Atlanta Hawks: Bulls 99, Hawks 82
When D-Rose is going like this–making 3-pointers, baking in scores form impossible angles, etc.–not sure what else you can do to him except maybe put him on his butt a few times. “He hit one floater when I thought I got a piece of it,” Teague said. “I knew tonight was his night.”
- But you don’t even have to look at Rose’s amazing performance to find fault with the Hawks.
- Rose didn’t have anything to do with Noah and Taj Gibson pushing around Atlanta’s bigs. He wasn’t even on the court for the bulk of Chicago’s decisive run in the second quarter (and neither were the other starters). Rose did not limit Marvin to one rebound in 23 minutes, induce Smoove into jacking up Js as the Hawks tried to mount a comeback or make Al passive with the ball.
- There were a few signs of fissures among the Hawks afterwards. Everyone seemed to have a different idea of what they need to do for Game 4.
- J.J. didn’t like the offensive approach: “It just seemed as if a lot of times we just ran a lot of pick-and-rolls and I was just kind of buried in the corner. I just thought we played into their hands. We didn’t do anything, I thought, to get our scorers the basketball to make plays. They come with the double team and they make us give it up. We can’t win like that. If you look at Game 1 it was nothing like that. Obviously they made adjustments but at the same time we have to stick with what got us here.”
- So what should the Hawks do? “Honestly, I just got to force the issue,” Joe said. “In Game 4, I am definitely going to do that. I am not going to succumb to the double team and give it up every time because that’s what they want. We are playing right into their hands. I blame myself for that.”
- From my perspective watching the game live, it seemed like J.J. had his chances to make something happen but fell back into Iso-Joe dribbling. When Joe starts talking about forcing the issue, the Hawks are in trouble.
- Al: “We had too much one-on-one. When you do that, this team is too good defensively. We just need to do a better job moving the ball and running the offense the right way. If one guy is not running the offense right, it’s not going to work for others. So I think that’s our biggest problem right now on the offensive end.”
- Al is guilty of it, too. He’s holding the ball trying to figure out his moves when his best move might be catching it and quickly driving to the basket or, if that’s not there, pass the ball. When Al takes his time going inside it’s easy for the Bulls to both help against him and keep their own men within closing distance.
- The Bulls are taking away the pick-and-pop, too. “That’s all we’ve been doing and they’ve been doing a great job at contesting everything,” Al said. “I got a couple touches in the post but I think we can do more of that. Because I feel playing inside out would work to our advantage. I hope that’s something coach looks into.”
- I’m not sure if Al can get anything in the post. His college buddy is making it tough in there along with the rest of Chicago’s aggressive bigs and Al’s post moves are still limited.
- Al needs to do something of the Hawks hope to rally in this series. “It’s going to be tough for us to win without him,” Joe said. “We’ve just got to get him back on track.”
- Jamal slipped free for an open J early and then never saw much space again. “Whenever I’m at the top of the key, I see a second defender,” he said. “They’re coming until I pass the ball. They’re kind of taking it out of my hands. That’s fine. I just want to make sure that we make them pay because we have an advantage
somewhere out there with two guys on me. if we don’t make them pay, then they’re going to continue to do it.” - Chicago’s superior depth was glaring in this game. Their sixth through 10th guys are all legit NBA rotation players.
- Jamal suggested the Hawks didn’t like it when L.D. called timeout after D-Rose ran a one-man fastbreak through their defense (after J.J. missed an iso fadeaway). “I think everybody was surprised by that,” Jamal said. “Whenever you have to call a timeout less than a minute into the game, it’s kind of disheartening. But coach felt like he had to do it.”
- Yes, he did. “When I don’t see the effort on getting back in transition and allowing them to get to the basket without a contest, I knew we were not committed like we were in Games 1 and 2,” Drew said. “To be perfectly honest, that was really discouraging to have to call a timeout that early.”
