Atlanta Hawks: Hawks waive Sy, Wanamaker, Rolle (Update: Benson also released)
The Hawks waived forward Magnum Rolle and guards Pape Sy and Brad Wanamaker today. More cuts are coming later today: The roster now stands at 16, one more than the maximum, and it’s possible Atlanta will carry the minimum 13 players for the regular season.
UPDATE: The Hawks waived center Keith Benson, their only draft pick in June. The team plans to carry 15 on the roster to start the season. There are four players on the roster with non-guaranteed deals: Ivan Johnson, Jannero Pargo, Donald Sloan, and Jerry Stackhouse.
The decisions on Rolle and Wanamaker were not unexpected but the Hawks gave up on Sy after investing in him as a long-term prospect. Coach Larry Drew said Sy’s inability to develop as a point guard played a part in the decision.
“We, the coaches and the management, came to an agreement that he’s been a little bit more effective off the ball than at the point,” Drew said. “With that and the acquisition of Willie Green and [having] a number of other guys that are veterans that can play two, he became expendable. We were hoping he would mature and develop but he just seemed more comfortable at that two-guard spot. With that, we made the decision to go in a different direction.”
Sy, a native of France, made his way to the NBA as a a rare unknown prospect–prominent Web sites that track numerous draft-eligible players had no file on Sy before Atlanta selected him in the second of the 2010 draft. Sy had paid his own way to work out for the Hawks, the only team to grant him an audience, and impressed Drew.
The Hawks paid about $125,000 to buy out Sy’s French contract last year and paid him $473,604 in salary in 2010-11. He played a total of 21 minutes for the Hawks last season and spent 23 games with Atlanta’s D-League affiliate.
Sy had a good training camp but Atlanta’s payroll is pushing against the luxury-tax line, leaving little room for carrying players who can’t help the team now. The Hawks added guards Green and Pargo during training camp.
“It was a really tough decision,” Drew said. “There were a lot of things we liked about Pape.”
When the Hawks drafted Benson, they said he was a long-term prospect because he needed to add bulk and strength. But Benson, like Sy, appears to be a victim of Atlanta’s focus on veterans at the expense of carrying prospects who need time to develop. Benson was released by a club team in Italy during the lockout.
Rolle signed with the Hawks near the end of last season and re-joined the team following a stint in South Korea. He came into camp out of shape after he said a right foot injury hampered him from maintaining his conditioning.
Wanamaker, a rookie free agent out of the University of Pittsburgh, struggled during last night’s exhibition victory against Charlotte.
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Dr. Dave
December 24th, 2011
8:17 am
Marvin will be the healthiest he has been in years after his back surgery this off season. Either he has a break out year, or he is gone.
leedsatlanta
December 24th, 2011
8:28 am
Everybody being negative needs to get a grip of reality:
PG – Hinrich
SG – Green
SF – T-Mac
PF – Radmanovic
C – Zaza
Spot minutes for Ivan the ‘beast’, Stack and Collins as needed.
That is the deepest, dirtiest bench in my 15 years of supporting the Hawks!
beejayrufino
December 24th, 2011
8:40 am
I cannot believe we waived Sy and Benson, I like them, they are very good and younger prospects! please bring them back
Slimjr
December 24th, 2011
8:41 am
Those name calling others need to get a grip and grow the heck up. Or seek help..Dr Phil is always available..For a fee that is..
JSS
December 24th, 2011
8:42 am
HB Ando sighting!!! It’s a Christmas mir-a-cle!!!
Slimjr
December 24th, 2011
8:46 am
Question: Why do the Fans not vote All NBA to Allstar games? HHmmmmmm?
He get the coaches votes, but how many of them have won championships???????
FYI: Josh always get more votes from the fans by a landslide…..I’m just saying
JSS
December 24th, 2011
8:47 am
@ HB Ando…
I asked that question as soon the lockout ended. I really haven’t gotten an answer beyond he’s given up the gig…
Rufus1
December 24th, 2011
8:48 am
Players in their PRIME….
Our players are in their PRIME, we have the DEEPEST bench in years and a LEGIT PG…..HOW WILL WE BE WORSE?
Me
December 24th, 2011
9:16 am
Let Stackhouse go now, Stop wasting time he is done.
Me
December 24th, 2011
9:19 am
Sy nor Benson could not improve Hawks Now.
