Hawks-Pistons game thread

smh… Drew said to expect a “more of a traditional lineup going forward” expect traditional results.

Marvin.. 5-7 pts. 5 rebs.

guy looked halfway decent off the bench.

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Teague has outplayed Kirk….

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OMG. Marvin as a starter??????????????????????????

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Can we start a fire LD petition?

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hawks spelled backwards is SKWAH=squaw=a B!TCH.

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Said forward Josh Smith, “I think that we’re afraid to hurt people’s feelings.” He was talking about the captains on the team not making each other accountable. I find that funny because Josh Smith is Mr. STOO-PID. Watch todays game, if he’s hitting jumpers it’s a fluke, and if he is not Detroit will beat us by 20 or more. Who knows what ISO Joe will do, as much as smith launches and Iso POUNDS it takes the rhythm from Al and Marvin who is very suspect anyway (Marvin Williams). As far as defense, this should be a hoot. Jamal is either or and that’s a crapshoot. Time to look at Hilton, Damien and Jeff and I mean a good look today. LD is dumb tho, so he will probably continue on that road.

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Ken Sugiura has consistently done an excellent job with these game blogs.

We all know what will happen. We lose today and lose vs. Chicago Tuesday

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OB..

you can bet that Jamal will be subbed for Kirk.. or you might see Jamal for Marvin and sliding Joe to the 3.

i dont know why LD refuses to balance the roster if he’s going “traditional”. Jeff for Kirk.. Jamal for Joe.. Damien for Marvin..

the only guys that should be interchangeable.. are Marvin, Josh, and Al.. @ front court spots..

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I Wish LD Would Stay With A Consistent Lineup. Nobody Knows There Roles For God’s Sake!

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If we held a players-only meeting after every game, regardless of the outcome, we’d have about 15 more wins. LD says we need to hold each other accountable but nothing will happen. We’ll just keep taking jumpshots.

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smh@LD. Always saying one thing but doing another.

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L.D. Will be Judged By His Playoff Performance, If this team plays like they have this season, he will be gone with a slew of other players! I praying for the latter. Time to blow this team up and build around AL and Joe and Teague… Bottom Line.

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“ohhhhhhhh this game is could be a disastrer”

This season is on the verge of becoming that. And I blame L.D. all the way. Much Worst than Woody and thats saying something!

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We will win, but he needed to start Teague and stay with him. Make other teams adjust to you. I am sure Jamal will be first off the bench and Teague will not play the first half. No matter how garbage some guys are playing they will get minutes. Nobody on this team is consistent, except Marvin coming off the bench is better than Marvin starting.

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Damien Wilkins > Choke Johnson

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Trying to find the game online. Any suggestions?

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Okay, here’s JC and the lead is by 4; let’s see what happens…

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ag

“Make other teams adjust to you”

* Co-Sign *

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why is Joe, Kirk and Josh still playing?

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Good to see Choke showed up so far

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Settling for jumpshots

What’s new?

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I’m glad JJ has it going. But I would like to see him show up against Chicago on Tuesday…

And no minutes for teague. LD decides to play Jamal at backup PG…

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smh well Jamal is at the point now so lets see what happens

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Why does LD not play Teague, man this guy is such a lame.

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Jamal at point, Teague punked again by Drew!
Fire LD!!!

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Wilkins, Teague and Marvin played well against Miami. Teague gets rewarded with a DNP. Great coaching LD! Way to send a message of you being a liar after all the accolades you rained on him after the Portland game.

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Drew sticking with the same rotation that got us blown out the other night. Some folks are just hardheaded.

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anybody got a stream?

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he’s being playing like an actual basketball player of late..

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LOL at [imagined] team meeting comments from Boss:
“JJ if you don’t drive into the paint tomorrow, I’ll snatch that headband hard!”
“Zaza, if you don’t finish strong at the basket and pick up some fouls, I’ll rip your blue cashmere scarf!”

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Has anyone happen to notice how smooth the offense runs without Josh Smith, forget the few jumpshots that he’s hit, that’s a fluke, but, watch the defensive and offensive rotations when he is not in the lineup

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smh. what kind of defense was that Jamal just played.

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Its true what they say. You get what you paid for and LD is the lowest paid head coach in the NBA!

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*Josh is the defensive rotation

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Josh Smith is back in, here’s where we can possibly lose the lead. If ISO Jo POUNDS and or Josh Smith launches

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Josh yelling @ Al for refusing to step up in his rotation..

Al is a horrible help defender.

