
This is how it looked from their perspective. (AP)
ORLANDO–The Hawks opened the East semis by suffering a historic beat down. it was their largest playoffs defeat since the team moved to Atlanta. The Atlanta Hawks lost 111-76 at Philly in ‘82 and the St. Louis Hawks lost 133-75 at Minneapolis in ‘58.
– The Magic’s 43-point victory margin was their second largest in postseason franchise history. Their largest lead of the game was 46; their largest lead during the regular season was 38 in that Jan. 9 game vs. the Hawks. They’ve won their last four home games against the Hawks by an average margin of nearly 32 points.
– Not surprisingly, the Hawks talked afterward about how this is just one game in the series. Yes, they said they can regroup. Yes, they can come up with a plan to beat Orlando.
– “Honestly, it would be harder if we lost by one point on a buzzer beater,” Jamal said. “A game like this, you shake it off and move on.”
– “It’s one loss,” Al said. “We can’t let it be a snowball effect. We have to figure something out and play hard.”
– “We’ll bounce back in Game 2,” J.J. said. “It’s a long series. Anything is possible. We just need to look at the tape and make adjustments.”
– There wasn’t much conviction behind their words. But what else can they say? That they don’t have the depth of personnel to deal with both Dwight and the Magic’s skilled perimeter players? That they can’t run an offense with nearly the same precision, speed and effectiveness as the Magic?
– How can the Hawks really believe they can beat the Magic, especially on this court? They can talk about the missed shots, but what about the way the Magic relentlessly shredded their defense, switches or no switches?
– The Magic privately have to be making plans for the East finals but they went along with the cliches for now. “We understand that it’s only one game and in order for us to win this series we have to dominate every night like we did tonight,” Dwight Howard said
– What’s to say they can’t do that? Certainly not the Hawks’ defense. Or their offense. Or much of anything about the Hawks in Game 1.
– “We don’t get discouraged,” Smoove said. “We are a team that perseveres and plays hard. We just have to play better on the defensive end and make it hard for them to score.”
– That’s true but do the Hawks hope to hold the Magic to 70 points? The 10-point second quarter was something that shouldn’t happen in the playoffs. The Hawks had seven turnovers and four field goals in the period. The Magic rebounded 11 of their 13 misses.
– The Hawks seemed to be clueless about how they wanted to attack the Magic. Shoot, there were times when Iso-Joe looked to be better than anything else the Hawks were trying. “We just have to stick with the plan,” J.J. said. “I thought in the first quarter the plan that we had worked pretty good. In the second quarter we just fell apart and never regrouped.”
– The Hawks were back to their “the shots just didn’t fall” explanations. “We haven’t had many games where Jamal, Joe, and Bibby just couldn’t make shots,” Woody said. “It puts too much pressure on you.”
– It happened just a few days ago, in Game 5 against Milwaukee. The Hawks controlled that game until the meltdown because they played respectable D. They didn’t come close to doing that against the Magic. Then again, the Magic ain’t the Bucks.
– “We have to come up with a different game plan because what we have been doing hasn’t been working,” Al said. “We have to figure something out and play harder.”
– They are back to the “play harder, come up with something” line of thinking, too. That’s never a good sign.
– When Al got his first foul, Woody replaced him with Jason Collins and later replaced Josh with Zaza. “That’s the coach’s plan,” Al said. “He felt Jason and Zaza in would be better. I have to deal with that.”
– “I didn’t think that hurt us,” Woody said. “That was towards the latter part of the first quarter. We came in with Jason and Jason picked up a few fouls, but I didn’t want Al going through the quarter with two fouls and now he’s got to be looking over his shoulder going into the second quarter. I thought we played it right. That had nothing to do with second quarter letdown.”
– The Hawks got frustrated with some of the calls, and there were some bad ones that went against them. But most of those came in the first quarter, when the Hawks actually were in the game. “The calls did not go our way but that’s not an excuse,” Josh said. “The refs are not going to help them beat us by 50 points.”
– Howard had a big game. The Hawks’ “no dunks” approach didn’t work. But the Magic might have won with Marcin Gortat playing Howard’s minutes considering how they punished the Hawks on the perimeter.
– At this point, I just don’t see a way for the Hawks to guard everything they have to guard while also coming up with a plan to score efficiently against the Magic to make this a series. “We’ve beaten them before,” Horford said. “We are the third seed so we knew we were going to have to play them. We put ourselves in this position. We earned this.”
– When you look at what Boston is doing in the Cleveland series, what happened to the Hawks tonight, and how they huffed and puffed against Milwaukee, doesn’t it start to look like they didn’t close that gap so much after all?
– “They embarrassed us but we have have another one on Thursday and we will get ready for that,” Bibby said.
– I’m out, Hawks fans.
MC
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bigdave
May 5th, 2010
12:17 am
smh.
bigdave
May 5th, 2010
12:18 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWgIJmjfuD0
bigdave
May 5th, 2010
12:22 am
“We have to come up with a different game plan because what we have been doing hasn’t been working,”
-Al Horford
CrazyDiamond
May 5th, 2010
12:25 am
If you bet on the Hawks and took 43 points – you lost!
bigdave
May 5th, 2010
12:26 am
“doesn’t it start to look like they didn’t close that gap so much after all?”
lol @ 53-29 defining progress..
CrazyDiamond
May 5th, 2010
12:28 am
If you bet on the Magic and gave 43 points – you won!
CrazyDiamond
May 5th, 2010
12:29 am
I bet Woody is gone after this series.
Najeh Davenpoop
May 5th, 2010
12:29 am
“Leyendo Los mensajes que mandaron, es Cierto nos dieron una pela… Pero es nada mas un juego. Let’s focus on Game 2. Ya”
–Al Horford’s Facebook status
Najeh Davenpoop
May 5th, 2010
12:31 am
It’s one thing to play hard, play smart, and lose to a more talented team like the Magic.
It’s entirely different to play like sh-t, do the same dumb sh-t that has caused you to lose winnable games all season, and get embarrassed on national television.
FIRE WOODY
Chicken Hawk
May 5th, 2010
12:36 am
Who’s the leader on this team? The coach? Joe or Josh? Bibby?
That seems to be the problem. When times are hard, someone has to motivate the team. We lack a team butt kicker, as well as a force in the paint.
Grandad
May 5th, 2010
12:39 am
Gregg Popovich on Mike Budenholzer [GP's asst.coach/14 seasons]
*(currently, lead asst)
“First of all, Mike has a wonderful understanding of the game,” Popovich said. “That’s a requirement. He’s really good relationship-wise, too. He’s secure in his own skin and he’s able to tell a player the truth whether the player wants to hear it or not.”
JaBe
May 5th, 2010
12:40 am
Orlando Magic in four, and Woody is done and gone!
It's always nice to . . .
May 5th, 2010
12:42 am
set the tone in game 1. Way to go Hawks!!
Clyde
May 5th, 2010
12:45 am
J.J. said. “It’s a long series. Anything is possible. We just need to look at the tape and make adjustments.” SMH
FIRE WOODY
o.O-Mac-Town -Macon, Georgia- Westsider-O.o
May 5th, 2010
12:48 am
LMAO@JJ’s BS comments
“We’ll bounce back in Game 2,” J.J. said. “It’s a long series. Anything is possible. We just need to look at the tape and make adjustments.”
That boy a foo’
Like it’s really gonna come that easy, after the raping the Magic have done to the Hawks on consistent basis.
o.O-Mac-Town -Macon, Georgia- Westsider-O.o
May 5th, 2010
12:48 am
lol@”Anything is Posssible”
Sounds like an Orphan’s first time as Disney World
Najeh Davenpoop
May 5th, 2010
12:52 am
When you take your All-Star center out of the game and put in a scrub who barely plays for the sole purpose of fouling, you are basically sending a message that your team can’t compete without resorting to gimmicky bullsh-t.
On March 24, Jason Collins didn’t play, Zaza played his usual 16 minutes, while Horford shouldered the bulk of the load guarding Howard. And the Hawks won.
Way to boost your team’s confidence, Woody.
FIRE WOODY
drmaryb
May 5th, 2010
12:56 am
PANTS ON THE GROUND!
I wear…..I wear….I wear No Pants….I weaarr NO PANTS! Commercial.
The HAWKS waddled off the court with their PANTS ON THE GROUND!
Somebody call Simon Cowell & see if we can book this act on:
THE NEXT AMERICAN IDOL!
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drmaryb
May 5th, 2010
12:57 am
NEXT FOR THE HAWKS!
Hey HAWKS!
Bend over and grab your ankles…..Tighten your Anal – Spinchters….Pull your pants up – Over your Boot Straps &Fight like Mrs. Turtle! Please put up One – Hell – of – a – FIGHT!
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drmaryb
May 5th, 2010
1:01 am
re-posted from previous blog….
I FIGHT DIRTY!
Everybody on here knows that by now! If you don’t believe me? Ask Venom-Spitter & Rusty – They Know!
I’ll run in the stands and slap FANS! (Oh! That’s Artest.). LOL!
I’ll kick the camera man in his groin! (Oh! That’s Dennis Rodman.). LOL!
Hey Coach Woody! Put me in – I will fight for you and the ATL! I may not win – but, I will not go down without putting up one hell of a FIGHT!
Where is the Nasty. Mean, Fighters on this roster?
There was a female president who resided over Spelman College back in the early ’90’s.
She was a key note speaker at Ebenezer Baptist Church to Memorialize Martin Luther King’s Birthday Celebration one year, her speech changed my LIFE forever & I went on to become a Doctor after that. Against – ALL ODDS! I went back to Graduate School and Mariculated at age 40:
She said:
There was a turtle traveling along a dirt path, and lying in wait – was a Lion. He was the King of the Jungle and all that he surveyed!
He saw the turtle coming his way and decided he would have turtle soup for lunch on this fine day. But, as the turtle traveled at a snails pace, the Lion decided he would take a little nap and upon awakening, the turtle should be right there in front of him & right on time for lunch.
As the Lion awakened, sure enough Mrs. Turtle was right on time. So, he picked her up and pressed her against his nose and said – Yum Yum I think I will have turtle soup for lunch.
The turtle replied, “Oh Mr. Lion, with your beautiful mane and fierce roar – You are King of the JUNGLE and ALL that you survey! If I got to go, then I got to go! But, before you eat me for lunch? Can you please put me down for 2 minutes and then have your way?”
The Lion said to himself, “Why Not? For, she could never escape me!”. So, he sat the turtle down.
That Turtle flipped backwards, then forward, she jumped up and down and all around – That turtle kicked and yelled and screamed and created a lot of dust and made one hell of a RUCKUS!!!!
When Mrs. Turtle was done – she said, “OK Mr. Lion – Thank You Very Much!”
The Lion scratched his head, and retorted, “I have worked up one hell of an appetite from just watching you – what was that RUCKUS all about?”
Mrs. Turtle replied, “Like I said, if I gotta go – then I gotta go….But, I want everybody that comes down this pathway to know – That I PUT up One Hell Of Fight!”
That’s all I ask the Hawks to do! FIGHT & FIGHT & FIGHT some more!
I will respect you more – I if you do!
o.O-Mac-Town -Macon, Georgia- Westsider-O.o
May 5th, 2010
1:10 am
well coached, undermanned/injured Utah team = competitive games with the Lakers
poorly coached, fully healthy Hawks team = ran out of the gym by Orlando, nearly every game
Josh Smildress
May 5th, 2010
1:11 am
Fire Woodson
Darrin "The Vent King"
May 5th, 2010
1:22 am
Maybe the NBA ought to think about invoking the skunk rule…good GOD.
Najeh Davenpoop
May 5th, 2010
1:35 am
Mac-Town beat me to it. If the Hawks had lost the same way the Jazz did, nobody would be complaining.
Najeh Davenpoop
May 5th, 2010
1:49 am
Chuck is now calling out the Hawks’ so-called leaders for not talking to the press after the game.
Najeh Davenpoop
May 5th, 2010
1:55 am
Before I go to sleep, I’m going to restate a question I asked during the game.
Those of you who adamantly insist that Woody is right not to play Teague — I’m looking at you, northcyde, Ree Roe, etc. — tell me one thing Bibby has done this postseason better than Teague.
Defense? Not even on his best day.
Moving the ball? No.
Getting in the lane? No.
Leadership? No.
Shooting? That’s the one thing you would expect, but even there, he’s shot well in three games and terrible in the other five.
So tell me, what exactly do the Hawks gain by playing Bibby over Teague? I’d love to know.
Grandad
May 5th, 2010
1:58 am
drmaryb:
You know I have the utmost respect.
But:
Did you see Wdsn’s demeanor on the bench…no fight.
Charles even said after the game:
“Wdsn needs to pull a Mike Brown & get mad.”…no fight
It’s been said many times & many ways on this board:
A team reflects the nature of it’s coach…no fight.
This team…players & coach quit tonight:
before the game ended…no fight.
Grandad
May 5th, 2010
2:03 am
Najeh:
Wdsn & his favorite student [MB] must go.
Right now I’m thinking a S & T for Joe
may be the best for all concerned.
drmaryb
May 5th, 2010
2:26 am
Grand-Daddy
I feel you man!
I have been saying ALL season long – that I am a Female Gladiator ! I got FIGHT in my HEART!
I had to FIGHT my Step- Daddy!
I had to FIGHT my Uncles!
I had to FIGHT my Brothers!
I had to FIGHT my Cousins!
