Atlanta Hawks: Bulls 86, Hawks 73
Chicago–The Hawks couldn’t keep Chicago off the boards or D-Rose away from the basket. They took bad shots and also missed 10 attempts within five feet of the basket. No one aside from Teague or J.J. could score.
- “And still, with four minutes left, it was a six-point game,” Jamal said. “We were right there.”
- And then on the next four possessions the Hawks reverted to the form they showed for most of the game: J.J. threw the ball away, J.J. missed a challenged iso jumper, Josh’s 3-point attempt rimmed out and Al missed an open 20-footer.
- One way to view this game is the Hawks had a chance to win despite a poor offensive game and getting pounded on the boards. But they also have to lament the possessions they wasted by taking poor shots and committing careless turnovers and the extra possessions the Bulls got by picking off scraps around the basket.
- The Hawks never really had a sustained stretch of good play. “We will take the split,” Joe said. “We wanted to come down here and get two but we got one, so we will take it. Now everything is in our favor. We have got to go home and take care of homecourt.”
- Marvin started 1 for 6 from the field but at least he stopped shooting and got some rebounds. Al’s attempts to bang his way to baskets against Noah weren’t pretty but he facilitated the offense with six assists and had 14 of Atlanta’s 39 defensive rebounds.
- Josh, on the other hand, didn’t offer much beyond that burst of defense and dunks in the third quarter after he’d angrily ripped off his headband.
- “I was [ticked] off at myself,” he said “I understand what I need to do to be more effective with this ballclub, especially at the offensive end. I think Game 3 will be a different look for me.”
- And why was he angry with himself? “Turnovers, a couple of unforced errors on my part, maybe a couple of untimely shots. Just a couple–maybe one or two. It is just frustrating because I know I can give this team a little bit more on the offensive end. Right now I am not doing my part on that end. I know I have got to do more and be efficient like I’ve been all season.”
- Josh was 0 for 6 from beyond 15 feet, same as in Game 2. Unlike in the opener, he didn’t mitigate that with consistently good work on the boards or on D.
- Smoove channeled his emotions into a positive during that stretch with the blocked shots (helped by Boozer’s insistence on trying to shoot finesse baskets over him). But Josh’s lack of focus appeared to passive work on the boards and some loose turnovers.
- “That is something that he has to figure out as a player,” Al said. “If he does, that would show growth. I feel like he’s been growing every year but when he gets that he is going to be on a good position.”
- When is Smoove at his best for the Hawks? “Running on the break, slashing to the basket, getting blocked shots and when it calls for an open shot, he takes it,” Al said. “When he plays like that, plays poised like that, I think that’s when he’s at his best.”
- The Bulls, like the Magic in the first round, realized that it’s not enough to just induce Joe and Jamal into long Js. You also have to make them give up the ball or chase them off those shots, too, and so the Bulls turned up the pressure.
- The results were similar: less ball movement, more contested shots. Joe and Jamal were 4 of 15 from beyond 15 feet. “They made a conscious effort to not let Joe and Jamal beat them,” Josh said. “As teammates we have to do a better job when we catch the basketball so it can make them second-guess if they are going to double them.”
- “The ball really didn’t move,” Joe said. “We had a lot of tough shots and contested shots. That hurt us. Offensively we got in a rut. Everybody wanted to score; everybody was thirsty. That killed us a team.”
- There were times when Teague held the ball at the top of the key while trying to feed a teammate on the wing or in the post. “It’s a lot of responsibility on my part to make sure guys get touches in spots where they can be effective,” Teague said. “Tonight they turned up the intensity and made it hard for us.”
- With the way Teague’s playing, the Hawks might be better off letting him loose instead of slowing things down so he can look for others.
- “I was just trying to win,” Teague said. “The opportunity comes, I have to be aggressive just so they respect me on the floor.”
- “I think with Teague playing it kind of throws them off because they really haven’t seen him play much,” J.J. said. “I think it’s hard for them to gear up, especially the first two games.”
- “I thought he played a brilliant game tonight,” L.D. said.
- Teague again led the effort to prevent D-Rose from taking over. “I think we did a pretty good job,” Teague said. “He made 10 of 27 shots. I guess we will take that.”
- Teague is doing a really nice job of making D-Rose work at both ends. But either Rose’s ankle isn’t right or he just doesn’t have it in him to be aggressive because he has so many passive moments.
