A fresh start
I know you didn't see enough of rookie point guard Jeff Teague against Portland. Who wants to be their lunch money that he plays big minutes against Sacramento tonight?
SACRAMENTO – Before you finish your sentence complaining about Jeff Teague not playing against Portland and Joe Johnson playing too much, chew on one thing.
What if you are not alone? What if you’re not the only fan base whose general manager, coach, star player, sixth-man and last man on the roster drive you crazy?
What, you thought you cornered the market on being ticked off?
You are not.
Our good friend Nire passed along this message earlier today (or last night or whenever, being out west throws off my equilibrium, even after all these years of covering the league):
It’s always funny to me reading Blazers fan blogs and seeing how not alone Hawks fans are in our neuroses. Blazers fans have their own Mike Bibby (Andre Miller), JJ (Brandon Roy), Josh Smith (Travis Outlaw), Marvin Williams (Martell Webster), Teague (Jerryd Bayless), Al Horford (Greg Oden), and Zaza Pachulia (Joel Przybilla). They even talk about Nate McMillan almost exactly like we talk about Mike Woodson. Seriously, it’s uncanny. I just emailed Big Ray a series of blog posts from BlazersEdge where you could just substitute in the Hawks’ player’s names and it would be a typical comment section in your blog. My favorites:
“Brandon has dribblexia”
“Oden needs to be further integrated into the offense—immediately!”
“This team has needed a defensive-minded off guard — not a floor general (i.e., Miller), midget shooting guard (i.e, Bayless), or athletically challenged off guard (i.e., Steve Blake) — so Kevin Pritchard not trading for Kirk Hinrich midway through last season is inexcusable in my opinion.”
But why be like everybody else when you can move on? This is the time for a fresh start for your team and for you as fans. The Sacramento Kings await tonight at Arco Arena. They’re a new challenge, something else to focus on.
Win another game out here and then you can really start getting crazy about what could be in this first month of the season. Either way, I’m moving on tonight. No more griping about Mo Evans seeing limited minutes against the Trail Blazers after playing so well up until that game. I’m done taking shots at Marvin because he can’t seem to find his groove.
It’s time for a fresh start (tip off is at 10 p.m., don’t be late).
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bigdave
November 6th, 2009
7:59 pm
there is no intensity or pressure from the defense… its like we coasting on d…
Blast
November 6th, 2009
8:00 pm
Stay on the block all night, Josh!
Who is guarding Raja Bell?
Mac-Town'z Finest 478
November 6th, 2009
8:00 pm
On defense it looks like there’s ALWAYS an opening…..either with someone on the perimeter..or more embarrassingly a RIDE OPEN paint.
We’ve had too many games both last year and the year before where it seemed like teams had the paint open the entire contest…..you mean to tell me we can’t have corrected this after all of this time??
bigdave
November 6th, 2009
8:00 pm
was that Ed Cota in the back?
Blast
November 6th, 2009
8:02 pm
Hawks ain’t getting no calls at all.
bigdave
November 6th, 2009
8:03 pm
slow with no intensity on d…
bigdave
November 6th, 2009
8:03 pm
why did he try a runner?
BONE
November 6th, 2009
8:03 pm
Terrible
O'Brien
November 6th, 2009
8:04 pm
Where is our defensive intensity?
And Josh is forcing the issue. We are down 15 to the Bobcats! What?
bigdave
November 6th, 2009
8:04 pm
why not go to Joe see if you can stop the bleeding…
BONE
November 6th, 2009
8:04 pm
The bobcats couldn’t score 60 points on the celtics now they are whoopin the dogs.it outta us
O'Brien
November 6th, 2009
8:06 pm
Bobcats are 7-12 from 3, while the Hawks are 1-8.
Clyde
November 6th, 2009
8:06 pm
FIRE WOODY
terrell barron
November 6th, 2009
8:06 pm
Teague still cant get no burn. And why is Josh Smith trying to take people off the dribble?
Sam from da Swats
November 6th, 2009
8:07 pm
Settle down people, we’re always down to the Bobcats in their place every year and we come back. Refs aren’t blowing the whistle for us right now but it will turn around. Raja Bell won’t stay hot all game. Once again, Josh gets no respect, he gets clobbered twice and no calls. He is not a good free throw shooter you stupid referees so players will foul him intentionally if need be, and they are fouling him. Give him a f..king call!!
BONE
November 6th, 2009
8:08 pm
Damn we gettin raped
Ramon
November 6th, 2009
8:08 pm
I’d rather see Josh miss layups than to see Bibby and Marvin (as well as Joe) miss jumpers. At least that means he’s attacking, and trying to draw fouls.
terrell barron
November 6th, 2009
8:09 pm
Only down 13. Shoulda been a lot worse.
O'Brien
November 6th, 2009
8:13 pm
Teague played 4 minutes in the first half. Will he go over or under for the second half?
And the Bobcats are +10 in rebounds.