I had to FIGHT racism – by becoming educated!
And if I had to? I will ALL twelve of them MAGICS!
I ain’t too scared to FIGHT! I am more afraid of LOSING!
They call me the Female “Tony – Robbins” in my profession!
I am the consumate PROFESSIONAL when I go to work everyday!
I FIGHT – Medicare! Blue Cross – Blue Shield, Aetna, Cigna, United Health Care, et.al.: On the Daily!
I do it with Class & Grace & Pragmatic Diplomacy! Hell, I do it for my patients & I DO IT for the bottom line of my business practice! Heck Grand-Daddy it’s – What I Do!
I don’t make a million dollars per year – I do it for the LOVE of Chiropractic!
So, my question is – Why Can’t The Hawks Do That?
I just don’t understand?
I’m going to watch that Movie that Dwight Howard said he watched to prepare his mind for this game:
The Perfect Warrior. Tomorrow Night. Why Can’t the Hawks do that to? They need to do something – besides trying to Figure it Out! Go – Figure! What they hell are they watching? I hope it’s NOT tonight’s game film! They don’t need to break that down – They need to burn that!!!!!!
I am Not – Laughing Out Loud tonight!!!!!!!!
Clyde
May 5th, 2010
2:31 am
Too much wine tonight for drmaryb. She watched the Hawks game got depressed and started drinking. Go to bed.
FIRE WOODY
drmaryb
May 5th, 2010
2:47 am
OK CLYDE!
I’ll Go to sleep now – you’re right! I am depressed because I waited and planned my whole day aroundthis game tonight. I turned down dinner plans with friends & turned my cellie off to watch that
Turr-ible Garbage!
Good Nite – CLYDE Baby!
Reese
May 5th, 2010
3:01 am
I really wish that just once, Woodson would take his chances with allowing Horford to play big minutes against Dwight Howard. Al is the best post defender on the team, and statistically, the best post defender in the league. History has shown that Dwight’s scoring against Al has been extremely limited. Tonight, I think he had a total of 4 points against Al, with Al not fouling him at all. Woodson obviously realizes how valuable Al is and that is why he wants to keep him out of foul trouble, but the strategy of taking him out of the game so early with just a single foul is hurting more than it is helping. Every single time Dwight Howard has a dominant game against the Hawks, Al plays very few minutes in comparison to his average. I’m sick of all the attention Woody puts on Dwight. He’s not the problem, the shooters are. Maybe by some miracle, Woody will try playing Dwight straight up with Al at some point in this series.
Najeh Davenpoop
May 5th, 2010
3:03 am
“Wdsn & his favorite student [MB] must go.
Right now I’m thinking a S & T for Joe
may be the best for all concerned.”
I really don’t have a beef with any of the players, including Joe, for the Hawks’ shortcomings. The Hawks just need a coach that is going to emphasize ball movement instead of encouraging ball-hoggery. I’m increasingly doubting the wisdom of giving him a max contract, although I can’t think of any halfway-decent alternative, but I think he can definitely thrive as the centerpiece of a better offensive scheme here in the ATL.
I don’t even really mind Bibby, but there’s no question in my mind that he’s a backup at this stage. The starting point guard job next year has to be Teague’s to lose from the first day in training camp.
FIRE WOODY
Reese
May 5th, 2010
3:10 am
If Teague wants to be the starting point guard for this team, he’s got a lot of work to do over the summer, because at the moment he is not even at bibby’s level. He definitely has the physical gifts to be a stud in this league, but his basketball fundamentals are extremely raw at this stage.
northcyde
May 5th, 2010
3:12 am
Najeh . . . you know what Bibby’s main asset is.
It’s the same asset that Derek Fisher possesses. It’s his ability to knock down jumpshots, especially when the double team comes to JJ. He’s our leading 3 point shooter in the playoffs so far. He was shooting 44% from three before tonight.
With the way this team is constructed, the guards MUST be able to knock down jumpshots. And not just during garbage time.
The one thing I’ve wanted to see Teague do, is dramatically affect a game just one time when the game is still in the balance. Not when the game is virtually over. During that time, there is no pressure on the kid. But when he’s in the game during the 2nd quarter, I just want to see if he can be a spark to a run, or play a high level of basketball for a mere 5 minutes.
Fact is . . whenever Teague enters a game with it still in the balance, he almost never affects the game. He’s just . . . . out there.
That’s why he doesn’t play, even with Bibby in decline.
He’s not going to be just given playing time, if he can’t even affect the game.
Jokeman 4000
May 5th, 2010
3:14 am
I Could Be Wrong But It Always Seems You Waste More Energy Playing Deffense Then On Offense. So With That Being Said…….
One Of The Greatest Coaches In BasketBall History Once Told His Team “If You Make Them Work Defensively They Will Pay Offensively”
Meaning Get Them Running Around Make Them Work On The Defensive End And It Will Pay Off For Your Team When Your Oppenents Are On The Offensive End. There Players Will Be To Fatigued To Really Focuse And Shoot With Efficiency *WORK=PAY*
Looks Like They Where More Concerned About Trying Not To Let Howard Look Good And Have Sport Center Type Plays Rather Then Playing BasketBall. He Will Get Blocks And Dunks There Is No Stoping SomeOne From Doing That Wear Him Down Drive In Make Him Use His Feet If Your Shoots Are Not Falling. If All U Do Is Shoot Then All He Has To Do Is Jump And Get The Rebound No Energy Wasted. Which Means He Will Be Fresh To Dominate On The Offensive Side. Make Him Work The More You Take It At Him The More He Will Get Mad And Try To To Block It Since It Will Seem Like You Dont Respect His Presence And After Awhile He Will Just Start Slaping At The Ball And Commit Frustration Fouls As Well As Get Fatigue. You Can Always Play Your Opponents Game Sometime As Well Drive And Dish To The Open Player Get Them Running Around. Make Them Chase You. Carter Had To Chase People Around On The Bobcats Cuz They Moved The Ball From On Side To Anohter Or Dribbled And Drove In And Pulled Out And Dished To An Open Player When There Man Would Leave To Double That Got Him Tired So As Result He Couldnt Get His Shot Off As Much Because Of Fatigue. Thats What Happened To The Hawks Tonight Magic Had Them Running Around Wore Them Down And As A Result The Hawks Were To Tired To Shoot Efficent Shots. Hawks Really Dribble Threw There Legs In The Same Spot Till The Shot Clock Is At 5 Then Shot And All The Defender Does Is Stand There And Jump No Wasted Energy On The Defenders Part At All.
bigdave
May 5th, 2010
3:18 am
Johnnetta B Cole…?
northcyde
May 5th, 2010
3:18 am
Salim Stoudamire > Jeff Teague
At least Salim could come into a game every blue moon, and make an impact.
Oh . . my bad . . Teague did show out in the final game of the season vs Cleveland, when he was basically given the green light to be “the man”. But he needs to learn how to be an impact player, while being a reserve.
Reese
May 5th, 2010
3:19 am
Jokeman, you make some great points above. I definitely think that some simple ball movement and player movement on the offensive end could do wonders for the Hawks both offensively and defensively. Also, attacking Dwight Howard with drives is a great strategy. It worked wonders for Gerald Wallace and Charlotte. If the Bobcats had more offensive firepower, they could have won that series.
northcyde
May 5th, 2010
3:33 am
As I’ve said . . . the Hawks have ONE SHOT in this series. . . and that is for JJ and Jamal to play at a very high level, especially offensively. They’re the 2 guys on this team who have the potential to carry the team offensively. If they can get going, that should make life a little easier for the others.
That’s the only way folks.
The job of those two in this series, is to prevent those scoring runs like you saw tonight . . . by making shots, whether they’re open shots or contested shots. When both of them play as horribly as they did tonight, especially JJ once again with the turnovers ( but not the shot attempts ), the result will be major blowouts.
That’s who we are. We’ve depended on those 2 all year for offense. So they have to lead us in that area.
Najeh Davenpoop
May 5th, 2010
3:40 am
“Najeh . . . you know what Bibby’s main asset is.
It’s the same asset that Derek Fisher possesses. It’s his ability to knock down jumpshots”
Bibby shot 8 for 9 in Game 1 against Milwaukee. Since then, he has shot 37% from the field. Considering that knocking down jump shots is his only ability left, he needs to be a hell of a lot more consistent than that.
“With the way this team is constructed, the guards MUST be able to knock down jumpshots.”
Nah. With the way this team is coached, the guards must be able to knock down jump shots. It’s not like the skill set of the players on the team prevent them from scoring in other ways. Mike Woodson prevents them from scoring in other ways by insisting that the Hawks run the one-on-five offense. If the Hawks were given plays to run, like every competent offense in the history of the NBA, they wouldn’t be so dependent on guards making shots.
The thing is, when I say that the starting job should be Teague’s to lose in training camp next year, it’s not because I think Teague is a great player. It’s because Bibby is DONE. D-O-N-E. He is basically Eddie House at this point, except he gets paid the mid-level exception. If the Hawks had a halfway competent starting point guard, I wouldn’t even be bringing up Teague’s name. The fact is, Bibby entered this season as an above average shooter and below average everything else, and now at the most important time of the season, he isn’t doing the ONE THING HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD AT. With that being the case, I’d much rather give Teague a shot to play consistent minutes with the starters and build confidence to show what he’s got rather than seeing the corpse of Bibby letting every opposing point guard in the world treat him like Ben Roethlisberger treats college co-eds.
“The one thing I’ve wanted to see Teague do, is dramatically affect a game just one time when the game is still in the balance.”
It’s hilarious that you keep saying Teague to make an impact to get more minutes. What the hell is Bibby’s impact, other than allowing every opposing point guard free reign to do whatever they want to do? He can’t defend, he doesn’t penetrate, he doesn’t set his teammates up with easy shots, and for all the hype about how great of a shooter he is, in FOUR SEPARATE MONTHS THIS YEAR, he shot under 40% from the field. He is DONE. Maybe Teague doesn’t make a huge positive impact — generally, rookies picked outside the lottery who play five minutes a game don’t — but at least he doesn’t make a tangible NEGATIVE impact.
Give me a f-cking break. Bibby is the 4th best point guard on this team behind Joe, Crawford, and Teague, and Horford is fast approaching at #5.
“Salim Stoudamire > Jeff Teague”
Now you are just f-cking delusional. Those flood waters must have really contaminated the drinking water supply up there. The only way Salim is better than Teague is if Bibby is guarding him.
vava74
May 5th, 2010
3:40 am
Charlie Rosen @ msn.foxsports.com:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/Orlando-Magic-simply-too-good-for-Atlanta-Hawks
Spot on as usual.
Jokeman 4000
May 5th, 2010
3:41 am
It Looks Like Joe And Crawford Are Starting This Series Off The Same Way They Did Last Series In Milwaukee Against The Bucks. Which Is Not Good. *REESE* Woodson Should Show Them That Film And Show Them How Affective It Was For Charlotte. Because Obviously The Film Hawks Watch Arent Films Of The Prior Games Cuz It Seems Its The Same Thing Thats Happened In The Reg Season. But I Think The Only 2 Guys That Really Want To Play This Series Are Josh Smith And Al Horford But Woodson Will Pull Horford Early If He Has 1 Foul Which Will Be Hard To Get Him Going If He Continues To Do So, And Josh Of Course Since He Grew Up With Howard Will Have Alot Of Energy And Try To Out Do Howard. But Those 3 Early Fouls Did Hurt Because He Had To Sit For One And He Couldnt Contest Shots As Hard Becasue He Didnt Want To Foul Out Early But The Rest Of Them Just Seem Like They Arent There. But I Do Think Like Everyone Else Horford Can Guard Howard And Do A Pretty Good Job On Him. And Also Whats The Point Of Taking Him Out Because If You Do There Will Be No Need To Put Him Back In Cuz We Will Be Down 40 B4 You Know It And You Will Have No Choice But 2 Bench All Your Starters Any Way Like Tonight So He Should Leave Him In And Let Him Play And Get Going. Just To Frustrate Howard A Little. Even If He Has 1 Or 2 Fouls
hot err
May 5th, 2010
3:41 am
This franchise is gonna continue to suck for the next 6-7 years if we give J.J. max money. Clearly he’s not worth it.
vava74
May 5th, 2010
3:50 am
Najeh,
You are 100% correct: Bibby is at this stage of his career strictly a spot shooter.
However, I think that 90% of the problem from his side is lack of effort.
A couple of quick examples: that off balance shot he made and that reverse lay up against the Bucks are examples of stuff that he could still do if:
1. He was in shape (weighing less 15/20 pounds);
2. He still played aggressive and brought effort.
Obviously he is not in position to consistently blow by defenders and get layups against Howard at this stage of his career, but he could try, like for instance Derek Fisher still does.
Fisher is fading fast but he always brings effort and aggressiveness. Even now that he is out right ancient.
Bibby pure and simply does not try to. He had a good game against the Bucks and now he “coasted” another game.
And where is the accountability? Nowhere, he’s Woody’s pet student and guaranteed a starting job even when he does not produce sh*t.
