Atlanta Hawks at Bobcats: Game thread

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Mike, Will Pargo be the primary backup to Teague? I havent heard of him much but he is at the vet min.

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I hope I get to see Teague vs Kemba at some point. Really can’t wait to see that kid, he gets my ROTY vote.

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gee, maybe pargo can run his offense through twin then, two do nothings.

sounds worthless to me and only fits a very sad criteria of being a vet. can he help us or is it he might not help us, he sounds like a replica of what bibby is now.

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Really pargo we cant get a better guy than this.

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We have a good team maybe we need to go big lineup all the time so marvin can add depth to the bench but we would be slower. We should of went for Bibby over this pargo guy jk. We should of traded Marvin Willams and j Smoove for Artest and bynum.

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MC, your overview of Pargo left me less than excited. By signing him, does this mean that the roster is complete? Can they cut him in a week or two if he is not able to outplay any of the rookie pgs? Why didn’t they just invite him to camp and see if he can make the team?

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*I dont get the impression Drew and crew are sold on Teague taking over

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Signing Pargo shows you how cheap and clueless the Hawks owner/GM are. I would rather take my chance with one of the rookies. This guy has no defense and no offense, then what is the point in singing him….? I can see if he was a good defender but from what MC posted up he is not.

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link to the game:

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LETS GET IT!!!

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Love’em or hate’m, it feels good watching Hawks basketball again!

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7 long months, but i finnally see my hawks on NBA-TV. #Let’sGoHawks!

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Teague has BOATLOADS of potential. But its all in playmaking. As of now he reminds me of a mini-Iguodala, except Iguodala is a better passer! Maybe a miniature rookie Iguodala.

Unsure of how to draw doubles and make plays. I think he has the Nash-Cp3 ability to use PnRs and dribble circles around the defense drawing multiple defenders.

But idk if he ever reaches that potential on this Horford+Smith team. The ATL Hawks are relying on Marvin Williams and Vlad Radmanovic to bust zones, shoot and slash off the swing pass and collapsed defenses.

Then when we go big and Teague has no shooters except Joe.

Aye caramba

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* at Arkansas

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Nice try on the oop there!!

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Smooove lookin good so far!!

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JJ did JJM

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Boris Diaw at center vs Al Horford. Al has height and conditioning advantage but Boris might be quicker. Then again Boris is terrible and often fat.

Josh Smith vs Tyrus Thomas. Similar height. Tyrus is freakishly long but slower. Tyrus seems to be smarter. Josh will catch the ball trailing.try to break him off the dribble. Aye caramba.

I think Tyrus will give Josh problems. And now we see Tyrus with a made corkscrew pull up. Mid range game?Looks like he was in the lab as well.

and Marvin gives the ball to Josh,
Hawks could very well lose LMAO

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Well well Joe and Jannero Pargo were college teammates. How about that.

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“At the end of the day, Horford is a good player who hasnt raised his game to very good. ”

Except in the eyes of the head coaches of the league. But WTF do they know?

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wow bad pass to josh gave it to him too early

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Why did Marvin passed the ball to Josh. He was already in the middle of the court….SMH

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Is it just me, or is Marvin’s back a little straighter? lol.

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“At the end of the day, Horford is a good player who hasnt raised his game to very good. ”
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Is Truth B Known Ken Strickland?

The 1st Josh brick!

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damn diaw is big

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I’m loving that new emhasis on defensive aggressiveness on the perimeter. They are really closing out on the open shots. NOT!

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Josh receives the ball on baseline pump fakes, drives middle, reverses to Joe in corner for 3.

Missed shot. Hawks get the rebound.

The set play Pick and ROLL from Horford. Make.

Josh Smith Post up 1. Bump but no call, Fades away Brick. See the difference between Josh Iso and Josh getting a play from Joe or a guard on the baseline?

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Marvin’s still Marvin. Playin hot potato with the basketball. lol. Not even attempting to look for his shot.

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they look rusty this game

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DJ Augustin with a floater over Josh’s outstretched.

Make no mistake, Horford is the PF Josh is our center. Our 6′8 center. Same old Hawks.

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Damn. LD already pulled Teague. lol. Clown.

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DJ Augustine blew by Sloan as if he was not even there on those last two possessions. Not a good start for the rookie.

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Image this line up –
PG – Chris Paul
SG – Joe Johnson
SF – Smoove
PF – Horford
C – Twin

We got the defense and offense in that lineup!!! What difference a pick makes!!! FIRE SUND!!!!!