Me
December 24th, 2011
9:25 am
Ivan Johnson is ready to help Hawks now, and will. This guy does it all. Also glad to see improvement in Marvin Williams. I had given up on him. We have 66 games to see if he has really woke up. Glad we still have that amnesty waiver in hand.
Me
December 24th, 2011
9:28 am
@leedsatlanta…… Green is a PG not SG. But Hinrich plays both.
Ray
December 24th, 2011
9:41 am
How do you draft a guy and just let him go and honestly why did Sy get waived I bet Benson becomes a better player after it’s all said and done just like we’re going to watch Jordan Crawford get better.
Someone said it yesterday, but we let go of some good prospects because we’re in a win now mode I don’t like that.
Ken Strickland
December 24th, 2011
9:50 am
HB ANDO-Where in the devil have you been. You’ve certainly been missed by the long time faithful. Welcome back to the cage.
With us going into the season with only 2 backup C’s(Zaza, Twin), and 2 backup PF’s(Johnson, if he makes the active roster, Radmanovic), we’ll definitely have to employ a different gm plan than we used last yr. There will have to be more running and movement and less dependence on halfcourt OFF. Defensively, we’ll have to be much more aggressive, especially with our perimeter DEF. We certainly have the horses now to effectively play that way. Being aggressive and attacking on both ends of the floor will definitely be a complete change from the way we’ve done things in the past.
NAJEH-Willie Green if a combo guard, which makes him more versatile than Nate Robinson. He’s also bigger, taller, and plays DEF, which Nate has never done. The Hawks don’t need anymore defensive and attitude liabilities, especially in our backcourt. DEF is far more reliable and is more of a constant than OFF, and having players that can provide soe of both is what we need most.
When you look at how we’ve misused and discarded a lot of our draft picks and talent over the last few yrs, it really puts into perspective how incompetent management has been. Let me show you how, in just one move, how management’s incompetence and mismanagement over the last couple of yrs has set the Hawks back.
The ASG had no problem whatsoever stepping in and telling former GM Billy Knight he can’t fire the HC he hired, or telling Woodson he had to do better in playoffs or he’s gone. Yet, they refused to step in and tell Woodson or LDrew to bench Bibby, or at least cut his mins, and start developing Teague and/or JC2. If they had taken the bull by the horn and made those demands, here’s where we’d be now:
1-Bibby and Jamal would still be gone,
2-their contracts would be completely off the books,
3-we’d have JC2 as Jamal’s replacement,
4-we’d start this season with the same starting 5,
5-we would have retained our 1st rd pick,
6-We’d be far enough under the luxury tax to add a quality FA, rather than having to scrape the bottom of the FA barrell for players.
As it stands now:
1-Jamal is gone and his contract is off the books.
2-JC2, and his rookie contract, as well as his potential and production, are gone.
3-Bibby is gone, but we not only replaced him with Hinrich, we replaced his contract with Hinrich’s as well, which is higher.
4–We gave up our 1st rd pick.
5-We’re right at the luxury tax threshold
Imagine a bench of Chills, JC2, Zaza, Twin, Radmanovic, FA PG and C.
STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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northcyde
December 24th, 2011
10:27 am
Big Dog
December 23rd, 2011
10:30 pm
northcyde does that mean that Crawford was at his best, as was the team when Bibby was the point?
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It would seem so.
If people remember correctly, despite Bibby being lit up on defense, this team was an offensive machine at times when we went to the “3-guard” lineup of Bibby – Jamal – Johnson. And Bibby was BY FAR our +/- leader when he was here. He was around a ( +135 ). When this team really started struggling in February, we may have been better just taking Marvin out of the starting lineup, and going with the 3 guards to begin the game.
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Rufus1
December 23rd, 2011
11:15 pm
northcyde
“- Teague ( – 62 ) . . . but ( +33 ) when he played with JJ – Marvin – Josh – Al . . compared to Jamal’s ( – 53 ) when he played with those same players.” – northcyde
This explains why Marvin is starting….That is also our best defensive team.
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Yeah, that was BY FAR our best defensive unit of the main units in the regular season. In the playoffs though, that unit wasn’t good at all defensively ( mainly because the frontline got dominated by the Bulls frontline ). One of our best defensive unit in the playoffs was Hinrich – Johnson – Smith – Horford – Collins ( in the Orlando series ).