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Jeff Teague still in warm up smh

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Jeff might come in to spell Joe w/ about 43.1 secs left

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Don’t get happy, I am happy for the lead also but I do not trust them to maintain basketball sense

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“Freedom of speech has its limits in the NBA.” Bob LOL

Has Jamal ever made a technical free throw? I just can’t remember the last time…

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@ ag:
Teague upset b/c JC2 got traded and he didn’t.

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Difference in the game is at the FT line. Pistons shot 55% in the first half.

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lol. its all good when jump shots are falling and Detroit is being Detroit. we’ll see what happens 2nd half when we put up more jumpers and Jamal runs more pg.

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Hate to say it JCII has 19 points on 8-16 shooting. He has played 40 minutes. Since we are not going resign JC, JCII would have been a good option. Marvin has 3 points 4 rebs..great job LD. Oh, Stuckey has 8 points playing pt coming off bench.

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Free Jeff Teague

I just woke up halfway through the first quarter. Figured I’d check the box score to see if Teague had played yet. I see Sorry Drew is back to his Woody Jr. ways when it comes to him. I see he’s playing plenty of Jamal at the point again. He’ll probably get away with it against this worthless team and talk himself into that being a good decision going forward.

At this point Teague is the main reason I watch this team. If Sorry Drew won’t play him in regular time, I’ll wait for garbage time before I start watching.

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Najeh – Unfortunately a Co-sign. Wish I could say otherwise

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As well as the Hawks have played, the Pistons are only down 5

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the lady with the headphones was thick with it

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cp..

she always walking around w/ a tight dress on.. never fails..

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Just A Thought!

Wizards 94 Nets 90 w/1- min to go.
Jordan Craw scored 25 on 27 shots last time out. He is establishing himself as a high volume scorer w/a questionable and low fg% to go along with his small size and not as a defensive stopper.

Here’s my point: on a play off team he was never gonna’ get that many attempts. Within a TEAM concept only Superstars with HOF aspirations are tolerated to take so many looks.

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just b/c it was passed to you Josh and you were semi open, doesnt mean you have to take the shot..

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Ken S:
Good article on team leadership. Big Ray also posted a good one a couple of weeks ago on leadership from the team captains in which he questioned whether naming 3 captains was a good/bad decision.

This team continues to exhibit its dysfunctional nature in the comments that have been made as well as the way they are delivered (as you pointed out). I wonder if a player’s feelings were hurt midseason over being made accountable for shot selection whether said player would be crying in June if he was wearing a championship ring? Just a thought.

Dynamics of dysfunctionality play out in teams whether they are in the boardroom or on the court: if there is no trust among the team, members don’t share constructive feedback and criticism with each other. If feedback is withheld and the team’s production languishes, personal agendas take precedence over the success of the team.

If the team is afraid to hurt each other’s feelings, maybe they all need to chip in and hire a facilitator. If they want to be elite and win as much as they give lip service about, it’s time for thinking way outside the box!

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Woody is calling the shots from his living room.

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drmaryb I would rather have Jordan Crawford out there jacking up shots rather than Jamal.

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Wilcox playing like he’s still a Terp

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Amazing Teague can’t even get into this game

FIRE LD

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Monroe is a nice player

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Al Horfort seems to be the only one that gets to the line consistently

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Only reason Hawks are winning is because I’m watching the game. We’ve lost pretty much all the games this year I’ve missed

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I didn’t expect Teague to get much PT today because of Detroit’s big guards but a DNP-CD is inexcusable

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@cp
Thats why they were able to cut a 15 point lead down to a 5 point lead!

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All the blogging about all the theories about all the reasons why the Hawks can’t buy a basket and it really just boiled down to JeJe’s viewing habits.

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Hawks won’t lose this game

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get Zaza out of there

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shortened rotation and struggling.

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*block

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This game should have been a blowout.

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Nimbers

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Jamal gets blown by.. Josh rotates and protects the rim

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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a playoff team commit as many shot clock violations as this team does.

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way to finish Al..

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Smoove just pulled a Marvin lmao

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With New York tanking to play Miami in the first round, it appears we might be facing Orlando. Hawks fans are you ready for another first round defeat?

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thats the shot i dont understand Josh taking.. the ball rotates finds him and he pulls it.

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was the baseline not wide open for you to drive Josh?

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We are playing good against a non playoff team. *yawn*

#wishwecouldhavehadthiseffortagainstmiami

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josh will never learn how to play offense

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Hawks were 2-1 with the Teague/Hinrich starting back court. They won against one quality opponent (Blazers), blew out one not so quality opponent (Bucks), and lost to one quality opponent (Nuggets). Teague didn’t play all that well against the Nuggets, and ever since then he’s out of the rotation.

This team really p-sses me off.

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Trade deadline over. Can coach make adjustment?