Jokeman 4000
May 5th, 2010
3:53 am
*Najeh Davenpoop* The Only Reason I Would Say Reason Woodson Keeps Bibby On The Floor Is Because He Is Considered A Shooter And Regardless Of How Bad He Is Shooting Hes Still A Shooter And A Veteran So A Defender Would Have To Be Near Him Or Up On Him, In Woodsons Eyes This Stretches The Deffense Just A Little To Where Joe Or Crawford Can Get To A Open Spot And Jack Up A Shoot. But With Teague Out There I Doubt If A Defender Would Play Him As Heavy Or Close Leaving Him A Lil Free To Contest Shots And Possible Double Team, And Woodsons Prob Sees That As It Would Be 5 vs 4 With The Advantage Going To The Other Team
northcyde
May 5th, 2010
3:57 am
We are NOT Charlotte.
We can’t play like Charlotte.
We must do what WE do.
That’s what we can’t deviate from. Asking this team to simply do things that they are not comfortable with doing, is only going to make the situation worse.
Mystikal
May 5th, 2010
4:00 am
We need to trade Bibby and Marvin Williams for some draft picks or whatever we can get. Then we need to be @ Chris Bosh doorstep the first second of free agency and offer him a percentage of the team if necessary!!!!!!!!!!
Jokeman 4000
May 5th, 2010
4:03 am
*North Clyde* Im Assuming That Comment Was Directed To One Of My Previous Comments Lol.
But I Wasnt Say Play Like Them I Was Just Saying Just Drive In Even If You Know Your Shot Will Be Contested Like Crawford He Is Good At Driving In The Lanes He Should Use That You Never No How A Game Can Change When You Be Aggresive And Take The Ball To The Rim. Calls Could Start Going Your Way 2 More Free Throw Attempts, Other Team Foul Trouble, Open Players From The Corners Etc Just Alot Can Happen.
Mystikal
May 5th, 2010
4:05 am
Also learn to draft players with some heart from now on. More Al Horford, less Marvin Williams. We need to get up high in the first round to get a center to develop (Hassan Whiteside). And later look at some guys who have skill and heart to go with their talent (Armon Johnson, Elliott Williams, Jordan Crawford, Greivis Vasquez).
Jokeman 4000
May 5th, 2010
4:10 am
Since Josh Loves To Shoot So Much Maybe They Should Sign Chris Bosh And Put Him At Power Forward Bench Marvin And Put Smith At Small Forward Lmao That Would Be The Funniest Line Up Ever. Bibby, Crawford, Smith, Bosh, And Horford
Bones
May 5th, 2010
4:37 am
Just out of curiosity, do you guys like Teague is an upgrade over Acie Law? He’s definitely more athletic, but Acie could actually shoot the ball moderately well when he came into the league.
jeff
May 5th, 2010
5:45 am
If ISO JOE doesn’t share the ball it will be four and done, All-Star or not, those other players on the court helped him become an all-star. If he would just pass the ball, he would get more shots than he thinks.
What a Joke!
jeff
May 5th, 2010
5:48 am
Jokeman- With ISO JOE on the floor it is 1 on 5. Everyone knows he is going to ISO and shoot when he gets the ball. Even Mchale said last night that Joe needed to pass the ball. No one can win 1 on 5 not even ISO JOE and his all-star status.
vava74
May 5th, 2010
6:13 am
Teague’s shot will be OK.
Last night he sunk 2/3 from 3 point land (the other was an half court shot at the buzzer).
He had two lay ups blocked and missed two floaters. Both situations are due to lack of experience, not a lack of shot.
vava74
May 5th, 2010
6:15 am
So, if you take the half court shot, he was 3 for 8 from the floor, which is just 1 shot away from being .500.
A modicum of improvement in his decision making at the rim and a little less jitters when going for his floater and he will be just fine.
If Teague is not starting next year, I would not even bother watching the Hawks.
vava74
May 5th, 2010
6:26 am
JJ’s problem is that he is being badly utilized by Woody.
We have no offensive system (set plays), no ball nor player movement and against a good defensive team, ISO-Joe, ISO-Jamal, ISO-Al, ISO-Josh gets exposed.
Heck, it does not even have to be a good defensive team, it enough that a team plays Zone D against us that our scoring plummets.
Wabe
May 5th, 2010
6:40 am
Salim Stoudamire > Jeff Teague
At least Salim could come into a game every blue moon, and make an impact.
Oh . . my bad . . Teague did show out in the final game of the season vs Cleveland, when he was basically given the green light to be “the man”. But he needs to learn how to be an impact player, while being a reserve.
You’re kidding right? Common now n-o-r-t-h-c-y-d-e (wanted to make sure I got it right this time), we get beat down by 40, and you come on this board picking on Jeff Teague?
If the guy did something last night, he would’ve been creditted for doing it in “garbage time”, which obviously means nothing to you guys.
Take Mike Bibby for what he is. At this point in his career, he’s a spot-shooter. Spot-shooter should be getting spot-time…
Don’t come at Jeff Teague for not “performing” to the level you’d like him to in a 45 point blowout after watching him get limitted minutes the entire season. That’s sad. You’ve been one of Teague’s biggest critics, but you never point to Mike Bibby’s performance. What “impact” did Mike Bibby have on yesterday’s game?
And you come on here pointing to Jeff Teague’s time on the floor in a 45 point blowout?
As a wiseman said in a youtube video:
“Get – the – F- out!”
No, but seriously, I don’t know where you’re coming from with that JT0 BS. It’s like, the starters dig us into a 45 point hole, and that’s what it takes for this kid to get on the floor…
Should you be complaining? You’ve been defending Woody for not playing the kid, even though the bar is as low as it is.
He’s not gonna get any better watching Bibby shoot 1-5 in 20 minutes for 2 points. Is that supposed to up his confidence? Watching Mike Bibby doing nothing and still know he can’t get in the game?
Wabe
May 5th, 2010
6:41 am
“Salim Stoudamire > Jeff Teague
At least Salim could come into a game every blue moon, and make an impact.
Oh . . my bad . . Teague did show out in the final game of the season vs Cleveland, when he was basically given the green light to be “the man”. But he needs to learn how to be an impact player, while being a reserve.”
That should’ve been in quotes. Not my words.
Wabe
May 5th, 2010
6:52 am
And *coach*,
Are you a career counselor? I believe being a “motivator” is just part of your job description. It’s as if, everytime we lose, we “lack the energy” or “the guys didn’t have the juice tonight”.
Seriously? I’m tired of hearing this.
You’re not a cheerleader. We better see a different approach as to how you defend Howard, because it’s obvious using up our fouls early left us in the position where we were forced to double, leaving the shooters open.
I know it’s basically “pick your poison”, but, let Howard try to get his 25 dunks for 50 points. If Howard scores a bucket, we’re basically taking jabs. Sure, they’ll hurt, but we won’t get KO’d as quick.
When you get the shooters going, you’re taking a flurry of blows. The doors are open for them to do their thing. It plays into what they wanna do. Get teams frustrated enough with Howard to open up the inside/out game. It becomes a barrage real quick.
You saw what happened when we opened the door for the shooters to get going. That’s what a flurry of blows does. We got KO’d, quick.
You better start motivating *coach*, seeing as though that’s all you seem to know how to do. Get the guys on some OJ, and hope they have more juice the next game.
Wabe
May 5th, 2010
7:00 am
And back to the JT0 real quick for northcyde.
Jeff Teague: 17 minutes played, 8 points, 1 assists, 2 boards, 2 TO’s.
Mike Bibby: 19 minutes played, 2 points, 3 assists, 0 boards, 1 TO.
And I’d like you to point something else out. Let’s say JT0 goes off last night in garbage time. Let’s say he makes “an impact” and goes for 20-10 in 17 minutes.
HE STILL WOULDN’T SEE THE FLOOR IN MEANINGFUL MOMENTS IN THIS SERIES.
What difference does it make?
VenomSpitter
May 5th, 2010
7:05 am
Northcyde shows once again he doesn’t know anything by trying to criticize Teague in a blowout loss.
Wabe
May 5th, 2010
7:07 am
Take this issue about “garbage time” out of the picture, since it means nothing to you, and tell me, hold up one second:
northcyde: “At least Salim could come into a game every blue moon, and make an impact.”
Who had the bigger impact? Just look at the stats.
Even if JT0 is struggling, you know he has other things to offer the team other than scoring. If Bibby’s not scoring, WHAT THE HELL DOES HE OFFER US? Even if Teague’s struggling, you know he’s still gonna run. You know he’s quick enough to stay in front of guys Bibby can’t. You know he’s a walking-assist.
I shouldn’t say “you know”, because you obviously don’t know.
Rock Preston
May 5th, 2010
7:07 am
I think we all know what needs to happen with this team in the offseason. We all are tired of this same song and dance mess. These cats never own up to being bad and unprofessional. All starts with the coach since the current GM didnt hire him. Bye Woody and Joke Johnson.
Wabe
May 5th, 2010
7:09 am
Let’s throw garbage time out of the picture, since it obviously doesn’t mean anything, and just take a look at those numbers. And tell me northcyde, one second:
northcyde: “At least Salim could come into a game every blue moon, and make an impact.”
Who made the bigger impact?
terrell
May 5th, 2010
7:18 am
Still tired from Sunday maybe???
Wabe
May 5th, 2010
7:21 am
Najeh
“With that being the case, I’d much rather give Teague a shot to play consistent minutes with the starters and build confidence to show what he’s got rather than seeing the corpse of Bibby letting every opposing point guard in the world treat him like Ben Roethlisberger treats college co-eds.”
Co-sign. That is too funny!!!!!!!!!!
Wabe
May 5th, 2010
7:23 am
Damn, I could’ve saved a whole lot of typing if I had just co-signed Najeh’s 3:50 post.
Oh well, co-sign Najeh. I’m with you 100%.
O'Brien
May 5th, 2010
7:42 am
First, the good. This still only counts as one loss. And we get to play them tomorrow night again.
The bad: Everything else.
JJ’s last 4 games: 6-16, 8-24, 4-14, and 4-11 tonight. You expect more from a player looking for a max contract, someone who said he wants to prove he belongs in the ‘elite’ conversation. Maybe he’s tired…
Once again, Crawford struggled against the Magic. 4-13, 4-14, 6-17, 4-14, and 1-11 in 5 games against the Magic. And we got outrebounded by 18.
Bottomline: Woody coached like crap, and the players played like crap.
@ northcyde,
You always point to the team, while seemingly ignoring Woody’s contributions to the problem.
““With the way this team is constructed, the guards MUST be able to knock down jumpshots.”
Najeh is right. It’s not how the team is constructed, it’s how the team is coached.
“Asking this team to simply do things that they are not comfortable with doing, is only going to make the situation worse”.
Why are they not comfortable doing anything else besides shoot jump shots? That comes back to coaching.
“We have to come up with a different game plan because what we have been doing hasn’t been working,” Al said.
A big part of that falls on coaching.
But hey, look on the bright side. The Hawks were #4 in offensive efficiency during the season.
Curious
May 5th, 2010
8:00 am
@Jokeman 4000 : Is that a computer program that capitalizes the first letter of EVERY word?
JOE
May 5th, 2010
8:02 am
SOFT !!!!!!!!!
Nacho
May 5th, 2010
8:03 am
I was thinking, why even play Bibby? Why not start Mo? Atleast he can play defense.
Has anyone ever seen an example of a team with out direction, without coaching, with out managing.
Woody should be fired!
Four More Years
May 5th, 2010
8:06 am
To be effective, JJ has to be the number 2 option. He has to be the guy that the ball is kicked out to after penetration, but he has to be guarded 1 on 1…(.the other team cannot double him because they have to double the number 1 option.) This means that the Hawks must have a #1 option to make JJ effective which they do not have. The only way to get a #1 option is to sign and trade JJ. Oh yeah…for anything to work, you must get rid of Woodson also.
LOL good luck with that.
Four More Years
May 5th, 2010
8:09 am
Oh yeah I forgot. They also must get a new ownership group. Once again….LOL good luck with that
Section 303
May 5th, 2010
8:33 am
Only good thing I can say about last night’s game is that it was so bad that it wasn’t bad. How can you, as a fan, even be upset when your team is so overmatched?
I really do not see this getting any better. The Hawks won’t lose by 40-something, again. They will probably lose each game by double digits, though.
Another sad effort. Like all of you, I’m getting sick of it. Team is just not as far along as I thought they were.
terrell
May 5th, 2010
8:45 am
Woody said “We didn’t play Atlanta Hawks basketball tonight”. Sure looked like the Hawks to me.
doc
May 5th, 2010
8:48 am
WOODSON IT AINT THE DEFENSE THAT IS KILLING YOU. YOU CANT WIN IF YOU CANT SCORE THE BALL!
IT DOESNT MATTER HOW YOU PLAY DEFENSE IF YOU COME UP THE FLOOR AND DONT SCORE. NOW WHY CANT YOU GET THE BALL IN THE HOLE AGAINST THIS TEAM?
SURE THE DEFENSE ISNT GOOD BUT THE OFFENSE IS DIV 3 LEVEL. HAVE YOU FIGURED OUT WHAT THEIR DEFENSE IS DOING TO YOU YET? DUDE IT AINT ALL ABOUT NOT MAKING SHOTS, WE CANT EVEN DRIBBLE AGAINST THEM!
tired of yelling.
did anyone else see the resignation in horford as he came out of the game?
could they make a tape of josh jumping up and down like a three year old and embarrass the h3ll out of him? josh grow up finally will you?
News and Notes from the Hawks Game One loss in Orlando | Soaring Down South | An Atlanta Hawks blog
May 5th, 2010
8:50 am
[...] Hawks Beat writer Michael Cunningham talks about the Hawks offensive struggles: – That’s true but do the Hawks hope to hold the Magic to 70 points? The 10-point second quarter was something that shouldn’t happen in the playoffs. The Hawks had seven turnovers and four field goals in the period. The Magic rebounded 11 of their 13 misses. [...]
