by being more focused. Defense is a result of focus and efforts.
Sam from da Swats
March 15th, 2009
9:39 pm
Niremetal, I too agree with Rod. He’s not alone in thinking Marvin hasn’t shown himself as a top perimeter defender or dangerous scorer. Where are you getting this information from? Marvin is a number 2 pick and people continue to hate on Josh Smith, as if Josh Smith was picked number 2. A number 2 pick should be in All-Star conversations. A number 2 pick should be a go to guy. Marvin can’t create his own shot. Marvin’s stats are not that much better than Josh Smith. Marvin is a liability. The Hawks need to sign and trade Marvin and Bibby and trade 1st round pick to the Clippers (Baron Davis wants out) for Kaman or Camby and first round pick and get Stephen Curry. Trade the rights of Josh Childress and if we can’t resign ZaZa, to Portland for Pryzbilla. Starting lineup next year, Curry, Joe, Josh, Horford, Camby or Kaman. Off the bench Mo, Flip, Acie, Pryzbilla. Just a thought, but get rid of this Marvin character.
Reggie
March 15th, 2009
9:39 pm
Mark:
Actually I was at the Bears game. I am not a die hard Falcons fan. (like the saints) But They are my second favorite team. The falcons games weren’t going to be sold out for the first few games because of last year but towards the end they were and next year you bet they will be. I’ve been to many Hawks games and the support is great. So there is no way you can say that there are a lot of away teams fans because there isn’t. The Braves have always had great support and will continue to have great support. To say the Hawks WON’T get past the second round is not right. You don’t believe that the Hawks can’t beat the Cavs or Celtics in 7 game series? Will they, well odds are against us but we are perfectly capable of beating them.
We should run a 9 man rotation and maybe get Mario in a bit. I bet you when Marvin gets back Woody will do this. I believe he started doing it before Marvin got hurt. Woody isn’t stupid. He sees it’s working and he has said he should have gone to it earlier. Woody is still an educated basketball coach who notices the bench is providing. If Woody goes back to an 8 man rotation when Marvin gets back than I will be pretty pissed at him and will become a Woody hater. Also I was on Josh a bit but I know his talent and know he would figure it out. He still scares the crap outta me with the ball but I trust that he will be a solid player for us.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 15th, 2009
9:42 pm
I would like to see Mario West work on his 3-point shot. If he can develop a standstill 3-point shot that’s as accurate as Mo Evans (around 40%), he could make Mo (and his contract that expires next year) expendable this offseason. He’s still pretty foul-prone, but he provides a lot of the energy and offensive rebounding that the team has been missing since Josh Childress left.
Sam from da Swats
March 15th, 2009
9:42 pm
Jerry West, no. That’s because Coach Woodson is playing his bench more, and has realized that Mario West and Acie Law can also play defense. Kyle Korver killed us the first time we played Utah in Salt Lake. Here, everytime Korver entered the game, Woody put Mario in. He shut Korver down. I think Solo needs to play a little more though. Mo Evans is better for us because he knows his exact role. Marvin is still trying to live up to his number 2 pick status.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 15th, 2009
9:46 pm
The thing about a lot of ATL’s fans is that they are front-runners. The same ones who come to games wearing Kobe and LeBron jerseys are rooting for the Hawks at the end of the game when it’s close and the Hawks seem to have the upper hand. They are not the worst part about ATL sporting events. By far worse are the corporate suits who clog up the lower levels with their company-bought tickets and sit there silently like they are at a movie theater, contributing nothing to the game atmosphere, barely paying attention to the game, and taking seats that would otherwise go to fans that actually cared. And from what I’ve seen, there are plenty of those who are native ATLiens as well as transplants.
Reggie
March 15th, 2009
9:49 pm
Are you people stupid? How can you tell me we are a btter team without Marvin? Did you not see how he was performing before he got hurt. Do you not know a single thing about basketball? Sam your last post was hilarious. Marvin can create his own shot. He was the only guy doing it a couple weeks ago. He can shoot and drive and draw contact. I didn’t know a liability puts up around 30 points in a 4 game stretch or so. I don’t feel like looking it up but the week before he got hurt he put up like 30, 28, 31 I believe and was really rolling.
Rod:
I was making examples of the best SF we have faced and saying Marvin has had to defend them. Telling me stats is proving nothing. Against Clevekand Lebron had about 17 points in the quarter Marvin sat because of fouls (via refs loving LBJ). Also he SHUT down Melo the night he had 16 points. Once again those points were in a quarter that Marvin rested. I don’t think Marvin guarded VC much because he plays 2 usually I believe. Rod stars are going to score their points but when Marvin has had to guard the suy he has done a solid job. I wonder why JS doesn’t usually get put on this guy. Because JS is a help defender to get his block. Marvin is our best perimeter defender. I have been disappointed with Smith this year because he hasn’t done a good job of helping the Guy guarding their star when he gets past him. Again though saying we are better without Marvin is absurd and stupid.
Reggie
March 15th, 2009
9:57 pm
I believe a reason we are winning without Marv is because we know we have to step up on D and play better. It’s crunch time and we have a lot of intensity right now. This will only increase when he gets back.
