Wizards-Hawks thread
Greetings, all-
Thanks for all the love. It really means a lot to have passed muster with you guys. Just a couple notes, and we’ll get to the game.
1) Mario West is going to dress tonight. Zaza Pachulia is at home with flu symptoms, so Mike Woodson won’t have to sit anyone to see what “Greasy,” as he’s known, can do. As you can imagine, West was pretty fired up about getting an opportunity.
2) Mo Evans may not play. His wife is delivering their first child. Woodson didn’t know where things stood when we talked to him, around 5:40.
3) I asked Woodson about playing zone against the Celtics, particularly how much they’ve played it in the past and this year.
“We played (some) zone last year. Probably the year before we played zone a lot. It’s kind of shrunk over the last couple years but two years ago, we played zone a lot. That won us a lot of games. Last year, we played it some. Mainly, we tried to play it in back-to-back games where you kind of, instead of chasing guys a lot, it kind of bought us some time to keep guys strong towards the end of the game. But against the Celtics, our coaches suggested zone and we went with it. It was nice to see because it kind of caught them a little off guard.”
“We’ve played zone a few times this season.”
Is there a particular reason you haven’t used it as much?
“It’s a long season. As the season wears on, we’ll probably start playing some more of it when we get time to practice and really work at it. It’’s easy to do with the guys that have been here, our starters, because they know it. But we did it with Jamal (Crawford) on the floor the other night, and it was pretty good.”
As requested, UGA’s Travis Leslie’s dunk against Kentucky.
If you missed the link posted in the comments, an si.com story about Jamal Crawford.
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Sid
January 13th, 2010
8:32 pm
Teague is not the backup pg he came in to matchup with Boykins
Melvin
January 13th, 2010
8:35 pm
The Wiz are giving the Hawks the jumpshots and they are not making them… They need to drive the ball to the basket.
bigdave
January 13th, 2010
8:39 pm
if Joe and Jamal are in the back court… Joe runs the point hands down.
hock
January 13th, 2010
8:43 pm
Stupid and lazy = Josh Smith. The Hawks should have spent all that dough on a player with a brain.
niremetal
January 13th, 2010
8:48 pm
Hock,
You’re new around here. Let me give you our traditional neighborhood welcome: F*ck off.
iRepATL
January 13th, 2010
8:50 pm
WHY IS IT THAT JOE SUCKS EVERY YEAR UP UNTIL RIGHT JANUARY THEN RIGHT B4 ALLSTAR HE TURNS IT UP N LOOKS LIKE A COMPLETLY DIFF PLAYER…….JOE PLAY LIKE THIS FOR US CONSISTANTLY AND HE CAN BE CONSIDERED AN ELITE PLAYER
welikebaseball2
January 13th, 2010
8:51 pm
Can’t keep depending on 3’s to bail out the ballhogging on offense.
niremetal
January 13th, 2010
8:51 pm
iRepATL,
See above.
Big Ray
January 13th, 2010
8:53 pm
Shut up, Josh.
Refs called Mario out, just let it go….
niremetal
January 13th, 2010
8:53 pm
Ray,
I think Josh was trying to talk to Mario, not the ref.
bigdave
January 13th, 2010
8:53 pm
there are a lot of unemployed people in this country…
but Mario West deserves employment…
hock
January 13th, 2010
8:53 pm
niremteal, I have been here for years and that lazy, dumb Josh Smith should be playing for the Clippers. And you little boy should leave the serious talk to thinking men.
iRepATL
January 13th, 2010
8:54 pm
lol im not new around gere nire i been here since 07 keep ur negativity for the new ones here
JeJe
January 13th, 2010
8:54 pm
Can’t believe we retained Thello over Mario this past offseason. Probably cost us 2 wins not having Mario’s tenacious D.
Good job Sund!
JeJe
January 13th, 2010
8:55 pm
Actually, the Mario signing was dumb.
According to Fundamentals, one of the self-proclaimed geniuses here, we should’ve signed a Big to a 10-day contract instead of Mario!!!
bigdave
January 13th, 2010
8:55 pm
Joe at pg Jamal at 2 doesnt look bad…
iRepATL
January 13th, 2010
8:56 pm
jeje, mario has always displayed the energy we needed off the bench, for somereason they kept othella….lol idk what we were thinkin but i think they realized made a pretty bad choice between the two.
Sautee
January 13th, 2010
8:57 pm
Oh well, there goes the neighborhood
Big Ray
January 13th, 2010
8:57 pm
Fundamentals ,
Wow. I didn’t know you were a genius, much less a self-proclaimed one. What the heck, everybody has a hobby, right?
bigdave
January 13th, 2010
8:58 pm
Blatche is one skilled sob
hock
January 13th, 2010
8:58 pm
niremetal, are you the only little girl here?