- The Bulls hammered the Hawks on the boards again. They have more good rebounders, yes, but they also are just hungrier and more physical when it comes to loose balls.
- “We didn’t come out with any physicality,” L.D. said. “They completely beat us up, particularly in the paint.”
- And then there’s the D-Rose problem. Atlanta’s screen-roll defense was powerless against his dynamic drives to the basket and the inevitable result of Atlanta’s bigs helping were putbacks and drive-and-dishes.
- “We were doing the same [coverages] tonight,” Al said. “I think they made adjustments as a team and they figured out how to attack it. They totally exploited it. We now have to make adjustments and change it up. It’s not working like it did the first two games.”
- “When he gets it going, we have to figure out a way to get the ball out of his hands and make someone else beat us,” Josh said.
- D-Rose hasn’t been getting to the line but maybe it’s worth it to put him there if it means he has to take some hard falls. “You don’t want to see anybody hurt but this is a physical game,” Jamal said. “We have to figure out what we want to do with him. We can’t give him both ways. You can’t give him threes and the outside jumper and the layups as well.”
- Some positives: Teague played his third straight superlative game. Josh had 13 rebounds and eventually stopped jacking Js and went hard to the hole. Al eventually got ticked off, too, and was more aggressive.
- That about covers it.
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Mike W
May 7th, 2011
2:01 am
SMH Anybody want some drinks cause this go be a long weekend,Hawks all i want for is yall to win on mothers day to make my mom proud
superiorblogman
May 7th, 2011
2:05 am
Joe Johnson is becoming wack. He needs to embrace pick and rolls and double teams. Actually, he should be running pick and rolls and see if they will double that, if they do. Hit the open man (roll man) that man then hits a guard coming off of a baseline screen that guard is in the lane and roll man is also free to rebound. Simple
I MUS WRITE
May 7th, 2011
2:09 am
Pittiful performanc tonight. JJ 10 points JC1 7 points,,,,, Really???? How does kyle Korver out score you in a game of this magnitude. AL horford is playing like a school girl and marvin was his usual self….Invisible man jeez
Teague has been our best player in this series and the sad part us he probably wouldnt have played if kirk wasnt injured-
I’d rather have karl landy that Josh right now…… WTF is his problem-he cant shoot a lick but he continues to hoist up jumpers…For the love of god go to the rim
Its definitely time to shake the tree, changes have to be made these guys have no heart.
teague still cant shoot but the way he gets to the rim he really doesnt have to- reminds me of a yung tony Parker.
Lakers down 3-0 I love it ….Hope they get a sweep on sunday. Is it me or has kobe lost 2 steps. he couldnt even get by a 38 yr old J Kidd off the dribble. I wonder if we could get Bynum or nene for josh and marvin
mykhalc
May 7th, 2011
2:11 am
name another team, either conference, that has shown no heart or effort at any time durin’ this year’s playoffs??? KA BOOM!!!
Buddy Grizzard
May 7th, 2011
2:11 am
Seriously superior we should be eating teams alive with the pick and roll. It’s the most fundamental play in the sport of basketball and we’ve got the ball handlers for it. Why don’t we run pick and rolls every other play? Is it because our guys are scared to go to the basket?
northcyde
May 7th, 2011
2:12 am
@ O’Brien . . he probably deserves a D tonight, I agree. At some point, you have to aggressively double Rose, and make him pass it, just like they’re doing to JJ. And on offense, he needed to be running plays to get the ball into the scorer’s hands, whether it be JJ or Jamal, or even more Jeff Teague.
Just can’t let Rose go off like that, and not change up the coverages. His shot was on tonight. Gotta get that ball out of his hands, or at least make him shoot more under pressure.
