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
10:10 pm
Pop > Drew
Pop > Woody
That’s why we always get smoked by an aging Spurs team…
Vino
January 25th, 2012
10:10 pm
teague and kirk will be nice playing together and put joe at the 3
tb hawk fan i think
January 25th, 2012
10:10 pm
ya’ll know how they are on the road
Slimjr
January 25th, 2012
10:11 pm
Ballgame
Hey Northcyde from outta State.. I wouldn’t drive 20 mins to watch this ish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dont get mad at me.. I’m not mad at you for driving 500 miles…I think your nuts! lol!
MattP
January 25th, 2012
10:11 pm
I thought Drew said Hinrich would be coming in for the 1 and 2 guard, looks like he is trying to get him back into the starting PG spot. I think Hinrich would be a great fit beside teague right now in the back court.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 25th, 2012
10:11 pm
Teague -1, Kirk -14. The deficit is 15. Basically the Hawks have played the Spurs to a draw while Teague has run the point, and have gotten their asses kicked while Kirk has run the point.
Big Lou
January 25th, 2012
10:11 pm
I just don’t get why Vlad is in there.
Ryan
January 25th, 2012
10:11 pm
Smh….
Najeh Davenpoop
January 25th, 2012
10:11 pm
WTF was that Willie Green
Wabe
January 25th, 2012
10:11 pm
yeah…
keep willie green on the court…
randy
January 25th, 2012
10:12 pm
THESE REFS LIVE IN S.A.
FIRE DREW! THE DUDE IS NOT IN CONTROL OF THE TEAM, THE GAME OR THE REFS. A REAL COACH WOULD HAVE GOT A TECH BY NOW. DREW LOOKING FOR HIS CELL PHONE TO CALL HIS GURLS
Big Lou
January 25th, 2012
10:12 pm
Just stupid. Good game. Freaking idiotic play.
tb hawk fan i think
January 25th, 2012
10:12 pm
saves shoots it miwsssssssssews it
O'Brien
January 25th, 2012
10:12 pm
Hawks miss an easy 2.
Also, this is another game where teague has a great first half, but disappears in the 3rd. I wonder how much of that is tied in to the Hawks bad 3rd quarters…
Ryan
January 25th, 2012
10:12 pm
and destruction.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 25th, 2012
10:12 pm
And yeah, Vlad has no business being in this game unless the Spurs start playing zone, and even then he can’t guard anyone. The fact that he came in instead of T-Mac makes me wonder if T-Mac hurt his back again.
northcyde
January 25th, 2012
10:13 pm
I agree with Najeh.
If anybody can play an entire half in this game, it would be Teague.
Starters have basically played even with the Spurs when they played. But the bench has been horrrible.
LOL . . and now we’re missing wide open layups
Astro Joe
January 25th, 2012
10:13 pm
Najeh, your bias is off the chain tonight.
Slimjr
January 25th, 2012
10:13 pm
Najeh Davenpoop
January 25th, 2012
10:11 pm
“Teague -1, Kirk -14. The deficit is 15. Basically the Hawks have played the Spurs to a draw while Teague has run the point, and have gotten their asses kicked while Kirk has run the point.”
Bingo Fuel, Bingo Fuel, Bing Fuel….Return to base….
Vino
January 25th, 2012
10:13 pm
hawk fan i know i am!
Mcgee or Kaman sund pick one
Wabe
January 25th, 2012
10:13 pm
as I’ve been saying…
Drew is a f’n idiot tonight.
It’s plain and f’n simple. Pargo’s been playin well. You bring him in to spare Teague, Hinrich to spare Joe. You don’t need Hinrich, whose coming fresh off of an injury, to run around and try to stay in front of Parker…
Melvin
January 25th, 2012
10:13 pm
This is why Ivan need to watch GAME TAPE. He is lost on defense. Always rotating late..
O'Brien
January 25th, 2012
10:13 pm
Najeh,
Ivan is -16 in 12 mins. T-Mac is -10 in 9 minutes. The bench as a whole has not given the Hawks much.
Wink
January 25th, 2012
10:13 pm
Drew laying an egg! He has messed up the rotation trying to get Kirk minutes that belong to Pargo. Kirk can’t stay with Parker. By the way Joe has disappeared again!
randy
January 25th, 2012
10:13 pm
THE S.A. ANNOUNCER SAID THAT SHOULDA BEEN A BREAK AWAY HAWKS ARE OUT OF SYNC.
NO CHIT?
Wabe
January 25th, 2012
10:14 pm
keep him out there coach…
Najeh Davenpoop
January 25th, 2012
10:14 pm
“Najeh, your bias is off the chain tonight”
If recognizing that Teague has been by far the Hawks’ best player tonight is a bias, then draft me #2 overall in the 1986 draft.