As for Marvin’s defensive impact in the lineup, you can make a case for that a little. Only 2 of the top 10 lineups he were in you could consider complete defensive liabilities. With him though, it’s the lack of offense that is provided sometimes when he is in the game, that kills the Hawks.
I wish that Marvin could do like Josh Childress used to do, and start gobbling up offensive rebounds when our “Core” starts jacking up jumpers and missing. If Marvin became active on the offensive boards, he may could get a couple of cheap points or get fouled and get to the line, and score that way. Drew said that JJ and Marvin need to rebound more. If it were up to me, I’d like to see JJ get a more defensive rebounds, and Marvin get more offensive rebounds.
Nate ArchiBALL
December 24th, 2011
10:52 am
How can anyone listen to those guys on ESPN talk about pro basketball…..they are horrible.
Smith.Leuer.Bogut
December 24th, 2011
10:54 am
Actually, Horford has the most trade value. He is like Lamar Odom, talented tweener who is better off as a 6th man who can do some of everything, than as a regular starter.
Put him on a contender and they become the team to beat, but keep him as a starter and rely on him to “lead” you anywhere, you’ll never get over the hump.
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Josh is smaller and can play the 3. That’s his trade value. You don’t become a team to beat via trading anything of value for Josh Smith.
Smith is also near expiring if you haven’t noticed. He couldn’t even sniff a #2 pick.
Josh plays the perimeter but he’s no Lamar Odom. Both Josh and Al Horford are the 6th men on many a team.
Only value in tweener Josh is that JOSH CAN PLAY THE 3. Choke yourself if you think Josh has the most trade value and then post his advance stats.
SFs: Paul Pierce> ..Josh Smith > Shawn Marion > Ron Artest > Tayshaun Prince* > Bruce Bowen
Those are the starting small forwards of the recent title winners and Josh Smith in order of overall talent (obviously Smith would not play the 3 on the Lakers triangle).
PFs: Duncan + Nazr/Oberto, Rob Horry
Kevin Garnett + Perkins
Dirk Nowitzki + Chandler
Pau Gasol + Bynum
Udonis Haslem + Shaq, Alonzo Mourning (Josh > Antoine Walker)
Rasheed Wallace + Ben Wallace
notice the last one was the Detroit model. Where does Horford fit in? Is he 40 minutes of toughenss Ben Wallace or finesse 3 pt shooter with toughness Rasheed Wallace?
Horford’s Win Shares have been the same for the last 2 years. Lamar Odom level rebounder and takes care of the ball. Lamar Odom level Win Shares.
Smith wins you less games the more he has to handle the ball. His Win Shares value comes from offensive boards, erasing mistakes on defense transition buckets and pnr dives/baseline dives to the rim.
Horford’s value comes from trying to play on the perimeter and shooting set shot “jumpers”. The EXACT thing we don’t need on the team. His Wins stayed the same despite his new set shot.
Why did his wins not increase if he “improved” and played similar minutes. HIS SEMI-NONEXISTENT FREE THROWS became COMPLETELY NONEXISTENT.
188 Free Throw Attempts. Are you kidding me? Dude is a 6th man unless you have Shaq or a dominant top 5 pick type center on your team. And NO you wont get that for Josh Smith’s expiring deal. Seriously delusional.
Grandmaster JeJe
December 24th, 2011
11:01 am
Summary of my thoughts on this team:
1) BEST bench I’ve seen us have in a longggg time
Radmanovic = the sleeper on the team. He will have a good time shooting 3s once Teague gets in the lane with ease
2) Best TRUE POINT GUARD since Mookie Blaylock
3) NEED a rugged, hard-nosed player who will start altercations, pick up technicals, flagrants (a DeShawn Stevenson, James Posey, Perkins). Hopefully Ivan is t hat guy
4) Marvin NEEDS to step it up this year. 14ppg MINIMUM
5) T-Mac I HOPE is resting up for the season. His lift on some of those jumpers looked awful so that may not be a good sign
6) Smoove and AL: ATTACK THE DAMN BASKET. DON’T SETTLE FOR JUMPERS EVERY SINGLE TIME
7) Joe should be fine (no homo)
3rd seed in the East this year
brigadierjerry
December 24th, 2011
11:28 am
Grandmaster jeje,
Your listings of the teams in the Eastern conference is fair. My question to you and other hawks fans. Assuming the Hawks get the 3rd seed then there should be no reason they cannot get to the ECF since they would have home court advantage in the second round?Do all agree either way if Hawks dont make ECF, it will be time to blow this team up?