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Nd, he did not have good games on offense, but played well on defense

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Stuckey has 20 points off the bench on Jamal alone.

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LD has 2 plays: The Thumbs Up and The Thumbs Down

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Crawford bringin the ball up runnin the point in crunch time = formula for success in the playoffs. Well known for his distribution of the rock and decision making. I trust this team.

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“they wont beat the Bulls playing like this”

They won’t even be competitive with the Bulls if Jamal plays point guard. Just like the last game against the Bulls.

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50 Cent doing work on us

FIRE WOODY

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jump shooters

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Struggling against a sorry Pistons team. SAD!!!

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Bucks outscored the Knicks by 23 in the first quarter, but they are up by 6 at halftime. I’m going to go ahead and predict a 15 point Knicks victory.

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Even if the hawks win, I cannot and wil not get excited about a 5-10 pts home win against a team that has 7 road wins all season.

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Jamal stays in?

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O’B -

Co-sign that on a win that should be by 30, not 3-4.

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Mental Midgets!

“Woody is calling the shots from his living room”
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How many times do we need to bash Mr. Woodson, before he is really gone? Does his evil spirit linger in the rafters and scare people at games and in this case the recesses of Clyde and his little cohort, JeJe?

Does this guy have night sweats and little wet nightmares, from fear that The Boogie Man is lurking under the frame of his twin sized “race car” bed? Because, the rest of the “whole wide world” knows that
Mr. Woodson will NEVER be fired by The ASKG! That is mathematically – Impossible.

Is it because Mr. Woodson’s contract expired and was not extended, rendering him not FIRED and somehow his entrance to the next life is still pending and not complete? Perhaps Clyde and his little parrot should just go out back and end it now. How can they live a quality life from here on out?
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Breaking News! Ta Dah!
Mr. Woodson is gone bye-bye. He is not walking through that door. You can say another little prayer, this time ask God to help you accept these simple truths, so that you can get on with your life and stop bothering the rest of the blog who have all moved on. It is not cute, insightful nor appreciated to have to keep scrolling past the tape recorders. Hopefully your rewind and re-play button will break or you will upgrade to a CD player. Unless you are Autistic? You can stop banging your little head against that brick wall.
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Question: Can two blind mice really not see? If not, can they hear?
(spoken loudly! Woody – be – Gone! (Ya heard?))
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Hawks Win! Yeah!

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O’Brien

March 20th, 2011
4:17 pm
Even if the hawks win, I cannot and wil not get excited about a 5-10 pts home win against a team that has 7 road wins all season.

Co-sign.

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Nique, if beating the freakin Detroit Pistons by 6 is a “morale booster” for this team, it’s a sad, sorry statement about this team. Woo Hoo, we break into the 40s today…

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we went 7 deep today folks.

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If Teague had a Twitter I’d tweet him that he should demand a trade in the offseason. I’m sick of this sh-t.

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The Pistons coach is terrible. I would have had Wilcox in. The Hawks had no answer for him….Hawks won but if they play like this against the Bulls they will lose by at least 15

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This was a win we had to have but Teague having a DNP was not needed and was not wise. Drew still needs to get right. Should have had Teague on Bibby the other night too.

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The only thing positive about this hawks season is that it is helping Mike Woodson get another coaching job.

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drmaryb you wasn’t saying that when the Hawks got blown out by Miami.

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I’m with you, bigdave. A lot of the Hawks current problems are best helped by having Teague and Damien in the regular rotation. Why LD insists on Jamal at the point is beyond me.

Coach is starting to look like he’s trying to force issues with his personnel, rather than putting each player in the best position to play to their strengths.

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@ Najeh: Teague is on Twitter – @jeffteague.

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Larry Drew is is suffering from;
paranoia, anxiety, acute stress disorder,

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*”lol @ Josh hesitating to just anoint (Kirk) the better starting pg.”

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The Hawks dont have the money to sign a pg, the pieces to trade for one ,nor the draft picks so you would think they would develop the young one they have. Not saying Teague will be great but I think he could be solid starter. Hinrich is a stop gap not a long term answer. The Hawks just never have a plan so it wont be shocking to see them still looking for an upgrade at point in the next few years.

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now.. if we run together 8-9 straight, ill give credit where its due..

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The last few post game press conferences I’ve heard Drew call Milwaukee a “quality team” and Detroit a “very, very tough” team

lol

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LD did what Woody did. Shorten the rotation. And with the playoffs around the corner, alot of teams shorten their rotation.

However, in 30 minutes (a big part of which he played backup PG), Jamal had 9 pts and 2 assists. I think LD should have given Teague some of those minutes. Jamal should have gotten some of JJ’s minutes (JJ played 42).