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Who was better in the opening Marvin or Teague?

Hope for tweener Teague? yes. Hope for tweener Marvin? no. $$ to replace him with a perimeter PF? no.
Enter Vlad Radmanovic. Enter Big-Mac.

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Man who the heck is Donald Sloan…

Dude’s gotten blown past on both of his defensive possessions.

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By the way, responding to all the people saying “So and so still sucks and isn’t improved”, its been a 10 day camp!!! Do you really think all these guys did over the summer was work on perfecting their game?? NO!!! It will take this season and next off season to improve some, we are seeing the same players from last year.

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Josh on the block is okay with me…let Al fight for the scraps.

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That’s why we signed Vladamic…. he can shoot it….

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I think that fall hurt Josh

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Diaw is easy as large as Zaza…..sheesh!

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Josh Post up 2. Same post moves from last year but hey he makes.

Josh Smith running. CATCHES THE BALL ON THE PERIMETER. TRAILING.

Makes t

PG Joe Johnson to Radmanovic for 3. Space Cadet is zoned in.

7′0 Zaza over Boris.

Space Cadet throws ball away in post up to Pachulia

Derrick Brown posts up smaller McGradt and draws foul.

Kemba enters game,

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We couldn’t pay Diaw to take a jumpshot when he was with the Hawks…. Now he’s shooting 3’s…

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bobcats are getting tenacious against the hawks.. CMON!

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our reserve bigs are going to have to want to rebound the ball

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Teague > any PG on this roster

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co-sign Melvin

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Joe hasn’t scored, but he has 5 assists.

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“doesnt really makes sense being that the players had the whole off season and lockout to work on their moves…all im saying is I havent seen anything new from horford so far. I thought the pre season was the time where you work on “new moves” that you been working on in the off season.”

I see what you’re saying now, and I agree Horford is still making the same moves from last season but was he ever really looking to improve on his post game? Unsure if he was, just wondering if he actually said he’s been working on it or has set a goal on working on it

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wow who is sloan?

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now Sloan is going to get schooled by kemba

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I do however see Atlanta simply cannot change the jump shot mentality..nor can they play defense on the perimeter

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Ish????

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Larry Drew is a terrible coach lmao

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Radmanovich is a good on-ball defender. He will be a big help…

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Marvin still on the team? I saw someone out there wearing his number, a guy with no clue who seriously needs a haircut, and some game

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yeah we suck

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Al and Josh…..11 of 1st 24…fast paced quarter.

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@FreshFromATL

Zaza against whom? I mean the ones we are looking to defend are 6′9.5″ 266lb Boozer, 7′0 Bosh, 6′10 Amare, old Garnett, 6′9 David West? or are we talking about Vlad vs backups.

Im hoping Vlad starts or at least plays a LOT more than Marvin.

Joe.Jeff.Smith.Leuer.Bogut
will have to settle for
Joe.Jeff.Smith.Vlad.Horford

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If T-Mac is all we have to throw out there as the 6th man, the Hawks are in big trouble. Maybe Kirk will fill that roll.

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I seen enough of Sloan, bring in Wannamaker….

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*look

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There’s an Ismail Muhammed sighting…haven’t seen him since he was dunking on EVERYONE at Georgia Tech

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hehe Marvin need a cut. Or a headband or what. JK Marvin by all accounts is a nice guy, I think he has a lot of anger at himself for underachieving or fans maybe for hating on him.

IDK he might just blow up again like vs Shawne Williams. Only new notable thing he’s done.

—— Willie Warren waived.

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I mean can somebody drive the ball…

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RE James. Do we even have starters in?

Kemba + DJ. They go small we go old.

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Pape Sy with the Magic Johnson give to the wing and cut. Wing Give and go.

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I am Mr. Obvious

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this is going to be a longgg season with this bench

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lmao zaza wtf

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The Hawks with only 4 total rebounds. None offensive. Northcyde, where are you?

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man alot of awful shots here tonight

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Finally they got SY’s name right!!

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this is one of those games where sportscenter will just flash the score for about 5 seconds…no sense at all showing highlights…b/c there aren’t any

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We need Keith Bogans.

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Nice assist for Sy.

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Pape looking good out there

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I can’t believe some of these guys in Hawks uniforms are being paid to be Professional Basketball players.

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JohninVA they’ll show a dunk or 2.

