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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Wabe
January 26th, 2011
10:15 pm
Mike Bibby gets lazy on the play with 6 seconds left on the shot clock…
Melvin
January 26th, 2011
10:15 pm
Earl went around Bibby 3 times on the same possession
ATL FAN
January 26th, 2011
10:15 pm
put teague in please
O'Brien
January 26th, 2011
10:15 pm
And Josh with another bad shot! Dude, you were 5-17, and you take a bad shot under pressure, with time on the clock?
And games like this show how bad Bibby can be defensively.
cp
January 26th, 2011
10:15 pm
Bibby is absolutely terrible defensively
bigdave
January 26th, 2011
10:15 pm
and Exhibit A on Josh not staying in the game mentally..
bigdave
January 26th, 2011
10:16 pm
nice move Joe..
Jae Evolution
January 26th, 2011
10:16 pm
We can still win this, play defense, and focus.
Jo Bling
January 26th, 2011
10:16 pm
Is Josh Smith an asset or a liability? That, my friends, is the question.
O'Brien
January 26th, 2011
10:17 pm
Boykins (7-11 from the field) has outplayed Bibby tonight. Who would have thunk it?
Najeh Davenpoop
January 26th, 2011
10:17 pm
Hawks need a stop right now.
bigdave
January 26th, 2011
10:17 pm
asset no question..
he will atone.. its just a matter of it being too late..
cp
January 26th, 2011
10:17 pm
Bibby might knock down some open 3’s but he gives it right back up defensively because he cant guard anybody
Jae Evolution
January 26th, 2011
10:17 pm
Oh my….
Wabe
January 26th, 2011
10:18 pm
These are the types of nights I’ve grown accustomed to with these Hawks…
Which is why it’s very hard for anybody to take these Hawks seriously.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 26th, 2011
10:18 pm
That was a total BS call. Great D by Smoove… he knew Bogut was going to that lefty hook.
J.J.M
January 26th, 2011
10:18 pm
lol@that call
Melvin
January 26th, 2011
10:18 pm
Bad call on Al…
bigdave
January 26th, 2011
10:18 pm
excellent d from Josh..
Illy over back.. but hey.. Al just jumped for the reb. didnt bother to properly box out..
STRETCH
January 26th, 2011
10:18 pm
Ok, its time to make a move SUND!
ClassicHawks
January 26th, 2011
10:18 pm
We Deserved To Lose This Game. Classic HAwks! lol!
Ramon
January 26th, 2011
10:18 pm
Horford will have a hard time getting many shot attempts in his career because he has difficulty creating his own shot. Long as he’s playing with a PG like Bibby, or shot first player like JC1, he will have games where he doesn’t get many attempts. Horford needs to play with a facilitating point guard to full capitalize his best abilities. You can’t fire off mid range jumpers (his only offense move that he seems quite confident in) if you don’t have separation.
Jae Evolution
January 26th, 2011
10:19 pm
Unless clutch plays happen these last 30 seconds, 5th in the East again…
O'Brien
January 26th, 2011
10:19 pm
I know Teague is inconsistent, but how far can Bibby take us in the playoffs?
Defense is what wins games in the playoffs. And teams will continue to go at Bibby, causing our bigs to cover for him, leaving other guys open for rebounds.
bigdave
January 26th, 2011
10:19 pm
if you properly box him out.. get him out of there.. they have to call over the back.
Hawks vs Bucks
January 26th, 2011
10:19 pm
if the Hawks had to trade their “core” to get Melo, if he brings consistent play .. I don’t see why they wouldn’t do it
Wabe
January 26th, 2011
10:19 pm
Really?
Done deal.
Jae Evolution
January 26th, 2011
10:19 pm
Dude they need to bench this guy for a whole game, ARE YOU SERIOUS!
bigdave
January 26th, 2011
10:19 pm
like the play.. open look.
Melvin
January 26th, 2011
10:20 pm
My goodness, Comeon Josh…
Wabe
January 26th, 2011
10:20 pm
That’s the shot we take when we absolutely need a bucket?
Beyond sad. Downright pathetic.
J.J.M
January 26th, 2011
10:20 pm
lmaoooo a play for josh to shoot a 3?? I would fire my coach
cp
January 26th, 2011
10:20 pm
smh Josh. Really?
Rod from College Park
January 26th, 2011
10:20 pm
Are you kidding me??????????
STRETCH
January 26th, 2011
10:20 pm
GET A POINT GUARD SUND, DREW, ASG!!!
Nique's Revenge
January 26th, 2011
10:20 pm
… and another josh 3 attempt. because joe is no leader. nor the coach.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 26th, 2011
10:20 pm
Bob and Nique have actively been trying to jinx these Bucks players at the line.
ReddJonn68
January 26th, 2011
10:20 pm
This team reminds me of the Falcons, they will only go as far as the offense takes them, there are simply too many defensive holes on this team!
Wabe
January 26th, 2011
10:20 pm
The look isn’t an issue…
They’ll give him that look.
Because they see whose taking that shot.
bigdave
January 26th, 2011
10:20 pm
Al either is going to shoot or go to the middle of the lane from that side of the floor. no threat to do anything else.
DHD
January 26th, 2011
10:21 pm
Josh Smith….what the freak????
Sautee
January 26th, 2011
10:21 pm
Mrs. Sautee just said “they would have won if they had the red unis”. LOL!
Najeh Davenpoop
January 26th, 2011
10:21 pm
Not a good shot by Smoove on that possession, but I wonder why the play was called for him to be there to shoot that.
Jae Evolution
January 26th, 2011
10:21 pm
I highly doubt that was the play that was drawn up, it was most likely a play drawn for Al to get a quick drive and get fouled, he saw that someone collapsed and threw it to Josh who is just in jump shot mode.
Ramon
January 26th, 2011
10:21 pm
O’Brien, this season I don’t see Bibby taking us out of the first round. The top 7 teams each have good, quick pgs, who will abuse the Hawks in a 7 game series.
Blake
January 26th, 2011
10:21 pm
Lost this game In the F…… fourth quarter to an Inferior team…..Good Job guys!
Wabe
January 26th, 2011
10:21 pm
Whatever…
Same ish.
ReddJonn68
January 26th, 2011
10:21 pm
We sure are getting our 20+ million dollars worth in the clutch LoL
STRETCH
January 26th, 2011
10:22 pm
This team constructed as it is will NEVER win anything past the 1st round. GET A POINT GUARD AND GET SOMETHING FOR JOSH WHILE YOU CAN ATL !!!!!
O'Brien
January 26th, 2011
10:22 pm
bigdave,
Josh is 6-19, and we go to him for a 3? SMH at LD if that was the play-call. Just because he is open, he has sucked all game, so why go to him? Dude was 1-4 from 3 tonight.
And what is Nique talking about? bucks were already up 4 with 19 seconds, and he says they have to knock one of them down.
Why Nique? Its already a 2 possession game!