Stuckey had 22 points. I wonder how many of those points came against Jamal.

Good game by Marvin, so that explains why Damien only played 4 minutes.

But overall, the Hawks won, and we will see if they carry over this ball movement/get closer to the rim to the Chicago game.

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I HATE Larry Drew for the way he’s treating Teague! Not to mention all the other ways he’s ruining the Hawks…

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bigdave

March 20th, 2011
4:44 pm
Tremaine..

you peeped that too..

Yeah, they wanted him to co-sign so bad.

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r.e. My last post;
either that or he has lost his mind ?

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WOW! I come on here and read where some fans are complaining about certain players didn’t play. They won people! UNBELIEVABLE! I see now why these owners could careless about building a championship team because the fans are more concern about who plays than winning games. Keep on sending mix messages and see how far you get.

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This team sucks and Larry Drew is the main reason. Another DNP for Teague and there is no reason for it. The truth is as we all know Larry Drew would rather play anyone other than Teague. Beating a team as sorry as Detroit at home by 8 is nothing to get excited about.

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i think many of us are no longer impressed by wins against opponents whom you should beat at home. what we’d like to see is consistency w/ in our team. from play, to philosophy, to rotations. this is all still in questions only weeks away from playoff basketball. so while you might feel a win against a non playoff Detroit Piston team is something to write home about.. most would rather observe strategy that will make us a better team and avoid playoff embarrassment.

you sound like you work for the Hawks vs a fan that sat through this last home stand of crappy play.

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Last post was referring to LD, just in case?

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*question

and damn any other grammatical errors if intention is comprehended.

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The Complaint Department!

They Lose, some bloggers complain. They win, same bloggers complain. Perhaps, the blog should be renamed:

The Complaint Department.
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This team, The Pistons match up very well to The Hawks, (much like The Bucks). The Pistons beat the Hawks last time out by 23 points. So, since this win doesn’t matter, would you be much happier if we lost? I’m just wondering?
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The Suggestion Box!

I would, however suggest that Teague do get 15-20 mins at PG, behind Kirk. That is my only suggestion for today’s game. But, in fairness to Coach Drew, Marvin starting does make the back court bigger and we lose nothing whatsoever on defense. Marvin does a very nice job there @ SF. Which, moves Al back to Center and Josh to PF. Given how this roster is constructed? Today’s line up is our BEST starting five. It also, returns stability to the bench rotations.

Hopefully, this close to the play offs? We can stop experimenting with the starters and settled down for a post season run. This IS our team, you can love it or hate it. Since, all the trade deadlines have past? There isn’t a damned thing Drew or anyone can do about the roster now. We got needs fellas! We got needs!

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Start Your Engines!

Marvin! God bless him and his Grandma. On THIS team? Marvin is a starter. He gives us something at the SF that no one else on this roster can:

Size
Rebounds
Perimeter Defense
Scoring
Post Ups
Drives
FT’s

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in fact i think there is an argument to made that fans who (are) content w/ single wins or 46 wins or so a season and a 1st/2nd rd. playoff exit due to the same damn glaring deficiencies, keep us further from a championship than those of us who arent; those who cant adopt the philosophy that we somehow show our disgust for management, coaches, and players by going to more games and financing more mediocrity..

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We beat the Pistons.

Let’s start planning the Hawks parade.

*yawn*

Against the Heat I saw our starters lay down and quit. That game is still on my mind and will be until the Hawks show me they can stand up to a championship quality team.

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bigdave,

EXACTLY. Big freakin’ co-sign.

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Jordan Crawford has back to back 20pt games. We traded him for a scrub called Kirk Hinrich and another 1st round draft pick..
Jeff Teague the better pg racks up DNP’s..
Dear Hawks I HATE You..

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Worldwide Clyde for Poster of the Millenium

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Co-signing Grandad is just not doing it for me. I feel the need to vent my own frustration…

For the longest time we have had to live with the excuses that Teague must really suck in practice for him to continue to get DNP-CD’s in the games. I don’t care if Teague sits in the bleachers and sips mint juleps the entire practice. From what we have all witnessed during the recent games in which Teague started he deserves more playing time. He should start and get major minutes. It makes no sense that he did not play today.

Teague’s DNP-CD says a whole lot more about LD than it does Teague.

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Why would a fan want to purchase a ticket to see the Hawks?
What are you [as a fan] least likely to see;
a. Hawks blow-out opponent
b. Hawks quit and get blown out
c. Hawks narrowly escape after playing poorly -vs- bad team
d. Hawks lead for 3 qtrs yet lose to a good team after a 4th qtr meltdown

Do they play a brand of B-ball that’s exciting to watch?

editors note:
after watching the kids in the tourney [Mrch Mdnss] this week
with the enthusiasm and heart with which each team plays,
it kinda makes a Hawks game look dull.