Boyo Marvin sucks. Someone make a highlight tape,

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duck MC

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Marvin fittin in nicely with the scrubs. lol

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This group of hawks is beginning to remind me of the Hawks of about 4 seasons ago… The ones with Tyronn Lue and SALIM Stoudamire playing regular minutes…

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Pape with the and 1!

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Just me? Or is Marvin Williams in horrible shape? Looks… well to be blunt, fat.

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Nice aggressive drive by Sy. He’s the only bench player on the team that I like at this point.

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nice drive pape

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C’mon Marvin eat those pip squeaks up in the post Sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Joe Jeff Smith, STFU

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Marvin Williams look like Pookie from New Jack City.

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A lot of these guys are playing there 1st game in a NBA uniform so some of yall need to chill out

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Sy is growing on me, dude is fearless.

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Marv going for 20 tonight!

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That Ivan Johnson looks like a mean fella…

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Yeah mayne Ivan the terrific is a keeper.

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There’s the Marvin from his rookie year

No that’s Marvin against a 6′5 shooting guard.

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About time Marvin shows up….

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Keep stroking it Marv!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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good to see the hawks stepping up on defense, and i like ivan johnson, he might be a keeper.

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teague jumps up a step too early, his layups fall short as he’s done that way too many times

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Smith creating havoc. No Smith gambling and overplaying lanes. Playing the PF/C so when he Leaks out we’re missing rebounds.

Drews gameplan will not work against teams with better talent than Charlotte. Not sure but there might be a couple of them in the NBA.

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hmmmmm…..

- Hawks are getting into a nice groove as the game goes….

- Wannamaker is going to get cut….

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id take wanamaker over sloan

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#24 is standing upright!! Looks like a new guy out there!lol

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Teague is too fast for Smith to roll.

Marvin is eating good.

Josh iso #? airball.

How many times will Marvin look at the defense and give the ball to Josh?

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nice stroke Josh! Shot looks smooth…..

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i like Benson!

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OMG…Marvin got a bit of an attitude tonight….love to see that all year!!!

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Mavin working his azz off in the paint!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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wtf josh lol

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Go Marvin

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ahhh cmon joe

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smoove is friggin joke. another fade away air ball jumper. LOL

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Wait was that Marvin? He didnt even shoot.

Im telling you, Marvin is 2 quiet. He has some pent up anxiety.

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Benson is good on Defense

Teague’s Balls (No Homo) are rolling out

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Benson has a nose for shot blocking!!!!!!!! WTF???????????????????

Hey coach rest Al NBA Al a littler longer please…Looks like we got a new rim protector? Sheesh….

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LOL @ JJ . . with the silly playground foul. Stop that man.

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He was fouled… but he walked first. Refs are horrible.

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Hey Josh just pass the ball to a real shooter!!!!!!!!!!!!!! C’mon man!!!!!

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Not saying it was a bad call…it was a horrible foul…no reason to reach out and grab him

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“Teague’s Balls (No Homo) are rolling out”

WTF? lol

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Marvin is 4-4 and has a game high, let that boy cook…

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“Teague’s Balls (No Homo) are rolling out”

yea that was a pause moment

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Teague is a blur out there. But he has to learn to finish at the rim.

One bright spot for him is he occupies the defense going to the rim, so Hawks can get the rebound.

But when the season starts, guys will play off him, daring him to shoot.

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i like NBA tv’s halftime show

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DJ was blowing by everyone until Teague came back into the game in the 2nd qtr. Now DJ has 5 turnovers for the 1st half…. Teague, Josh, Benson and Sy are aggressive on defense.

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Smith 1 – 4 on his jumpers. He’s always hit the straight away top of the key jumper. He should only shoot from that spot.

Great effort by the starters in that 2nd quarter. Marvin put in work on the inside.

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First half observations.

Sloan and Wannamaker are not worthy, bring on Pargo.
The starting unit looks ready.
Vlad still can shoot.
Stack is horrible, T-mac is semi out of the league.
Ivan and Keith look like hidden gems.

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Yea Josh can only make stationary shots

He is horrendous shooting on the move

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Keep All NBA Al on the bench..We dont need him… Let the Kito block some more shots out there tonight!

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More Good news

Hawks 80% FT%

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Stephanie Ready >>>>>

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the team’s shooting 46.5 % from the field.. Thats a good sign.

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Guess who led the team in field goal attempts in that half (and missed the most jumpers)?

lol whoever said that some things never change was right

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I thought Wannamaker looked decent. Sloan & Stack, not so much.