Ray
December 24th, 2011
11:34 am
My thoughts on this team by the time we hit March everyone will be ready for this team to explode. ASG regardless of what any one thinks is hoping someone a brave soul will come back to buy this team seriously.
All Troll Team
December 24th, 2011
11:35 am
All Troll Team
Dr. Dave
Leedsatlanta
Me
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Blue Steel
December 24th, 2011
11:48 am
Smith.Leuer.Bogut – you’ve been at it to long bro. You are losing it.
Josh got game player. Like Big Ray says, when its time to rebuild, there’s a very good chance Josh is going to be a part of that mix. This guy is our #1 vote getter for the All Star team and that’s more votes than JJ or Al. Josh sells tickets and judging by his many commercials, Josh sells products and Videos. Josh by far, is the most exciting player on the team. Josh is still up and coming, and unlike Al, Josh hasn’t peaked. Josh is a very rare talent and is on a short list of players to come to the pro ranks as a starter straight out of high school Hes just getting started. That’s why Dwight Howard put him on an another very short list of guys he’d like to play with.
So,
put down the hater-aid and get back in your lane.
Just the facts ma’am.
Blue Steel
December 24th, 2011
11:49 am
* too long bro
Blue Steel
December 24th, 2011
11:56 am
“Horford has the most trade value. Yadi yadi yadi Josh is smaller” – Smith.Leuer.Bogut
Here’s a picture of Josh Al and JJ, tell me, How much smaller is Josh, bro?
http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2010/04/flight-school/
Just the facts ma’am
He
Smith.Leuer.Bogut
December 24th, 2011
12:30 pm
Josh got game player. Like Big Ray says, when its time to rebuild, there’s a very good chance Josh is going to be a part of that mix. This guy is our #1 vote getter for the All Star team and that’s more votes than JJ or Al. Josh sells tickets and judging by his many commercials, Josh sells products and Videos. Josh by far, is the most exciting player on the team. Josh is still up and coming, and unlike Al, Josh hasn’t peaked. Josh is a very rare talent and is on a short list of players to come to the pro ranks as a starter straight out of high school Hes just getting started. That’s why Dwight Howard put him on an another very short list of guys he’d like to play with.
So,
^ why is Horford standing so close. Jokes aside.
Horford is more of a big man and does have more trade value. Josh does have game and a defined role on a team. Which makes the trading of Horford for a center and Forward to bench Marvin more of a non-question. DO IT.
I’m going by the draftexpress measurements and watching Horf play center on TV.
If Bynum + Gasol is wha ORL wanted then I don’t think Horford alone would garner Dwight. And we’d also need someone to erase Marvin. Turkoglue or Ryan anderson. They’d want more.
Joe.Jeff.Smith.Andersen/Turkoglu.Dwight
Joe.Jeff.Smith.Leuer.Bogut
Am I in the right lane?
Smith.Leuer.Bogut
December 24th, 2011
12:35 pm
‘I would actually like to play with Melo,’ Bryant said. ‘Championships are won on the inside and I’m always thinking about winning the title. I would love to play with Melo because I would know that I have an inside presence. That’s really been the biggest strength with our Lakers team. We have a lot of guys who can play in the post, and that’s how you win championships. I can post, Lamar [Odom] can post, Ron [Artest] can post, Pau [Gasol] can post and Andrew [Bynum] can post. Teams are usually lucky if they have one guy that can control the block. But yeah, I would love to play with Melo”
- Kobe Bryant
think he’d like playing with Horford? nah
northcyde
December 24th, 2011
12:37 pm
@ Blue Steel . . . that link you posted almost has JJ the same size as Al, which is not true at all. Look at this link, which contains a different pic of them standing beside each other, and the Slam “Flight School” cover.
http://www.slamonline.com/online/blogs/the-links/2010/04/slam-138-on-sale-now/
Josh may not be significantly smaller, but he is smaller. And now, he’ll even look smaller if they were to take the same cover, seeing that he’s lost 25 lbs.
O'Brien
December 24th, 2011
12:41 pm
HB,
Welcome back. I think the ajc took away most of the fan blogs.
Smith.Leuer.Bogut
December 24th, 2011
12:42 pm
“Hardwood Paroxysm: The 2011-12 Atlanta Hawks Preview That Only Like Forty People Will Care About
Their title, not mine, though someone there might have gotten a glimpse at my traffic numbers.
