Atlanta Hawks at Pistons: Game thread
Auburn Hills, Mich.–Hawks will use same lineup as last game with Zaza Pachulia at center. “It’s not set in stone,” Larry Drew said. “We will stay with it for right now.”
- Drew said Kirk Hinrich had no issues after his first game back from shoulder surgery. “We are going to ease him back into it,” Drew said. “He still has to get into that playing shape where he can play on a nightly basis. I don’t want to pile too many minutes on him.”
- Drew said “for right now we will keep [Hinrich] at the one. He could play off the ball some. There are a couple of things I possibly want to experiment with as we move forward: him at some two, Joe [Johnson] at some three, that type of thing.”
- ESPN.com’s Marc Stein runs down a list of teams who will compete with the Hawks for Kenyon Martin’s services and says K-Mart is looking for a major role on a contender.
- Drew on the Pistons: “They play a very physical style. That has always been a problem or us in the past. They really bang the boards. I told the guys by no means can we come in here and think these guys are going to lay down. They’ve had some close ballgames that they could have won. Looking back at their last game against Miami they were in perfect position to win.”
- Damien Wilkins is starting for the Pistons tonight. “Our effort has been a lot better, our fight has been a lot better,” he said. “To me, that’s what we had been lacking the most. We had kind of a glass jaw. Now we have a lot more effort, a lot more fight.”
- Wilkins on not getting an offer from the Hawks: “It was disappointing. They basically told me they weren’t bringing in anymore perimeter guy and I’d have to fight [for a spot] with Pape Sy and [Jerry] Stackhouse. And then I look up and here they are with Willie Green and two other wings, and I’m like, ‘Wow.’ It was fun. I appreciate the opportunity they gave me initially. But I miss the guys.”
- The rec center in northwest Detroit Willie Green came up is now called the Willie Green Center for Physical Fitness. Green attended a ceremony yesterday. “My uncle [Gary Green] was coaching a team up there,” Green said. “He used to open up the gym for us, so we were going up there every day. That’s where I first started playing basketball. It was awesome when I walked in the place. I couldn’t believe the gym was so little. I came from humble beginnings like a lot of us.”
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Section 212
January 27th, 2012
8:02 pm
We should be able to make a move with this line up
yodaddybrother
January 27th, 2012
8:03 pm
jason collins….is terrible….he has no right to shoot
O'Brien
January 27th, 2012
8:04 pm
Haha.
Ivan has been watchin Josh and is thinking…”I can run the break too”
Big Lou
January 27th, 2012
8:04 pm
You know nobody is running the offense when Ivan does something stupid like that.
Section 212
January 27th, 2012
8:04 pm
What do you want? A slam dunk alley-oop through the legs around the back plays every time down?
yodaddybrother
January 27th, 2012
8:05 pm
yeah this is a scrub game
MattP
January 27th, 2012
8:05 pm
Did kirk just run into Ivan?
yodaddybrother
January 27th, 2012
8:05 pm
Clearly nobody wants to win this game…..unwatchable basketball right here folks
Blast
January 27th, 2012
8:06 pm
Return of the Mack!
Sautee
January 27th, 2012
8:06 pm
Detroit is a truly wretched team.
MattP
January 27th, 2012
8:07 pm
I wonder how many turnovers the Hawks will end this game with…
Dre
January 27th, 2012
8:08 pm
Jumpshot city…
Blast
January 27th, 2012
8:09 pm
Don’t know why u are watching and blogging about a boring game.
Not all NBA basketball games are pretty. Some are low scoring slugfests. Like tonite. Don’t care if the game is boring or not, I just need a Hawks win.
Old Man Peabody
January 27th, 2012
8:10 pm
D Wade is back.
Dezz Nuttz
January 27th, 2012
8:10 pm
Hawks will win!!
Najeh Davenpoop
January 27th, 2012
8:10 pm
Grown man post move by Ivan.
Hawks are only down 2 despite their top 3 players playing like sh-t. I guess you could look that as a positive.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 27th, 2012
8:12 pm
Collins may be terrible on offense, but he is a smart defender. Another charge drawn by him.
O'Brien
January 27th, 2012
8:12 pm
yodaddybrother,
Answer me this. Do you think Kaman is a better player than ZaZa and Collins?
Dre
January 27th, 2012
8:12 pm
Pathetic….
Big Lou
January 27th, 2012
8:12 pm
Najeh
No. I don’t. Because we would be down by twenty against a good team.
bigdave
January 27th, 2012
8:14 pm
when Vlad is @ the 4 it seems like we get killed on the glass.