Pleasantly surprised by Benson.

Ready to see Magnum Rolle now.

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we getting out rebounded though, kito is a good shotblocker but not a good rebounder. Marvin has 9 points and 5 rebounds (he’s currently leading the team in both categories)

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Call up Emilio Estevez! The Mighty Duck is more than halfway to a double-double already in only 14 minutes of play lol.

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i agree with Mr. E, except on the T-mac part, he didnt attempt a shot yet!

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Not excited about Pargo at all. Dude’s had his shot. He couldn’t stick in the league. I want to see more of Wannamaker in the second half.

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Will say it yet again…

Would love to see Jordan Crawford coming off that bench this season.

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Melvin

December 19th, 2011
8:16 pm

Arron Afflalo gets 43mil… Man, stop it… These owners are just stupid with their money…

**************

LOL . . exactly.

I mean, if you’re going to pay a guy like that 8 million . . . only pay him or 2 – 3 years. Not 5. Hopefully Denver put in a Team Option in year 4. Surely that entire deal is not guaranteed.

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The speed of Augustin might as well be light speed to the two rookies. Funny thing is I don’t consider DJ Augustin particularly fast. Teague comes back in and dominates him. The talent gap is too much for Sloan and Brad. A pg vet is a must.

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magnum rolle looks out of shape..

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Bobcats announcers on Rolle: “That is a cool name…let it roll…” lol

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kemba carried the ball before he was fouled. but they are playing in Charlotte and kemba is the fan favorite

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Trade Al

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Finally, an Al sighting…

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al’s mid range is unstoppable, but he would be even more unstoppable if he would go in the paint and bang in their with bigs.

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lmao the power went out on the monday night football game

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Damn . . Diaw looks like Oliver Miller

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T-Mac shooting like Josh….man o man…

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I don’t wanna see Iso Joe at all

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Teague ain’t making his shots

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has Horford gotten in the post all night?

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Wow . . how quick was that from JJ

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SMH, I think Diaw plays better with the extra weight…LOL

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“has Horford gotten in the post all night?”

He did a bit at the start of the game. He’s had good post position quite a few times, but the ball wasn’t delivered to him in most of those scenarios.

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both teams are ICE COLD

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Is this the new josh smith?

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would you pass it to Al in the paint?

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Marvin is fading a bit. He’s still at 9 pts. and 5 boards. He looked pretty good in the first half though.

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Smith is definitely slimmer.

And flashing to the hole is smith for the easy dunk. Love to watch him score that way.

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He’s got no left hand so he got called for the walk when tried to shift ball from right to left hand.. No improvement at all far as handles are concerned! All Nba AL just crash the boards dude…@#$%^

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Stackhouse needs to be in a retirement home lol

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re sign Josh Smith.

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So, does anyone think we’ll see the starters at all in the fourth?

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Drew’s motion offense + this Hawks roster = Jump shot Parade

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Big Al for the Bucks whole front line……lmao……………….

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Al Horford with ZERO rebounds. I’m tired of this BS.

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diaw is working the paint like a boss.

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LOL @ Slimjr …..only the healthy ones. I don’t want Andrew “X-games” Bogut….dude finds a new way to make the highlights with the year’s most insane injury every damn season.

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LOL at Northcyde ….

I see we’re sharing a stream of consciousness again.

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Things this game has me wondering about:

1. Will Teague ever develop a reliable jumpshot?
2. Will Al ever become a go-to scorer in the post?
3. Will Josh ever stop taking long jump shots and play to his strengths?
4. Will Pape Sy ever become a legit NBA player?
5. Would anyone on our bench be able to make an NBA roster other than this one?
6. Will Boris Diaw ever lose weight?

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Ans^^^^^^^

1-6 NEGATORY!

any more questions Sir?

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“Al Horford with ZERO rebounds. I’m tired of this BS.”

It’s a preseason game. How much do you think these guys really care about this game, especially the vets? It’s not like most vets go hard in a preseason game. Most of them are just trying to get some cardio work in.

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I don’t like Josh’s long jumper anymore than I did last season…and apparently IT doesn’t like him any better either. The second try was a drive to the hole…drew the foul…what he should have done the first time.

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Josh Smith 1 – 6 on his midrange jumpers

Joe Johnson 0 – 3 on his 3 pointers

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*led

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Your #5 should have some rebounds man. I don’t care if its a pickup game Sir….

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Wannamaker is not quite ready for primetime

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And with that open court turnover, you just got cut Wanamaker.