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@Grandad: Not just the enthusiasm and heart with which they play, but also knowing they don’t get paid $1-20 million/year and they have practices, classes, homework, and study hall on top of a season of games. I will always prefer college sports over pro sports for these reasons alone.

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Regular season college basketball is awful. They play harder during March Madness because it’s one and done. NBA players play hard during the playoffs too. Anyway, just because NBA players are not flailing limbs and running around like chickens with their heads cut off doesn’t mean they are not trying hard. Players with that level of athleticism are capable of trying hard without looking like it. Andruw Jones used to catch sh-t from Braves fans early in his career for supposedly not trying hard, when in reality he was just so good that he could make difficult plays look easy.

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Don’t fret Hawks fans. New York has lost AGAIN and scored 9pts in the first quarter. Yes, I did say 9, as in the number after 8.

“I don’t always watch basketball, but when I do, I prefer the Hawks. Stay thirsty my friends.”

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Najeh

College kids don’t run around like chickens with a bad haircut.

Pro athletes owe the fans a good show.

Do you think you get your money’s worth from the Hawks?

I sure as heck don’t.

They have quit on this season.

Okay, it’s not the play-offs, so we should expect less effort?
Then why does ASG still charge admission for the games?
Are the players getting paid?

Do police officers, firemen, schoolteachers give a good effort each day?
They better.
Surgeons, surely?
Our soldiers, of course !

I don’t want to hear about the grind,
crap, they make a $ kajillillion $$$,
and sleep all day.

They owe the fans effort.

I enjoy basketball…HS, College & Pro;
I’m a basketball purest so I’m not comparing the two [col -vs- pro].

But heck yeah,
March Madness is mucho more fun, exciting, and scintilating
than the Hawks are currently and recently.

Bam ! G-dad

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I know everyone on here, including me is mad that Teague got a DNP, but if we look at what Marvin gave us tonight, if he can consistently give us numbers like that this team becomes that much more deadly, I mean it seems like 50% of his shots are wide open anyways he just needs to hit them.

I’m glad Damien got some court time but 4 minutes LD, really? The guy was the only one, along with Teague, to show any heart a couple nights ago when we got blown out, you want to reward people that don’t deserve it and shun anyone else, please see the door.

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“Wow, Derrick Williams has Amare-like quickness. Very, very quick for his size. If he could play D, he’d be a #1 pick, IMO.”

Right now NBADraft.net has him projected to be the #1 pick regardless. This isn’t a very strong draft, but Williams looks like he could be great.

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Grandad that’s why I don’t go to the Hawks games no more. I never know if they are going to play hard or quit. With gas prices at $3.40, rising food prices, and high unemployment, why would you pay your hard earned money to see a group of millionaires give a half-assed effort on the basketball court?

The Hawks don’t care about the fans so the fans really don’t care about the team. Even Joe Johnson said he don’t really care about who shows up when the Hawks were getting whipped by Orlando last year. That’s why you have so many people in the stands cheering for the opposing team.

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The Hawks are just plain fundamentally unsound!! Which means they suck..In two years they will be out of the playoff picture if something drastic does not get done.. But with that huge earthquake being predicted along the New Madrid Fault line sometime in the near future on a scale like the one that hit Japan several days ago we may not have to concern ourselves with this lousy franchise much longer…..FYI, there has been a swarm of small earthquakes in Arkansas this year! Uh Oh!
“The Natural State has felt its fair share of earthquakes. In 1811-1812 a series of powerful earthquakes measuring over magnitude 7.5 rattled the residents of northeast Arkansas. Cabins collapsed, people were frightened, and the land surface was severely changed by liquefaction. These earthquakes happened in the New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ), an active fault system that extends from Cairo, Illinois to Marked Tree, Arkansas. The earthquake zone has been active for hundreds of years. What if another series of major earthquakes were to strike this region again? Would your business or family be prepared?” WOW…………

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Najeh,

Yeah, I guess it shows that I haven’t looked at any draft sites.

That kid is a stud, though.

