Atlanta Hawks: Hawks at Bobcats
Charlotte–I started to ask L.D. about Smoove shooting more jump shots lately and before I could even finish the question he was rolling his eyes.
Remember that when L.D. was announced as the new Hawks coach he said he would get Josh off the perimeter and down in the post. Josh said L.D. is the coach and so he would comply.
Yet clearly it’s going to take some work for the two to get on the same page. Against the Heat last night Josh launched a jumper early in the game on a play that called for him to work in the post. He also fired a 3-pointer late in the game.
Each time Josh takes a bad jumper, L.D. is there to let him know about it. Like Woody before him, L.D. has seen that Smoove doesn’t always appreciate the feedback.
“He snarled at me a little bit early in the game yesterday but I was fine with it,” L.D. said. “I want him to establish himself down low. I don’t want him to rely on making perimeter shot.”
It’s a reasonable request considering the drastic difference in conversion rates between Smoove’s attempts near the basket and those farther away. Yet despite the numbers Josh just can’t seem to help winding up and letting fly when he’s on the perimeter and the defense is inviting him to do so.
L.D. said he doesn’t doubt Josh believes he can make long jump shots. He said he hasn’t told him to stop taking them altogether “because his stroke has certainly improved and he has worked on it.” But he doesn’t want them early in the shot clock, late in games or when the play calls for Josh to be in the post.
That latter point is how L.D. frames the issue: He doesn’t labor the point that Josh can’t make jumpers, but rather points out that he needs to be in the paint because he’s so effective there.
“I just tell him when I run something put him in the post don’t want him letting the defense off the hook shooting a fadeaway jump shot,” L.D. said. “I believe in his ability down in the post to get a basket or get fouled. Shooting a fadeaway is letting your defender off the hook.”
Powell in the mix
He’s still figuring out how the minutes will be distributed but L.D. said the 10 guys who played the bulk of the minutes against Miami will be the “main core” to start the season. That group will include Josh Powell.
“He’s going to be a big part of us being successful,” Drew said.
Powell signed with the Hawks for a chance to play more than he did with the Lakers and it looks like he will get his shot.
“Having been associated with a championship team, I think that speaks volumes,” L.D. said. “He plays with a physicality that I really like. He’s a guy you can post up. He can make an outside shot. Defensively, he has an understanding how to defend the low post and he has quick feet. If he ever gets switched out on a two or a three he’s got the foot speed to keep him in front.”
Powell has been playing most of the preseason with a sore groin but he’s pushed through it.
Injury report
Mo and Pape Sy stayed behind in Atlanta. Bibby is getting the night off.
“He is a little banged up,” Drew said.
MC
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MsDee
October 22nd, 2010
7:08 pm
First!!!!
MsDee
October 22nd, 2010
7:09 pm
Finally..I would like to thank God, my parents, and my fans for this honor..I would also like to…
Big Ump
October 22nd, 2010
7:19 pm
MsDee
That’s funny.
Old Blue
October 22nd, 2010
7:21 pm
Way to go MsDee. . . I always thought you would make it big. By the way, what is the score?
MsDee
October 22nd, 2010
7:22 pm
12-9..Bobcats
vava74
October 22nd, 2010
7:23 pm
Bibby will have to be used as a starting pitcher: always with at least 3 days rest…
MsDee
October 22nd, 2010
7:29 pm
so no live action online tonight uh?
vava74
October 22nd, 2010
7:29 pm
Is there any feed with tv transmission or this is non televised?
drmaryb (*_*)
October 22nd, 2010
7:31 pm
Look Mom! I did it!
From last to First!
Congratulations Ms. Dee on receiving this most prestigous honor.
For, you were the last poster on the prevoius blog and you said:
“New Blog Up!”
Then, you raced over to the New Blog and said:
“First”
Wow, you live your life on the Fast Track! I can only hope to be as Fast as You!
My Hero!