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Why keep giving Smith the ball? We have Radmanovic, Stackhouse, Wanamaker out there. Smdh

Ask for:
Joe.Jeff.Smith.Leuer.Bogut
rceive
Stackhouse. Wanamaker.Smith.Radmanovic. Pachulia

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Stack and T-Mack look like coaches playing in a pickup game …Oh well……..

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All NBA Al= ZERO REBOUNDS= no ECF…..History does repeat with this Organization…

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Josh shot is off tonight! What else is news around these parts?

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“sigh ….and here I was thinking he’d be an instant super star as soon as Jamal Crawford left the ball club” – big ray

Nobody is predicting all stardom just a return to 15 ppg form

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LOL . . this lineup is barely church league level.

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Wannamaker with no effort after giving up the steal. Give the dude a band-aid. He is cut.

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I like Sloan more than Wannamaker from what I’ve seen so far. We’ll see.

Both guys on the bubble with Jannero Pargo coming into town. He’s not a bad point, but he’s also more scorer/sniper than pure point.

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LOL WTH? Wannamaker seriously needs to be cut, LIKE WTF?

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Wannamaker just not good enough

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Gearon you want me to come down to Phillips to watch this ish?????????????????????????????

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wannamaker needs to be cut, so should sloan. Sy looks good defensivly though.

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defensivly*

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Pargo is not the answer either though.

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Buddy ,

Wrong. A person like you sensibly expects him to return to 13-15 ppg, and hopefully about 6 boards per.

But there were some “extremists” last year that were certain he’d be dropping 18+ per game once JC1 was gone.

I don’t even see 15 ppg, to be honest. Is is possible? Yes. Likely? I don’t know. He has to stay healthy to begin with, he has to be given a role in this “motion offense”, he has to embrace it, and he has to raise his aggression level a bit. Simply infusing more shots per game ain’t gonna cut it. Especially if he loses confidence after some missed shots and either stops getting the ball (like teammates did him last season), or he starts passing it away when he’s open.

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ZaZa got a half inch vert! lol

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Lots of silly fouls by Atlanta.

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Buddy,

I’m not saying 15 ppg is an unreasonable expectation, I just feel that there are more related factors in that one simple stat than appear to be on the surface. But hey, I’m open to being convinced that it’s simpler than that…

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Rolle is moving his feet on defense. I like his effort. I am also very impressed with Ivan this game.

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“Really? So it’s ok to not try to rebound at all because it’s preseason, just remember to turn the switch on for the regular season, right?”

What game are you watching? It doesn’t look to me like Horford is “not trying to rebound”. I recall him even drawing a loose ball foul while fighting for a rebound. The point is that most guys who have been around the block already are not going to over-exert themselves in a preseason game. You also have to keep in mind that not everyone is as conditioned as they would regularly be, so you are less likely to see guys expending more energy in these scenarios. Obviously, Horford isn’t strongly pursuing rebounds in this game, and he has looked a bit tired at times, but that means nothing with respect to the regular season. If this was a game that counted or if Horford was a rookie trying to show what he’s got, you might have a legit argument. We already know that Horford can rebound the ball, he leads the team in rebounding every year. That’s practically a given at this point. Looking at stats in one preseason game for a veteran player on a team he’s been on for years isn’t going to tell you much, even when that game has stats that are an anomaly.

By the way, just about every coach in the league will tell you the same thing about preseason games. The main purpose of them, especially this preseason, is to experiment with different lineups, take a look at new players who you may be interested in signing, work on aspects of systems you want to implement for the season, and get your players some conditioning exercise on the court. Go and find me a coach in today’s NBA that says otherwise and quote him on that. Until then, don’t waste my time.

One other thing. There’s another big reason why vets generally don’t go hard in preseason games, that is obviously to avoid injury. You don’t want guys getting hurt over a game that counts for nothing just to make their stats look good or prove that they are “trying”. Go and preach to someone who doesn’t know or hasn’t been there and done that.

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Our bench is going to suck this year..

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Hawks are in trouble…………

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Man these Hawks guards cant shoot the freaking rock? Church league is a correct description!!!!!!!!

Where All Al? He needs more cardio!

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Roman ,

My point stands. Don’t waste your own time. Clearly you’ve “been there and done that”, so why are you wasting time reading the posts of a peasant such as myself? Surely you’d be smarter than that.

By the way, if you’ve been to a sports blog before, you’d know two things:

1) You have a right to your own opinion.

