Hawks-Pistons
What’s up?
Hope all are well and enjoying the last day of Thanksgiving break. Looks pretty good for the Hawks this afternoon, you’d think. Detroit is without Rip Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince and most likely Ben Gordon and have lost seven in a row.
Nothing is beyond possible in the NBA – remember Golden State beating Dallas on the road with six guys last week. Every team on a losing streak has to win at some point, and all that. But this would look like a game you’d think the Hawks can go for the kill early and play the second unit.
I’m actually on my way to the Falcons game helping out Darryl Ledbetter, so I don’t think I’ll be on much, but will be curious to read what you all have to say.
Happy armchair coaching!
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Melvin
November 29th, 2009
2:43 pm
Joe is playing like garbage… Try passing the ball. Its ok if he decide to defer some on offense. My goodness…
Melvin
November 29th, 2009
2:47 pm
Look like Joe Smith will get another DNP in the 2nd half…
nunna yo buzinezz
November 29th, 2009
2:47 pm
crawford enters the game..
joe still struggling and in as well..
players are going to the hoop and at the end of the 3rd,its 67-65 pistons..
im kinda in da middle on getting teague in now..we have come back,and i don’t woody or u woody lovers blaming teague for anything..having said that..the start of the 4th should be da best time to bring him in
Melvin
November 29th, 2009
2:49 pm
I would prefer to see Joe Smith in the game at the 4 than Marvin. Marvin is struggling big time…
Melvin
November 29th, 2009
2:58 pm
Joe and Marvin has two of the worst on court body language in the league. They should be banned from being teammates….
BONE
November 29th, 2009
3:03 pm
Joe is terrible
BONE
November 29th, 2009
3:03 pm
Trade Joe and Marvin for Bosh
BONE
November 29th, 2009
3:04 pm
And thats game
JeJe
November 29th, 2009
3:07 pm
What a sorry basketball team. Another awful effort. Looking worse than we did against NOH.
hey Woody, GREAT idea doing switches on EVERY PICK N ROLL. PUTTING HORFORD ON BYNUM AT THE 3 PT LINE IS BRILLIANT! LARRY BROWN TAUGHT YOU WELL
Can we please either suspend or trade Joe and Marvin. These guys stink.
And I better not see any excuses. we did NOT play last night
niremetal
November 29th, 2009
3:07 pm
Problem 1: Rebounding
Problem 2: Rebounding
Problem 3: Rebounding
Problem 4: Doesn’t really matter, because problems 1-3 are what lost us this game. We’re shooting a higher percentage. But they have taken 17 more shots than us because they’ve been killing us on the boards.
BONE
November 29th, 2009
3:08 pm
NEWSFLASH EVERYBODY TEAGUE HASN’T PLAYED STINKIN MINUTE
UGA
November 29th, 2009
3:09 pm
I love Joe, but as of late, him turning down the extension in the offseason may be a blessing. How many bad games in a row does LeBron, Kobe or Wade have??? Joe is for sure not in the category with these guys. He’s just a good NBA player period.
JeJe
November 29th, 2009
3:10 pm
What a sorry basketball team. Another awful effort. Looking worse than we did against NOH.
hey Woody, GREAT idea doing switches on EVERY PICK N ROLL. PUTTING HORFORD ON BYNUM AT THE 3 PT LINE IS BRILLIANT! LARRY BROWN TAUGHT YOU WELL.
Can we please either suspend or trade Joe and Marvin. These guys stink.
And I better not see any excuses. we did NOT play last night
BONE
November 29th, 2009
3:11 pm
I MEANT TO SAY TEAGUE HASN’T PLAYED ONE STINKING MINUTE
JeJe
November 29th, 2009
3:12 pm
WE GET KILLED ON BOARDS AND DONT EVEN PUT IN ONE OF OUR F*CKING 7 FOOT BIGS TO HELP CURE THE PROBLEM.
WE HAVE MARVIN WHO IS SUPPOSED TO HIT OPEN SHOTS, BUT HE CANT
THIS TEAM IS GARBAGE. CANT BEAT A FREAKING DETROIT TEAM WITHOUT ITS 3 BEST PLAYERS. JOE IS NOT ELITE
AmpK
November 29th, 2009
3:12 pm
Take Bibby(no defense,Byum is Killing him), Joe(No passion), and Marvin(I can’t score when it counts) out of the game. Woody ( I can’t coach against anyone) needs to use his bench more often, he is reverting back to his old self.