-smiles-
Section 303
October 22nd, 2010
7:36 pm
I was thinking that I didn’t mind Josh Smith shooting jumpers. After last night’s game, I’m not so sure. I found myself yelling “Noooo…” when he let the 3-pointer fly late in the game last night. Just an awful shot attempt.
Also, I like Josh Powell. I take back calling him a stiff after the Memphis game. He isn’t. Good player. He will mix it up. And, most surprising of all, he can hit a jump shot. Tough jumpers, too.
Worm
October 22nd, 2010
7:36 pm
If there’s anything worse than preseason NBA-Well, maybe a colonoscopy?
MsDee
October 22nd, 2010
7:39 pm
Dr Mary,
Thank you..thank you..thank you…I feel so blessed that I can be just as fast as Teague when it comes to the Hawks blogs..lol
beone
October 22nd, 2010
7:52 pm
Didn’t the Hawks play the Heat last night and not the Magic?
drmaryb (*_*)
October 22nd, 2010
7:57 pm
Ms. Dee you the bomb!
Your post are more nasty than Precious in a Thong!
eewee … Yikes!
I just had a visual and now imo need 2 weeks therapy to clear my thoughts!
Hey Ms. Dee,
Direct TV has Heat -vs- Magic Pregame and Game scheduled @
7pm & 730pm on ESPN. But it’s not on? You know what’s up?
I’m surfing, but no find …. Hmmmm …
northcyde
October 22nd, 2010
8:00 pm
2nd team + Marvn are getting blown out.
MsDee
October 22nd, 2010
8:01 pm
Dr Mary..
Dont think it will be online tonight..just keeping up on yahoo sports..
MsDee
October 22nd, 2010
8:02 pm
Game is boring tonight..I think I will head to bed..i’m too sleepy to keep up with this game..will read up on it later tonight..night,night and thanks again for my Blog Award!
Samuel
October 22nd, 2010
8:13 pm
Jeff teague 3 TO and 1 assist on 12 min, consequently, Hawks down big. Bobcats out-rebounding us 20 13.
RealSquawk
October 22nd, 2010
8:15 pm
And who is ready for the season to start?
RealSquawk
October 22nd, 2010
8:17 pm
+/- in this game would can only cause a smirk when looked at
Samuel
October 22nd, 2010
8:17 pm
DJ Augustine has 8 free throws in 13 minutes. What happened to the lock down defense by Teague. We’re not playing Charmers and Arroyo tonight. LOL!!
vava74
October 22nd, 2010
8:19 pm
Another second quarter meltdown against a team of scrubs.
Yep, we are still the Hawks. Some vigorous ass whipping is in order.
northcyde
October 22nd, 2010
8:28 pm
Samuel . . you better partially blame the Crawford boys for DJ’s free throw parade. Jamal, while shooting OK, had 3 TOs himself.
This game didn’t get out of hand until JJ and Teague went out. Charlotte’s bench destroyed ours, and that’s the difference in the game.
JSS
October 22nd, 2010
8:34 pm
What in the world is up with 30+ point quarters by their opponents? That is just ugly!
Samuel
October 22nd, 2010
8:35 pm
Looks like the motion offense has run out of gas again. Down 25 to the Bobcats. WOW, are we gonna be this inconsistent all year? Getting torched on the boards 24-14. 36 pts in the 3rd Quarter.
hawks_4_life
October 22nd, 2010
8:35 pm
The whistle isnt helping much either.
Rev in Tampa
October 22nd, 2010
8:35 pm
drmaryb, we don’t know how to set up a basketball court down here in Tampa. The ice is causing condensation on the floor so the heat/magic game has been canceled. I thought about going but couldn’t get excited enough about booing LeBron to spend my money. Looks like I made the right decision.
Samuel
October 22nd, 2010
8:37 pm
Please. Why yall keep making excuses for Teague. Every time he is given the reigns he chokes. Admit it.