JeJe
May 5th, 2010
8:58 am
CHARLOTTE GOT DWIGHT INTO FOUL TROUBLE BUT WE CAN’T!
LOL
ALL SVG SAID AFTER THE 1ST WAS: “OK GUYS YOUR RUST WAS WORKED OFF IN THE 1ST. LET’S DESTROY THIS TEAM.”
WHAT A JOKE. THE MAGIC SAY THEY HAVE TO FORGET ABOUT GM 1 AND COME BACK TOMORROW, BUT WE KNOW THEY THINK WE’RE THE LAUGHINGSTOCK OF THE PLAYOFFS
JeJe
May 5th, 2010
9:03 am
WOW DID JEFF TEAGUE LOOK BAD LAST NIGHT
IDK IF IT’S CUZ HE SUCKS OR BECAUSE WOODSON DRAINED ALL HIS CONFIDENCE
EITHER WAY,
FIRE WOODY
Hawks get flushed
May 5th, 2010
9:04 am
Nice game did the hawks play are was it AAA players on court my Gosh n gravy on Biscuits. Jazz out man n and out classed n plays with gusto n so do suns what we play like are school girls I told u morons we lose 4-0 in series n we there say Bye to U stupid coach n GM to get Bobby knight as GM and get a top notch NBA fellow who brains not nose!
JeJe
May 5th, 2010
9:14 am
“Woody said “We didn’t play Atlanta Hawks basketball tonight”.
Go watch every Cav/Magic game from the last 2 years except for our wins (like 3/12) and we played the EXACT same way.
Again, all that matters is that we lose the last game of the series by 40. Whatever gets Woody fired
JeJe
May 5th, 2010
9:15 am
JOE JOHNSON U ARE A JOKE
DID U ALL SEE THE MAGIC GETTING MAD WHEN THEY WERE CALLED FOR FOULS UP 30
THEY WANT TO WIN
WE SUCK
jg
May 5th, 2010
9:28 am
two words: total embarrassment
The Truth
May 5th, 2010
9:32 am
Because Woody underutilized Collins during the regular season, he is now stuck in a “oh-sh!t” mode with very few options to counter the “Beat-Down”. Clearly Collins would be the best option to neutralized Howard because of his size. But since he hadn’t played much during the regular season with the starters, he looked “out of place” and rusty as a bench-warmer (which he is). He got no love from the Ref because they perceived him as a “nobody”. If he had played more minutes during the regular season, perhaps his status would have been elevated for these playoff games. Clearly those very bad calls made against him were due to his “nobody” playing status. We all should know that Collins claim to fame was his excellent defense against Shaq in the past. He is certainly strong enough to handle Howard in the paint but he needs more playing time to get adjusted. That did not happen and his utilization was aborted entirely the second half. When Al got in foul trouble and then Collins got abused by Howard clearly was the first turning point of the game and precipitated the “Beat-Down”.
When Cheryl Miller questioned Woody reasoning for putting Collins in the game so early instead of Zaza, he gave a political answer to suggest he was saving Zaza for later; as if to suggest that Zaza was his “Big Gun”. Well after Zaza performance against Dwight, it is safe to say the Woody is in an “oh-sh!t” mode right now.
terrell
May 5th, 2010
9:36 am
“Salim > Jeff Teague”. LMAO!
terrell
May 5th, 2010
9:39 am
Teague got maybe 10 sec a game in the reg season, and you guys expect him to come in a 2nd rd playoff, on the road, and play well? Dont blame Teague, blame your hero!
Josh
May 5th, 2010
9:40 am
The Hawks have no Heart!!!
Let JJ leave, he isn’t worth a max contract
FIRE Woody
terrell
May 5th, 2010
9:40 am
I meant a 2nd rd playoff game.
Najeh Davenpoop
May 5th, 2010
9:43 am
“You are 100% correct: Bibby is at this stage of his career strictly a spot shooter.
However, I think that 90% of the problem from his side is lack of effort.”
Maybe if our dearly beloved coach held EVERYONE on the team accountable, instead of benching his rookies after every mistake while letting his veterans show up overweight and give less than 100% effort, the team wouldn’t be getting blown out by 40 points in a playoff game on national TV.
FIRE WOODY
terrell
May 5th, 2010
9:44 am
JJ might not be worth max $, but if he leaves, we wont sniff the Playoffs next year. He’s struggling with his offense right now, but unless we want to go back to the gutter of the Eastern Conference, we have to re-sign him.
terrell
May 5th, 2010
9:45 am
Agreed Najeh.
terrell
May 5th, 2010
9:47 am
Najeh, I dont know about lack of effortr on Bibby’s part. He’s just too damn old. lol!
Najeh Davenpoop
May 5th, 2010
9:49 am
For the record, I’m not saying the Hawks should get rid of Bibby in that strongly worded post above. I am saying that he should be coming off the bench in short spurts to stretch the defense during the increasingly rare stretches when his shot is actually falling as opposed to starting. My post above is meant to criticize Woody for refusing to accept that he’s not a starter anymore, not Bibby for declining like everyone does eventually.
No id
May 5th, 2010
9:49 am
I was waiting for Woodson to pull a Mike Brown while talking with the press. Unfortunately he pulled a Mike Woodson with the same sorry quotes he says after every loss. “We just didn’t have it”, “They outplayed us”..This is has been repeated so many times that its not even funny anymore.
jeff
May 5th, 2010
9:50 am
re-sign him only if the incentives inculde 30 passes a game and 10 assists. Won’t make the playoffs? Is he the only player on the team? We can sign two or three quality players for his salary.
Ken Strickland
May 5th, 2010
9:53 am
It’s truly amazing how everyone seems to think Orlando’s DHoward is our only match up problem. While Orlando obviously has a match up advantage at C that it exploits, but against us it also has a big advantage at PG. Woodson continues to stubbornly think he can hide Bibby’s DEF liabilities on the court and Teague on the bench.
Having said that, I must also acknowledge the whipping we received last night was on the players, not Woodson. However, who do you blame when the HC complains all season long to the media about wanting and needing more ball movement, yet does and says absolutely nothing as the same player(s)s eliminate any ball movement with their ISO’s and one on one play? During the gm, Woodson has nothing to say whatsoever when JJ goes ISO and refuses to allow any ball movement, even when it results in nothing but turnovers.
There’s not much else that can be said about what happened last night. Let’s hope we get a much better effort from the players next gm.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bpullin
May 5th, 2010
9:54 am
Johnson and Smith are not superstars. They are Scotty Pippen types, and they don’t have their Michael Jordan. Neither one of them has the skill or the heart to lead a team to victory game after game. Neither one of them can step up and carry a team in the 4th quarter, like LeBron does.
Should be a very short series. I will be surprised if it goes past four games.
jeff
May 5th, 2010
9:55 am
Word is that the Hawks are going to dinner tonight to iron out their differences. lol
Gamer
May 5th, 2010
10:05 am
Only Game#1 folks. No post season team would have beaten Orlando last night..Not Lakers or Cavaliers..They ran the floor like generals..
Hawks players will find their will and make a way to win in Orlando..
MAKE BEDLAM HAWKS!!! STRIKE FRIGHT INTO YOUR OPPONENT!!!
jeff
May 5th, 2010
10:08 am
Gamer are you Woody in disguise? Shouldn’t you be at practice or watching tape?
Andy
May 5th, 2010
10:14 am
The way the players talk it sounds like they didn’t give up, but at the same time the Magic are not 40 points better–one of those explanations has to be wrong. I think (and hope) that they just gave up, since otherwise they have no chance in this series. Giving up in a playoff game, though, is inexcusable. Where is the fire? Where is the never-say-die attitude? Where is the leadership, the spark that ignites the rest of the team to soldier on, despite setbacks? Where is the heart they showed in games 6 and 7 of the last series? These Hawks are talented, but they give up way too easy, to really endear themselves to fans. Even when losing they should go down fighting. I thought J. Crawford had more sense than to say that it’s worse to lose by 1 point. What kind of competitive spirit is that? Here’s this team’s new slogan: “If you’re gonna lose, lose big.”
i_am_soulstar
May 5th, 2010
10:20 am
It’s just one game guys, they need your support still. Perhaps this butt whupping will be motivation. I’ve never know the Hawks at full strength to take too many of those without responding. Go Hawks.
northcyde
May 5th, 2010
10:23 am
Nobody is picking on Teague. I just get tired of everybody talking about how he may be a possible solution.
Take away his playing time in blowout wins and losses ( and in that final game ), and what has Teague done? Not a damn thing. People just want him to play by default. Not because he’s proven that he can impact a game when he steps on the floor.
The argument made on this board is that . . . “Well, Bibby sucks . . so we might as well play Teague.”
Honestly . . . that’s the same argument people use for justifying playing Mo Evans over Marvin.
“Marvin sucks . . so we need to play Mo Evans in place of him.”
Forget that MO SUCKS TOO . . just play Mo over Marvin.
That’s the mentality around here. That’s why I’ll challenge people everytime Teague’s name is brought up. What is going on with the Hawks has nothing to do with Teague. That’s on the coach and the core players. But Teague is not the solution to ANYTHING around here either.
JeJe
May 5th, 2010
10:26 am
“Only Game#1 folks.”
Bullsh!t. This series is over in 4, just like I predicted.
magic were rusty for one quarter.
The Magic rusty = same score as us or a little better
The Magic’s bench could beat our starters
JeJe
May 5th, 2010
10:34 am
“Take away his playing time in blowout wins and losses ( and in that final game ), and what has Teague done? Not a damn thing. ”
THAT’S BECAUSE HE DOESN’T !@#$ING PLAY IN NON-BLOWOUT SITUATIONS. HOW HARD IS THIS TO SEE? PUTTING HIM IN FOR 3 MINUTES WILL ACCOMPLISH NOTHING.
AND PLAYING HIM THESE 3 MINUTES ONLY MAKES HIS CONFIDENCE GO DOWN. IT’S OBVIOUS HE IS ATHLETIC AND CAN DEFEND PLAYERS
JeJe
May 5th, 2010
10:35 am
MIKE WOODSON HATES ROOKIE POINT GUARDS. IT’S THAT SIMPLE. HE TRIES TO BE LIKE LARRY BROWN, BUT ISN’T.
Grandad
May 5th, 2010
10:39 am
northcyde – Comparing Bibby to Fisher is apples to oranges in that
fisher is running the “Triangle” which does not have traditional
pt. guard responsibilities.
Also ‘Salim’ was an undersized [2] not a pt. guard, so, once again comparing apples to oranges [Teaguer/Salim].
Thirdly – when Teague gets in [with 1st unit guys] he just passes to Jamal or Bibby & cuts thru the lane then stand in the corner opposite the ball with no real part of what is going on.
Najeh – I like Joe, & agree in a proper system he would be a different player, its just that maybe it’s time to let the younger kids be our core…grow & build around Al, Josh, Jeff et al.
I do agree with all you said with the exception of Bibby:
He must go the way of Wdsn. Clean break.
Jeff Teague starting pt. guard – day 1.
We must see if he is our future @ the pos.
*Mike Budenholzer/S A Spurs/’Pops’lead asst./[14 yrs. wi. S.A.total]
northcyde
May 5th, 2010
10:58 am
Yesterday . . . I just think Woody got “too cute” with the “plan”.
A guy like Jason Collins should not step foot on the floor, because he is a garbage basketball player, and has always been a garbage basketball player. Whatever defensive prowess he brought as a player 5 – 6 years ago, is LONG GONE. He should not step foot on the floor, unless its an emergency situation.
The same goes for Joe Smith. I said as soon as we signed that dude, that we’d be much better playing Marvin as the 3rd PF ( behind Horford . . when he comes back into a game and plays alongside Zaza ). Rotation minutes should not be wasted on Joe Smith either, because he’s neither a scoring threat or a better defensive option.
I don’t agree with Mark Bradley much, but during his in-game blog, he pointed out how everything started to become unraveled when Woody played extra people, instead of going with his regular rotation. Woody had a lineup out there in which he and Marvin were really the only legit offensive threats on the floor.
All I’m saying is that you have to go with WHAT and WHO got you here.
You do what you are comfortable and accustomed to doing. If you’re a passing football team, but weak running the ball . . you don’t try to run it down a team’s throat, just because your opponent is weak against the run. No . . you have do what YOU DO. Not change your style according to what your opponent does.
The same goes for a basketball team. If you’re a run and gun team, you can’t change your style to play a slow paced game, because that is NOT what you do. If you’re a team whose strength is having your 2 guards control the game, especially in the halfcourt, you cannot deviate from that. The 2 guards just have to understand that they need to play MUCH BETTER, in order for the team to succeed.
**************************
And I’ll say this too.
A lot of you complain about JJ shooting the ball and not passing, but on the flip side want him to play worthy of getting a MAX contract. JJ definitely stunk it up last night, especially with all of those turnovers. But you guys can’t have this both ways on the JJ issue.
JJ CANNOT be a decoy in this series, and the Hawks pull this out. He has to SHOOT and SCORE the basketball, which means that he has to get up shots, whether they’re contested or open. If other people are open, then of course get them the ball to see if they can knock down shots. But if you have a guy who has proven that he can take and make tough shots, then you have to let him do what he do. He has to get up his shots.