2) That right is immediately followed by the right to have such an opinion summarily disagreed with.

That’ll be all….

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Signing Pargo was a good move. These young guards not ready…

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Melvin ,

Whassup?

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Better yet, call Gilbert Arenas probation officer, I meant agent…

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Big Ray,

I’m mad b/c they shut your blog down….Dummies

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Sloan is shocking

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cream will rise..

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Stop It!

Just stop it with the novel writing? It’s a live thread – Rookies!

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sheesh Larry you gonna tell em to foul?

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bad game, atleast we know who our weaknesses are..

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Sloan might as well start packing sad to say.

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Run a play for Radmanovic . . . for 3.

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Preseason game, would have been nice to win, but you gotta give kudos to the Cats rookie. He went nuts in the final minutes.

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Kemba Walker is 4 – 13 FG . .but 9 – 11 FT

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Big Ray, aren’t we usually the last stop for players before retirement?

This is like summer league out there….

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WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOO >.<

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LMAO LD is a pitiful coach

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Kinda creepy how Slim Jr seems so obsessed with Horford.

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lol @ Sloan

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drmaryb ,

You know how it is when a rook doesn’t know which vet not to tangle with…but I kept it short this time…you KNOW I can go for paragraphs….lol.

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At least A.I. can put more fans in the seats something this team can’t do

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Teague has to show more fire.. we have no leadership on this team what so ever..

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mic^^^

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Big Ray,

Gotcha.

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Bring in Iverson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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As far as reserves, positive grades for Rolle, Benson, Johnson, and Sy.

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I don’t expect much out of TMac to be honest. Stackhouse won’t be signed (why would we do that? Should have done it two years ago).

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Superior, that was just brutal man….lol

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BigDave,

I agree. Bring on Iverson. But you know this franchise is scared to sign guys with a strong personality like Iverson.

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The way I see it, Gearon is right: This IS a make or break year.

Drew and Sund are on the final year of their deals, Kirk will be a FA, Joe could get amnestied, Josh and Al could get traded.

We only have to deal with this for a few more months, then it’s time to clean house.

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yep..

though a strong personality is exactly what this club needs..

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With how that bench is looking, Crawford will be missed…

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They might be alright with Hinrich back there, until then, no Jamal to bail us out of offensive funk nights

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” Stack n Zsa Zsa ought to be “sellin” insurance.” and Marvin too..

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I know we didn’t get to see a lot of what T-Mac could do tonight, but is anyone else feeling a bit disappointed in his signing right now?

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@ Reality Check, that may be for the best

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We will have to get our wins from he 1st 7 because we have no choice!

We go as far as Joe takes us!

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iso gonna have to put 30 a night!

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What else did the NBA TV analyst say?

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I liked what I saw out of Wannanaker and Sloan for a preseason game. I dont know what most of you all are complaining about they did a good job!

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Next up: Pargo with 7 days of training camp……brilliant move!

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0 rebounds from “The Boss”? Man, he’s getting softer with every season.

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Let me see, what did I see in that preseason game that I’ve never seen before, and therefore cannot be an indicator of what will happen in the regular season?

1) Josh taking long jumpers (and missing), turning the ball over, blocking shots, and rebounding pretty well.

2) Al hitting a very high percentage of his shots, but not getting much done on the glass, or from a scoring standpoint in the post.

3) Teague not making jumpers.

4) Marvin contributing but not making a difference. Yes, it’s possible.

5) Two old vets (one we’ve signed, one we haven’t) looking close two awful on the floor, as in well past their ability to contribute.

6) The Hawks missing nearly all of their three pointers. The Hawks taking a pile of jumpers and missing the majority of them.

7) Larry Drew talking about mixing and matching lineups like it’s a swap meet.

Wait….I have seen all this before. Kinda eery. No, no really. I get it. It’s a preseason game. And we have scrubs on the floor. But ummm….

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Well if we start over at least we dont have Jamal money on books. Hawks are done.

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.Stephanie Ready…Goodness Gracious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Allllllllllllllllllllright!

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Lol at all the Horford hate in a freakin’ preseason game. Smh. I appreciate the fact that he’s played 4 years out of position and has made two all-star teams. For the record, I’d say he’s EARNED THE RIGHT to ask this sorry management and organization for help. Funny how Joe Johnson says the Hawks need help inside and no one complains about that.

Anyways, interesting game tonight. Alot of work needs to be done.