I hope Woody’s half time speech is different from the half time speech when we played the Lakers…
cp
November 6th, 2009
8:14 pm
Where is the intensity? These guys are sleep out there. Josh and his free throw shooting is terrible. Nique’s commentary is terrible. Where is the defense? I would say we have to come out with some fire in the 3rd quarter but this team is known to come out flat after halftime. I wonder if Teague sees any time in the second half or was that all for him for the night.
KevinA
November 6th, 2009
8:18 pm
We can’t guard guards. 11-14 for the little fellers Bell and DJ.
Blast
November 6th, 2009
8:20 pm
doc. I thought of that. But I can report the comment all I want, but they’ll just pop up under a different name.
Hawks sucking right now, playing like the old Hawks. They cannot lose this game or look past it.
niremetal
November 6th, 2009
8:23 pm
Switching defense = retarded. They get our big men out on the perimeter on a switch, take them to the lane off the dribble, our perimeter guys collapse to help, and they kick it back out to someone (usually Raja) wide open on the perimeter.
You don’t think Larry Brown had a gameplan coming in? Good grief!
kirkinga
November 6th, 2009
8:26 pm
Bobcats +11 in rebounding, that just can’t happen especially when you’re allowing the other team to shoot better than 50%.
I have been disappointed with the Hawks defense this season, but excused it away because they played some fairly good offensive teams, I thought, but the Bobcats are not such a team.
This seems like a game where Teague should get more time and Collins’ bulk might be of some use.
BONE
November 6th, 2009
8:26 pm
Man marvin drive u goofy fool
O'Brien
November 6th, 2009
8:27 pm
The bad thing with the switching defense is when Bibby is involved. He ends up on a taller guy, or Josh ends up on a guard. Either way, a mismatch for the other team.
And I hate when Joe just dribble dribble, shoot. Where is the ball movement?
BONE
November 6th, 2009
8:28 pm
Drive the damn ball
O'Brien
November 6th, 2009
8:29 pm
Even Nique points out that there are too many perimeter shots. Didnt Woody tell these guys at half time to pass the ball, set some screens, back doors…and close out on the Bobcats 3 point shooters!
BONE
November 6th, 2009
8:31 pm
Man the hawks are gonna lose this game
Blast
November 6th, 2009
8:31 pm
Two much one on one ball for the Hawks. What’s up with the rims in Charlotte? All Hawks shots are rimming out.
Sautee
November 6th, 2009
8:31 pm
Put the second team in QUICK!
BONE
November 6th, 2009
8:31 pm
O’brien Woody doesn’t know how to coach
BONE
November 6th, 2009
8:32 pm
Down 15 to the Bobcats wow
Blast
November 6th, 2009
8:32 pm
Can Jamal bring us back?
Is Sekou gone already?
KevinA
November 6th, 2009
8:33 pm
Good drive Jamal. Go to the hole
Blast
November 6th, 2009
8:34 pm
Crawford missed 2 free throws?
BONE
November 6th, 2009
8:34 pm
Horford is too short to guard chandler
Blast
November 6th, 2009
8:35 pm
Looks like Hawks are gonna lose this game, sad as that seems.
BONE
November 6th, 2009
8:35 pm
This team can’t even beat the Bobcats and they wanna be considered elite. LMAO
Blast
November 6th, 2009
8:48 pm
Flip is a real journey man in the league, man.
Get that tech Woodson! Let the refs know they are screwing us!
BONE
November 6th, 2009
8:56 pm
Woodson still doesn’t realize Horford is a damn Power Forward not a center. He’s too short woody u idiot.
Big Ray
November 6th, 2009
8:56 pm
This is awful.
And like I’ve been saying since the beginning of the season: I HATE THIS SWITCHING DEFENSE.
Big Ray
November 6th, 2009
8:57 pm
Where is Collins?
BONE
November 6th, 2009
8:59 pm
Does anybody still wanna keep Woodson
Big Ray
November 6th, 2009
9:03 pm
Yeah. We’re losing to the Bobcats because Horford is too short to play center. Well, I guess we’re also losing because Chandler has a blazing 10 points.
Big Ray
November 6th, 2009
9:03 pm
Bone,
You know better than to ask that question. Two people and 36 personalities will disagree with you every time.
Najeh Davenpoop
November 6th, 2009
9:06 pm
Looks like it’s a good thing I took a nap and missed this disaster. Just looking at the box score, it looks like one of those games that you just forget about and move on, that you really can’t take anything away from.
BONE
November 6th, 2009
9:06 pm
Big Ray I didn’t say we’re losing becuz of Horford. Where the hell are u getting this? If we actually have a true center then then Horford can go to power forward. And since Marvin is sorry at reebounding I’m sure getting a true center will improve our rebounding.
KevinA
November 6th, 2009
9:06 pm
Marvin gets a pass lol
cp
November 6th, 2009
9:06 pm
Pathetic effort. If they play like this against Denver they might lose by 50. This game is done