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Does ld have a damaged brain ,what a fk idiot. Drmaryb I don’t give a crap about woody ,he’s long gone. Do you think it is a great victory to beat the lousey Detroit team. Jc2 is more efficient than our great jj. Jc1 will walk next year for nothing & this idiot is still playing him over jt. We need an uptempo game to beat anyone in the playoffs & get easy baskets. Jt is the only one who can do this.I just can’t understand how lt thinks but I am really frustrated

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I hate Drew. I hate the Hawks. This team and franchise sucks. This city sucks, a bunch of backwards still prejudice rebel flag loving white folks, or wanna be thugs, or gays. The team is so garbage that they will make anyones flaws way too obvious. People thought it was just Bibby but now look. We all notice that Al has no post game, we notice Josh is just dumb, we notice that Joe does not get to the line enough like. This team is just garbage and karma follows them. They will always be a bunch of walking shi+ stains.

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AL for NeNe yesterday…………………………………………………………………..

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This team is the 9th or 10th seed out West…Just brutal man……………………….

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Sund gave up what for the “Heimlich Maneuver????????????????????????????????

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Teague still needs coaching, and he needs repitition. This was a game that LD could have found 12-15 minutes for Teague, and he could use it as a teaching tool and a confidence builder.

Instead, Teague only got garbage minutes against the Heat, did not get any minutes today, but yet if LD brings him in against D. Rose, he will expect a certain level of play from Jeff.

After the trade, LD consistently compliments Teague’s play, and his speed, and his defense etc. but once again, his words and his actions are 2 different things.

All season long, I think LD has missed out on certain teaching opportunities that would have helped Teague be further along.

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Where was Teague – good win but JT0 DNPcd is boneheaded – I know its his first year and all but . . .FIRE THIS FOOL. Damien not starting has to be money driven IMO, if he starts and does well ASG would have to pony up the dough. Will Teague start against Rose – I would not bet on it.

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If I was jt I would tell ld to take a flying fk & tell the hawks I want to be traded.no team in the NBA will hold it against him as everyone knows he is being shafted by ld

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The Hawks players have no heart. Which one of them is going to have the heart to tell LD the same thing Richard Hamilton told his coach? Which is: You are a career backup who finally got his chance to be the starter and you are blowing it, there was a reason you were a career backup and should have stayed that way” Noone will tell LD’s little ugly arse that; they will do the opposite of what men do and just ignore him instead of confronting him like a man.

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I admit it….I was at the game today. Said I was not going to go, but I was there.

Win is a win with this bunch. Watching Josh Smith walk up and down the floor every possession is starting to drive me insane. He does not try. I will hear no arguement against that statement. Please, tell me he will be traded this summer…or whenever the lockout ends.

Surprisingly, I have to ask…why no Teague. Coach Drew makes no sense. Is Teague a factor on this team or not?

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“Drmaryb I don’t give a crap about woody ,he’s long gone.”
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rusty, if you are really 71 years old? Then you should be able to comprehend, that was the point I was making. Please stop bringing his name up every day, all day. I’m sick of hearing it!

Rusty, do you understand the words that are coming out of my Blackberry QWERTY Keyboard? Do you? Get a translator!

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you know, it wasn’t that long ago when 100% of the people on here were screaming for a trade before the deadline…… any trade…. saying that if they didn’t then it just proves Sund and the ASG just don’t care about the team. I’m not defending them, but they made a trade. I don’t understand why it’s such a problem now. I personally love the addition of Kirk, you cant compare his game play with Bibby’s and have Bibby come out on top.

as for the basketball player formally known as jc2…. we didn’t need him. they only drafted him because they thought JJ wasn’t coming back. and i would take teague over crawford any day. Of course his stats looks fantastic, he plays for the Wizards! do you think Kevin Love would have those consecutive double-doubles if he played for any team better than the Timberwolves? no way. it’s not hard to put up numbers when youre a decent player playing for a not-so-decent team. Let’s see crawford put up 20 points a game if he’s playing regular minutes for a top seeded team.

I say we continue to start kirk and bring teague off the bench for the rest of the season. hopefully by next season it’ll be the other way around. I like starting kirk and jeff in the back court but that line up is just too small to be effective for us. but in order for teague to be at his prime to start next season he does actually have to play THIS season.

go hawks!

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there is no reason jamal should be at point! either kirk or jeff need to be on the court at all times, it’s really simple.

Also, don’t we have a pick from phoenix for childress?

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Kirk Hinrich was a horrible move. He adds to the payroll next year by $1 million and we lose a player for next year because both Jordan and Mike were under contract. He is in the way and gives LD someone he can play instead of developing Teague. He does not make the team any better and finally you give up 2 1st round picks for him, one of which you already see is a rotation player and could have been a huge asset for the Hawks due to the fact he will be making less than $2 million last year as opposed to paying Jamal $6-8 million. The ASG, Rick Sund, and Larry Drew must go.

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Old Fool!

