Atlanta Hawks at Spurs: Game thread
I’m not in San Antonio and neither is Chris Vivlamore. Bob Rathbun is there and he says Kirk Hinrich will play.
Here is a place for you to discuss the game. I will post my two cents when it’s over.
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Wabe
January 25th, 2012
10:35 pm
bingo terrell…
exactly what I’m thinking bout Pargo.
Mark
January 25th, 2012
10:35 pm
Man! Why couldn’t it have been MARVIN who got hurt for the rest of the season instead of Horford! We don’t need him.
ClassicHawks
January 25th, 2012
10:35 pm
WABE IS LAME!
Najeh Davenpoop
January 25th, 2012
10:35 pm
“And the kind of boring team many Atlanta fans would never appreciate.”
Atlanta fans appreciate championships, and the Spurs have 4 to the Hawks’ 0.
Slimjr
January 25th, 2012
10:35 pm
1997 since they last won out there?
Beyond pathetic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vino
January 25th, 2012
10:35 pm
co-sign najeh
dont put kirk in against the hardest team on our road trip why not NO or TOR, DET but the spurs?
Astro Joe
January 25th, 2012
10:36 pm
9 assists from the starting unit (7 from one player) means that the guys who got the most minutes were either going iso and/or making shots that are not as easy as they needed to be against a good team. I wonder how many teams win road games with less than 10 assists from their starters and 10 combined boards from their starting PF and C?
Just Joe
January 25th, 2012
10:36 pm
Hawks aren’t a bad team. We just need a trade or two. There’s still time. If we keep beating the bad teams and buy Sund some time to make a move, we’ll be OK. The problem is that the February schedule is not in our favor.
swoop22
January 25th, 2012
10:36 pm
So this is what we get you. Everyone screaming for Kh Kh HE IS NOT A POINT HE IS A TWO. DREW IS PRESSING CAUSE HE WANTS KH TO START PLAN AND SIMPLE. PARGO WAS DOING A GREAT JOB. DREW MISSED UP THE FLOW OF THIS TEAM FIRE LD
SteveW
January 25th, 2012
10:36 pm
I’m not sure how you say Teague disappeared in the 3rd quarter – He opened with a floater, missed a shot, went to the foul line and went 1-2, got 2 steals, and then came out for Kirk Hinrich with 3:39 left in the quarter. Now the rest of the team disappeared, but not Jeff.
ClassicHawks
January 25th, 2012
10:36 pm
Miami has bought to sissie superstars, still might not win the title! CMON MAN! I roll with the Hawks for life! Win, Lose Or Draw!
MattP
January 25th, 2012
10:36 pm
ClassicHawks,
You mean we will win the ones that are .500 and below but most likely get blown out by the .500 over teams. Hawks better perform against the Pistons, they better blow them out.
Wabe
January 25th, 2012
10:36 pm
moving on…
randy
January 25th, 2012
10:37 pm
WABE ONLY USES RANCH DRESSING WITH HIS TOSS SALAD
Slimjr
January 25th, 2012
10:37 pm
News flash All NBA 12 pts and 9 rebounds would still mean blowout..
ClassicHawks
January 25th, 2012
10:37 pm
Hawks win the next three on the road and you fickle fans will be talking about how great we are again! GettaLifeHawksFans.org
Astro Joe
January 25th, 2012
10:37 pm
Najeh, how do you know Atlanta fans appreciate championships? Based on 1995?
Rusty
January 25th, 2012
10:38 pm
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lol
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 25th, 2012
10:38 pm
OB, hawks been disappearing in 3rd and 4th quartes since the Woody days. That’s what they do. Teague was picking splinters outa’ his azz when this ISH started.
Remember Drew said he thought they had turned the corner on this habit last week? Team jump shot has that inbred from the core.
Wabe
January 25th, 2012
10:38 pm
I don’t mind seeing Hinrich back…
I just don’t think Drew utilized him the proper way.
Pargo’s been playing well. I’d rather see Pargo chasing Parker around than Hinrich. Hinrich should’ve came in behind Joe.
Hinrich played pretty well offensively. Difficult task to ask of him to stay in front of Parker, especially coming off the long layoff.
ClassicHawks
January 25th, 2012
10:39 pm
Man It wasnt our night. Damn, they hit 11 threes. Nine times out team no matter what team you play for when the other team is shooting that well, your not gonna win.
Jase
January 25th, 2012
10:39 pm
It’s sad that are front office can’t see that we need a big man.
Astro Joe
January 25th, 2012
10:39 pm
northcyde, Pop put in Bonner during that early TO in the 3rd quarter.
Jody
January 25th, 2012
10:39 pm
I think it was a very poor decision to take away Pargo’s minutes tonight. I like Hinrich, but he’s not ready. And if Larry Drew even remotely considers trying to put Kirk back in the starting lineup at point guard, then he is really foolish. Teague is not only the better player, he’s also the better point guard. This team also needs some size and if it takes giving up one of the “core” to get it, then so be it.