You’ve got Danny Chau on Josh Smith:
Al Horford is their best player, Joe Johnson is their most experienced leader, and Jeff Teague is their brightest glimmer of sunshine. But they don’t matter as much as Smith, because everyone else on the roster is safe. With the snap of a finger, Josh Smith could be traded. Teams would bend over backwards to obtain a player with his superior size, athleticism, defensive ability, playmaking ability, and post skills still in his mid-20s. Now if you close your eyes and let all of those traits swirl around in your head, you have a damn-near-perfect player. The problem is, if you’ve ever watch Josh Smith play outside of the five-minute YouTube mixes, you’ll know that he can go entire quarters without exhibiting any (ANY!) of those traits.
Amin Vafa on the general state of things:
So basically what you have in Atlanta is a roster with tons of raw talent, an immobile franchise-player-level contract, and erratic energy that will most certainly play the ugliest two rounds of playoff basketball you’ve ever seen (this coming year and in years past).
James Herbert on his willingness to start a cult about Jeff Teague:
We love Jeff Teague because he’s not safe. We’d start a cult about Teague because, on a team we’re not particularly excited about, he gives us a reason to tune in. He’s extraordinarily quick, he’s actually drives to the basket, he plays defense, and, unlike the rest of the Hawks roster, we’re not sure where his ceiling is.”
Dom,
December 24th, 2011
12:43 pm
Just read that Al Horford is getting married this afternnoon, 12/24/11 to the lovely Amelia Vega, an ex Miss Universe. Civil ceremony at the home of Juan Luis Guerra, in the Dominican Republic. Congrats.
Smith.Leuer.Bogut
December 24th, 2011
12:44 pm
Go Hawks! And Merry Christmas to all, hope you can enjoy it!
northcyde
December 24th, 2011
12:46 pm
LOL @ Josh sells tickets. No he doesn’t. Nobody on this team is a box office draw. Hawks ticket sales point this out time and again. If this team only draws big crowds when we play popular teams, that means that the people of ATL aren’t breaking their necks to see the Hawks play the Wizards or Bucks.
Even on road games, fans in other cities aren’t going to games saying . . . “man, I gotta see that Josh Smith play tonight”.
Grandmaster JeJe
December 24th, 2011
12:46 pm
Jerry,
I think the roster will be shaken up because Sund and LD are expiring and we have had this core WAY TOO LONG without tinkering one bit
northcyde
December 24th, 2011
12:56 pm
Al getting married? Congrats to him. Although his choice of female won’t sell well in ATL, with all of the fine Black women in that city. Hope he doesn’t lose some fans once this becomes public and pics of he and his wife hit the major gossip blogs.
Grandmaster JeJe
December 24th, 2011
1:00 pm
TMAC IS OUR BOX OFFIVE DRAW.
LMFAO
Blue Steel
December 24th, 2011
1:20 pm
northcyde We agree, a) height wise there is not a significant difference between Josh/Al. b)weight wise there is now a significant difference that did not exist prior to this season, so neither picture has a significant difference.
Smith.Leuer.Bogut – Horford is not a good low post defender. Period. Not because he cant, but because he is unmotivated.
Something I know from my years of ballin, there are certain ‘clicks’ that run the game. If you aint in that click you aint happening. Dominique experienced that during his run where he was constantly shunned and could not get the respect he had earned. I dont think Al horford fits into the “click” mentality well. No player is saying “hey lets go after this guy Al horford”. Like Lebron went after JJ, or like the lakers for Chris Paul. or like the Howard short list with josh on it. No “player” is saying lets go get Al. Why? Can you compete at the highest level if you are soft at the post?
Check out this video and you will get a glimpse of the “click” of today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEQ1cWn_DH0
Blue Steel
December 24th, 2011
1:24 pm
Northcyde Josh has over 100,000 more votes for the All star team than Al and has over at least 6 commercials.
Al ? LMAO
Thanks for the publicly for Al. He needs it.
Smith.Leuer.Bogut
December 24th, 2011
1:34 pm
Congrats to Al for getting hitched. And Josh Smith is not a box office draw. Fan favorite (via All Star votes) sure.
And I’m tired of hearing about Horford’s “mentality”. When has Horford ever had the tools to get it done defensively? All his “The Mentalist” supporters him shooting jumpers and getting occasional dunks on offense.