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First of all that courtside reporter i think she does some NBA work for TNT as well. Nice eye candy.

That was about the most exciting thing to take from this game. It is only preseason game but Hawks offense of the bench looks anemic. I do like Benson he can block some shots and is skilled to hit some shots, Sy who is a specialist type of player good defense he reminds me off a keith bogans type. Rolle wasnt that impressed with. Those two guards wannamaker and sloan should be given some money to buy a pack of some black and miles and a Ham sandwich and make like a bad check and bounce

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iso gonna have get 40 per night! man………….

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Didn’t want to comment before I watched the entire game:

Good
1) Starters looked a lot faster with Teague in the game, Joe looks ready to go
2) Sy definitely has the speed and physical tools to play (he’s a SG though! Sorry LD)
3) Benson or Rolle will serve the purpose of rebounder/shot-blockers beside Zaza
4) Horford was very steady on Offensive

Bad
1) Stack and Tracy look like guys ready to retire
2) Josh taking bad shots
3) Vladi missed to many open 3s

Overall I liked what I saw out of the starters, Marvin looked a lot better physically and picked his spots. Horford looked a lot more decisive with his moves, immediately jab-stepping and shooting over the shorter Diaw. Jeff didn’t finish all the time, but was still getting to the basket well and his defensive is solid. I think Sy just needs a little more confidence in his jumpshot and he will be very useful off the bench. (nice block on the fastbreak!) I think we will miss Crawford’s offensive some games, but overall we’re a better team defensively without him and Bibby.

If Pargo’s in shape, I think he’s a little better than Sloan and Wannamaker because of his jumpshot. I’m not so down on Sloan and Wannamaker though, Kemba’s a very tough player to handle. Sloan definitely played better than Wannamaker, but they played hard and made some shots.

GO HAWKS!!

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For the record, I’d say he’s EARNED THE RIGHT to ask this sorry management and organization for help. Funny how Joe Johnson says the Hawks need help inside and no one complains about that.

Agreed. But until that help comes, what do you do? You man up and get the job done. That’s all I expect out of Al. He’s earned every accolade he’s gotten. But he’s gotta keep earning them. Like it or not, he’s the absolute best big man we have….by a long mile.

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Rookie Orientation!

Blu-Ray
(sharper image)
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Blu-Ray wassup baby boy! Congrats on the new baby, hope all is well on the home front.

Rookies are like a dumb deer … standing in the middle of the road. He don’t even know he’s ’bout to get hit.

Pow! … Ka Boom! and Te-Bowed! LMBAO!

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Here’s a question for all of you bloggers out there:

If you could choose one coach in today’s NBA to coach the Hawks, who would it be? Your answer has to be one of the 30 active NBA head coaches.

I have a feeling that I won’t get many answers to this question, but I’m just throwing it out there. Oh, and I bet I’ll get a few responses saying that no coach could go far with this team lol. A lot of people seem to be in a salty mood.

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Sorry Elle Duncan, you have been officially benched for Stephanie Ready!

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I didn’t see that patented turn around jumpshot tonight! Shoot……….

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[...] Jannero Pargo’s joining the Hawks tomorrow, undermining what interest one might have had in watching Donald Sloan and Brad Wanamaker tonight. [...]

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Joe.Jeff.Smith.Bogut.Leuer,

I really don’t know what your fascination is with Leuer, but I see you posting this same stuff on every Hawks blog on the internet. It’s nice that you put the time and have stats to back up your ideas, but I hope you realize that this trade you want and this lineup you preach is never going to happen. At some point, you have to wake up and realize that the Hawks are the Hawks. I don’t understand the point in posting about some hypothetical scenario over and over when you know it will never happen. I could understand you mentioning it once or twice, but damn, after a while it gets a bit old. I’m sorry but Bogut and Leuer are not coming to Atlanta.

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Blog monster eating my posts again

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brigadierjerry,

Great choice. I’ve always liked Popovich too. In my opinion, he’s the best coach in the league today. He knows how to place guys into the roles that they excel in, and as a result, he knows how to get the most out of the players he has.

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stephanie ready = sexiest sideline reporter
wow, what a caramel-skinned goddess

a tragedy that there are no pictures of her anywhere online

do any of you know who i’m talking about? she’s done some commentating for charlotte bobcats games and is now working as a sideline reporter for tnt

“i saw her for the first time tonight interviewing t.j. ford after the raptors win

she also has the honor of being “the first female coach of a men’s professional league” for her service as an assistant coach for the now defunct greenville grove of the nbdl from 2001 to 2003″

She COACHED in a mens league?.