“Washington beat the nj nets today while we beat them 1 game out of 3″
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Ok, I’m convinced. Wisdom does not automatically come with age. This rusty guy purports that he is 71 years, but his comments come across more like a 17 year old with delayed puberty. So, the respect for my elders, old fools included, comes off the table in this instance.

You Sir, are a child in an old man’s body if, you are indeed 71.
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Breaking News! Ta Dah!

The New Jersey Nets PG, Deron Williams has an injured wrist and is out for 3 games. Earlier this week? It was reported he would be out till next season. So, if one scrub Wizard team (featuring John Wall) beat the other scrub team (w/o Deron Williams) — So What!
Now go take your pills, your Geritol and go back to sleep!

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So I thought the game started at 7pm and I’d make it right after work. Apparently not when I went on NBA.com and saw the score. Was a bit irritated but nothing big. Went to the box score…saw a DNP next to Teagues name…and boy was I ticked.

Heres the thing, blog is mentioning how teams shorthen their rotations as playoffs draw near. That sunderstandable, but we wont go anywhere in the playoffs with Wilkins, Jamal, and Zaza. Teague should be in there getting more playing time, becuase thats the guy that will be the most help in getting playoff wins.

Has there been a reason as to why Teague did’nt play?

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your right superiorblogman, the hinrich trade was an awful move. I guess we should have just stuck with Bibby…. because if that trade didn’t happen bibby would still be our starting pg.

god what a dumbass.

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speaking of DNPs, what exactly is the deal with Josh Powell? I thought he gave us solid minutes early on this year

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Other than the Hawks arguably gave up a little too much for Kirk, it was a great move.
[I wish the Hawks did not give up JC2 and a 1st rounder. It would have been nice to keep JC2 as insurance just in case the Hawks either (a) don't resign JC1 or (b) cannot pick up another decent G at a cheap price.]

And to echo the sentiments of other bloggers: What is up with Teague’s DNP-CD decision tonight? For most of the season, I have had no problems with LD not playing Teague much. Teague simply was not ready for major minutes. But his performances lately suggest he is ready for consistent rotational minutes.

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Dude Kirk has done nothing on the floor to prove this being a great move. The Hawks have a losing record with this dude, explain to me how it is a great move other than perception, the reality which is shown in wins and losses and ticket sales have shown that Kirk has not helped anything. The team has a worse winning percentage with Kirk than without.

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By 8, excuse me.

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Yeah, we accomplished a lot today by beating a bunch of bums who are ready for the season to be over so they can get a real coach and a lottery pick. These are the type of things that happen when you get a coach and front office with no short term nor long term vision. You give away 2 1st round picks for a guy that does not make you better in any way and further deflate your teams moral

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7MAN ROTATION UNBELIEVABLE.
JOE 41MINS
JOSH 40MINS
HORFORD 42MINS
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!

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We allowed Detroit to shoot 50%. Yay!

We only had to play Al 43 minutes, JJ 42 minutes, and Josh 40 minutes to beat a lottery team by single digits at home. Great Win!!!!

Let’s see, Detroit has lost on the road recently to:

Denver by 30 in their last road game.

They haven’t won a road game since they beat the mighty Cavs on Feb. 9th.

Man I’m getting primed and pumped about this team.

Go Hawks! Go LD!

Never play Teague again. Rumor has it LD, Teague said you were to skinny, and your eyes are sunk back in your head. Who needs Teague when you got Jamal!!??

Bring on DRose and keep Jeff Teague on the bench! Jamal the reigning SMOY can handle him. And so can the guy he lost his job to. Look how they dominated him last time.

Keep Teague glued to the bench. He deserves it!

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STARTER TEAGUE, JOE, JOSH, HORFORD, HILTON
BENCH HINRICH, JAMAL, DAMIEN, MARVIN, ZAZA
RESERVE POWELL, COLLINS
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I mean just because Hinrich lost his job to DRose by no means signifies that DRose is better than Hinrich. They just had an idiot Coach in Del Negro who couldn’t evaluate talent.

So let Hinrich and Jamal stick to that punk, who thinks he’s a MVP candidate, who has brought the pretender Bulls a little past the surging Hawks In the standings to this point (but the years not over you loser Bulls). They’ll teach that little punk a thing or two about real NBA defense. Just watch and see.

Hope LD doesn’t play Teague. That could get him fired.

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*Leonard’s boys are puttin’ a dawg whoopin’ on ND.
*[Fla St.]
Bernard James is becoming my favorite player.
Yawl need to google his story.
*[spent six years in air force, been to Iraq, native of savannah]
FSU plays def as hard and as well as anyone in the country.

