Atlanta Hawks: Al Horford out 3-4 months with injury
The Hawks say Al Horford will miss 3-4 months with a torn pectoral muscle suffered during last night’s 96-84 loss at Indiana.. Horford is to get a second opinion on whether to proceed with the surgery.
Under the most most optimistic time frame, Horford would return in mid-April. Atlanta’s final regular-season game is scheduled for April 26.
“It’s disappointing news,” Hawks co-owner Michael Gearon Jr. said. “Al is a big part of our success. Hopefully he will be back by the playoffs. The tough part is we have been playing hard and playing well. We will have to try to get through it. We’re a veteran team and we have to find a way.”
Gearon said he hadn’t yet spoken to GM Rick Sund and wasn’t sure what moves the Hawks might make in the wake of Horford’s injury. In addition to Hoford, Atlanta’s centers include Zaza Pachulia and Jason Collins.
Atlanta’s payroll currently is slightly above the luxury-tax threshold of $70 million. The roster players without salary guarantees include guards Jannero Pargo, Donald Sloan and Jerry Stackhouse and forward Ivan Johnson
Veteran free agent centers include Erick Dampier, Kyrylo Fesenko, Dan Gadzuric, Joel Przybilla, Earl Barron and D.J. Mbenga.
Zach Klein of Channel 2 Action News first reported that Horford had a serious injury. Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports reported Horford would miss 3-4 months with a pectoral injury.
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BoneKollector
January 12th, 2012
9:36 pm
At least Ivan uses his fouls
thats wat they’re there for
Melvin
January 12th, 2012
9:36 pm
20pt lead with 4mins left. Take the starters out….
phil
January 12th, 2012
9:36 pm
Idiot Josh has played well of late…
Someone better.
bigdave
January 12th, 2012
9:37 pm
ideal game from Josh following the Al injury..
northcyde
January 12th, 2012
9:37 pm
(( standing ovation for Josh Smith ))
DREABABY
January 12th, 2012
9:37 pm
YEP SHEED IS RETIRED
J.J.M.
January 12th, 2012
9:37 pm
why does stackhouse chew his gum so hard…
Mac-Town #maconchevyrider
January 12th, 2012
9:37 pm
lol Stackhouse
bigdave
January 12th, 2012
9:37 pm
from ZaZa too..
Truth B. Known
January 12th, 2012
9:37 pm
Atlanta just may be a better team because in addition to Josh showing leadership and working on his game in the offseason, teague and Ivan Johnson and Zaza will have to raise their games. The hawks will rise up. Nothing to slow the flow of the offense.
phil
January 12th, 2012
9:38 pm
kidding about Debo…
northcyde
January 12th, 2012
9:38 pm
(( standing ovation for JJ and Teague ))
Najeh Davenpoop
January 12th, 2012
9:38 pm
Zaza blocked a shot. WTF?
bigdave
January 12th, 2012
9:38 pm
slick willie w/ the killer cross over..
Truth B. Known
January 12th, 2012
9:38 pm
Zaza going for the double/double
Mac-Town #maconchevyrider
January 12th, 2012
9:38 pm
What’s that? 3 goal tends on Willie Green shots?
phil
January 12th, 2012
9:38 pm
Xsa xsa with the rejection!
SteveW
January 12th, 2012
9:39 pm
I remember that SAC game last year – we were up 20+ with 6 minutes to go, and SAC almost came back and won. The Hawks scare me in these situations. 2 or 3 Three’s, a couple of turnovers, and you never know
Blast
January 12th, 2012
9:39 pm
3 goal tending on the Cats tonite.
Truth B. Known
January 12th, 2012
9:39 pm
DEFENSE from the 5 spot!!!
phil
January 12th, 2012
9:40 pm
The hawks “rose up” tonight becausen the bobcats are putrid, wretched, horrid.
SteveW
January 12th, 2012
9:40 pm
Last 5 games, Josh is playing the way we all knew he could. Best 5 game stretch I remember him playing really.
Big Lou
January 12th, 2012
9:40 pm
Why aren’t we playing Sloan more minutes? Oh wait… LD is the coach.
Luke Cage
January 12th, 2012
9:40 pm
great rebound game hawks, always gotta take care of business as home, well peeps guess I should head back to work, gotta love NBA League Pass Broadband, i’m out
phil
January 12th, 2012
9:41 pm
Al was injured because it’s Nique’s birthday.