My major problem with JJ last night is the same problem that I had with him in that 4th quarter of Game 5 vs Milwaukee. The fact that he wasn’t getting up shots, combined with the turnovers, was the major problem. If anything, he needs to stop all of the dribbling, and just take a few jab steps and take the shot.
JJ has to establish himself SCORING THE BASKETBALL, as well as get everyone else involved. He is the focal point of the offense. He’s the one that the Magic was throwing a soft double team at ( when JJ tried to post up ). So if guarded one on one, JJ needs to look to score. If the double comes, get the ball to the open shooter.
But he has to get shots up. Having 6 shot attempts in the first half, during a time in which the Hawks are in the process of getting blown out, is what can’t happen anymore. He got up ONE SHOT in that 2nd quarter, but had 4 turnovers ( trying to do too damn much ). Sometimes, he simply needs to trust his jumpshot.
This series is NOT going to be won by trying to get Dwight Howard into foul trouble. We’re not equipped as a team to do that. The Hawks simply have to make every effort to get out on the break and get transition baskets. And when we get in the halfcourt offense, the Hawks must make open jumpshots, as well as a few contested ones.
The Truth
May 5th, 2010
11:10 am
If Stan Van Gundy is going to continue to play the “Beat-Down” strategy even after an Orlando win is imminent, Woody should make him pay by committing very hard fouls to his key starters by our bench warmers. This would send a clear message that he is provoking injury risks to his players with his “art of war humiliation” strategy. If he’s not careful, the adolescent egocentric behavior Van Gundy is showing as a coach could backfire on him. If they were to lose Dwight to an unfortunate injury, Gundy would be the blame and their season would be prematurely over. All of this just to humiliate the Hawks.
northcyde
May 5th, 2010
11:19 am
Grandad . . what you say is all true. But even in Fisher’s situation, it’s not like Fisher is moving all around, cutting to the basket, etc. In essence, he and Bibby are doing the same thing . . . playing off of the main scoring option, whether it be Kobe or Gasol. All Fisher does, is float out on the perimeter, waiting on someone to toss the ball out to him. He’s doing nothing different than what Bibby is doing.
And this is what I’ll say about Teague. When he is in the game with the 1st unit, couldn’t he take it upon himself to try to do something outside of the set offense, to try to make an impact? Couldn’t he get the ball, and push it up the floor, even if the coach instructs him to get the ball to JJ or Jamal?
Sometimes in basketball, you just have to go out and get yours. That’s exactly the mentality that Smoove has, when he grabs a rebound and starts a one-man fast break on his own. Sometimes it results in a turnover, other times it results in him taking it all the way to the rim for a score.
Najeh said that Teague had better leadership qualities than Bibby. Well, part of being a leader is assessing a situation, and doing what you think is the best thing to do. I don’t blame Teague for following the “plan”. But sometimes when you see something on the court, and you know you can make a positive play, you deviate from the “plan” and do what you need to do to make the positive play. That’s true leadership right there. Hopefully Teague will develop that quality throughout his NBA career.
But this discussion isn’t about Teague. It’s about what the Hawks need to do in order to be competitive in this series.
And the more I think about it, the more I believe that INITIALLY, the Hawks should double the hell out of Dwight Howard in the 1st quarter of the game to get the ball out of his hands. That’ll protect our big people from getting in foul trouble, and it will force the Magic to make jumpshots right out of the gate.
If they miss, then PUSH THE BALL DOWN THEIR THROATS and try to score in transition. If it’s not there on the break, then you’ll still have an opportunity to get an open shot, while the Magic are still in a little bit of scramble mode. That’s been a big part of the Hawks success this year.
This is who they are.
Hawks, don’t deviate from who you are.
jeff
May 5th, 2010
11:20 am
Isn’t it funny though when the Magic was up 40 plus, they didn’t ISO to pad their individual stats they still laid on the throttle and played good basketball! We can’t do that more than one or two possessions in a quarter, heck maybe for the game. We have too many players with the “I” factor and not real team players. JJ is looking for a big contract and is being distracted regardless of what he claims. He is trying to prove to the NBA and himself that he is worth a big fat contract again, and it is going to back-fire on him. If he shares the ball we will win two games! If he continues to ISO, we will get swept.
AG
May 5th, 2010
11:23 am
Looking at how the NBA is evolving, PG’s who are quick and get to the rack are starting to dominate. Look at Rondo, Jennings, guys with terrible J’s, but can do other things. The guys lack pride. The guys lack fight! When they were up 30 and still shooting three’s, the Hawks should have start fouling – making every shot tough. Turning all those smiles to concern if that player shot the ball. I mean, pick up six fouls and sit down. Atlanta could blow Milwaukee out of the building, but each time they came back and made the game look closer than it was. Anyway, the only good thing is it was just one game.
AG
May 5th, 2010
11:26 am
The Hawks should look at the tapes of the Pistons who won the championship. They had no superstars, but a group of good players. The Hawks are successful when we have 4-6 guys in double figures. People keep wanting a superstar, D. Wade and C. Anthony lead the league in playoff scoring, and it earned them an early vacation.
FromUpNorth
May 5th, 2010
11:30 am
@JeJe: “The Magic’s bench could beat our starters”
Let me correct that….the kids who mop up the sweat from the Orlando Magic’s court could have beaten our starters last night.
Sad excuse for a game. At least remain competitive for MORE THAN ONE QUARTER, guys. It seems like everyone – coach & players – gave up once the Magic shooters got hot in the 2nd qtr. You can’t have that lack of competitive spirit and expect to compete at an NBA-level, you just can’t.
AG
May 5th, 2010
11:32 am
I disagree with NorthClyde to double Howard. It opens up the jumpshooters and exposes us to long rebounds. It can work only if the other players cut off the passing angles (Howard made passes to players who were guarded but the defender did not cut off those long passes- maybe a type of zone when he catches the ball
The Truth
May 5th, 2010
11:32 am
AG
“People keep wanting a superstar, D. Wade and C. Anthony lead the league in playoff scoring, and it earned them an early vacation.”
Good point
FromUpNorth
May 5th, 2010
11:37 am
Co-sign with AG, a superstar player on the Hawks (a la D. Wade) will only continue to camoflauge the underlying issues on the rest of the team. We’ve had a couple seasons like that already – the team winning games in spite of their flaws. The Hawks are frustratingly talented at certain spots, but they are IMO the most flawed team that was in the playoffs. I’d rather overhaul the coaching staff/team and get a more solid core of players than blow $$$ on one guy. Just one girl’s opinion.
iishmafia
May 5th, 2010
11:42 am
So “woody” erstwhile NBA Hall of Fame Coach -NOT- says the Hawks “didn’t play Atlanta Hawks basketball” last night. I beg to differ, that’s exactly Hawks basketball -unprepared -uninspired-unknowing-and uncoached-
Dwayne
May 5th, 2010
11:48 am
Hawks have to win the 3 they get at home, they sure won’t beat the Magic in Orlando. Even tho they lose the series 4-3, the owners, known affectionatly as the Atlanta Spirit Clowns, the Octocluster, or the Atlanta A$$ Clowns can use the extra cash to spend in free agency on the Thrashers. Oh yeah, Joe Johnson will not be back next year. So there is some more money to spend on YOUR Atlanta Thrashers!!!!
Grandad
May 5th, 2010
11:52 am
northcyde – being a complete basketball player (which Joe is)
does not mean becoming a decoy. However, being an elite/*Great
baketball player, can be defined by:
“raising the level of your teammates play”.
Even though, as stated, Joe being a [complete player]
he does not fulfill the definition of *greatness.
Can we blame the loss on him, last eveing? No.
Did he revert to [1 on 5] play *ignoring open teammates? Yes
*see Bradley column
Did Joe quit? Yes.
Did Bibby quit? *I think he quit before the game started.
*Comments after game 7 (Bucks):
tired, didn’t want to think about next series, just wanted to rest.
*Barkley – “As the play-offs advance you get more & more energized,
you are not tired, you are excited & happy, adrenalin pumpin’,
you’re not tired” [paraphrase].
Wdsn & Iso-Joe/Jamal:
Orlando used the same def. that good teams always use to counter
‘Iso’. They doule & release. [not a hedge]
They stay with the double as Joe or Jamal pound the ball
& give ground then release when J or J has been pushed back
near half ct. Neither of the two J’s give the ball up to an
open teammate when doubled, therefore no fear of being exposed
in the back of the defense. They know that Joe & or Jamal
will attemt to dribble out of the double,
giving ground & burning shot clock.
*Good strategery against us!
northcyde
May 5th, 2010
11:54 am
@ Michael Cunningham
This is kind of what I was talking about yesterday, when people probably should’ve been talking about our offense, instead of focusing on what we needed to do on defense. Because on defense, it truly is “pick your poison”.
But it’s these major runs that Orlando goes on, that are killing us. Runs in which the Hawks are missing open shots, missing contested lay-ups, not getting to the foul line, and turning the ball over.
You have to be able to score on this Magic team, as well as limit what they do offensively. People can’t get it twisted on what the main problem is offensively . . . making shots. Back in the game in March, we survived that initial run that they went on because we started making jumpshots in that 2nd quarter . . . long jumpshots. Bibby, Mo Evans, and Crawford combined to make 5 threes in that quarter.
And while eveyone HATES ISO-JJ, the element to ISO-JJ that is never talked about, are the open jumpshots that he creates when the double team comes to him and he passes the ball out to shooters. In that same game in the 3rd quarter, JJ had 6 assists . . . all which came via midrange jumpshots to Horford or Bibby.
That’s the “sharing of the ball” that people talk about. But it only can happen if people are making shots. If you don’t make shots, then passing the ball to open shooters is a moot point.
And in actuality, JJ didn’t have a good shooting game at all in that game. He only shot 5 – 17 FG. But when you’re the main scoring option on the team, you have to keep shooting the ball, in order to make the defense play you. Then when they focus on you, you’ll be able to get the ball out to other people in order to get them good looks at the basket. And that’s what JJ did.
If this series is going to change in our favor, it’s going to change the minute we start making shots. And JJ and Crawford are going to have to be the ones who changes this series. If they start making shots ( open or contested ), that’s going to make life a whole lot easier for the other guys, because it will enable them to get open shots as well.
The guys just can’t go into panic mode when the run happens. Just get the shots up and go from there. That’s why when Woody makes an obvious generic comment like “we need to work on our shooting”, he knows what the problem is.
Knocking down shots is the ONLY WAY we’re going to beat this Magic team.
o.O-Mac-Town -Macon, Georgia- Westsider-O.o
May 5th, 2010
11:59 am
smh…..all this debating…..when COY Woody said all we have to do is “work on some shooting” and “bring the juice” for game 2….It’s that simple. No strategy/game plan needed. Just shoot around before the game. In Woodson we trust.
FAIL.
Grandad
May 5th, 2010
12:02 pm
AG – Well said, those 80’s Pistons, Coached by Chuck Daly, were a real
trasure. Their toughness was unmatched. Those Pistons would never have been embarrassed as we were last evening. they would not have quit!
Orlando would not have made an uncontested lay-up/dunk w/o feeling
and or fearing the consequences.
FromUpNorth
May 5th, 2010
12:03 pm
@Grandad: Those “tired” comments from Bibby irked me, too. All I could think was –
“Dude, you’re an NBA athlete! You get paid millions of dollars to play basketball, which means keeping yourself in shape! If you don’t want to think about “the next game” because you’re tired (especially in the midst of the playoffs), then you’re in the wrong line of work. Heck, I go to my job every day, even though I’m tired, pregnant, and older than you….and I don’t get paid nearly as much!”
northcyde
May 5th, 2010
12:07 pm
AG
May 5th, 2010
11:32 am
I disagree with NorthClyde to double Howard. It opens up the jumpshooters and exposes us to long rebounds. It can work only if the other players cut off the passing angles (Howard made passes to players who were guarded but the defender did not cut off those long passes- maybe a type of zone when he catches the ball
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AG . . . the games that the Hawks have beaten the Magic in in the past 2 or 3 seasons, has directly correlated to them missing a ton of 3 pointers. That team is going to jack up threes regardless of what Dwight is doing. That’s the only thing that can doom them as a team. It’s that very element that doomed those mid 2000s Phoenix Suns teams. Regardless of how well or how bad they were playing, they were going to continue to jack up threes.
I’m not saying to double Dwight the entire game. I’m just saying to force those Magic shooters to make jumpshots right away. So to do that, you double Dwight at the beginning of the game, to keep him from getting a rhythm himself.
The long rebounds are exactly what the Hawks need, in order to fuel their transition offense. Grab that long rebound and push the ball down their throats. The Hawks let Dwight get a little too comfortable last night. I personally don’t like the Hack-A-Howard strategy, because it slows down the game and takes away transition offense opportunities.
Grandad
May 5th, 2010
12:08 pm
Iso-Joe…knocking down jump shots…blah blah blah!
You win basketball games *INSIDE out.
*see ORLANDO…D.HOWARD…INSIDE out.
Grandad
May 5th, 2010
12:13 pm
FromUpNorth – Bless your heart! My sentiments exactly.
[except the pregnant part]
northcyde
May 5th, 2010
12:26 pm
Grandad
May 5th, 2010
12:08 pm
Iso-Joe…knocking down jump shots…blah blah blah!
You win basketball games *INSIDE out.
*see ORLANDO…D.HOWARD…INSIDE out.