Rev in Tampa
October 22nd, 2010
8:41 pm
I’m very disappointed to see Jordan out of the 10 man rotation. I was really hoping that he could be the backup SG so that Jamal might be used in a trade.
Samuel
October 22nd, 2010
8:42 pm
Bobcats shooting 62% from the field. What happened to accountability on defense. Bibby aint out there tonight. I guess Jamahl will be the scapegoat then.
Samuel
October 22nd, 2010
8:44 pm
Larry Brown is mad at LD for undermining “his student”. Whoop him like he stole something. Ah. actually he did.
Hawks Fan In New Orleans
October 22nd, 2010
8:45 pm
WTF?
Hawks Fan In New Orleans
October 22nd, 2010
8:45 pm
Do we need Bibby that bad?
Hawks Fan In New Orleans
October 22nd, 2010
8:46 pm
LOL @ Samuel – probably so!
Samuel
October 22nd, 2010
8:52 pm
JTO=Jeff Turnover
lewis
October 22nd, 2010
8:53 pm
pathetic…
Hawks 2010 (Aiming for 6th Seed or better!)
October 22nd, 2010
8:55 pm
just by looking at the box score you can tell when the starters played and then when the backups came in
Samuel
October 22nd, 2010
8:57 pm
Jamahl and Jeff battling for the turnover crown.
Real Talk
October 22nd, 2010
8:57 pm
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Real Talk
October 22nd, 2010
9:00 pm
LMAO @ the HAWKS destruction against the BOBCATS 2night. They played their Hearts out against the Heat last night and now are getting destroyed on the Road. SMDH and the season starts next week.
lewis
October 22nd, 2010
9:04 pm
Samuel,
he’s a rookie with very little experience. give the dude 5 minutes to develop. he got no PT last year and has been injured. Your posts convey unpleasant feelings of bitterness. I don’t mind people shooting down the Hawks, freedom of speech and all, but the seeming pleasure you take in doing so irritates me. We all know you care far more about being right than about the Hawks.
Samuel
October 22nd, 2010
9:06 pm
All summer i’ve been hearing about this new, Princeton/motion offense. 49 points and 19 TO just won’t get it. Jamahl 6 Teague 5.
Samuel
October 22nd, 2010
9:07 pm
Stop it lewis. This is the NBA not the NBADL.
northcyde
October 22nd, 2010
9:07 pm
JJ obviously took the night off too. 2 shots in 16 minutes?
I wish the Hawks would’ve taken this game a little more seriously, because THESE were the types of games that they routinely lose, not the marquee type home games.
I see Drew is playing Teague – Jamal – Jordan together. Let the gunning begin.
Samuel
October 22nd, 2010
9:12 pm
Hawks 22 TO 19 FG.
lewis
October 22nd, 2010
9:12 pm
No accountability
lewis
October 22nd, 2010
9:13 pm
Fire all of our guards except JJ…
Astro Joe
October 22nd, 2010
9:13 pm
Samuel, I;m not saying that I agree… but JTO=Jeff Turnover is funny as HECK.
Samuel
October 22nd, 2010
9:25 pm
Jamahl 7 Teague 6
Samuel
October 22nd, 2010
9:27 pm
Didn’t Ken give him that name, JTO? I wasn’t sure what he meant. “Now you know”.
lewis
October 22nd, 2010
9:29 pm
wow 23 to 22 fg
J.J.M.
October 22nd, 2010
9:31 pm
Hawks dont have no kind of leaders
Samuel
October 22nd, 2010
9:32 pm
Looks like Jamahl may win the TO crown tonight. Wait, there’s 12 seconds left, plenty of time for JTO to make a couple more. Why is JTO shooting 3’s? Dude can’t even make a 10 footer.
JTO=SpeedyII
1 blogger 5 names (drmaryb
October 22nd, 2010
9:35 pm
(drmaryb
LeQuit isa looser, I wish Dan G. was our owner
October 22nd, 2010
9:36 pm
LeBron : “Dan I can’t win w/ L. Hughes & C. Boozer in their primes. I need more help!!”