Truth B. Known
January 12th, 2012
9:41 pm
Please keep hating on Josh. it motivated him All summer while the darling of the blog page did nothing.
What a proverb.
phil
January 12th, 2012
9:43 pm
You shouldn’t call someone a proverb.
That’s racist and sexist.
Mac-Town #maconchevyrider
January 12th, 2012
9:44 pm
Air Stackhouse
J.J.M.
January 12th, 2012
9:45 pm
whoaaa@the lady in the crowd…
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 12th, 2012
9:45 pm
ASKG should offer FREE seats for all the college students or $5 tickets to fill them empty seats. Either way spread good will or make a little scratch to go towards the light bill, buy some jumbo-trons, pay for some rap music royalties or something.
SteveW
January 12th, 2012
9:45 pm
When your out 4 of your top 7, I don’t care if we beat the Dream at home, it’s still pretty good.
Truth B. Known
January 12th, 2012
9:45 pm
10/10 and a block for zaza…. Al like numbers
northcyde
January 12th, 2012
9:45 pm
damn . . Stack can still dunk?
Admiral Ackbar
January 12th, 2012
9:45 pm
STACKHOUSE DUNK!!!!!!!!!!! Oh wait… ITS A TRAP!!!
The Spook who sat by the door
January 12th, 2012
9:46 pm
With all these injuries, the Hawks win by 30 -111-81!
phil
January 12th, 2012
9:46 pm
Stack can still give em 40 per…
Truth B. Known
January 12th, 2012
9:46 pm
Now… this team has some fight!
Najeh Davenpoop
January 12th, 2012
9:46 pm
“When your out 4 of your top 7, I don’t care if we beat the Dream at home, it’s still pretty good.”
I would have been more impressed with a win over the Dream. Angel McCoughtry > anyone on the Bobcats.
But a 30 point win in the NBA is impressive under almost any circumstances.
SteveW
January 12th, 2012
9:46 pm
I agree about the $5 tickets – you’d think it would be better than empty seats.
MattP
January 12th, 2012
9:47 pm
Sloan looks so much better then Pargo as a backup PG. I can see taking the vet over the rookie if the vet has actually done something in the NBA, My question is what has Pargo done?
phil
January 12th, 2012
9:47 pm
Play a real team, we’ll lose by 30 with this rag tag crew out there.
Mac-Town #maconchevyrider
January 12th, 2012
9:48 pm
Stackhouse Dunk on my screen…It’s amazing what that technology can do these days.
All Troll Team
January 12th, 2012
9:48 pm
phil
Admiral Ackbar
The Spook who sat by the door
Big Lou
GTkid
January 12th, 2012
9:48 pm
I’d love $5 dollar tickets.
Mike is Back
January 12th, 2012
9:48 pm
Man, too bad on AL…I WISH AL…much success with his rehab…Take Care!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Admiral Ackbar
January 12th, 2012
9:48 pm
I be trolling… ITS A TRAP!!
doc
January 12th, 2012
9:49 pm
22 and 17 from the post tonight, nice effort from zaza and ivan. got to love ivan and said it earlier he si the go to guy and salvaging the team if he plays post as well as we have seen him do. he handles bosh the other night and maybe if he starts to get a few less fouls called while staying aggressive he might be our smallish stud center off the bench.
nice night for josh as well, since the fav whipping boy of al is dead for lack of conversation in ts maybe a few josh detractors will let a few games slide before they start trashing josh again. they refuse to believe and say he is not “the straw that stirs our drink”. he is and we go as far as he can carry the team. it is scary but true. a lot of voting fans have been right all along as he is the top vote getter for all star for our atlanta hawks though he doesnt get the recognition of that because he never makes it to the game and the other guys get passes from sources other than fans.
Admiral Ackbar
January 12th, 2012
9:51 pm
“Play a real team, we’ll lose by 30 with this rag tag crew out there.”
Good teams beat the Bobcats by 30….
We just did.
The Spook who sat by the door
January 12th, 2012
9:52 pm
Why I gotta be a troll? That’s wrong.
kwooden
January 12th, 2012
9:52 pm
Josh with HUGH stats, 30 and 13, Joe with a great night also. I’m really surprised that we took it to the Bobcats like that. Ivan looks like he’s finally getting use to the heavy minutes and he has no problems using his fouls. Hopefully Marvin and Tracy are back for Sat. games.
GO HAWKS!!