Game thread, Bucks-Hawks
Greetings, all-
This is Ken sitting in for MC, who’s getting some needed down time. I know it was hard for him to pass up a trip to beautiful Milwaukee (just ask Josh Smith), but discretion is the better part of valor, as they say.
I was going to post a little earlier, but wanted to let the Carmelo thread get more of a run. Interesting, I thought, though, as Mike pointed out, I don’t know what the Hawks have that they’d be willing to give up that the Nuggets would really want. Maybe the Hawks could arrange a three-way trade and be able to use Carmelo like a timeshare.
Anyway, some tidbits from the shootaround.
- Al Horford and Marvin Williams both shot and will be ready. Larry Drew sounded like he was planning on giving Wiliams about 20 minutes of playing time.
- Drew is going with the big lineup to tangle with Andrew Bogut.
- Drew said the team is playing better on the road in part because it’s understanding that you have to play differently on the road than you do at the super-energized Philips Arena.
Drew: “When you look at our team in the past, and when I say past I’m saying years back, we’ve tried to play the same way on the road as we do at home, and the one thing I tried to instill in these guys is the fact that the mindset has to be a little different on the road because you can’t play with the pace on the road like you do at home.”
- Hawks wearing the red uni’s again. They’re 4-0 thus far in them this season.
- Got any questions for Jamal Crawford? Get them to me by the time I get to the arena for open locker room (6:30 EST) and I’ll ask what I can. (Presuming he’s willing and available, which he generally is.)
- Question – as best I can tell, there’s five arenas in the NBA that aren’t named by a corporation. The Bradley Center (named after a local philanthropist) is one of them. Can you name the others? No googling, please.
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Najeh Davenpoop
January 26th, 2011
9:46 pm
Bucks fans are chanting “Bogut’s better” as Marvin is at the line. No argument from any of us…
Ramon
January 26th, 2011
9:46 pm
Hank, but majority of his shots have been in the lane, at the rim. What’s a better shot, Josh at the rim, or a jumper from Joe, JC1, or Al (who’s still hampered by his ankle)? No one else is attacking the rim, but Josh.
ATL FAN
January 26th, 2011
9:47 pm
cmon teague ffs…
J.J.M
January 26th, 2011
9:47 pm
teague…
Najeh Davenpoop
January 26th, 2011
9:47 pm
Antawn just slayed the blog monster.
Ken Sugiura
January 26th, 2011
9:48 pm
@ terrell. ha ha!
ClassicHawks
January 26th, 2011
9:48 pm
Hawks has a plethora of talent. I just hope they stay healthy and continue to grow into a better defensive team. LD knows what he’s doing and we have a shot to make to the conference finals. I just don’t believe we have enough yet to beat the Celtics. But a couple of moves here and there and BOOM, we can be a true contender!
O'Brien
January 26th, 2011
9:48 pm
Boykins is 34, and 5′5″, and still playing good basketball, averaging 8 and 3 in 31 mpg.
Good 3rd quarter Hawks. Lets go on a big run in the fourth, and put them away, so LD can empty the bench.
Ramon
January 26th, 2011
9:49 pm
Ken, now that you said that, we won’t see Teague play again until after the All Star game.
terrell
January 26th, 2011
9:49 pm
Marvin sure can shoot free throws. Let him shoot the techs from now on.
The Rephaim
January 26th, 2011
9:50 pm
http://espn.go.com/nba/stats/rpi/_/sort/SOS
Lowest strength of schedule, your ATLANTA HAWKS.
These frauds will be exposed soon.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 26th, 2011
9:50 pm
“Because the person who draws the charge isn’t always the one who cause it.”
Well yeah, but the person who ends up with the steal isn’t always the one who caused it either. If Smoove hounds his man on the perimeter and forces him to throw a bad pass to Bibby, Bibby is the guy who gets credit with the steal even though Smoove did the work. Stats are not perfect, but it just seems messed up to me that a play as important as drawing a charge doesn’t get you any credit in the stat sheet whatsoever.
J.J.M
January 26th, 2011
9:51 pm
lmao mo evans its the headband
Najeh Davenpoop
January 26th, 2011
9:53 pm
“Lowest strength of schedule, your ATLANTA HAWKS.
These frauds will be exposed soon.”
That would be a valid point if the Hawks had beaten all of the bad teams on the schedule and lost to only good teams, like the Falcons did this season. But with two wins against Orlando, a road win against Miami, and a road win against Utah on their resume within the last month and a half despite having lost a lot of player-games to injury, it’s safe to say the Hawks are capable of hanging with the big boys.