AmpK
November 29th, 2009
3:14 pm
ooh yeah the other birds are sucking also
BONE
November 29th, 2009
3:15 pm
GAME OVER
Truth Sayer
November 29th, 2009
3:15 pm
Hawks and Falcons are turning back into the Hawks and Falcons..
BONE
November 29th, 2009
3:17 pm
This team is a dissapointment
Melvin
November 29th, 2009
3:19 pm
Dang, Rodney Stuckey looks like 50 cent…
Typical Blogger
November 29th, 2009
3:19 pm
I hate Player X. Therefore it is Player X’s fault that the Hawks are losing.
I like Player Y. Therefore he should get more minutes and get the ball more. We lost because he didn’t.
I don’t care about what actually happened during the game. Player X sucks and Player Y rulez.
BONE
November 29th, 2009
3:21 pm
Joe needs to be traded because he isn’t gonna re-sign with the hawks. We have to get something for him. Marvin needs to be traded as well
BONE
November 29th, 2009
3:23 pm
TEAGUE 0 MINUTES
BONE
November 29th, 2009
3:23 pm
WHAT THE HELL IS JOSH DOIN
BONE
November 29th, 2009
3:23 pm
TERRIBLE GAME BY THE HAWKS AND THE FALCONS
Melvin
November 29th, 2009
3:24 pm
Not a good 3pt shot attempt by Josh. Thats the nail in the coffin….
AmpK
November 29th, 2009
3:25 pm
I don’t blame Josh for that shot…his teammates haven’t made shots all game. I really think JJ is only concerned about himself.
BONE
November 29th, 2009
3:25 pm
TEAGUE PLAYED 0 MINUTES
BONE
November 29th, 2009
3:26 pm
TEAGUE 0 MINUTES….
BONE
November 29th, 2009
3:26 pm
TEAGUE 0 MINUTES..
JeJe
November 29th, 2009
3:26 pm
WORST COACHED HALF EVER
WHERE IS THE BENCH? WE SIGNED JASON COLLINS FOR A REASON.
ITS OBVIOUS MAXIELL AND B.WALLACE ARE TOO BIG FOR SMOOVE AND HORFORD.. BUT NO, ALL WOODSON WANTS IS HIS DAMN CONTRACT SO HE’LL RUN OUR STARTERS INTO THE GROUND
WHY THE HELL DONT U FOUL BEN WALLACE OR MAXIELL AT THE END? FORCE THEM TO GET THE BALL?
BONE
November 29th, 2009
3:27 pm
TEAGUE 0 MINUTES.
BONE
November 29th, 2009
3:28 pm
TEAGUE 0 MINUTES 0_0
JeJe
November 29th, 2009
3:28 pm
THIS IS WHY THIS TEAM WILL NEVER CONTEND
AWFUL EFFORTS ONT EH ROAD. JAMAL CRAWFORD WAS 8-12, YET JOE IS SUCH A DAMN BALLHOG WHO IS SO CONCERNED WITH HIS CONTRACT YR THAT HE NEGATES EVERYTHING CRAWFORD CAN DO. EVERY SINGLE PLAY WE RUN SHOULD BE A CRAWFORD ISO WITH PLAYERS CUTTING TO THE BASKET
BONE
November 29th, 2009
3:28 pm
..TEAGUE 0 MINUTES
Moxie
November 29th, 2009
3:30 pm
I promise you, the Hawks Achillies heel are playing crappy teams away. For some reason, probabaly they figure they have the game in the bag, but they don’t try against crappy teams. Is this really supposed to be an “elite” team. Speaking out of frustration from watching them, I’ll say no but it’s a long season and I would request Joe to start playing like he wants that huge contract.
-Moxie
JeJe
November 29th, 2009
3:31 pm
WOODSON DOES NOT USE THE BENCH AT ALL
I DONT CARE IF I’M KNEE JERK REACTING
ITS OBVIOUS OUR LACK OF A BENCH USAGE IS KILLING US. I SEE AJ GET 15 AGAINST US TEH OTHER NIGHT. ALL WE DO IS USE JAMAL. WHERE THE HELL ARE MO AND TEAGUE? I’M SURE THEY COULD PRODUCE IF GIVEN MORE TAHN 20 SECONDS A GAME
GOD DAMNIT
Mac-Town'z Finest 478
November 29th, 2009
3:32 pm
Hey guys….for the most part this is the same team from last year.