Vino
January 25th, 2012
10:39 pm
classichawks tell that to hawks fan i think
Hawks fan to the grave never ever set foot on a bandwagon
SteveW
January 25th, 2012
10:39 pm
Plain and simple, LD did everything not to play Teague last season. The he gives up 2 1st picks and Mo Evans for Kirk, he’s got to play him.
Astro Joe
January 25th, 2012
10:39 pm
Did Pargo “scoop” Blair? BRILLIANT.
Slimjr
January 25th, 2012
10:40 pm
“You mean we will win the ones that are .500 and below but most likely get blown out by the .500 over teams. Hawks better perform against the Pistons, they better blow them out.”
Thats the FAIL-CONS formula for success…..
northcyde
January 25th, 2012
10:40 pm
why even touch him Pargo?
smh
Wabe
January 25th, 2012
10:40 pm
In other words, I don’t care for Willie Green all that much.
If it came down to minutes for Green vs. Pargo, I’d rather give em’ to Pargo. Green’s streaky, and he’s too trigger happy.
SteveW
January 25th, 2012
10:40 pm
“Then”, not “the” in the last post – sorry
Astro Joe
January 25th, 2012
10:41 pm
Steve, LD gave up draft picks? Really?
Najeh Davenpoop
January 25th, 2012
10:41 pm
“Najeh, how do you know Atlanta fans appreciate championships? Based on 1995?”
Partly yeah, seeing as how that team hit .250 and mostly won grind it out, low scoring games — not exactly the pinnacle of excitement for casual fans. But you can expand that to include legitimately contending for championships, which the Braves did throughout the 90s while drawing well.
crazy_88
January 25th, 2012
10:42 pm
Spurs bench have contributed 46 pts so far…..that’s a lil of an abnormality. Inserting Hinrich in the rotation with the bench has probably affected the chemistry because now guys have to figure out how to play with him and vice versa.
We need to wait til this team is 30 games into the season before we can seriously assess what this teams chances are in making the post season because the first 10 -20 games of the season is like an extended preseason regardless If the season is 66 or 82.
Mid – late February is when we’ll start to see who is fake and who is real.
Jase
January 25th, 2012
10:42 pm
Move on two the next hawks.
Slimjr
January 25th, 2012
10:42 pm
What they get no respect??
Donte
January 25th, 2012
10:42 pm
How many YEARS is it going to take for you imbeciles to realize the core of Marvin, Josh, Joe and Horford have a 2nd Round Ceiling?
Najeh Davenpoop
January 25th, 2012
10:43 pm
New Orleans got themselves a steal in Gustavo Ayon. I would post potential trades for him, as he would be a quality big man to bring off the bench, but I doubt the Hornets let a solid young big man like him get away.
Donte
January 25th, 2012
10:43 pm
At the very least 2 must go
Wink
January 25th, 2012
10:44 pm
Last time the Hawks won in San Antonia, Nique was a Spur…1997!!!! So they have been having a off night for some time now in San Antonio & they all were non conference games…you would think they would want to end that streak at some point…of course there is always next year!!!
Vino
January 25th, 2012
10:46 pm
wabe do you watch the games green is better that pargo ill take green over kirk and they both play the same position the 2
ag
January 25th, 2012
10:46 pm
Coach quit!
Mark
January 25th, 2012
10:46 pm
Man! Why couldn’t it have been MARVIN who got hurt for the rest of the season instead of Horford! We REALLY don’t need him. He shouldn’t put a jersey. He is a waste of WASHING POWDER. He is walking like he needs another back surgery. Joe is pathetic!
Slimjr
January 25th, 2012
10:46 pm
MORAL VICTORY?
Najeh Davenpoop
January 25th, 2012
10:47 pm
Kirk for Nazr Mohammed (saves $4.5 million off the cap for this year)
Donte
January 25th, 2012
10:47 pm
Some of you are so pathetically clueless. Blind optimism. We’ve gotten CRUSHED 3 out of the last 4 times we played good teams. What’s with the “it just wasnt our night; you cant win them all; lets just move on” attitude. We can hardly even compete with good teams. Dont you see a pattern here when we play playoff teams. If this isnt “our night” against a playoff team, then when the hell is it going to be???
Astro Joe
January 25th, 2012
10:49 pm
10 rebounds from starting center and PF. 9 assists from all starters (7 from one player). 11 3-pointers allowed (at a super-efficient 48%). Yeah, that should result in a blowout loss. I would add only 10 FTAs, but the refs were awful.
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 25th, 2012
10:49 pm
MC!
You’re at home man … You can’t hop in here and feed your troll(s)?
hittman jamillion
January 25th, 2012
10:50 pm
Lakers been getting they ass kicked all week donte. And before the wade injury so were the heat. Its not the loss but how you lose. Give up twenty threes wtf. Come on man up they cant beat you off the dribble,bad coaching teague brings you back single handily. And how you reward him? Take him out n put in that slow ass crack,while letting jj and josh stink it up
Najeh Davenpoop
January 25th, 2012
10:50 pm
Kirk for Nikola Pekovic (saves $3.5 million this year but adds $4.5 million next year)