Dan : “You got it LeBron what is it you need? Just name it.”
LeBron: “First I want a coach.”
Dan : “You got it LeBron. Who you want to coach?”
LeBron : “I want my hommie M. Brown!”
Dan : “No problem LeBron. Done!! Anything else LeBron?”
LeBron : “I also need a shooter that can handle the ball.”
Dan : “Anything you want LeBron. Who should we get?”
LeBron : “I want Mo Williams”
Dan : “You bet!! Done!!”
LeBron : “Well Dan, Mo wasn’t enough. I need more defensive minded shooters that play D & have “length.”
Dan : “Sure thing LeBron. Who should we get?”
LeBron : “I want Anthony Parker, J. Mario Moon…..& bring in Leon Powe while you’re @ it.”
Dan : “Of course LeBron, anything you want!”
LeBron : Dan, I just can’t win w/ these guys. I need a big man too.”
Dan : “Absolutely LeBron. Just name your man & we’ll get him.”
LeBron : “I want Shaq.”
Dan : “Right away LeBron!”
LeBron : “Dan….Even though we have the best record in the league & are the favorites to win the Championship Mo, Jamario, AP, & Shaq just aren’t cutting it. I need more help!”
Dan : “Well, of course LeBron. Who else do you need?”
LeBron : “I want a shooter who can ’stretch the floor’ somebody like Antwan Jamison.”
Dan : “What about Amare Stoudamire? He’s youger, stronger, more athletically gifted & will likey form a deadly combination w/ you for yrs. to come?”
LeBron : “WHAT?? Don’t fuggin backtalk me Dan. I run this team! ME!! Now go get me Antwan Jamison!!!
Dan : “Sorry LeBron. I’m on the phone now.”
LeBron : “Fuggin’ cracker!!”
Dan : “Ok LeBron. It’s a done deal. But were now all in. We have assembled your team just as you have asked. We have an All-Star point guard. An All-Star small forward. An All-Star power forward. And an All-Star center. Just like you asked. Along w/ the best bench in the league & homecourt throughout!! But keep in mind we have destroyed all our assets in doing so. We have given away all our draft picks & essentially sold our souls & our franchise to the devil in your ‘win now’ scheme. Now bring us home the Larry O’Brien trophy!!
3 weeks later……
LeBron : “First & foremost I want to win. I know I spoil everybody w/ my talents. If I could only clone myself 5 times over…..I consider Cleveland the front runner for my services next season.”
Dan : “I hope so LeBron because it was you who built this roster. Not me. You asked for & I delivered. I hope you don’t run out on every body here?”
LeBron : “I quit, I’m taking my talents to South Beach. I just cant win in Cleveland w/ 4 All-Stars & the best bench in the league to go along w/ the coach of the year & homecourt throughout. I feel I have a better chance surround myself w/ Team USA & 3 future HOF’s. Good luck w/ the franchise that I fugged UP Dan.”
Dan : “NI@@ER….”
LeBron : “I am a victim of racism. Now I know I made the right decision.”
Six years later…..
LeBron : “I have decided after not having enough talent around me in South Beach over the last six seasons to win the Championship that I am going to join Kobe Bryant & the LA Lakers so I can finally get a ring.”
Three years later & three rings later Delonte is STILL bangin LeBrons mom!!
LeQuit isa looser, I wish Dan G. was our owner
October 22nd, 2010
9:37 pm
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap;_ylt=AgpVxRSMqlSBHTaof8×38sy8vLYF?gid=2010102101#mwpphu-container
Samuel
October 22nd, 2010
9:39 pm
We averaged 20 point deficits in our 4 losses.
Hmmm
October 22nd, 2010
9:43 pm
I cant wait to heat LD’s comments after this one.