Not like he was getting punked on defense by Perkins and the Cs his rookie year, then Kurt Thomas calling him b****.
Horford is not a real C. And the hope was that he’d become a monster against smaller defenders. Not likely. Too mechanical and ineffective.
He reminds me of what Duncan would be like if he was smaller and couldn’t get his own boards.
Smith.Leuer.Bogut
December 24th, 2011
2:03 pm
“I just want to play hard every possession. Run the floor hard, set good screens, rebound and block shots.”
– Kostas Koufos
Grandmaster JeJe
December 24th, 2011
2:13 pm
FIRE ASG
darrell starks
December 24th, 2011
2:16 pm
Horford has to step up this year, the last 2 years he been a complete failure and showed no toughnes at center in playoffs, the guy continue 2 tell coach to bring in center that will bang with him in the paint, but yet Sund, ASG and coach refuse to do so.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
darrell starks
December 24th, 2011
2:21 pm
If coach want save his job, he must starte Collins at center and move Marvin on bench giving the Hawks a deeper rotataion and more balance attack.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
darrell starks
December 24th, 2011
2:35 pm
Don’t be fool from last game, playing against Bobcats who has no center and may be the worst team in NBA, Collins played the center position better than any one on this team last year from a defensive prospective giving the Hawks more size and toughness in the paint, name me one center who dominated Collins last year, not 1 except Carlos Boozer in the playoffs who scored most of his points from out side not inside, AND WHY WAS COLLINS GUARDING BOOZER ANY WAY BECAUSE HORFORD WAS BEING DOMINATED AND AFFRAID OF BOOZER DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!
Blue Steel
December 24th, 2011
2:37 pm
“Horford is not a real C. And the hope was that he’d become a monster against smaller defenders. Not likely. Too mechanical and ineffective.”
Agreed, Duncan is about done but horford would not be comparative if their ages were the same. Duncan has the right attitude about playing the low post.
“Horford has to step up this year, the last 2 years he been a complete failure and showed no toughness at center in playoffs, the guy continue 2 tell coach to bring in center…”
Darrell at what point does Horford accepts that is his role and what the team is depending on him to do? Im sure he understands that but his continual nagging for a true center and saying that he wants to play the 4 is his way of rejecting the call. To use your words, hes a “failure” because he wont accept the call, step up and own the position. For all that mouth about going to war, where is the fight in Al ?
“Its not the size of the dog in the fight….. Its the size of the fight in the dog.” – T.S.
Reality Check
December 24th, 2011
2:42 pm
Ramon
September 28th, 2010
5:27 pm
Section 303, is Al whining when he states (over and over) that he can’t win without playing the PF position, when he knows he’s not the best PF on the team? Is that doing what’s best for the team?
Big Ump
December 24th, 2011
2:45 pm
Big Ray
How you doing my friend? I like to wish you and your family and the rest of the colorful bloggers and their family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
darrell starks
December 24th, 2011
2:54 pm
I was disppointing in PAPE being cut yesterday, never giving the young man time on court. Another young talent being flush down the drain.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!
darrell starks
December 24th, 2011
2:59 pm
2011 ATLANTA HAWKS
STARTER TEAGUE, JOE, JOSH, HORFORD, COLLINS
BENCH PARGO, TMAC, MARVIN, VLAD, ZAZA
RESERVE IVAN, GREEN
STREET CLOTHES SLOAN
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blue Steel
December 24th, 2011
2:59 pm
Smith.Leuer.Bogut Im not sure what your point is. I counted over 9 JSmoove commercials and quite a few with the stars of the game. He gets over 50k Allstar votes more than our highest paid star JJ and 100k more all star votes than All NBA AL.
What part of 100,000 / 50,000 votes over our other 2 stars do you not understand? What part of making commercials with the other stars of the NBA do you not understand? What part of having a Shoe named after you by a Major athletic equipment manufacturer do you not recognize?
The Marketers know a product that sells. Josh is becoming more and more Marquee. To say fans don’t come to watch JSmoove excite at the highlight factory is just not true. Smoove is a draw and an Up and coming marquee player.
Not only does Josh get to do commercials with the super stars of the game…Garnette, Howard, Duncan, Ray Allen etc. But he gets the rock and gets highlighted show casing dunk after dunk and playful fights with his buddy Howard during the clips.
Like it or not, Smith’s Star is rising.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEQ1cWn_DH0