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This is what I’m talking about Grandad. We CAN’T win this series playing inside-out. Our inside guys can’t score on Dwight. Horford Neither Smoove nor Horford have the back to the basket offensive skills to get that done.
We don’t have Dwight Howard . . . THEY DO. So we can’t play like “they do”.
What you’re saying is correct about inside-out basketball, but it just doesn’t correlate with this team because of the personnel mismatch they have against us on the inside. If we try to force the issue with the inside-out philosophy, we’ll get blown out again. Smoove has a better matchup offensively than Horford does. But even Smoove needs to be facing his man, and taking him off the dribble-drive.
We need to score points in the paint. But against the Magic, the easiest way to score points in the paint, is to get to the rim via transition offense. That means that you have to play defense on the other end.
That’s why I say . . . the Hawks have to simply “be who they are”.
We can’t be like other teams. We don’t have the personnel that other teams have. And if you want to blame the coach, we don’t have the coach that other teams have. So we have to play how WE play.
- scramble on defense and secure defensive rebounds
- create transition offensive opportunities from that defense
- run the offense through JJ ( and occasionally Smoove ) in the halfcourt, and hope people can make shots
- and when Crawford comes in, get him early shots to see if he’s hot or cord. If hot, let him score. If cold, take him out.
bigdave
May 5th, 2010
12:30 pm
“People can’t get it twisted on what the main problem is offensively . . . making shots.”
you’re about as clueless as Woodson.. making shots isnt the problem. relying on making (jump) shots is. especially if you only have 2 reliable shooters. so basically, if a or b is having a bad shooting night there is no need to play the game.. sad. when you have no offensive identity this is what you get. Joe Johnson taking 25 shots a game isnt our offensive identity because if it was he would get 25 up a game. the Hawks are best when Joe has a low 20 and their are 2 other Hawks approaching his scoring total. we have no plan of attack and we spend countless possessions trying to figure out what we are going to do. while the other coaching staff executes a game plan that lead to 17-0 runs, while we go 1 and done and contributing to our on demise. its not like we’re getting good looks. all of these “shots” that have to be made are highly contested out of 1 on 1 garbage. since when did we have this roster full of sharp shooters? if our only chance of winning calls for Joe and Jamal to shoot lights out on tired legs thats a coaching issue. the greatest shooters of all-time played in systems to get them open looks. our team isnt coached to there strengths. the talent level has exceeded the coaching prowess. you’ll see a lot more activity and energy from our guys if they knew exactly was expected of them. if they were actively contributing to the flow of the offense and not just standing around then expected to go down on defense and fly around the entire court, guarding everyone for no reason. we move more on defense than we do on offense..
“It was an ugly game for us” … “I wish I knew what happened.”
-Mike Woodson
Atlanta Hawks Head Coach
bigdave
May 5th, 2010
12:32 pm
*there
bigdave
May 5th, 2010
12:33 pm
*their
bigdave
May 5th, 2010
12:35 pm
* “what was”
oooooh f-it u get my points.. sprint touch pro 2 lazy effort right there..
bigdave
May 5th, 2010
12:50 pm
defense was the focus on this blog b/c we need defense to ignite this “running game” that i dont see. how can you run when your PG is the slowest man on the floor..? not to mention this team is sending Dwight to the offensive glass and everybody else is running back. Skiles told his team he didnt want anyone on the offensive glass. gonna be hard to run on those plans of action aint it. teams are going to force us to get most of our scoring out of the chaos we call half court sets. we are an easy game plan for any team if we just settle. i am the biggest critic of our bigs block game, but that doesnt mean you dont feed them to keep the defense honest. Rashard can’t guard Josh.. he just cant. nor can Barnes guard Joe.. but guess what, they 1 man zoning with Dwight, picking up any threat to the lane.. where are the cutters? who is opening up to the ball ready to score… ? are we all just standing around poorly spaced/aligned wherever we want to be on the floor b/c our coach hasnt given assignment?
hate to say it, but for whatever its worth i wanted Amare..
Grandad
May 5th, 2010
1:17 pm
northcyde:
With all due respect, the problem is still “Iso”.
When we go inside it is Iso-Al or Iso-Josh, in the post.
Our other alt. is Marv (unnaturally) slashing.
You are correct we do not have a dominant low-post scorer.
*HENCE* the problem – no system other than throw it to _______?
and let whomever make a one on 3,4,5 play.
Thats ‘Iso”.
Which by *definition [mine] is not even a system [offense].
Wdsn does not or cannot craft a system to take advantage
of the talent [immense] with which we do have.
AND:
I don’t mean knocking down jump shots.
Something has to come 1st.
fb – You run to set up the pass.
sandwich – you gotta have the bread before you put on the butter.
I’m gonna quit on that one!
d.carter
May 5th, 2010
1:26 pm
HOWARD KILLED US ON PICK AND ROLL LOBS.. YOU CANT ALLOW THE DRIBBLER TO TURN THE CORNER AND THE ROLLER TO ROLL… EASY ADJUSTMENT IS TO HARD TRAP THE DRIBBLER AND FORCE HIM TO PASS TO THE CORNERS AND LET THE WEAKSIDE DEFENDER TO SET UP THE DEFENSIVE WALL UNDERNEATH HOWARD… YOU OBVIOUSLY CANT ALLOW BOTH… OFFENSIVELY WE MUST RUN MISDIRECTION PICK AND ROLLS UP TOP, WITH THE 4 AND 5 MAN STARTING AT THE ELBOWS WITH BIB AND MARVIN IN THE CORNERS, LET THE 4 AND 5 CROSS SCREEN AT THE TOP OF THE ARC MAKING IT HARD FOR ORLANDO’S BIG MEN TO HELP, THE CORNERS MUST NOT SETTLE FOR THE JUMPSHOT IF THEY ARENT MAKING ANY EARLY AND MUST DRIVE THE MIDDLE AND BASELINE HARD CREATING CONTACT AND BALL MOVEMENT
Grandad
May 5th, 2010
1:33 pm
Our own Michael Cunningham/before last night’s debacle:
“It was crazy to see how many different ways the Magic got open 3-pointers . They used ball screens, pin-down screens, hand-offs, drive-and-kicks, pick-and-pops, and simple (but fast) ball reversals. There’s no hesitation. The Magic are always looking for 3. They are ready to fire when they get space and it doesn’t seem to matter if they are cold or hot for the game.”
“they are so good at moving the ball.”
They have a “System/Philosophy/Offense/Scheme/Plan”…you think!
I would add one thing watching Redick last evening:
Their hands & feet are ready to catch & shoot.
superb fundamental coaching!
Wabe
May 5th, 2010
1:34 pm
“But this discussion isn’t about Teague. It’s about what the Hawks need to do in order to be competitive in this series.”
Funny, but you’re the one who mentioned JT0’s name.
terrell
May 5th, 2010
1:41 pm
Is there any way we can get Scott Skiles to leave Milwaukee for Atlanta. We need somebody to light a fire under their asses. EVERY NIGHT. I’m tired of the “we just didnt have it”, or “we were outhustled” nonsense. Skiles outcoached Woody with Jennings and a bunch of role players. lol! We need a coach who’ll get the BEST out of our players.
terrell
May 5th, 2010
1:41 pm
And I’m black, so dont call me a racist for wanted Skiles over the old stubborn one.
northcyde
May 5th, 2010
1:42 pm
Dave . . . you say all of that, but it still comes down to making shots and scoring the basketball.
If we have an offense that flows through JJ, then the onus is on him to make shots and get other people involved. But he has to shoot the ball himself also. His problem last night was not the shots he was taking. It was the fact that he was turning the ball over left and right and not even getting shots up.
Crawford has been taking the same shots he’s taken all year, but he went 1 – 11 FG
Horford went 1 – 7 FG, and only hit one jumper, while getting nothing on the inside
Bibby went 1 – 5 FG, made his first jumper of the game and missed the rest
So between JJ, Crawford, Horford, and Bibby . . you see them shoot a combined 7 – 34 ( 21% ). And the Hawks shot 2 – 13 3FG as well ( with Teague, of all people, making the 2 threes )
Can’t win games shooting like that.
terrell
May 5th, 2010
1:44 pm
Btw, we might as well try the Hack a Howard, if Woody is just going to keepn “Doin what we do”. “Doin what we do hasn’t worked in quite a while vs the Magic Woodrow.
Wabe
May 5th, 2010
1:44 pm
And what exactly makes you so sure that JT0 isn’t the answer?
Sure, he may not be the answer to win this series. I agree. But, you seem to be blaming the kid for it?
Maybe not, I don’t want to put words in your mouth. But, truthfully, your anti-JT0 rhetoric the entire season basically points to which side of the fence your on with this kid. Some of us grew tired of Bibby being tired all the time during the regular season. You could tell he was a step slow, but that still didn’t warrant JT0 any PT. Maybe, if you took the time to develop the kid – like Adelman’s done with Lowry and Brooks, like Boston’s done with Rondo, like Milwaukee’s doing with Jennings – maybe he’d be the solution.
You said yourself that “we have to make jumpshots to win this series.”
Your telling me that a penetrating PG wouldn’t help our shooters get open looks on the floor?
terrell
May 5th, 2010
1:46 pm
“It still comes down to making shots and scoring the basketball”. Northcyde, you sound just like Woody. lol!
northcyde
May 5th, 2010
1:47 pm
And Dave . . . our running game during the Woody era, has always been ignited by our forwards ( mainly Smoove ). He’s usually the one that gets that rebound and makes the initial push up the floor. Sometimes he takes it himself. Other times, he getting the outlet pass to JJ, who then makes the play to get it back to Smoove or some other player. Horford does that well too.
The running game sees our frontcourt players beat their man down the floor, making it easy for our guards to either get an open shot, or get the ball back to the streaking frontcourt player.
That’s who we are. We can’t change who we are as a team, just because other teams have played a style that has been successful against the Magic.
You’ll see what I’m talking about in Game 2.
cp
May 5th, 2010
1:48 pm
6th year as head coach and this team still has no offensive system other than iso iso iso iso Joe..
Bibby is done. I cant believe people well certain people are still defending him. Seriously what is he doing out there that is so great. He cant hit open shots and he cant defend a newborn… At this point I would start Teague and tell him to push the ball at any chance he gets and attack the rim I don’t care if he gets his shot blocked as long as he is not settling for jumpers. The reason the Bobcats got Dwight in foul trouble is because they relentlessly attacked the rim. Bring Bibby off the bench since he is so tired…….The reason people say start Mo over Marvin is because Mo usually makes a bigger impact when he starts than Marvin. Yea Mo sucks at times but hell Marvin sucks most of the time. At least with Mo he gives all out effort. Marvin is out there looking lost. At this point it cant hurt because I have a hard time seeing Woodrow coming up with a different game-plan other than the one he has been using.
terrell
May 5th, 2010
1:52 pm
Northcyde said, “And Teague off all people making a couple of 3’s.” And I bet Woody doesn’t even let Teague shoot 3’s at practice. And if he does, he probably yanks him for missing one.
terrell
May 5th, 2010
1:53 pm
“Cant defend a newborn”. LMAO
terrell
May 5th, 2010
1:55 pm
Get used to Bibby people. He’s here for 2 more freakin years. That’s almost laughable. Sund’s must’ve been on the good stuff when he resigned Bibby and Duck. Lawd have mercy!
northcyde
May 5th, 2010
1:59 pm
LOL Terrell. . . it’s the truth though man.
Ask Kentucky basketball fans what the problem was in the West Virginia Elite 8 game. Yeah, West Virginia played a good defensive game by making every opportunity Kentucky had in the paint very difficult.
But Kentucky went 4 – 32 from 3 point range. And most were wide open looks.
And on top of that, they shoot 55% FG and turned the ball over 16 times.
I don’t care how good of a team you are. When you do things like that, you’re not going to win games.
People can talk about going at Dwight Howard to get him in foul trouble. But who do we do it with?
- JJ doesn’t go hard enough to the hole and avoids contact altogether
- Smoove goes a little too soft to the hole, and the refs don’t give him foul calls when he gets hacked
- Marvin goes out of control to the hole, which sometimes draws a foul because he looks so awkward
- Crawford can get to the rim, but he’s a drive and pull-up kind of guy.
So if our personnel isn’t comfortable playing that style of ball, then what do we do? Just do it anyway, even if it doesn’t work, and see Orlando go the other way for transition lay-ups and threes?
northcyde
May 5th, 2010
2:00 pm
That should say . . they shot 55% FT ( Kentucky missed 13 FTs )
Nacho
May 5th, 2010
2:04 pm
No only does Bibby not push the ball up like EVERY other PG in the league, he actually will hold the ball up every chance possible. The Hawks want to run and Bibby wants to walk it up so that he can hand it off.
Bibby is limited, so is Woody.
jeff
May 5th, 2010
2:07 pm
We could have a defense substitution at every whistle. Bring in West and Collins. Lol….. All of this is a joke. If Joe passes the ball, and everyone moves without the ball we will win a couple of games. Playoff ISO’s don’t work. 1 player doesn’t win games. It is a team game and has always been. If players aren’t getting their share of touches, they tend to get bored. When they do finally get the ball, they want to score too, so they aren’t inclined to pass the ball back to the ball hog/hogs. It has been that way from elementary school, and is just human nature. You share with me and I will share with you.
jeff
May 5th, 2010
2:10 pm
Get over the TEAGUE love already. He isn’t nor should he be playing extended minutes now. He got limited at best play during the season, and now isn’t the time to see if he can handle this team. He will go to summer league polish his skills and compete for the starting job next year. But this year spot duty or mop up duty is really all he is good for.