Improvements? Josh stopped jacking up as many 3s; Crawford over Flip
The other problem are still the same though. Those slight improvements are not enough to move the hawks up from the 4th/5th area of the east.
If we maintain this same coaching, defensive lapses, poor half court offense, with no size to defend the paint and no real post threats…we can expect to be mauled by Cleve. or Orl. in the playoffs
Peter
November 29th, 2009
3:33 pm
Gee I guess the team doesn’t need a BIG, and Marvin is worth all that money for playing soft !
Another stellar performance by Weak Marvin 2 rebounds….what a boy amongst men !
welikebaseball2
November 29th, 2009
3:34 pm
JeJe & BONE: I agree with both of you. I mean, Woodson can’t make shots for his guys but he could do a lot more to put them in position for easy buckets. I don’t know if he really is as clueless as it seems when it comes to drawing up offensive plays. If not, as a coach, you’ve GOT to pull guys that are taking the team out of the sets with one-on-one play. I just get the feeling it’s Woodson calling all these iso’s. You bring your top scorer off the bench to spell your starting PG & he either keeps you in the game by hitting half the tons of shots he puts up or shoot you out of the game hogging the ball & not giving other guys a chance to get involved. I love Crawford as our 6th man, but I can’t say I’m as impressed with him when he’s running the point. You need a backup PG that can create shots for his teammates, not just himself. Not going overboard & ripping Crawford, it’s more of my hate for Woodson’s offensive schemes…or lack of.
Melvin
November 29th, 2009
3:35 pm
This lost may comeback to haunt the Hawks if they dont steal a win or two during the rest of the season….
Peter
November 29th, 2009
3:36 pm
Bone……. Great Idea…..I would love to get rid of Weak Soft Girly-man Marvin, and ball hog Joe ! Bosh would bang, and compliment the other starters.
Justin
November 29th, 2009
3:40 pm
Peter, you want to get Bosh? How would that lineup work? Horford at 5, Smith at 4 and Bosh at 3? Thats not gonna work. Bosh is outta the question, but Marvin needs to be gone for sure. Same team, new year. Lack of effort did us in. We shot over 50%, but were neutralized by the Pistons ultra hustle and tenacity for the offensive rebound. You cant get out rebounded 27 and expect to win. Same thing as last year, until we learn how to beat bad teams away we will never be elite.
Screwed again
November 29th, 2009
3:42 pm
Great, just great. Woodrow DNPs three players and Joe Johnson shoots us out of the game again.
FIRE WOODROW AND TRADE JOE.
D.carter
November 29th, 2009
3:46 pm
Please woody stick with the pick and roll offense
D.carter
November 29th, 2009
3:47 pm
2nd game joe has shot us out of
little dave
November 29th, 2009
3:49 pm
rubbish absolute rubbish woodson is scared of pulling jj
Big Ray
November 29th, 2009
3:51 pm
We got beaten to death on the boards. Only two guys were rebounding the ball with any effort whatsoever, and that was Josh and Al. Al did about what he normally does (double-double guy), and I wanted to see Josh get more rebounds, but he was active on both ends of the court in that area. That, and I’m not going to yell too much at a guy who is shooting 11-15, blocking 5 shots, and doing plenty of other things.
Bibby had 3 boards, but he’s a 6′1″ point guard.
Marvin has no excuse.
JJ has no excuse. Particularly since he almost singlehandedly kept us from shooting as well as we did. Funny, Joe was the worst shooter on the team (Marvin was as bad, but had less than HALF of Joe’s attempts), yet he took the most shots. Why was he in there for 43 minutes?
Zaza only got 10 minutes, and Joe Smith got less than 5.
Between that and the play calls, I don’t even know what to say about Woody.
Peter
November 29th, 2009
3:52 pm
Justin, I would think just like teams play a three guard line up, we can play two bigs, and Josh at 3 ?
I would think he is quick enough to guard a 3, and he will be a mis-match inside ?
Bosh would bring the same energy that Josh, and Al brings……seems Marvin brings little to no energy, and certainly at 6-9 is about as soft as any guy I have seen.