I MUS WRITE
May 7th, 2011
2:13 am
Wow no Slim Jr Tonight………………
shawn
May 7th, 2011
2:15 am
teague is hurting the hawk, because he’s not getting anybody else invovled in the offense. he is a point guard i know everybody thinks that all drose does is score he has 26 ast in these games teague has what 4 and in the last two game teague has more shot attemps then jj or jc1 that is unexceptable you will not beat the bulls with him leading the team in scoring. you notice the never help on him only jj and jc1.
mykhalc
May 7th, 2011
2:16 am
luvin’ the LAL bein’ down too!!! but Nene or Bynum for Josh and Marvin??? come on bro…you waaaayyyy too smart for that thought!!
I MUS WRITE
May 7th, 2011
2:20 am
Seriously has there ever been a pg in this league as athletic as D. Rose -Maybe a yung penny hardaway… fast dont lie man the boi is the truth. I used to say durant was my favorite player to watch but that has definitely changed ….gotta luv D Rose no matter who u cheer for….
Buddy Grizzard
May 7th, 2011
2:23 am
Stats for the series:
Josh Smith FGM 14-39 FTM 10-19 REB 25 AST 11 TO 7 PTS 38 +/- -11
Marvin Williams FGM 8-22 FTM 3-6 REB 10 AST 1 TO 2 PTS 19 +/- -30
Al Horford FGM 12-31 FTM 1-2 REB 35 AST 12 TO 2 PTS 25 +/- -28
Joe Johnson FGM 23-45 FTM 7-9 REB 10 AST 7 TO 8 PTS 60 +/- -20
Jeff Teague FGM 20-38 FTM 11-12 REB 7 AST 11 TO 2 PTS 52 +/- -17
Jamal Crawford FGM 13-33 FTM 11-11 REB 3 AST 7 TO 4 PTS 40 +/- -12
Al Horford has attempted two free throws this series.
I MUS WRITE
May 7th, 2011
2:27 am
WTF Not Marvin basicly give us nothing and if u watched the Dallas game bynum was unstoppable in the paint until kobe’s ego took over and they stopped passing him the ball. Nene is an above average center and we could slide Al to the PF where he could easily be a 17/10 guy.
Let me guess you’re in love with the CORE just like the owners huh? RMFE. Im sick of the josh Smith show atleast u know what u get from NENE and Bynum.
mykhalc
May 7th, 2011
2:32 am
@I MUS WRITE…man i thought, after as long as i been on this blog, you’d get my post!!??? do you REALLY think Josh and Marvin could possibly bring us either one of those players?? i sure as hell don’t!!! but if LAL or DEN was stupid enought to do it then HELL YEAH…by all means do it. they ain’t that stupid brah…PERIOD!!!!
I MUS WRITE
May 7th, 2011
2:32 am
Thanx for posting the stats BG -I dont need to say anymore … I would trade josh/marvin in a NY minute for Bynum/Ebanks or NeNe/Afflalo OUR CORE- PLeaze stop the madness
mykhalc
May 7th, 2011
2:39 am
stats just confirm the eyeball test…FAIL on both!!!
NagoyaHawk
May 7th, 2011
2:43 am
Thank goodness the Hawks are back to normal. I was worried the earth was gonna end. I’m a die-hard Hawks fan, but even I have sunk so low that I’m happy the Bulls are winning cause they are the best team. The Hawks are just too selfish, unmotivated, lackadaisical. If they were my sons I’d be happy to see them lose. Cause there’s no honest reward for foolish play.
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I MUS WRITE
May 7th, 2011
2:45 am
Man let me play armchair GM LOL Im mad that we didnt bring and energy or heart in a game this important. realisticly we could probably get Deandre Jordan and that might be a stretch -im sure the rest of the league has been watching josh stink it up out there
superiorblogman
May 7th, 2011
2:49 am
Name 5 players in the NBA currently more overrated than Al or Joe?