- The Hawks had Jamal on Rose and Teague on Korver in the fourth quarter. It sort of worked because Rose wasn’t really looking to go to the basket and Teague makes up for the size disadvantage by staying in Korver’s chest. “You have to crowd and get into him,” Teague said. “He’s a lights out shooter and when he gets his feet set he has a quick release.”
- Zaza played just eight minutes. Even though he seemed a bit slugging early, I think more Zaza and less Josh might have been in order since the Hawks were getting outmuscled at the basket.
- More Damien and less Marvin might have been a good thing, too.
Michael Cunningham, Hawks beat
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O'Brien
May 5th, 2011
7:21 am
northcyde,
You gave LD a C+ rating? I would give him a D-. All year, he has been unable to get the team to change their game when the jumpers are not falling, and we saw it again last night.
All year long, he has not held Josh accountable for his turrible shot selection, and we saw it again last night.
All year long, his substitution patters have been baffling, and we saw it again last night. With Al, Josh and Marvin all struggling, they combined to play over 100 minutes, while ZaZa and Damien combined to play less than 20.
Before the game, LD took the blame for not having his team ready to play game 2 against Orlando. I wonder if he will take the blame for last night’s game too.
It was not a bad pick
May 5th, 2011
7:41 am
Marvin had a bad night shooting, and on this blog, will get blasted as usual but this game was lost for 3 reasons
1.Larry Drew..If the Hawks continue to not play a center, we will lose..After watching JT last night, i dislike him even more…i would love to see our core with a good coach..
2. this team goes as far as Jamal will take us, he had a bad night, and Joe Max was just average..We can’t expect 2 dominating games in a row from the 120 mill man..
3. once again JOSH SMITH, I have given up on him, the kid will never get it, Marvin is 20x better than Josh even on a bad shooting night…So Drew how about this..
ZAZA,AL,Marvin,JJ, JT do this and we win in 5..Marvin will not jack up bad shots and turn the ball over, he plays solid D, and he hits the boards…
truly1
May 5th, 2011
7:59 am
HOW DID BIBBY BEAT OUT TEAGUE!!!! This is why you cannot say that maybe the coach is seeing something in practice that we are not seeing. They dont even practice that much or that hard durning the season. PEOPLE TRUST YOUR EYES!!! We seen him play before he got injured in the preseason he is the same guy.
Section 303
May 5th, 2011
8:06 am
Josh Smith needs to go. I’m done with him. He is a terrible player. He can say all he wants about being angry with himself and all the other bullsh#t. He never changes. We’ll still see the same bad shots, halfa$$ed effort, lazy turnovers, and pouting face. He needs to not play for the Hawks anymore. He just won’t ever “get it”. He won’t. I’m just done with him. He kills this team. Over and over and over and over again….he kills this team.
Najeh Davenpoop
May 5th, 2011
8:12 am
Al and Smoove need to switch brains.
dapluva!
May 5th, 2011
8:12 am
TRADE JOSH SMITH NOW WE DONT WANT HIM GET RID OF THIS RETARD HE NEVER PLAYS HIS POSITION HE WISH HE HAD A JUMPER DUDE I CAN PLAY BETTER THAN HIM
Najeh Davenpoop
May 5th, 2011
8:14 am
All Star players step up their games in the playoffs. Joe has on occasion stepped up his game but more importantly has not played below his regular season level. Jamal has for the most part stepped up his game. Smoove and Al are both playing worse than they did in the regular season. They need to step up.
Najeh Davenpoop
May 5th, 2011
8:15 am
“All year long, he has not held Josh accountable for his turrible shot selection, and we saw it again last night.
All year long, his substitution patters have been baffling, and we saw it again last night. With Al, Josh and Marvin all struggling, they combined to play over 100 minutes, while ZaZa and Damien combined to play less than 20.”
All year long Jeff Teague rode the bench when he should have been starting from day one. It cost the Hawks two first round picks.
JROLL1
May 5th, 2011
8:29 am
WHEN IS LARRY DREW GOING TO STEP UP DO SOME REAL COACHING? TRUST ME, IS JSMOOVE IS SITTING NEXT TO JOSH POWELL, HE CAN’T KEEP HOISTING BRICKS AND MAKING CARELESS TURNOVERS! TIME FOR DAMIAN TO GET MARVIN’S MINUTES. JEFF TEAGUE IS PLAYING LIGHTS OUT, AND GETTING NO HELP!