Hey Sund, hire Stephanie as a coach and she will pack da house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

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To heck with the coach. We NEED SOME BALLERS MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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“It’s hard not to be salty when you see your team experiencing a lot of the exact same problems that you saw from them before, and before that, and before….well you get the point.”

I hear you on that, Big Ray. I’m tired of seeing the same mistakes over and over too. But, that’s why I bring up coaches. I feel like the right coach could change a lot of the bad habits we’ve seen. I feel like we need a strong-willed no-nonsense type of coach who isn’t afraid to bench anyone on the team if they not following the game plan and refusing to refrain from their bad habits. Unfortunately, I doubt ownership will ever hire someone like that. The best coaches cost way too much anyway, but this is just a hypothetical discussion discussion anyway, assuming things like money are not an issue and we can have anyone we want.

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“To heck with the coach. We NEED SOME BALLERS MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

See, I told you we’d get a least one response like this lol.

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@Northcyde, yea she’s READY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

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Big Ray,

Agreed. However, neither he or this team has four more years to wait for it. Had he came into the league complaining, that would be one thing. But, he didn’t. He pointing out the obvious…this team is not going to compete for a title with an undersized front court. The clock is ticking, but this sorry excuse for ownership and management refuse to address the blunders they’ve made. I don’t think Al is doing anything different than many other all-stars past and present have done in similar situations. Simply saying, “try harder” with the status quo ain’t goin’ to cut and it’s wasting time, opportunies and careers.

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superiorblogman has a point. Bogans is a defensive specialist who can hit the corner three. He’s a role player who knows his role and doesn’t try to do more than he can. He could fill a niche for the Hawks. I don’t know why management wouldn’t try to pursue him over one of the unproven scrub guards that they are looking to sign for the minimum.

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I would choose Paul Silas of the hornets..
1st of all,he would make everyone play their positions..
He would have josh rebounding and looking for his pg on the break..
He would stop josh from all of the same sh*t he did last year with the outside shots and now the fade aways..
He would have joe acting like a sg and get open for his shots and no more of the holding,holding,holding the ball and then driving or spotting up for a jumper..He would take his shots a lot sooner and score often..

He would put Al at pf like he is supposed to be..

He would get rid of marvin,pachula,josh,and joe for some draft picks and rebuild this team over!!
We’re going nowhere folks..We’re gonna be 7th or 8th seed if we make it too the playoffs..

I will still root for this team but unlike the past 2 years i won’t be lying to my heart..I will honest and tell u all now that,i like the potential of the younger players than the potential of the 4 i named for the trade to lead us into the future..

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Hawks fans/ Respected bloggers do not worry.. Ill be your PG very soon.. and we can finally hold up to the “Highlight Factory” name… just be patient…

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I Saw…

I saw the starters dominate the 2nd qt.

I saw better pace.

I saw a PG that can get to the rim with regularity.

I saw a healthy, active, loooooong Marvin Williams.

I saw better DEFENSE.

I saw Zaza look active and physical.

I saw Benson and Rolle BLOCK SHOTS.

I saw alot less DRIBBLE penetration.

I saw Mcgrady and Stack look OLD AS HELL.

I saw a GOOD TEAM.

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Lakers-Clippers in 7 mins! CP3 debut with his 60inch vert PF!

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Doesn’t Paul Silas coach the Bobcats, not the Hornets? I’m pretty sure that Monty Williams is the Hornets’ head coach.

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Alex,

If you check my posts I have always felt Hawks coaching is an issue. If Hawks had a big time coach, they beat the Bulls in the playoffs I really believe that

northclyde thanks for pointing that out about stephanie i know she looked famaliar.

A bit off topic but in regards to the NBA stars not wanting to come to Atlanta I think someone mentioned some fans havent gotten over Hawks sending Nique for Manning. I think the casual fans for the Hawks will show up when they feel the team has a shot to be one of the elite. You saw that in the playoffs a few years ago against the Celtics and even the Nique years hawks fans might’ve felt they werent going to beat the Pistons in the 80’s or Celtics or Bulls in the 90’s but felt they had a fighting chance. I really think the blowout losses by the Cavs and then the Magic in consecutive years in the playoffs showing no effort turned a lot of the casual Hawks fans off and they have never returned.

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horford didnt have a reb?

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ZERO……………^^^^^^

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