Grandad
May 5th, 2010
2:12 pm
Would Joe’s money be more well spent
using a kind of *Daryl Morey model:
*[Houston]
S & T Joe preferably – Chicago = Noah
*with Joe’s money:
FA – sign (1)Redick or (2)Morrow *[replace Joe/shooter]
FA – sign Amir Johnson [shotblocker/energy player]
FA – sign Bonner ??? [stretch 4]
FA – could look @ Haywood [Big] or Lowry [pt. guard]
trade Bibby – frees up more money.
replace with:
FA – Roger Mason or try & keep ‘Mo’.
Bring Childress back or S & T – Toronto:
Reggie Evans [Tough Guy]
Oh yeah / don’t forget:
Draft – ‘Brian Zoubek’
Hire – Mike Budenholzer
Mr. Sund I’ve already figured it all out.
Not much left for you to do this summer.
(tongue planted firmly in jaw)
Hey I’m retired, can’t play golf right now, I love basketball.
What else am I gonna do? This is my diversion & pastime.
Grandad
May 5th, 2010
2:15 pm
addendum:
I wasn’t sayin’ sign ‘em all, just idea’s of who,
[needs based] was available.
bigdave
May 5th, 2010
2:24 pm
Northcyde..
they couldnt hit the side of a barn yesterday, no contention there. however, these slumps are nothing new. we’ve yet to find ways to score the basketball when 1 pass and shot isnt working. thats a problem. Joe’s turnovers, or at least 2 of the top of my head, came from guys not being ready for the rock when he commanded the attention of more that 1 defender. or having no lanes or outlets to put the ball due to floor balance.. it just sucked. we have to work to hard to score buckets.
“our running game during the Woody era, has always been ignited by our forwards ( mainly Smoove ).”
ive addressed this a couple seasons now.. this is a problem. like most teams, your fast breaks are started by long rebs. usually off of missed 3’s. our bigs by default of our defensive principles are far away from the basket and able to secure the long board and begin a possible break. though we’d be better served by our bigs beating their man up the floor (w/out the ball) and the ball in the hands of a ball handler. its a matter of role definition. im saying that a faster tempo would call for a guard who could actually push the ball up the floor.. Bibby is casually turning the ball over in break opportunities this whole playoff. his passes have been sub par.
“That’s who we are. We can’t change who we are as a team, just because other teams have played a style that has been successful against the Magic.”
what do you mean? who is suggesting that..? im sorry but who we are shouldnt be putting up 10pts in a qrt. who we are shouldnt be acting like you’re supposed to be here and being beat by 40.. then acting as if its cool. nawwww… no way the Hawks should be soo inconsistent. need a more pro active philosophy in here. so we can make be the team that instills will.. and not have to always play the counter man. at least we should no what we’re doing. im afraid our guys dont have a clue. i mean, they say it themselves all the time..
“I wish I knew what happened.”
bigdave
May 5th, 2010
2:27 pm
* “can be”
* “know”
GeeMack
May 5th, 2010
2:31 pm
The Truth
If the Hawks allow the Magic to embarrasses them, then how is Van Gundy at fault.
I wish they would have beat the Hawks by 75 to a 100. If they show up and compete for 48 minutes then this is not a blow out.
Grandad
May 5th, 2010
2:38 pm
northcyde:
You keep making all our points for us:
It’s like ‘Nacho’ said:
“Not only does Bibby not push the ball up like EVERY other PG in the league, he actually will hold the ball up every chance possible. The Hawks want to run and Bibby wants to walk it up so that he can hand it off.”
Bibby drags his tired old butt down the floor & slows us down.
Joe doesn’t want to run.
[can't blame him, alot of miles on those wheels]
We are supposed to be a runnin’ team, Wdsn’s words:
per Michael Cunningham [paraphrase]
When asked what was his offensive philosophy?
Rebound the ball so we can get out and run.
*[once again, paraphrase] *accurate, however!
the only way we run is for Josh & or Al to take off
with the ball after rebounding…Bibby or Joe will
stop the running game every time unless joe *leaks out!
*[Cherry picks/snowbirds/etc.]
We are basically a team built to run with ‘Granny Clampett’
behind the wheel…man did I mix mataphors or what?
bigdave
May 5th, 2010
2:40 pm
Woodson cant motivate his team… i remember Larry Brown telling his club to come out and hit them in the chin.. its a long series, and they fought for him… i wonder what Woodson told his bunch? i fail to believe that you cant create a more consistent offense with 50+ wins talent.. clearly there is weakness with identifying strengths/mismatches and devising a scheme/strategy. u just dont have this talent and lose to the tune of 43.. or routinely get whipped by double digits by the same tactics..
jeff
May 5th, 2010
2:44 pm
just in….. the team is going to dinner again to iron out there differences.. Woody is staying at Disney world.
Sautee
May 5th, 2010
2:58 pm
northcyde,
You said this: “And this is what I’ll say about Teague. When he is in the game with the 1st unit, couldn’t he take it upon himself to try to do something outside of the set offense, to try to make an impact? Couldn’t he get the ball, and push it up the floor, even if the coach instructs him to get the ball to JJ or Jamal?”
LOL at thinking that Teague plays with the entire first unit. Yeah, right.
Then you said this (which in MY mind contradicts your earlier statement):
“Najeh said that Teague had better leadership qualities than Bibby. Well, part of being a leader is assessing a situation, and doing what you think is the best thing to do. I don’t blame Teague for following the “plan”. But sometimes when you see something on the court, and you know you can make a positive play, you deviate from the “plan” and do what you need to do to make the positive play. That’s true leadership right there. Hopefully Teague will develop that quality throughout his NBA career.”
LOL at this: “I don’t blame Teague for following the “plan”.”
Hell you just DID blame him for it in the previous paragraph!
And just what do you think Woody’s reaction would be if Teague “took it upon himself” and what he did resulted in a turnover?
Would Woody think “well, the rook’s just showing true leadership”? Yeah, right.
You are the one who a few weeks ago said “if the bench isn’t producing, pull them off the floor” Which I agree with.
Why doesn’t that go for Bibby too (or ANY starter)???????
cp
May 5th, 2010
2:58 pm
Grandad, I like the idea of Amir Johnson. He fouls a lot but he could be a nice back up pf for us next season. I’m already on the bring in Travis Outlaw for starting sf bandwagon. He has a better handle than Duck, can create his own shot, finishes strong at the rim, and was very clutch when he was at Portland.
cp
May 5th, 2010
3:01 pm
Why doesn’t that go for Bibby too (or ANY starter)???????
Sautee that is a question I haven’t seen a Woodson supporter answer all season although it has been asked a million times. To be honest Ive seen that question for a few years now.
Bib-Dawg
May 5th, 2010
3:07 pm
114-71? Wow that was embarrassing. Hawks payroll – hurry up with our checks!
bigdave
May 5th, 2010
3:08 pm
more good stuff from Sekou, pointing out the obvious.. expanding on our comments…
http://www.790thezone.com/instantreplay/Episodes.aspx?PID=1345
Grandad
May 5th, 2010
3:17 pm
bigdave:
[edited]
“need a more pro active philosophy in here. so we can be the team that instills will.. and not have to always play the counter man.”
I couldn’t agree more.
GeeMack @ The Truth
“If the Hawks allow the Magic to embarrasses them, then how is
Van Gundy at fault.”
I agree thoroughly.
It is our job to stop them, not Van Gundy’s.
Why should he take his foot off our throat.
He should try with & by every means to apply a beat-down.
This is not youth league, run by soccer moms.
His job is to win four game from us!
He began the process of winning the war by applying
that so called beat-down last night.
He most likely accomplished what he set out to do,
which was to completely destroy our ‘false’ *bravado.
*[our players think it is confidence]
“Confidence comes from demonstated ability”…Bill Parcells
We have not demonstrated any inkling, of ability
that we can even compete with *[Orlando].
Section 303
May 5th, 2010
3:35 pm
I have to had it to all of you. I was on here this morning and just got a chance to come back now. I figured no one would be posting anything. What is there to say, really?
I want to believe the Hawks have a chance in this series, but I don’t. There’s going to be some changes. 2nd round may be as far as this group is capable of going.
Anyone listen to 790 The Zone this morning. I don’t like the station, but I listened this morning to hear what they said about the game. They were killing Joe Johnson. And, for the first time, it did not bother me to hear outsiders (non-Hawks fans) rip Joe. He was brutal last night.
This may be a topic for the offseason, but should Joe get a max deal? I love the guy and want him to come back. But, do not think that management could justify a max deal for him. Thoughts?
jeff
May 5th, 2010
3:36 pm
Don’t bring him back unless they send him to PASS before shoot school.
Stan
May 5th, 2010
3:36 pm
Calipari Where art thou?????….are you freakin kidding me…blown out of a playoff game by 40+ points….I say hire calipari at any cost….If Atlanta sports teams want to dance they got t play the fiddler
northcyde
May 5th, 2010
3:46 pm
Ya’ll act like Woody never pulls Bibby. He does it all the time.
But he doesn’t put the guy you want in the game. He simply moves Crawford to the 1. At that point, it’s up to Crawford to make the plays he usually makes.
***********************
The other issue that needs to be discussed, is the Horford vs Howard situation. The trend has been that Horford is not only not effective against Howard, he can’t even get a shot up over him, without someone creating a shot opportunity for him. It’s pretty much apparent that this is the worst possible matchup for Boss Horford.
So if that’s the case, the other “adjustment” should be to start Zaza and bring Horford off the bench . . . just for this series. And when you start Zaza, that doesn’t mean that you try to run offense through him. No . . . just let Zaza play his game for about a 6 – 7 minute stretch against Howard to start each half, and then insert Horford into the game. Then see if Horford can do damage vs a somewhat tired Howard, or Gortat.
If it’s any adjustment that Woody needs to make, I’d try that one first.
jeff
May 5th, 2010
3:53 pm
Heck Sit Marvin and start Horford and ZAZA
Grandad
May 5th, 2010
3:59 pm
northcyde:
You’re all hat and no cattle.
More & more you’re startin’ to sound like the *’Mad Hatter’
*[Truth Serum] for the uninformed.
Lewis Grizzard once said:
“you ought not to rassle with a hawg,
’cause you get all muddy & besides that,
the hawg likes it”
I’m tired of rasslin’ with you.
No offense ‘TS’.
CrazyLegs
May 5th, 2010
4:11 pm
As much as I’d like to believe the Hawks will make this series competitive, I know better. Yes I will be at the home games screaming for the Hawks as usual, win or lose. In reality, we could probably overcome the Dwight Howard mismatch if we had a legit point guard (meaning one who can create off the dribble and make the other point guard work to get shots off). Imagine if we could get someone like CP3 or even his backup Darren Collison. Then “no-show Joe” could at least be free to run off screens and expend less energy trying to create his own shot. The point guard is the engine that runs any team and ours needs some mechanical work to say the least. Our guards rarely take charges or get fouls for anything other than reaching. But, if Joe leaves and we can’t get D-Wade, go after Dirk. Contrary to popular belief, he shows up to play in the playoffs and will call out his teammates if necessary (uh, Erick Dampier).
kwooden1
May 5th, 2010
4:20 pm
Last night was a terrible loss!! The problem wasn’t that Orlando kept scoring the issues was the HAWKS couldn’t score! Clearly the lack of ball movement and poor shooting was the problem. Overall I think the HAWK’S problem with Orlando is they get out coached for most of the game and imitated by Howard’s shot blocking. Since the HAWKS have no ball movement it’s easy for Howard to sit in the middle of the court and wait for someone to come to him.
Horford missed several easy jump shots and dunks, but otherwise I liked how he attacked Howard. I also thought Collins gave some good fouls because Howard is still shooting poorly from the line. Our real problem is the lack of ball movement so we can’t drive and get fouled. We have to get Dwight in foul trouble if we’re going to complete.
GO HAWKS!!
Mike
May 5th, 2010
4:22 pm
Why in the world would Van Gundy want to let down in anyway? He still has to win 3 more games, no coach wants to give any momentum going into the next game.
He also played his bench in the 4th, including 3rd stringers like AJ and Bass. Should they purposely try to play bad to make the other team feel good?
Atlanta should be embarrassed for having no heart, they could have kept it within 10-15 by playing hard, but they played selfishly trying to go 1 on 5 against the best defense in the NBA and not contesting anything. Orlando had 23 assists and Atlanta had 13.
kwooden1
May 5th, 2010
4:28 pm
My vote is to hire Byron Scott this summer. I know Byron pissed some people off in NJ and NO but I think he would get instant respect and he’s a tough minded guy. If we don’t get Byron, then we should find a new guy like Brooks.
GO HAWKS!!!
bpullin
May 5th, 2010
4:32 pm
Out-coached. Out-played. Out-classed.
They have no business being seeded as high as they are.
There are no leaders on this team. They are all selfish and lazy slackers.
AG
May 5th, 2010
4:58 pm
Woodson’s comments on making shots, heck THAT IS THE REASON IN IS BASKETBALL. MAKE SHOTS WIN GAMES, MISS SHOTS LOSE GAMES!!!! Wow, I can’t believe the head coach said that! My 3-year old daughter has already figured that one out. Maybe a little strategy for us to make more shots, by decreasing their difficulty! Increase them missing shots but using strategy to make them take low percentage shots.