Don’t include guys whose skills have obviously diminished because of injuries. There in lies your answer to the problems. This team is just not that good. They played up to there potential in the regular season and have played out of there minds so-far in the playoffs now they are just coming back down to earth and it’s showing, JJ, Al, and Jamal are all looking like they did during the regular season, spotty. Add Drew to those people looking like they did in the regular season
mykhalc
May 7th, 2011
2:52 am
the Hawks would have to find and delete ALL tape on Marvin if they want ANY chance to move him!!! Josh would be a bit easier…a proven HC and franchise would think they could get more ‘controlled’ play from him IMHO
Buddy Grizzard
May 7th, 2011
2:53 am
I MUS WRITE I’ve mentioned this in previous blogs.. DeAndre Jordan and Marc Gasol are going nowhere. They are restricted free agents and their teams will match ANY offer for them, including a max contract offer. Hawks don’t have the salary flexibility to make an offer anyway.
hawksmf
May 7th, 2011
3:01 am
I love the hawks to but I think its over. Let’s face it the bulls are who we thought they were
hawksmf
May 7th, 2011
3:02 am
This was a bad day hawks didn’t show up
superiorblogman
May 7th, 2011
3:07 am
Yep, the Bulls are who we though they are. A one man team. I can remember a couple of years ago when Rose burst onto the seen in the playoffs against Rondo. Rondo could not guard Rose and vice versa, but Celtics eventually won that series that people were calling a classic at the time because KG, Perkins, Big Baby, etc. did not allow Noah to kill them on the boards. That’s the series that prompted Noah to not like KG and claim that he is dirty. We don’t have a KG,Perkins, or even a Big Baby that’s the difference. Believe what you wish but Rose is not beating us and will not. It is our bigs getting killed by there bigs
superiorblogman
May 7th, 2011
3:11 am
I’m going to sleep. I will not watch another Hawks game this season. Bless you guys I will be back sometimes during the offseason.
Trade Al, Josh, Marvin, and Joe if possible
Fire LD
Let Sund walk
Sell this team now ASG.
Move it out of Metro Atlanta new owner
M
May 7th, 2011
3:11 am
Man, wow. Why, why let Rose continue to get to the basket soo easily man. come on man. Please block his shots. Don’t foul just block it man please! We can get to the finals and win this thing. Does’nt look like Kobe will be in the way now.
Worldwide Clyde
May 7th, 2011
3:31 am
Is it football season yet?
FIRE LD
Worldwide Clyde
May 7th, 2011
3:34 am
Joe – A waste of money
Marvin – A waste of money
Hinrich – A waste of money
Worldwide Clyde
May 7th, 2011
3:35 am
Rose carried his team to victory while Joe just sat back and watched.
Worldwide Clyde
May 7th, 2011
3:41 am
Billy Knight traded Jason Terry and signed Kenny Anderson and Tony Delk.
Brandon
May 7th, 2011
3:56 am
“You think? Whole team maybe? This team has the talent to beat CHI but I don’t think it has the heart. Start at the top with disingenuous LD who betrays his favoritism all season with his lineups and makes zero effort to either develop Teague or develop a team offense with Teague integrated prior to round 2 of the playoffs where he’s your most consistent performer.
Then pay $120m to a guy who doesn’t care if the fans show up, makes excuses, says he doesn’t have to take all the blame. In short, give a superstar contract to a gutless coward and see how far he takes you. Then enable Josh Smith to take more than 200 more three pointers than he took in Woody’s last season as coach and complain about the results. Then surgically remove Al Horford’s huevos. Make him live in fear of that second foul and see what an aggressive player you’ve created.”
This is a bit extreme, but overall, I think that’s a pretty good summary of many of the problems that L.D. has caused. All season long, I was worried about what impact his “coaching strategies” would have on the players long-term. You can say that Drew has done an okay job so far in the playoffs, but that doesn’t make up for the mistakes that he made for the entirety of the season.