Dre
January 27th, 2012
8:14 pm
I think im gonna go check out Magic City
Big Lou
January 27th, 2012
8:15 pm
Larry Drew hasn’t learned from Jamal Crawford. Vlad is a liability on defense, and occasionally shots well. It’s not worth the tradeoff.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 27th, 2012
8:15 pm
T-Mac’s been the Hawks’ best offensive player in this game by far.
“Because we would be down by twenty against a good team.”
This is true.
atlantadeepdirtybench
January 27th, 2012
8:15 pm
This lineup has the potential to be the best 2nd string in the nba.
We can get away with playing Johnson centre with Vlad and T-Mac
Najeh Davenpoop
January 27th, 2012
8:16 pm
Every song the Pistons have played in this game has been at least 8 years old, but at least they are playing the actual song instead of playing it on the organ.
Section 212
January 27th, 2012
8:17 pm
I am sure some of you would prefer the Hawks play exciting bball and blow a 27 point lead along the way like the Magic did last night.
Luke Cage
January 27th, 2012
8:18 pm
Its 80’s nite at the palace, most songs are going to be from tha era
yodaddybrother
January 27th, 2012
8:18 pm
#FreeJeffTeague
Najeh Davenpoop
January 27th, 2012
8:18 pm
Points in the paint must be something like Detroit 10 Atlanta 0 at this point.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 27th, 2012
8:19 pm
Marvin Williams gets knocked around like a pinball quite a bit, Bob.
Luke Cage
January 27th, 2012
8:19 pm
@Section 212
We just want to see smart & consistant good basketball for 4qtrs per game, and dominating performances vs lesser opponents like the pisons.
Dawgs Man
January 27th, 2012
8:20 pm
Pachulia should never shoot unless it is a layup, and then he is probably 50/50.
Dre
January 27th, 2012
8:20 pm
Kirk Hinrich had played almost an entire quarter until just now. Maybe I should take Larry Drew to Magic City so that his love affiar with Hinrich will end.
Dezz Nuttz
January 27th, 2012
8:20 pm
Josh smith All star among forwards?
PPG # 8
RBG # 3
APG # 8
STL # 6
BkG # 2
Yea, the only one with better numbers is Lebron, but hes # 28th for Blks – no defense
Slimjr
January 27th, 2012
8:20 pm
#24 is softer than Charmin toilet paper… LOL
Najeh Davenpoop
January 27th, 2012
8:21 pm
The Clippers and Grizzlies are exciting. I can understand the criticism of the Hawks as a boring team. Fast paced teams that share the ball and get shots near the hoop are exciting to watch. The Hawks don’t qualify as any of those things. At the end of the day I don’t care as long as they win, but I can see why a casual fan would care.
Big Lou
January 27th, 2012
8:21 pm
I don’t care if it’s tied. Still taking jump shots like idiots.
bigdave
January 27th, 2012
8:21 pm
im going to need a better effort at keeping opposing pg’s out of the paint..
Big Lou
January 27th, 2012
8:22 pm
I don’t care if it’s boring. I just wish we had an actual offensive scheme. All they are doing is chucking up shots and playing ISO ball.
yodaddybrother
January 27th, 2012
8:22 pm
@O’Brien
NO. Kaman had like 2 good (not great) years for a scrub team and has been living off that ever since. Zaza has never had the chance to start.
The thing about Zaza is that he has short arms (the reason his shots get blocked and he can’t block shots) but he is a monster on the boards, 7 ft tall, and like 275.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 27th, 2012
8:23 pm
Marvin has had a good game. Keep knocking down those open shots and crashing the boards. Be the best damn role player you can be.
Slimjr
January 27th, 2012
8:23 pm
Larry, for the love of Basketball why are benching Teague for Hinrich in the 1st?
Hirich should be used to give ISO a breather.. Leave Teague along Genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Najeh Davenpoop
January 27th, 2012
8:23 pm
For real half these songs were on BET Uncut when I was in high school.
Dre
January 27th, 2012
8:24 pm
@ Luke Cage well said
We just want to see smart & consistant good basketball for 4qtrs per game, and dominating performances vs lesser opponents like the pisons.
Big Lou
January 27th, 2012
8:24 pm
See? WTF was that? BUELER? BUELER?
Slimjr
January 27th, 2012
8:24 pm
Josh Jumper is super BROKE AGAIN!
Dept. Of Unintended Irony
January 27th, 2012
8:24 pm
“Leave Teague along”
Along where?
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 27th, 2012
8:25 pm
Motor City
Dezz Nuttz
January 27th, 2012
8:25 pm
Its really amazing how Josh Stacks up against the other Forwards in the running. Its really not close that Josh (who just shot a brick) is the second best power forward. Check out these comparatives….
http://hawksbasketblog.com/2012/01/13/is-this-the-year-for-smoove/