Antawn
January 26th, 2011
9:54 pm
Our bench is really stinking it up out there. I always have a bad feeling when they enter the game. Also, I’m not sure I feel very good playing Marvin at the 4. I don’t think that’s a very advantageous position for him. What do you guys think about Marvin at the 4. I think he’s a prototypical SF.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 26th, 2011
9:54 pm
Does Al Horford always lick his lips while leading fast breaks? WTF? Who the hell even has the coordination needed to do that?
bigdave
January 26th, 2011
9:54 pm
i would’ve ditched my head band when i saw Mo pulled his out.. smh. Mo is lame, look @ how he wears his uni.. 1 leg sleeve.. arm sleeve.. converse..
f- outta here Mo..
ClassicHawks
January 26th, 2011
9:54 pm
Good Offensive Set Out Of The Timeout! How many times did I say that Under WOODY? None!
Melvin
January 26th, 2011
9:55 pm
YuronZzZ,
Thats why I said “I wonder”. If Jennings was playing, then it would have been a question…
Jesse
January 26th, 2011
9:55 pm
When will Zaza take the ball to the hole with authority? His dink and ducks drive me crazy. He never gets the calls if he’s avoiding contact.
J.J.M
January 26th, 2011
9:56 pm
lmfao@bigdave getting on mo
ClassicHawks
January 26th, 2011
9:56 pm
Najeh,
Why Don’t The AJC Fire Ken and Mike and Hire You As The BLOG Guy? #jussayin’!
Melvin
January 26th, 2011
9:57 pm
Although Jeff missed the shot, I like the way he attack the paint…
Najeh Davenpoop
January 26th, 2011
9:57 pm
Sometimes I get the feeling that if Zaza was standing in front of a burning building and someone threw a baby out the 5th floor window, he would bat it in the air instead of catching it.
Jesse
January 26th, 2011
9:57 pm
How many of those runners is Teague going to miss this year. If he’d make them he’d get more PT, but man he misses them all the time. Draw some contact and go to the line like Devin Harris…
ATL FAN
January 26th, 2011
9:58 pm
the falcons didnt just beat bad teams!! ravens, packers, saints to name a few good teams…
ClassicHawks
January 26th, 2011
9:59 pm
Temple for 3! WhAT?
bigdave
January 26th, 2011
10:00 pm
smh
ClassicHawks
January 26th, 2011
10:00 pm
We have ourselves a game folks! YES!
J.J.M
January 26th, 2011
10:00 pm
uh oh hawks yall better D up
ClassicHawks
January 26th, 2011
10:00 pm
Josh for 3! BRICK! Lol!
J.J.M
January 26th, 2011
10:00 pm
wtf is josh doing
terrell
January 26th, 2011
10:01 pm
Bad shot there by Josh.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 26th, 2011
10:01 pm
Well that sucked…
cp
January 26th, 2011
10:01 pm
smh LD takes the bench out and the starters give up the lead
ATL FAN
January 26th, 2011
10:01 pm
nice try josh, he usually makes those…
Rod from College Park
January 26th, 2011
10:01 pm
All you Teague is a good defender guys, he sure is not against Boykins.
ClassicHawks
January 26th, 2011
10:01 pm
Josh=Fearless! LOL!
Ramon
January 26th, 2011
10:02 pm
Four seconds on shot clock and Josh shot that 3.
Antawn
January 26th, 2011
10:02 pm
That last three point attempt by Josh is a classic example of bad shot selection. That was a critical point in the game and we had plenty of time left on the clock and Josh takes a contested three? WTF, Josh? We can’t afford those kinds of shots in these situations. Now, we have to play from behind and try to get the lead back.
Ramon
January 26th, 2011
10:02 pm
Rod, I didn’t know it was possible to collect 3 fouls guarding Boykins, lol.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 26th, 2011
10:03 pm
“the falcons didnt just beat bad teams!! ravens, packers, saints to name a few good teams…”
That’s not what I was saying. I said they only lost to good teams (Steelers, Saints, Packers, Eagles). If the Hawks had gone through this stretch beating every team with a worse record and losing to the Miamis and Orlandos of the league every time, you could make the argument that when the schedule got tougher they would start losing more. But it’s not like they have been getting beat by all the good teams they have played.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 26th, 2011
10:03 pm
Great energy from the Bucks, terrible possession by the Hawks out of that timeout.
J.J.M
January 26th, 2011
10:03 pm
man what is jamal doing drive the ball
J.J.M
January 26th, 2011
10:04 pm
joe had bibby wide open
Najeh Davenpoop
January 26th, 2011
10:04 pm
This is not the time for Iso-Joe. Run the offense through the post and get a good shot.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 26th, 2011
10:05 pm
Bibby’s terrible execution of that pick and pop led to Iso-Joe on that possession.
Jesse
January 26th, 2011
10:05 pm
Do they even care? Or want to run an offense?
J.J.M
January 26th, 2011
10:05 pm
bench joeeeee
Ramon
January 26th, 2011
10:05 pm
Horford REALLY can’t come close to guarding Bogut.