I still believe that a lot of the mental issues that Josh and Al have are a direct result of coaching. Al will basically do whatever the coach asks him to do on the court, and for the most part, he’s being asked to set screens and take jumpers off of pick-and-pops. His quote after this game basically says it all. As for Josh, we know he can tone down the jump shot attempts if he has the proper encouragement and knows that there are actual consequences. Look at what he did last season. I, honestly, feel like last season (2009-2010) was Josh’s best season of his career so far, and that’s because he played to his strengths. Say what you want about Woodson, but if there’s one thing he did a good job of, it was in partially managing Josh and getting him to play the right way.
I know our players are not perfect, they’re far from perfect, but the poor coaching that they’ve suffered from all season long has only made matters worse. Al seems like a totally different player these days when it comes to how he plays on the offensive end, and I really doubt that he just mysteriously decided to completely devote his game to jumpers on his own. Someone had to motivate him toward doing that. If you watched this guy in college and during his previous years with the Hawks, he’s never shied away from interior play and nor contact. Also, Josh seems more confused than ever, and I can understand why. His coach criticizes him for taking bad shots, but at the same time, tells him to shoot the ball with confidence and not to hesitate to shoot shots that he works on. L.D. wants Josh to shoot “in the flow of the offense”, but I don’t think that Josh even knows what that means anymore. L.D. sends so many mixed messages that Josh seems like a wreck on the offensive end when he does anything but attack the basket. I know Josh is a stubborn guy, but I think his mental issues and confusion with what a good shot really is are directly related to his poor coaching.
Also, it’s clear that Joe and Jamal are not fans of L.D. or his offense either. Joe seems totally confused when he is not the center of the offensive attack for atlanta, and you can sense his hidden frustration in his comments after losses like this where he isn’t the main point of attack. He seems unsure of what L.D. wants him to do at times, and unless L.D. just rides Joe and Joe has it going like he did in game 1, this offense and Joe Johnson never really seem to blend well together, unless it’s against a terrible defensive team. Also, Jamal is a scorer, plain and simple, everyone knows that, and everyone is sick of watching him try to play point guard. Not only does that role render him almost useless as an offensive threat, but it makes our offense even less effective than it already is. I’m tired of watching Drew destroy this team.
I hate to see the guys come out and play with no effort, but it makes it even worse any effort is rendered useless by a poor strategy. There’s nothing worse as a player than giving it your all and still getting destroyed due to the fact that your strategy plays to your weaknesses. Right now, it looks like the Hawks are so intent on running the right play on the offensive end that they actually pass up good shots to try and execute what they think they are supposed to. This not only leads to passive play, but at the same time, it eventually leads to selfish play since guys get sick of watching things not work, so they take it upon themselves to “revive” the team. That’s why JJ feels like he needs to “force the issue”, and sometimes Josh plays out of control trying to do the same thing. It’s annoying and painful to watch. I just hope that one day this team gets a truly worthwhile coach who can get the most out of these guys and develop a system that utilizes their strengths.
Brandon
May 7th, 2011
4:06 am
By the way, with the way that the post-season has played out so far, we may get the worst-case scenario from management during the offseason. By that, I mean that management may choose to keep the “core” intact and make no major changes, meanwhlie keeping L.D. as our head coach, simply due to the fact that they feel like we’ve improved by winning a single game in the second round (so far).
I can’t root against the Hawks, and as badly as I want Drew fired and changes to be made to the roster, I don’t want the Hawks to have to lose games for it to happen. On the flip side though, under no circumstances do I want the Hawks’ management to just stand still during the offseason and do nothing at all, simply because the Hawks had a little bit of success in the post-season. I just hope that regardless of what happens in the playoffs, management actually does something legitimate to improve this team this offseason, and by legitimate I mean hiring a new coach and making some impactful roster moves (not worthless ones like signing Powell and Etan).
kevin
May 7th, 2011
4:15 am
arthur blank allowing dimitri to gamble and do what he did to get julio jones because he is going to spend the money necessary on defensive free agents. Thats called committed to winning championships. Every Atlanta team owner take notice to what Arthur Blank is willing to do. I love the Braves , but even their owners are more concerned about making money. The Falcons are VERY close to bringing championships home to Atlanta. We will all have something to be proud of soon Atlanta fans! Hang in there! The Hawks are actually really close to getting to that championship level but will never quite reach it with ASG. It’s really fustrating to see… man i wish there was a way to get Marc Gasol
vava74
May 7th, 2011
4:32 am
northcyde
May 7th, 2011
1:42 am
Correct to an extent, but you need to make OTHER adjustments and not simply get JJ to pound the rock and shoot.