Banks
May 5th, 2011
8:30 am
I hear Jamal on 680 two days ago say Josh was one of the smartest basketball players he knew. LOL
.
once again JOSH SMITH, I have given up on him, the kid will never get it, Marvin is 20x better than Josh even on a bad shooting night…So Drew how about this..
It’s not a bad pick with statements like Marvin is 20x better than Josh. You have offically become the Donald Trump of this blog
JeJe
May 5th, 2011
8:34 am
BYRDDAWG,
I have the same feeling you do.
We played pretty bad basketball last night, but were STILL in the game.
I cannot believe ZaZa is not getting minutes. He had a bad first half – okay, everyone has a bad half (ask the entire starting lineup minus Teague and maybe Joe).
WHY is Josh guarding Noah? Noah is WAY bigger than him and LONGER and is getting ALL THE REBOUNDS.
Once we make a rebounding adjustment, we will win this series. If not, we will lose a series to an inferior team.
We are better than this team. Teague had 21 f’ing points and we lost. Horford needs to get it together
JeJe
May 5th, 2011
8:36 am
It was not a bad pick,
Marvin had an EASY 3 on 1 fast break last night. Instead of even looking for trailing teammates, he took some awkward layup that had no chance of going in (very similar to LBJ’s miss against PHI in game 4). Marvin is garbage, but doesn’t annoy us that much BECAUSE WE DON’T EXPECT ANYTHING FROM Him.
Truly1, did Teague get injured in the preseason? don’t even remember
Proud-Dawg
May 5th, 2011
8:36 am
@It was not a bad pick…..Are you Marvin Williams? Josh had a horrible game and was still more effective than Marvin. To say Marvin is 20x better than Smoove is the dumbest thing I’ve ever read on an AJC blog, seriously. Marvin is lazy and has more WTF are you doing moments than good moments. Marvin is maybe the 13th-15th best player every night. He is a waste of money, I’m sure I speak for most Hawks fan, “End the Marvin experiment.” The guy is a bum and everytime I go to Hawks games I let him know how I feel. He is a NBDL player tops, the Hawks just don’t want to admit they were wrong because they wasted a #2 pick on him. Damien has more value than Marvin, at least he can play defense. You should watch more basketball
DS
May 5th, 2011
8:38 am
Any statement that starts with “Marvin is 20x better than…” should be given as much regard as an e-mail from a prince in Nigeria.
JeJe
May 5th, 2011
8:38 am
Rod, did you see Marvin F up that layup last night? What a joke.
Northcyde, what are your thoughts on our rebounding?
The Bulls had all three of their frontcourt starters in double figures boards. We had 1. Smoove had 6.
SMOOVE CANNOT BE GUARDING JOAKIM NOAH. START ZAZA AND BENCH SMOOVE’S OVERRATED UNDERACHIEVING @$$
JeJe
May 5th, 2011
8:40 am
START DAMIEN AND ZAZA
STARTING LINEUP:
JT0
SILENT STORM
DAMIEN
HORFORD
ZAZA
THAT IS A DAMN GOOD STARTING LINEUP
Double Zero Eight
May 5th, 2011
8:40 am
Josh needs a coach like “Larry Brown” to straighten
him out. Josh will continue to shoot 3’s since he
knows it will have little effect on his playing time.
Al looked lethargic and played as if he was in a daze.
Marvin played like Marvin usually plays.
They should have taken advantage of JT’s performance,
but failed to do so. He did his job, but Jamal and Joe
could not carry the team this time like they did in the
first game.
darrell starks
May 5th, 2011
8:41 am
it was not a bad pick, man if i see another blogger saying anything good about marvin im have and heart attack, marvin is the worst player 2 ever starte in a hawks uniform for six years in a row, man if the coach can’t see that then 2012 is the end of the world.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
darrell starks
May 5th, 2011
8:50 am
Why josh can’t get better it’s because of the coach LD, this guy for some reason is scared of Josh, instead of pulling josh out of the game and telling him we need him in the post where he score atleast 20point game, he continue to let josh be josh and play lazy basketball around the three point line, how can you be a coach if your scared of your players.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Najeh Davenpoop
May 5th, 2011
8:53 am
“WHY is Josh guarding Noah? Noah is WAY bigger than him and LONGER and is getting ALL THE REBOUNDS. ”
Noah got boards yesterday because Smoove wasn’t boxing out, not because he had some major size advantage. It’s fair to say that the size advantage does occasionally work in Noah’s favor, but I didn’t feel like that was the main reason for Noah dominating the boards last night.
