Atlanta Hawks at Nuggets: Pregame notes
Denver–Some quick pregame notes . . .
- GM Rick Sund said the team is unlikely to add any of the waived vets. Doing so would push the team’s payroll over or near the luxury-tax line even when accounting for the prorating of minimum salaries. Under the CBA, the prorating also is affected by a myriad of factors including the record of the team that signs the player.
- If the Hawks do decide to add a vet they would likely be looking for a shooter.
- Sund also said that after not trading Jamal Crawford’s expiring contract the Hawks would attempt to re-sign him: “I’ve said from Day One I’m a big fan of Jamal. Once we figure out what the new [CBA] rules are we will do everything in our power to re-sign him.”
- Kirk Hinrich (calf) is a game-time decision. (UPDATE: Hinrich is out.) He shot baskets before the game but hit the trainer’s table before I could catch up with him. L.D. is starting Jeff Teague alongside J.J., Marvin, Josh and Al.
- Mike Bibby’s buyout was the buzz in Atlanta’s locker room before the game. Guys are surprised he gave up $6.2 million but glad for him if joining a winning situation is what he wants.
- L.D.said that after playing last night and arriving in Denver early this morning he wants the Hawks to slow the tempo tonight.
Michael Cunningham, Hawks beat
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405 comments Add your comment
bigdave
February 28th, 2011
11:11 pm
wish we had a pg/ system that got the ball in the hands of the right person.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 28th, 2011
11:11 pm
How is replacing Teague with Damien “going offense-defense”?
drmaryb (*_*)
February 28th, 2011
11:12 pm
Melvin
Oh well, we Hawks Fans are like crack-babie – we get nothing.
Our Daddy, he broke.
If Josh goes down, we will need someone now! Murphy, CB?
Oh, silly me. We can just bring Pape Sy back up.
Duuuhh….
Hawks mane
February 28th, 2011
11:12 pm
Nuggets were so off tonight… and we still cant win… MARVIN IS SO BAD
Najeh Davenpoop
February 28th, 2011
11:12 pm
Marvin is f-cking worthless.
Wabe
February 28th, 2011
11:12 pm
how is going damien for teague trading offense for defense?
If you wanna trade offense for defense…take jamal out the game, and put in damien.
jamal’s terrible defensively.
bigdave
February 28th, 2011
11:12 pm
a #2 overall finish right there from point blank range folks.
EmirS.
February 28th, 2011
11:12 pm
Done.
bigdave
February 28th, 2011
11:13 pm
Ramon Felton.
cp
February 28th, 2011
11:13 pm
Marvin ” Big Sorry” Williams does it again smdh
Najeh Davenpoop
February 28th, 2011
11:13 pm
Game over. I don’t know how many touches Al got in the 4th, but it wasn’t enough.
Hawks Fan In New Orleans
February 28th, 2011
11:13 pm
Marvin Gay Williams is back. And Felton got us in NY and Mile High. Smh
Hawks mane
February 28th, 2011
11:14 pm
Way to go MARVIN!!
drmaryb (*_*)
February 28th, 2011
11:14 pm
Felton’s – Dagger in the Coffin!
G-Nite Fella. Let’s all pray that Josh is ok.
Ron
February 28th, 2011
11:14 pm
Isolation and lack of ball movement is costing us this game, and that is on L.D. There was no reason to go away from Horford, and there was no reason to force feed Joe. The Hawks should have just keep moving the ball the way they were doing in the third quarter. Sure, Marvin missed some shots, but he and Horford were getting good looks, and Horford was hitting lots of his shots.
Booo!
February 28th, 2011
11:14 pm
Lol @ Sautee!
Dyslexics Untie!
EmirS.
February 28th, 2011
11:14 pm
Really, really frustrating loss. I have no hopes of a comeback just becuase we are…The Hawks. Still intrested in this new onwer group.
Melvin
February 28th, 2011
11:14 pm
I dont know why LD thought he could play Al and Joe so many mins on a back to back game in Denver of all places…
Wabe
February 28th, 2011
11:14 pm
if jamal ain’t scoring…he dont need to be on the court.
it wouldn’t hurt to sit him for a few minutes to let him gather himself.
lewis
February 28th, 2011
11:14 pm
How badly did we need Josh and Kirk….
lukas
February 28th, 2011
11:16 pm
This team has not have a small forward in 6 years.
Hawks mane
February 28th, 2011
11:16 pm
Marvin is such a bad basketball player… you see that last three??? Way to GO MARVIN
Grandad
February 28th, 2011
11:17 pm
Can we buy out Marvin…Now…!
Wabe
February 28th, 2011
11:17 pm
ballgame…
see how they do vs. chicago.
wasn’t happy with a number of things tonight.
#1. marvin bum williams
bigdave
February 28th, 2011
11:17 pm
Bob trying to put a positive spin on this one.. im w/ Nique here though. should have had this game.
Wabe
February 28th, 2011
11:18 pm
why does this sucker get so many minutes.
just slide jj to the 3 more often.
Luv Josh Smith
February 28th, 2011
11:18 pm
Marvin “wasted pick” Williams
slimjr
February 28th, 2011
11:18 pm
Marvin=D league
lukas
February 28th, 2011
11:18 pm
And by the way, IT WAS A HORRIBLE PICK!!!!
I’m worried about Josh status. If the reports of a MCL sprain are truth, he could be out for a while. This team cannot win without Josh or Horford.
NUNNA!!
February 28th, 2011
11:19 pm
LD needed defense so he leaves Jamaal in and subs Teague for Wilkens?