JJ needs to get 25+ shots but not out of him receiving, being double teamed and then forcing shots.
Game 4 should start with 20 sequences in which Teague should get the ball off JJ’s double team and would drive FULL THROTTLE to the paint.
20 STRAIGHT TIMES
Teague must do a Rose impersonation since he is the guy who – in spite of his production – is not being focused by CHI’s D.
Make them pay for it.
If you do this with JJ at the SG, Josh at the SF, Al at PF and Zaza at C, Josh and Zaza can crash the boards and JJ receive kick outs when Teague’s penetration runs into a collapsing defense.
With this we will break the game open.
Either Teague has a 20 point first quarter, getting Noah and Boozer in foul trouble (even if he gets swatted 3 or 4 times) – if the D does not collapse on him, or if they do collapse, JJ will have open looks and get 8 to 9 clean shots out of Teague’s dribble penetration.
With this, CHI would have to make an adjustment and would not be able to double team JJ so strong or would need to leave someone else open.
WE NEED to make them adjust their D on JJ and the only way to get this done is with Teague in super attack mode emulating Rose’s game – REGARDLESS of him being NOT able to get more than .355 shots in.
Rose shoots around .355 in many games which CHI wins because even when he misses lay ups he has guys crashing the boards.
WE NEED constant dribble penetration. I mean CONSTANT.
That would also drive Rose back into the paint and take some wind from him, diminishing his fast break opportunities.
LD is still so used at looking at the Hawks offense with the “no-dribble-penetration and slow-getting-back-on-D Bibby” that he is trying to diminish fast break opportunities the wrong way (by not crashing the offensive boards).
This takes away OUR BEST QUALITIES: Al and Josh became timid offensive rebounders and we need them to be the opposite, we need them to be hungry for the rock on offense OFF JJ, Jamal and Teague’s misses instead of launching jumpers and then running back to protect our basket.
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Davy Dmx
May 7th, 2011
5:39 am
This was the Hawks team I dreaded seeing in the playoffs (Terrible shot selection, Poor perimeter and interior defense, and zero movement on offense). We were beaten in all phases of the game and save for Teague no one else showed up offensively (Al needs to step up, stop passing to Josh who can’t hit a jumper to save his life, and Joe and Jamal to return to form). If we don’t get it together Sunday then this series is over.
The Game Has Changed
May 7th, 2011
7:08 am
The series is not over everyone. We still have a home game sunday. If we win that one then that puts Chicago in a must win situation tuesday at home. Lets go Hawks and can somebody kidnapp Josh for about 3 weeks.
RB
May 7th, 2011
7:15 am
I expect Marvin, Josh,And JJ to stink up a game, not Al. Where has Al Horford Gone? Is this team rebelling against the coach? Give Jeff Teague his props, because he is the only one showing up nightly. It shouldn’t take long to get through security Sunday if the fans show up the way the Hawks have!!
RMikel58
May 7th, 2011
7:35 am
Chicago overall isnt as talented as Atlanta’s 5 starters but the Hawks dont know that. It’s pretty simple take Rose out of the game by double teaming him up and rotating your players. They did this over and over again in the paint.
If Rose was open he’d take the shot, which happened alot because off the pick and roll Teague would get blocked off and Rose would go around and as soon as the other guy blocked, he’d roate to the basket causing our defender to rotate with him leaving Rose open or an easy lay-up.