Najeh Davenpoop
May 5th, 2011
8:56 am
As it has been said already, I didn’t bother to mention that Marvin should step up because expecting him to play well is a lost cause. Marvin’s granny looks all the more hilarious defending her boy today.
Westurd
May 5th, 2011
8:57 am
“Running on the break, slashing to the basket, getting blocked shots and when it calls for an open shot, he takes it,” Al said. “When he plays like that, plays poised like that, I think that’s when he’s at his best.”
BOOM…….Josh is not a half court offensive type player. Al said it best, just read the quote aobve. Perfect.
Westurd
May 5th, 2011
8:58 am
Welcome to the starting line up Jeff Teague…….it is indeed your time to shine.
The Truth
May 5th, 2011
9:02 am
All-star Al is losing credibility. His playoff performance isn’t matching his credentials. His stats of 3-12 (FG), 14 RB for 6 points would be acceptable for Josh Smith or Zaza, but not for All-star Al. His previous performance in Game 1 wasn’t much better; 4-7 (FG), 13 RB for 9 points. The Emerging adjectives to describe his game are limited, soft and timid.
Since his first all-star appearance was by default and second was due to limited EC center talent, it raises the question: Is he overrated as a fools-gold all-star? Or perhaps this is just temporary playoff-jitters and his underachieving game will improve.
We shall see
Fireld!
May 5th, 2011
9:03 am
Ld said in an post game interview “Teague played well, he did not have a turnover, that is the first thing I look at.” At the halftime interview he said “Poor shots are just as bad as turnovers.” Now I’m no genius but that would give Josh at least 10 turnovers for the game. The funny thing is it’s not Smith’s fault, so for all you fans talking about J Smooves B-ball acumen and not LD’s coaching, you are contradicting yourselves. LD has held Jeff all year to the standard of perfect play, not anyone else on the team. As a result we traded away a player 8 years younger and 9 mill cheaper than the player we won’t be able to afford at the end of the year.(and a 1st rd pick next year) And now people are actually saying blow up the team. NO! Burn up LD’s contract. If you can honestly say that Jeff did not actually break even last night with the league MVP you don’t know B-ball. He had 4 less pts on 13 less shots and 8 less turnovers. He had the same amount of blks and 3 more steals all of which he got from the MVP. How can you be a hawks fan and stand for that? FIRELD PLEASE!
darrell starks
May 5th, 2011
9:05 am
Let face it Rick sund have found good talent in the draft, but coach woody and LD have destroyed the talent process Rick Sund have drafted, and if kirk hinrich have not become injured, TEAGUE would still be riding the bench, just for that along COACH LD SHOULD BE FIRED, he almost destroyed the confidence of this young man and this franchise, plus JC2 AND OUR NEXT YEAR 1# PICK FOR NEXT YEAR THE HAWKS WOULD STILL HAVE IF LD have not been so stubborn.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fireld!
May 5th, 2011
9:08 am
LD finally set the pick out high for Jeff by Joe and because they had to respect teague’s speed Joe took and hit a wide open 3. Problem is we never went back to it. The next play down joe went one on one against deng and got ripped and then on the next possesion Joe threw the ball out of bounds. LD should have kept the ball in Jeff’s hands and spotted his shooters up. It was coaching that lost this game and it was that same coaching that kept Jeff Teague on the bench all year. A darn shame. In what coluld arguably be described as his rookie year he went toe to toe with the MVP(Who happens to be the best pg in the league) and some people still think we need to be looking for a pg, NO! We need to be looking for a coach! Teague is an awesome talent and it’s a shame this organization let’s this dumb coach stunt him like he does. FIRE DREW NOW AND FREE THE TEAGUE!
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9:14 am
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JOEY1
May 5th, 2011
9:15 am
to the people who say we need to trade josh smith , you are idiot, even though he shoots ill advised shot his defensive effort make up for it, if he could just control his shot selection we would be better. jeff teague if he develops like weve seen over the past 2 games we will be a elite team in the next few years,, and as bad as we played we still could have won,the bulls are verberable, they r a one man team,, hawks win in 6, we r still on pace
Kaye
May 5th, 2011
9:15 am
Let’s Go Hawks!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTY074F6Oio
BYC
May 5th, 2011
9:16 am
“I was [ticked] off at myself,” he said “I understand what I need to do to be more effective with this ballclub, especially at the offensive end. I think Game 3 will be a different look for me.”