Eric
March 15th, 2009
9:58 pm
REGGIE, I WISH WE HAD MORE FANS LIKE YOU IN THE ATL. SAM FROM THE DA SWATS WANTS TO TRADE HALF THE TEAM, SEE WHAT I’M SAYING. NO LOYALTY, NO HOPE, NO OPTIMISM ABOUT OUR TEAMS HERE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT FANS TALK, RADIO SPORTS STATIONS HEAR THIS CRAP AND PUT IT ON AIR, AND THEN GM’S IN ATLANTA MAKE THESE DUMB MOVES THAT SET OUR TEAMS BACK 8 YRS.!!!
Sam from da Swats
March 15th, 2009
10:00 pm
Reggie, WE ARE 12 AND 1 WITHOUT MARVIN YOU IDIOT!!!!
JerryWest
March 15th, 2009
10:01 pm
Sam –
are you kidding when you want to make Josh a SF?
are you kidding when you want to pick up max money over the hill injury prone Davis when no team in the NBA would touch him with a chopstick?
are you kidding when you think Chillz+Zaza=Priz?
Sam from da Swats
March 15th, 2009
10:02 pm
Eric, I don’t want to trade the team, but if you know basketball, you know we won’t be able to resign everybody. So we will have to do some sign and trade deals. Believe me, I wish we could keep everybody and add a couple of pieces, but I know we can’t . We can’t resign Bibby, then have to turn around and resign Marvin and Joe in 2010. We will have to make some moves.
JerryWest
March 15th, 2009
10:03 pm
Sam-
are you kidding when you say Marvin can’t create for himself?
Do you think Mo can?
JerryWest
March 15th, 2009
10:04 pm
Sam we are not 12-1 without marvin. thats a lie. don’t parrot other people. do you own research.
Sam from da Swats
March 15th, 2009
10:04 pm
Jerry West, read and comprehend. I said we can trade Bibby to the Clippers because Baron wants out. Since Chillz went overseas, you’re not going to get much for him. We may not be able to resign Zaza.
RLP
March 15th, 2009
10:05 pm
Kudos to Najeh Davenpoop. Your 9:46 post was right on.
Sam from da Swats
March 15th, 2009
10:10 pm
Najeh, you are right, it is too many nice fans. You all can blame me for that first Celtics loss at home. I was about 3 rows back from the basket talking mad stuff to Garnet. He was woofing back and forth with all the people in my section. Then he commenced to hit 5 shots in a row. It took me and a couple others to get people to make noise and get into the game. Everybody is trying to be all cool and cute.
Sam from da Swats
March 15th, 2009
10:11 pm
Jerry West, check the stats. WE ARE 12-1 THIS YEAR WHEN MO EVANS STARTS.
Sam from da Swats
March 15th, 2009
10:12 pm
This is what you will see in the playoffs this year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLsHMb-tnNI
Eric
March 15th, 2009
10:14 pm
SAM, JUST GOING BY WHAT NEW GM RICK SUND SAID A FEW WEEKS AGO. HE SAID IT IS VERY POSSIBLE TO SIGN EVERYBODY BACK, SPEEDY COMES OFF THE BOOKS THIS YEAR OR NEXT. ALSO THE HAWKS STILL HAVE THE RIGHTS TO JOSH CHILLDRESS, THAT THEY CAN TRADE OR DO WHAT EVER WHEN HE COMES BACK IN A YEAR.
Reggie
March 15th, 2009
10:16 pm
Sam: We aren’t 12-1 without Marvin. We are 12-1 with Mo in the starting lineup, but that is a pointless stat because he hasn’t even contributed much. Once again you are dumb to say Marvin can’t create his own shot. Bibby isn’t going to want to make anymore than he is making right now. Also to create space I believe next year we will throw away some contracts at the trade deadline like many teams did this year. We’re not in a bad money situation right now anyway. We’re not going to try to draft another rookie PG trust me.The only way we don’t resign Bibby is if we know we can go somewhere else to get a PG.
Najeh:
You are right about that but I don’t think we should be considered the worst fans in sports. That’s not true and we definitely shouldn’t be considered the worst sports town in sports. It does annoy me seeing all these stuck up “fans” sitting down low not giving a crap about the team. Go sit in the suites where you belong.
darrell starks
March 15th, 2009
10:16 pm
Reggie i totally agree with you its not MARVIN its our coach if you notice when HORFORD got hurt we won when JOSH got hurt we won when JOE got hurt we won now MARVIN hurt we are winning it always take for someone to get hurt before WOODY finally UTILIZED HIS BENCH we have been telling woody all year long to devolop YOUR bench AND THIS TEAM WOULD BE STRONG and i hope when marvin come back that he doesnt go back to being the same old WOODY and STARTE BACK using a three man rotation FLIP, EVANS, AND ZAZA WOODY HAVE TO CHANGE HIS COACHING STYLE IN ORDER FOR HIM TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS A HEAD COACH. GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sam from da Swats
March 15th, 2009
10:26 pm
If Marvin can create his own shot, somebody tell me why he only averages 14 points per game as a number 2 pick? Josh Smith your number 17 pick that you all are always hating on, 15.1 ppg and 7.1 rpg, Marvin 14.0 ppg and 6.4 rpg.