Josh is out and he never,ever even subs one of our bigs like Armstrong who is supposed to be a rebounder and decent shot blocker in at all?
And already Nique and crew act as though Hinrich not playing is part of the reason we’re not gonna win this game?
LD is starting to look a lot like woody yall..
No reason for us to just play7-8 guys tonite when we have bigs who would create a matchup problem for the nuggets..
Its frustrating to watch this team do as we all say they need to do and they win,then when we think we’re on our way,we go back into this “coach induced” funk..
Sautee
February 28th, 2011
11:19 pm
Najeh’s on to something.
4th qtr: Joe 3-8, Al 2-2
EmirS.
February 28th, 2011
11:19 pm
Whose up next the Bulls?
If we have Josh and Kirk, we will take it. Let it be known, that as of today, I have put my name on the winning ticket vs the Bulls.
lewis
February 28th, 2011
11:19 pm
sprained mcl is 2-4 weeks
bigdave
February 28th, 2011
11:19 pm
Melvin..
who else was he going to put in?
Wabe
February 28th, 2011
11:19 pm
does dude not work on his game?
i mean really, dude needs to get in the gym and take 20,000 jumpers a day…
because he can’t be missing as many wide open looks he gets.
those 20,000 jumpers a day should at least buy him one bucket from beyond the arc.
Hawks mane
February 28th, 2011
11:20 pm
MARVIN’s line tonight from field 4/14… He could not start on 20 nba teams in this league he so awful…
Thanks Billy Knight for picking that no talent clown
cp
February 28th, 2011
11:21 pm
I really wish the Hawks could sign another sf because Big Sorry isn’t consistent enough. Dude gets more open looks than anybody in the NBA and cant knock down open shots on a consistent basis. Really frustrating watching him out there on the court. We could have used Hinrich tonight because Jamal doesn’t even try on defense on a lot of possessions.
slimjr
February 28th, 2011
11:21 pm
MCL Sprain..2-3 weeks, at least? Chicago by 35!!!! Ouch……………………..Marvin please just quit basketball. You look home sick??Poor Marvina……Just quit………………………
Grandad
February 28th, 2011
11:21 pm
In the past I have [wrongly] defended Marvin,
a fact of which I am ashamed.
Wabe
February 28th, 2011
11:22 pm
not teague’s best game.
he got a good amount of minutes.
he’s solid defensively.
but he’s gonna have to become more assertive offensively. if anything, continue to attack the rim and try to get to the line. it’d be nice if he could start finishing some of those drives, but that’ll come with time.
keep playin him drew.
he has some promise.
Ron
February 28th, 2011
11:22 pm
Melvin, I don’t think L.D. planned to play Al that many minutes, but with Josh being unavailable he didn’t have that many options. Also, with Hinrich out and L.D. hating Teague, Joe got tons of minutes also.
By the way, this was another loss that we caused ourselves. I hate these types of losses due to the fact that we lost not because of what Denver did, but because of what we failed to do. The defense wasn’t that great and it cost us, but more than anything, the idiotic idea to degenerate the offense to isolation in the fourth quarter was the biggest issue we had. That’s once again on L.D. You can’t expect a guy who is probably exhausted (Joe) to make tough shot after tough shot when he is being doubled and forced into bad shots. Joe needs to pass the ball in those situations, and L.D. needs to stop force feeding him down the stretch. We should have moved the ball and gotten Al more involved. Al’s shots was dead on tonight, and in the fourth quarter he only had 1 field goal attempt. That’s unacceptable. If we would have moved the ball in the fourth quarter and got everyone involved and still lost, I’d be okay with that, but I’m not okay with games where we lose due to stupid decision making and bad coaching. That’s never acceptable.
Sautee
February 28th, 2011
11:23 pm
More 4th qtr shooting:
Jamal 1-3, Marvin 0-4
So somebody tell me again why we went away from Al?
Melvin
February 28th, 2011
11:23 pm
bigdave,
he should have try to rest them between the end of the 3rd and beginning of the 4th qtr.
Hawks mane
February 28th, 2011
11:24 pm
My fav Marvin comparison is Luol Deng… Luol gives Chicago so much and hits open J’s at big moments… Marvin i cant wait for your big game against Charlotte or Twolves… looking at next few games of players playing SF… DENG, CARMELO, Durant, and Ron Artest… GOOD NIGHT MARVIN
yoursporthouse.com
February 28th, 2011
11:24 pm
Hawks mane, there were people on here that were fighting for more shots for Marvin. If he had more shots..For the longest people were actually wasting time arguing for this dude. Now everybody wants to jump on the Marvin sucks bandwagon. I’ve been telling you guys he’s been a clown for the last 3 years.
Ra'mon
February 28th, 2011
11:24 pm
We would’ve won this game if we had Biedrins instead of Josh! lol…Say it how ever you want to, but Josh is the only player on this team who has won more games each season more than the previous 6-7 straight times.
cp
February 28th, 2011
11:24 pm
@Wabe, Marvin works out with Sean May in the summer. I dont see the benefits of that at all. He should take the Josh Smith route and hire somebody to work with him but at this point I dont know if Marvin would do that.
Hawks mane
February 28th, 2011
11:25 pm
JOSH Is day to day he will be fine…
ole hawk's fan
February 28th, 2011
11:26 pm
Fire JD………………………….Fire JD………………………………SLOW THE BALL DOWN! LD is worst than WOODY.
Sautee
February 28th, 2011
11:27 pm
LOL @ Grandad.
Hello, my name is Grandad, and I have defended Marvin Williams.
It’s all good G’dad, admission is the first step to cure. Dr. Rod will be able to shake you of that dreaded shame.