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Mary Ellen

We both have Katie’s back.
[if she wishes]

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I GOT THE FRONT! LOL

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“inured” should be injured in the last post. Sorry

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Go Katie Go!

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Injuries, players not performing, Drew not playing Teague, JC2 taking 27 shots per on a losing team, Sund on vacation, ASKG being the equivalent of 8 orangutans throwing feces, Mr. Woodson’s spirit lingering in the rafters throwing hexes on the basket and still calling plays from his living room couch:

I really don’t care why it is, but The Hawks have certainly regressed since last season. Now what? What’s next?

Do we become a dark horse, a sleeper team in the play offs and surprise some people. Can we! Will we? Will their fans show up and cheer or stay true to their boo?
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That is the question.

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has anybody noticed jordan crawford is playing pretty good. only thing the kid needed was a chance. i believe his going to get better ,because he wasn’t used to playing.

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*Thgerefore
*That’s one humdinger of a typo.
*Therefore

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Hawks -vs- Bulls:

Larry Drew turns to yet another starting line-up strategy:
[1] = Joe
[2] = D.Wilkins
[3] = Josh
[4] = Al
[5] = Jason Collins

LD will dub this his really, really big lineup.

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Sunday was Jamally Wally’s 31st birthday. Uncle Larry couldn’t let mean ol’ Jeffy Weffy Teague take minutes away from LD’s fav. No way.

Just checked the stats. Didn’t realize just how horrid Jamal has been playing.

He shot 37.5% in Feb., 31.7% from 3, only 2.6 assists per game in Feb.

March is not much better: 41.3% shooting, 31.8% from 3, and 3 assists per game.

He’s only averaging 11.9 and 11.7 ppg in Feb. and March also.

Maybe he’s just not aging well?

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Drew used a three-guard lineup at times in large measure because he said he’s trying to help reserve Jamal Crawford break out of a slump. Crawford made three-of-eight shots for nine points — his third single-digit scoring game in the past four, including a scoreless outing in Friday’s loss to the Heat..

After reading this on the other blog, I had to post it over here. LD makes no sense to me. To help Jamal break out of a shooting slump, LD gave him more minutes at backup PG?

Atlanta reserve guard Jeff Teague, who recently started three straight games with Kirk Hinrich moving over to shooting guard, Joe Johnson from shooting guard to small forward, and Marvin Williams to the bench, did not play. In Friday’s loss to the Heat, he did not play in the first half.

Drew explained: “Jeff has done a great job since the trade.. I really wanted to look at a few things and put him in the lineup [last week]. When we made the trade, we brought Kirk Kinrich in here to run things. I think I really need to get into that frame of mind as we get down the stretch. Kirk is going to be our point guard. Jeff will find some minutes.”.

How is he supposed to find minutes? If Jamal gets injured? If the team is up or down by 20?

Its only his first year, but I might need to get one of Clyde’s T-Shirts for LD.

http://www.nba.com/games/20110320/DETATL/gameinfo.html?ls=iref:nbahpt2/

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You know I think we’ve all giving LD the benefit of the doubt on several occasions throughout the season, but at this point status quo has become stagnant and predictable. We get it LD, you’ve been a assistant long enough and you ain’t going back!!! Unfortunately, coach you gotta look at the big picture…the future starts this year for this franchise moving forward. 2011-12 looks like this….. JC1 gone, JC2 (balling in DC), no 1st rd pick to compensate for those losts, JJ looking more like a SF than SG, and J Smooth excited about building on his less than spectacular jumper. The pros to this situation is that we finally know what to do with Marvin (a productive bench player who will takeover JC1 point production next year…yeah right) and Teague who will still be looking looking to break into the regular rotation (definitely through no fault of his own), and last be not least Capt. Kirk, who’s a player every teams love to have but is shipped off the first chance they get. However this is a pro because both Chi and Wash pgs elevated their games w/ Capt. Kirk on the roster so Teague should be next in line. YOU HEARD IT HEAR FIRST!!!!

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I hate to be the one to be down on the Hawks, but the Kirk Hinrich trade was a mistake. it was NOT a mistake, however, to dump mike bibby. bibby has absolutely NOTHING LEFT IN THE TANK. Like Marvin Williams, Bibby was giving you absolutely nothing out on the court every night. To get Hinrich, though, we gave up much too much. We should have given up MARVIN WILLIAMS, and MIKE BIBBY to acquire Hinrich. That would have made more sense. We would still have the services of Jordan Crawford (FUTURE HALL OF FAMER) and Mo Evans (all-star reserve) by virtally unloading literally horse maneur (bibby and marvin) and getting back greatness (Hinrich). UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDNT WORK OUT THAT WAY.

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