Big Lou
January 25th, 2012
10:14 pm
No wonder these Spurs never lose at home. The red calling has been horrid tonight.
Astro Joe
January 25th, 2012
10:14 pm
Seriously, the only PG Hinrich should be compared to in Pargo. There should be room for both Teague and Hinrickh on this squad. Its like having quality depth at PG is a bad thing. Pargo is NOT quality depth.
Section 303
January 25th, 2012
10:15 pm
Really, if the Bawks would have bothered to guard Bonner and gotten anything from Joe and Josh, the game was there to be had. Hawks stars let them down tonight.
tb hawk fan i think
January 25th, 2012
10:15 pm
the team is drunk
Astro Joe
January 25th, 2012
10:15 pm
Someone needs to watch game tape so they know that Bonner likes to shoot 3s, also.
Yawn
January 25th, 2012
10:16 pm
Hawks getting punked? Same ole same ole.
Nothing has changed or will change with the core of this team.
randy
January 25th, 2012
10:16 pm
KIRK IS DOING GREAT TEAGUE WAS JUST BALL HOGGING AND MAKING STUPID PLAYS. WE WENT FROM 4 POINTS DOWN TO 8 IN 1 TEAGUE BONE HEAD PLAY.
STICK A FORK IN THIS ONE HAWKS LOSE TO NIGHT.
Wabe
January 25th, 2012
10:16 pm
Hawks stars let them down on a lot of nights 303.
northcyde
January 25th, 2012
10:16 pm
Drew is willing to give up this game, just to give Hinrich minutes.
Why Teague isn’t back in this game is beyond me.
Wink
January 25th, 2012
10:16 pm
No chemistry man!
Vino
January 25th, 2012
10:16 pm
cant we get the same production outta pargo kirk must go need big man
Kaman or mcgee sund pick one
tb hawk fan i think
January 25th, 2012
10:16 pm
thay can’t miss
Najeh Davenpoop
January 25th, 2012
10:17 pm
“Ivan is -16 in 12 mins. T-Mac is -10 in 9 minutes. The bench as a whole has not given the Hawks much.”
I agree, but at least in those cases, mismatches are unavoidable because of personnel issues. The Hawks simply don’t have a better big man than Ivan. The Hawks have a guard rotation that has worked, and LD is screwing it up for no reason trying to get Kirk minutes. Aside from knocking down a couple of long 2s, Kirk has done nothing in this game, and yet he has received 12 minutes at point guard hopelessly trying to guard Parker and Joseph. This is LD’s fault and was completely avoidable.
Wabe
January 25th, 2012
10:17 pm
Pargo can spare Teague effectively though Astro…
He hasn’t been playin’ all that bad. He brings aggressive defense and has a decent jumper.
Luke Cage
January 25th, 2012
10:17 pm
Bye Bye 1st Place!!!
Najeh Davenpoop
January 25th, 2012
10:17 pm
^That should say, they don’t have a better backup big man than Ivan.
Section 303
January 25th, 2012
10:17 pm
Teague best Hawk player tonight. Why is anyone calling Najeh out for saying that?
Slimjr
January 25th, 2012
10:17 pm
I’m done with Larry!
Jase
January 25th, 2012
10:17 pm
I told y’all we need a big man
randy
January 25th, 2012
10:18 pm
CANT BE TOO MANY NIGHTS THEY HAVE A VERY GOOD RECORD SO THEY WIN MORE THAN THEY LOSE.
PARKER IS JUST TOO MUCH. BUT AT LEAST HES NOT DUNKING IN THE PAINT ON AL AGAIN. THIS TIME HE JUST FCKING TEAGUE.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 25th, 2012
10:18 pm
“Its like having quality depth at PG is a bad thing. Pargo is NOT quality depth.”
Quality depth at PG is great, but not at the expense of a complete lack of depth at C.
Pargo at backup PG >>>>>> Ivan and Collins at backup C
northcyde
January 25th, 2012
10:19 pm
Hawks starters played the Spurs virtually even . . despite JJ and Josh struggling offensively.
It was the bench that played like crap.
We’re down 21 points
Vlad Rad has a +/- of ( -21 )
There’s your deficit right there.
Donte
January 25th, 2012
10:19 pm
1-3 against the last 4 good teams they’ve faced, with all of the L’s being blowouts.
So now the Hawks get a chance at a couple of “big wins” against New Orleans and Detroit to reassure themselves that Josh Smith is an all-star, the Hawks can get to the ECF, and cry about why the team hasnt moved up in the “Power Rankings” after beating sub .500 teams.
The Hawks are average, and you fans who think wins against the Wizard, Bobcats and the like mean anything are clueless.