Sid
January 13th, 2010
8:59 pm
This is about the 4th game in a row where we have come out of a timeout in the 4th with a scripted play for MARVIN !!
bigdave
January 13th, 2010
9:01 pm
Jamal gave it to him late…
terrell barron
January 13th, 2010
9:01 pm
This fool takes out Al, looks down the bench, and puts in Bibby? Wtf?
Big Ray
January 13th, 2010
9:03 pm
Ken, please ban me from here. I am gay and am not wanted here anymore
Blast
January 13th, 2010
9:03 pm
Forget all that bull, man. Jamal is a superstar.
bigdave
January 13th, 2010
9:04 pm
that was a hell of a move to the cup
Blast
January 13th, 2010
9:05 pm
Marvin is getting his confidence back.
JeJe
January 13th, 2010
9:05 pm
FIRE MIKE WOODSON
terrell barron
January 13th, 2010
9:07 pm
Marvin is a blocking machine tonight! lol!
bigdave
January 13th, 2010
9:08 pm
inspected and rejected employee # 2
niremetal
January 13th, 2010
9:10 pm
Wizards are not rotating to help on Crawford, and dude’s taking advantage.
Mac-Town'z Finest 478
January 13th, 2010
9:10 pm
Crawford is our best scorer…and most clutch scorer.
Horford is a our best forward.
JMar
January 13th, 2010
9:11 pm
I can’t believe the Hawks kept a guy with upside and talent over a guy that shouldn’t even be sniffing the NBA, but has really high energy mistimed rebound leaps. Good job, Sund.
Melvin
January 13th, 2010
9:11 pm
I like when the Hawks drive the ball to the basket instead of settling for jumpshots….
bigdave
January 13th, 2010
9:13 pm
da hell Michael Redd doing on a commerical in the south…
Scoonie Penn, now thats a different story
niremetal
January 13th, 2010
9:14 pm
Lol@JMar…
bigdave
January 13th, 2010
9:14 pm
bench Woody… its a wrap.
keen observer
January 13th, 2010
9:22 pm
Nice return for ‘Rio. Hope he gets G’ed up for remainder of season. He is a difference maker.
jean
January 13th, 2010
9:26 pm
crawford 14 in 4th lightwork
Big Ray
January 13th, 2010
9:27 pm
Heh….short bus crew is on their thing tonight, I see. Imitation…it’s the most sincere form of flattery.
Anyway,
Very nice game by Marvin Williams. Josh nearly got a triple double. It would be a quadruple double if you count the number of whines after a foul call as a statistic. Despite his scoring issues, he had a hell of an effect on the game.
Joe did his thing, and Jamal shined right along with him. Big Al held his own despite foul trouble and limited touches. It was great to see Mario back in the fold and doing his thing.
Teague looked pretty good for the most part. I won’t say anything else, as it tends to start a pi$$ing match about the usual subject….
Wizards challenged, Hawks had some lapses in judgement but put them away. I’ll take that “W.”
Clyde
January 13th, 2010
9:28 pm
FIRE WOODY
JeJe
January 13th, 2010
9:29 pm
MARVIN WILLIAMS 16 POINTS 8 REBOUNDS 4 BLOCKS
SOMEWHERE IN COLLEGE PARK ROD IS WAKING UP IN A COLD SWEAT
JeJe
January 13th, 2010
9:33 pm
Ray can I post as you again? I think they may actually listen to me around here if I do.
terrell barron
January 13th, 2010
9:35 pm
Jeje, Rod once said, “if you expect him to show Marvin some love everytime he has a good game, dont hold your breath”. lol! I can respect that.
JeJe
January 13th, 2010
9:35 pm
FIRE CLYDE
JeJe
January 13th, 2010
9:39 pm
Jeje, Rod once said, “if you expect him to show Marvin some love everytime he has a good game, dont hold your breath”. lol! I can respect that.
SO HE CAN’T SHOW HIM ANY LOVE WHEN HE PLAYS WELL BUT HE CAN SHOW HIM SOME HATE EVERY TIME HE PLAYS BAD. YEAH THAT MAKES SENSE HES JUST A HATER
Mac-Town'z Finest 478
January 13th, 2010
9:42 pm
Once again the Hawks benefit from being in an Eastern Conf where being .500 right now gets you the #5 seed.
This game was pathetic, it proved and showed nothing positive….and only that we still need alot more work in many areas before we can think about going deep in the playoffs. Who cares about piling up wins against these sorry bottm half east teams if we look pathetic doing it.
We beat Washington w/o Gilbert..a Washington team that was garbage even with him!!!…. Hoo-Ray!!!
Mac-town's finest hawk hater
January 13th, 2010
9:43 pm
WHEN THE HAWKS WIN I COMPLAIN ANYWAY HOOO RAAYYYYYY
niremetal
January 13th, 2010
9:47 pm
These Hawks actually DO remind me of the ‘04 Pistons in a lot of ways. Depending on who’s feeling it and who has the focus, they adjust to each other on the floor and find a way to get it done.
Of course, they’ll need to make adjustments to other teams come playoff time. And that can’t be left up to the players…