No you F-ing idiot, you never understand, you never change what you are doing, and you don’t understand that you are not as needed at the offensive end as you are at the DEFENSIVE end! Stop playing like a little b-tch with no heart and a retard level basketball IQ. I am so tired of JOSH SMITH. He never makes even the simplest changes to his game that could help our team so much.
Can you think of any other player in the NBA who has:
-A well below average jumpshot
-His team’s fans booing every single time he shoots a jumper
-Opposing fans cheering every single time he shoots a jumper
-His coach constantly telling his team that their problem is shot selection
-Opposing coaches telling their team to leave him open for jumpers (I am 90% sure that this actually happens)
and STILL CAN’T STOP SHOOTING JUMPERS. It’s this simple Josh- stop shooting all jumpers, and drive hard to the basket like the athletic freak that you are. Unless you are wide open for a jumper from less than 10ft, drive or pass (not one of those stupid ass 100mph 50% chance of turnover passes, a simple two handed chess pass to your point guard after he comes over to you).
Play defense, rebound, and stop gambling for steals because the only sportscenter top 10’s you’ve been making lately are when players like Boozer are taking your manhood on national TV and dunking the hell all over it.
darrell starks
May 5th, 2011
9:21 am
BULLS 58 REBOUND HAWKS 38 this is why collins should starte from here on out, horford is not a center and don’t want be 1, he have been screaming for years to get a big man so he can move to his natural position, BUT LD for some reason continue 2 drink marvin grape cool aid, how can LD be coach and continue 2 starte a player who maybe the worst player 2 starte for a team 6years in a row, player are suppose 2 earn it just like Teague had 2 wait for two year and a player become injured before he can see the floor.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
BYC
May 5th, 2011
9:22 am
The positive to take from last night’s game was that Jeff Teague was amazing. He is making Woodson and Larry Drew look like idiots for not playing him the last few years. Hopefully Drew will give him more minutes in the playoffs and next season, even with a healthy Hinrich.
Fireld!
May 5th, 2011
9:30 am
The same way LD has curtailed Jeff Teagues alleged turnover problems, bad decision making(neither of which I have seen), and actually has curtailed a year’s worth of experience, he can curtail Smith’s shot selection. But he won’t becuase he is a coward and we the fans are the victims. At the end of the day Josh smith can’t shoot from the bench just like Jeff could not make a mistake from the bench. REALIZE WHAT TRUE COACHING IS PEOPLE. LD SUCKS AT IT! AS A RESULT WE ONLY WON 44 GAMES THIS SEASON AND LOST LAST NIGHTS GAME! FREE THE TEAGUE!
Booo!
May 5th, 2011
9:30 am
To the “Former” Teague haters… this train has already left the station. It’s really too late to jump on this bandwagon but I guess i’ll allow it. Just fess up and admit your wrongs.
I’ve been on Smooves blog giving him some constuctive criticism.
I still dont think we loose at home. We needed a wakeup call and we got it. Even though we played poorly we were still within six points late in the 4th quater.
Al needs to step up BIG TIME he’s been ultra soft lateley and thats an understatement. We need our bigs to AT LEAST hit their reular season averages.
Kirk and Marvin for Rudy Gay??? I’d do it.
I think we should try and go big. Leoul dang isnot good enough to be slashing on us like that. Josh would put a stop to that nonsense quickly.
Either way we did what we had to do up there and I dont see us loosing at home.
darrell starks
May 5th, 2011
9:32 am
GAME 3 STARTER TEAGUE, JOE, JOSH, HORFORD, COLLINS.
make this team better and plus more balance, with teague who driving and penetrate 2 basket and collins big body in the paint keeping noah of the boards like he did superman, make this team more balance and better, plus M.I.A MARVIN who never should starte a game in his career unless he show and prove plays better of the bench anyway.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
JeJe
May 5th, 2011
9:33 am
LOL fireld is exactly right.
LD expects perfect BBALL from Smoove and no one else.
And Najeh, Josh NEVER boxes ANYONE out. He just counts on jumping instead of boxing out. That’s why he is always jumping at the wrong time.
Our rebounding last night was absolutely horrendous
Just bench Josh. LD says he tells Josh to stay inside but he stays on the outside LOL
SMH
Booo!
May 5th, 2011
9:38 am
Guys, If you wanna encourage smoove on his blog as well, here’s the link:
http://www.jsmoove.net/?p=701#comment-6473
Please no rude comments, even Slimjr left a decent comment lol. Regardless, Smoove is very polite when he responds even if the fans are being jerks. Mine was the big one at the bottom (T.C)
Booo!