Does Pape Sy have the same back injury that Marvin had?
Samuel
October 22nd, 2010
9:44 pm
Who will go first LD or Spoelstra?
Samuel
October 22nd, 2010
9:55 pm
Will LD be as stubborn as yall say Woody was. We’re getting beat like drums. The gimmick aint working, the man up(accountability) defense ant either and Jeff Turnover still aint ready.
UGA
October 22nd, 2010
9:56 pm
Bibby is that important to the Hawks, period.
We may be wasting our time with Teague and may need to see what the value is for Crawford.
Hmmm
October 22nd, 2010
10:01 pm
Im not suprised. This isnt the first time we have been blown out by the bobcats. We have been blownout w/Bibby in 1st quaters tons of times, I doubt he would have helped. We just came out flat tonight.
Why do non-hawks fans continue to post on here. Woody had like three active braincells.
LD > Woodson
mykhalc
October 22nd, 2010
10:05 pm
@J.J.M..Hawks dont have no kind of leaders
and haven’t for years now…well except for Bibby for 1/2 a year!
pitiful…but expected!
Real Talk
October 22nd, 2010
10:07 pm
@ LeQuit isa looser, I wish Dan G. was our owner
That was pretty good You should do one with the Atlanta Sprit Group passing over All Star point guards to draft a BUST of forwards, Signing a third best player on a championship caliber team, promoting him as a Superstar, and paying him like a Hall of Famer. The list goes on etc.
Rev in Tampa
October 22nd, 2010
10:07 pm
@-Samuel
I am glad at least one ‘Hawks Fan’ enjoyed himself so much tonight.
Samuel
October 22nd, 2010
10:26 pm
Had a blast.
JeJe
October 22nd, 2010
10:33 pm
It was good to see Hawks “Fans” boo LBJ last night. Maybe this city finally has an identity.
Probably not
ryan
October 22nd, 2010
10:34 pm
If the Hawks can’t play D how are going to survive in southeast with a healthy Heat , Magic, and a dangerous Bobcats team every night .
Najeh Davenpoop
October 22nd, 2010
10:35 pm
“Will LD be as stubborn as yall say Woody was. We’re getting beat like drums. The gimmick aint working, the man up(accountability) defense ant either and Jeff Turnover still aint ready.”
We gave Woody six years to show what he could do. We ain’t giving up on Drew after six games.
As for Teague, he isn’t ready? Gee, I wonder why? Could it be because Darren Collison, Stephen Curry, Jonny Flynn, Brandon Jennings, Tyreke Evans, Ty Lawson, and Roddy Beaubois were allowed to, you know, PLAY while Teague’s azz was plastered to the bench regardless of how he played?
Najeh Davenpoop
October 22nd, 2010
10:37 pm
Just like I don’t read a whole lot into a preseason win over Miami, I don’t read a lot into a preseason loss against Charlotte, especially when I didn’t see a minute of the game. From the box score, it appears to be a game where the Hawks sleepwalked knowing that it didn’t count and the regular season is right around the corner. Not saying it’s right, but I am saying that it probably isn’t an accurate representation of what the Hawks can do.
I.MUS WRITE
October 22nd, 2010
10:37 pm
Last year I wanted Teague to earn his nickname and im still waitng….still waiting,still waiting, JTO C’mon Son. Im with Samuel Teague has’nt shown me much, I know he’s still young yada yada yada AC Law is somewhere smiling
Darren Collins is young too but he looks really good from what i’ve seen good pick up by Indiana.
I.MUS WRITE
October 22nd, 2010
10:39 pm
Iz there a special prize for being first,dam it im never first -i want to be first so bad -i love being first……..Grow up people Jeez
I.MUS WRITE
October 22nd, 2010
10:40 pm
Im really mad because im not first LOL…….Burp!!!
drmaryb (*_*)
October 23rd, 2010
3:25 am
Them Bobcats Bad!
Go MJ Go!