Teague needed some help and didnt none of the other guys come over to challenge him.
In Game#4 Atlanta has got to rotate quicker in other words when the pick happens Atlanta needs to rotate a 3rd guy up the middle covering the guy thats causing the pick and the other two hawks defenders need to block Rose on both sides so that he’ll have to pass it off.
Make the other players on Chicago beat us and not the MVP. Their doing the same thing to JJ sometimes even triple teaming him.
Rebounding- Its a given that most likely Chicago will have more rebounds than us but to get outrebounded by double digits is unacceptable. I see maybe 1 or 2 players from the Hawks trying to get defensive rebounds under the basket.
Chicago has atleast 3 players down there. If Rose scores 20 plus i think we have a chance but scoring 40 is indicitive by how much we got beat by. Pachulia needs to stay out of the game, too slow and cant block but can only foul.
Teague is playing great so i think he should get more playing time. If i was Teague though i’d be right in Roses face the entire game and not play off on him. This will agitate him and hurry him up and may also cause a turnover which he does alot anyways.
If Chicago double teams JJ why doesnt the open guy head toward the basket and get a easy layup? This is what Chicago was doing to us all night in games#2 and #3. We watched Orlando blow us out last year and now Chicago is doing the samething to us that they did.
Orlando was more talented than the Hawks but certainly not Chicago but do the Hawks know that? Without Rose Chicago has no chance and Atlanta better quit standing back on their heels or this will be over very soon.
RB
May 7th, 2011
8:02 am
mykhalc, Great line about deleting all tape on Marvin. Think about this, Marvin plays one year as sixth man in college and thats all the tape the Hawks need to draft this guy. It’s called “FOOLS GOLD!!!!”. It would be nice to have Jordan Crawford right about now!!!!!
Double Zero Eight
May 7th, 2011
8:02 am
Marvin is useless. Enough said.
He is the 6th man and secret weapon for the
opposition.
Double Zero Eight
May 7th, 2011
8:03 am
LD looked dumbfounded and confused throughout the game.
Double Zero Eight
May 7th, 2011
8:05 am
What happened to the motion offense???????
d nice
May 7th, 2011
8:15 am
J smoove my azz he must go
G.I. 74FOLK GDN
May 7th, 2011
8:19 am
Everything about ATL is weak.
-Regards from Gary, Indiana
DA BUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLSSSSSS
2 FOR JOHN DREW
May 7th, 2011
8:30 am
It seem like a good idea at first but ….when we started chanting MVP at JJ, it seem like it was bad timing & inappropriate at that time b/c DRose was ballin’ right from the outset & showing what a real MVP does & JJ wasn’t !!!!!!
Hawks fan down under
May 7th, 2011
8:47 am
LD should be fired merely on how well Teague is playing. A lot of us on this blog could see the potential Teague had but not LD. Man it pisses me off how dumb we look having this kid riding the bench all season. That’s on LD.
Josh Smith could be a great player but LD aint gonna make him that. Smith needs someone who will ride him hard. When he goes to the rack the Bulls dont know how to stop him, yet he still takes jump shots. Thats on LD.
I’m happy to let a good coach come in and see what they could do with this team. Give them heart, ride them, trade them… whatever. Just get LD outta there!
JeJe
May 7th, 2011
8:49 am
“Larry Drew was like “ummm should i call the thumbs up or thumbs down play?” ”
LOL!!!
Joe and Al do seem like 2 of the most overrated players in the NBA. God Forbid Joe has to own the player guarding him (KEITH BOGANS??!?!)
LOL @ Calling ‘Em Out calling me a female and mocking my “Trade proposals” (where have those been)? SMDH
Slimjr
May 7th, 2011
8:51 am
Ld=2012 lottery pick……….watch this come true……
next season this team wins 37 games with Larry as the HC…..watch….
Slimjr
May 7th, 2011
8:53 am
Al=Marvin…sigh…..invisible cloak…..