May 5th, 2011
9:41 am
Darrell Starks,
I agree we should go big and see what happens. Marvin is just plain Turrible! It’s so bad…..we expect the world from Smoove but we expect NOTHING from Marvina and he gets to start and brick uncontested layups on a daily baisis. Wharer is the justice!?
Kirk and Marvin for Rudy Yesterday!
Booo!
May 5th, 2011
9:41 am
*Where
steve brown
May 5th, 2011
9:43 am
The worst part is that game by game , minute by minute, air ball by air ball Josh Smith is losing value as trade bait as the rest of the hoop world sees what we have had to endure for 7 years. How did he get the nickname Smooth? It should be Josh “Clueless” Smith.
JeJe
May 5th, 2011
9:44 am
Chicago’s 3 starting front court players combined for 37 REBOUNDS!!!!!!!!!!! Ours combined for 27.
Absolutely pathetic. Josh Smith was outrebounded by 6 by their starting SF
.
WE NEED TO HELP OUT ON THE DAMN GLASS. GET ZAZA IN THE GAME
The rebounding is the whole series.
Teague had a monster night and we freaking lost.
Al, Josh, and Marvin: SHAME on you.
Marvin, 2-9…. Are you f’ing serious?
Al, 3-12…….Are you f’ing serious???
Josh, 4-14…Are you f’ing serious???
Josh was 0-2 on 3pt fga
I am still waiting for Horford or Josh to lead the team offensively in a game. Al said he loves playing Chicago. Dude is almost as soft as Marvin with his offensive execution and defense.
We CANNOT let Josh play this many minutes. He is destroying this team. We need a BIG like ZaZa getting MORE MINUTES
We need DAMIEN in the game to help be physical with Deng and cut his rebounding down
This series is ours. I whole-heartedly think we are better than this team. Teague had a freaking career night and we did not win.
Our PG who didn’t play at all this year on the most part severely outplayed our “All Star” and our hero (Josh)
SMDH
FIRE LD
.
darrell starks
May 5th, 2011
9:45 am
BOO I COSIGN
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!
BYC
May 5th, 2011
9:45 am
By the way, did you guys see the opening tipoff? Why the hell do we have Josh jumping against Noah if he isn’t even going to jump?
Cmon Man
May 5th, 2011
9:49 am
Josh plays like he’s shaving points. I’m not saying he is. Just sayin IF HE WAS TRYING TO SHAVE POINTS, OR LOSE, I don’t think he’d play worse.
i_am_soulstar
May 5th, 2011
9:54 am
There were several times when I would’ve subbed Zaza for Josh. Glad I wasn’t the only one thinking that. JJ was clearly tired at the end of the 4th quarter. My girlfriend called it right before he threw away the ball. I think the player missed a lot of gimme shots, lay-ups, put backs, but LD’s substitution pattern didn’t really help either.
O'Brien
May 5th, 2011
9:55 am
From MC’s pregame blog;
Someone asked L.D. during the Orlando series if he calls post-ups for Smoove. he smiled and said: “yeah, but somehow he ends up floating out to the 3-point line anyway.”.
And what does LD do when Josh does what he does? Nothing.
Josh only took 7 three pointers last year when Woody was here. Sekou is on record saying that Woody was hard on these guys, and they responded during the regular season (although they quit in the playoffs). LD needs to send a message to Josh, but Uncle Larry doesnt want to be too hard on his kamikaze nephew.
303,
Get used to Josh, because he will be here next year. I think his trade value is down, and I dont think Rick and LD are interested in trading him.
i_am_soulstar
May 5th, 2011
9:58 am
Aside from Jeff and Joe, the Hawks played like ish
O'Brien
May 5th, 2011
9:58 am
Najeh,
All year long Jeff Teague rode the bench when he should have been starting from day one. It cost the Hawks two first round picks..
I’m not sure if he should have been starting from day one, but he definitely should have been getting a consistent 10-15 mpg every game. And his PT should have increased when Bibby was struggling so that Rick would have known (good or bad) what kind of player he is.
But LD never played him, so Rick was forced to trade Bibby. We gave up 2 first round picks, and picked up extra salary for next year…SMH
Astro Joe
May 5th, 2011
10:03 am
Too bad we can’t trade Josh Smith, after all, he is the only reason fans go down to the arena to watch the Hawks.
Maybe Nick Van Exel should be working with Josh Smith.