Northclyde, you are right, win by the three, die by the three. The players are not reacting around the ball for the double team. It is okay to double him, but make him through a tough pass (across court which is a no -no). He actually did it a few times, but Marvin, Mo, etc were not anticipating those passes. Best defense against the Magic, keep them guessing.
Taylor
May 5th, 2010
4:58 pm
Byron Scott? you mean the guy who lost by like 40 to the nuggets? No thank you
Sautee
May 5th, 2010
5:00 pm
northcyde,
about this: “The other issue that needs to be discussed, is the Horford vs Howard situation. The trend has been that Horford is not only not effective against Howard, he can’t even get a shot up over him, without someone creating a shot opportunity for him. It’s pretty much apparent that this is the worst possible matchup for Boss Horford.”
One would think that by last night. However, look at Horford’s shooting stats in the 4 regular season games against the Magic:
15-28
Now how in the world did the KING OF RESEARCH miss that? 15-28 against the DPOY.
We need to keep force feeding it to Al and let him take it to Dwight.
Over and over. Dwight WILL eventually start to foul. Just because Horford had a bad night (along with EVERYBODY ELSE), is no reason to go away from him, anymore than it is to go away from JJ. Do what they’ve done all year, right?
That means take it inside, where they have won most games. They ARE the tops in the league at points in the paint, right? We should also play Horford WITH Zaza, and post him up on Lewis or Anderson.
Do what they’ve done all year. Take it inside. Open things up.
northcyde
May 5th, 2010
5:04 pm
@ Grandad
All I’m doing is discussing basketball, without all of the name calling and whatnot, like you told me to. Even though I’m been called some of everything in this thread.
@ Wabe
I didn’t mention Teague first. Najeh did in his ranting about Bibby. I just jumped in to express my opinion of Teague.
@ everybody else
If we passed the ball, but still missed jumpers and lay-ups, does that mean that our offense was better?
NUNNA!!
May 5th, 2010
5:05 pm
NORTHCYDE SAID:”Fact is . . whenever Teague enters a game with it still in the balance, he almost never affects the game. He’s just . . . . out there. ”
—————————————————————————————————————————————
U know why??
Because teague is always looking over this shoulder and anytime he even sneezes wrong,woody is pulling him out..
He never gets into a rhythm ever!! And how can he if woody does not even let him play his game and allow him to let the game come to teague.
Lets say that:
MC=WOODY
NORTHCYDE=TEAGUE
YOUR COMMENTS=TEAGUES PLAY
He lets you comment on this blog every other day,and has other bloggers (who most disagree with and know that you make more sense than they do),on here all the time night and day just talking their butts off!!
Every time someone(from another blogger team) vents or comments about our team,and you want to debate them,MC pulls you back and tells you to sit down..MC says to you,”Im running the hawks blog and you need to watch and learn northcyde cause u are not ready yet,so wait your turn”
And,everytime one of the other bloggers WHO ARE ON YOUR TEAM LIKE:(drmaryb,big dave,najeh,big ray,among others),comments and then stalls and does not make good points in their debate on the blog,MC,STILL DOES NOT LET YOU GET ON THIS SITE..
But ,MC will only let u in when the argument is well out of range for a come back..
And on top of that,whenever you make a bad argument on the blog,he blocks you from commenting..
Now you are not used to coming on so late in the blog,and you think that even though your OPINION is better than the others,you think that you should be on more but your not..
How can you affect the blog,and make your point on here without looking over your shoulder knowing that MC is gonna yank you once you say what he deemed as something “stupid”??
Thats what teague is facing,but,he also does not run the point..He brings the ball up and Jamaal flips his hands open and the rook has to give up the ball..Teague never looks comfortable out there unless it is out of reach and he has mo,west,collins,joe smith,and maybe randmo or zsa zsa out there with him and he knows that he is running it..
If he were able to turn his self loose and play like he wants and do his thing and let the game come to him,then i think he will make a difference.
But how in da heck can you make a difference knowing that you also have to keep looking over your shoulder?
Teague handing the ball off to jamaal is just like if you sign onto this blog under your name, “northcyde”, but you can’t comment yet and then someone comes to your computer (as your had the ball off like teague does to jamall)and starts typing for you,ON YOUR COMPUTER!!
All because MC says so..and he thinks you are not ready yet..
If you can honestly work that way,then dang,you are more powerful than most..FOR REAL..
but just like im not gonna say that this kid can’t lead this team,im not gonna give up on these guys yet either..even after last nite..
sam'l
May 5th, 2010
5:14 pm
You could start Mary B for Marvin Williams….I’m sure she’s a lot tougher…….
(Actually, I know how to beat the Magic…..but I’m not going to tell you.)
So you’ll just have to wait for the ultimate motivator….that moment when each and every Hawk looks himself in the mirror and says, “That’s it….I don’t care what anybody thinks…..Screw it” and then goes out and plays his heart out.
Ken Strickland
May 5th, 2010
6:06 pm
NORTHCYDE-Those of us who feel Teague could be a possible solution know exactly how you feel when you say you get tired of hearing it. All season long, especially after the Allstar break, we got tired of seeing first hand that MBibby wasn’t the solution, but rather the problem. Can you imagine how frustrating it was for us to see Woodson insist on playing he and his OFF/DEF limitations an average of 27.5MPG and get nothing but inconsistency and a lack of production in return, especially on DEF?
Even the most ardent and delusional BIBBY LOVER can’t deny he’s lost almost all of his skills, and is the NBA’s least productive starting PG. We are one of the NBA’s quickest, fastest, and most efficient uptempo, fast breaking teams, yet we rely on an inconsistent, 3pt shooting PG that’s the NBA’s least athletic and slowest non penetrating PG.
So NORTHCYDE, when fans talk about Teague being a possible solution, they’re actually talking about using his speed, quickness, penetrating ability and excellent DEF to solve the match up problems that exists on the team itself. I’m referring to the matchup problems Woodson creates by stubbornly insisting we rely on a slow, unathletic, nonpenetrating one dimensional PG to run an uptempo team filled with quick, fast, athletic players.
vava74
May 5th, 2010
6:11 pm
“Superman always soars above the crowd when playing against poorly coached, undersized teams — like Atlanta, and unlike Charlotte.”*
This would give a beautiful sample for Joe Smith next tune!
* Charley Rosen @ msn.foxsports.com
northcyde
May 5th, 2010
6:37 pm
Sautee, I didn’t miss a thing sir. I’m just curious as to why you didn’t tell the entire story about Horford vs the Magic.
- that although he shot 53% FG . . he only averaged 8 pts and 7.3 rebs
- that on the flip side, D. Howard averaged 21 pts and 16.8 rebs
- that he had a bad – good – bad – good game . . followed by a bad game in the playoffs ( which if the pattern holds true, he’ll have a good game )
- that if you add last night’s performance, he’s now 16 – 34 . . but now only averaging 7.2 pts and 7 rebs a game.
- that if you watched the games, you’d see why his shot attempts are much lower vs the Magic ( and the Lakers . . who ironically have a big frontline ), than just about every other team.
- that Dwight Howard’s defense is partially the reason for the low shot attempts.
- that Horford has drawn ONE FOUL against Dwight
See Sautee, this is what I’m talking about. You want Horford, all of a sudden, to do against Howard, what he hasn’t done all year ( matter of fact, his entire career really ).
Horford is mainly taking and making 12 – 18 ft jumpshots vs Howard. But now, we’re supposed to force feed him the balland let him go to work against Howard? Kurt Thomas gave him trouble down on the blocks, but you want hin to go right at Dwight?
Now if you want to get Horford more 16 foot jumpers within the offense, I have no problem with that. But that brings me back to the premise of what I’ve said all along . . .
. . . . people have to start making jumpshots.
northcyde
May 5th, 2010
7:22 pm
Nunna . . that was a cute analogy. Innacurate, but cute.
Because you see . . . if MC was Woody, a blogger like me would FORCE him to play me. My blogging skill level is way too high to NOT be on the board.
See . . a Teague-like blogger wouldn’t gain the serious attention of anybody on the board, outside of a few of his blog fans.
A Teague-like blogger couldn’t discuss a topic, and write no more than one sentence to express his thoughts.
A Teague-like blogger would be relegated to comments like . . “northcyde is an idiot” . . or . . “JJ sucks” . . or . . “FIRE WOODY”.
A Teague-like blogger wouldn’t have the skill or courage enough to challenge the prevaling train of though that goes on this board. He’d simply go with the popular opinion.
So put it like this . . .
if drmaryb is JJ
and Big Ray is Josh Smith
and Strickland is Horford
and Najeh is Marvin
and someone like you is Bibby
then dammit . . . I’m at least Jamal Crawford or Flip Murray . . lol
Because in my case, I immeadiately made my presence known on this board within the first week of blogging regularly on here. The opinions may be erratic, but you’ll definitely notice them, because they are detailed and chalk full of info.
And when I’m on my game ( like today ), then I’m VERY GOOD at what I do. And if you’re a “scrub” blogger, I’d take your spot. The MC version of Woody would be doing himself and the blog a diservice, if he didn’t let me get major minutes in the blog game.
drmaryb
May 5th, 2010
7:45 pm
Grand-Daddy
There was once a famous football coach (Bear Bryant) – I think? Well, his team was badly beaten in a game. Afterwards, the news reporter asked him, “What do you think of the execution of the offensive line?”
Coach replied, “I’m all for it”
-LOL-
drmaryb
May 5th, 2010
8:14 pm
NorthCyde
Look at your right hand- now spread your fingers apart & TALK to the HAND! Yell at it & say,
“You HOT man! – You HOT!” Don’t let D-Wade have all the FUN! This is the NBA man!
Your stuff is crazy today – I’m enjoying the conversation with Nunna.
Charles
May 5th, 2010
8:19 pm
Please Fire Woody. I’m sure he is an okay guy but he is terrinle coach! He is one of the main problems. Here is Hall of Fame Coaching vs. Mike Woodson: The Jazz have made to the second round with only two players drafted from the 1st round (Boozer and D.Williams). Everyone else was drafted in later rounds or they weren’t even drafted at all. But they still manage to compete night in and night out. We (the hawks) have all this talent but get beaten by an average of 24 points a game on the road.But the problem thats bigger then even Mike Woodson is ownership. We have too many owners. And each one just wants to keep money in their pockets. They don’t want to win championships b/c they don’t want to pay the big bucks. I challenge them to prove me wrong! Go out and get us another young star shooting guard (Rudy Gay) to replace Joe. Go get us a center so Al can play PF. Go get us good coach (Marc Jackson). I dare you. Listen I love the Hawks, in fact I Love all Atlanta teams, but facts are facts. Just try PLEASE
slim
May 5th, 2010
10:51 pm
Mike Woodson was a terrible hire from day one! This is Billy Knights team a bunch of 6 foot 9 guys with limited skill sets on offense and low basketball IQ! Orlando gonna win the whole darn thing anyway! Enjoy the nightmare for the next three games. Mike your bags should have been packed years ago dude……
Chris Humpherys
May 6th, 2010
12:42 am
This has all the makings of a short series.
http://sportschump.net/2010/05/05/preview-of-orlando-magic-atlanta-hawks/3636/
Jokeman 4000
May 6th, 2010
5:14 am
*Curious* No It Isnt A Type Of Program I Use Just Something I Do On Here.
I No Im Late Responding, But If I Was Woody I Would Change My Whole Game Plan Around, Everybody Thinks Each Serious Is About Howard. NO It Is Not I Would Say If AnyThing Maybe Just Maybe He Is A DECOY By Me Saying That I Mean As In 4 Guys Would Be To Focused On Him And His Little Two Points Rather Then The Other 4 Guys Which Has Made That Team The Best 3-Point Shooting Team In The League. If I Was Woodson I Would Say Hey We Can Not Be Concerned About 1 Man On The Offensive End And The Deffensive End If We Do We Will End Up Just Like The Bobcats Cuz Thats Exactly What They Did. Hell I Would Say Let Howard Bet You And Take The Other 4 Games Out Of Their Game, Let Howard Catch The Ball The More Times He Catches It We Have A 50-50 Chance He Will Get Called For A Foul Or We Will But Do Not Let The Best 3-Point Shooting Team Get Going. Nelson,Carter,Lewis, Are The Guys To Every Single Series Not Howard Y Do People Think Just Because He Is Out Of A Game The Magic Will Pose No Threat To Any Team?????? They Are Still Able To Win He Is Just A Very Strong Decoy That Distracts Your Team From What Is Really Beating Them.And They Dont Realize It Until They Are Sent Home Looking At The Next Round From Their TV Screens.
slim
May 6th, 2010
8:12 am
Woodson wont change anything because he’s not wired that way. He still starts Marvin Williams the best “WNBA” player I have ever seen who has no clue what’s going on out there after 5 years!!!! Billy Knight past on Chris Paul, Darren William and Danny Granger for this bust??? Are you Kidding me?? Thats why this franchise was and is being dismantle by Orlando everytime they match up. He took Josh Childress over Andre Iquadolla and Lou Aldange..Sheldon Williams over Rudy Gay!!!!!!!! We have 3 bigs that cant score the ball because they are not skilled that way..The guards carry way to much of the scoring load. Joe might as well thank Matt Barnes for shutting him down and keeping him from getting paid max dollars because u ain’t a super star dude!!! Mike Woodson exposes the Hawks weakness rather than hide em….Mike don’t walk, run out of town. We are tired of your excuses….