Atlanta Hawks at Hornets: Game thread
Jeff Teague will start at point guard for the Hawks tonight against the Hornets. Teague said he felt “fine” despite the sprained ankle that limited him during Friday’s win against Pistons.
“Jeff is a go,” coach Larry Drew said before the game. “He was moving around on it pretty good yesterday. He hasn’t mentioned that it is bothering him to the point that we have to limit him. We’ll keep an eye on him. Right now, he is a full go.”
Drew said he would split reserve minutes between Kirk Hinrich and Jannero Pargo.
“He has been playing really well for us,” Drew said of Pargo. “That’s why we got him.”
Hinrich, who played 31 minutes against the Pistons after Teague left late in the third quarter, said he is working to regain form as quickly as possible.
“I want to get my game back,” Hinrich said. “I feel rusty and I just want to help any way I can right now and get my rhythm back.”
* Austin Barker, a 17-year-old high school student from Mississippi scheduled for a bone marrow transplant this week, was the guest of Hawks trainer Wally Blase Sunday.
Barker, who is at Tulane Children’s Hospital, attended the game with his father and two friends. He received a hat signed by the Hawks.
The non-profit organization Sunshine Kids brought Baker’s situation to Blase’s attention. Blase worked with the Hornets to organize the outing.
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Hmmm
January 31st, 2012
6:12 am
OKC IS COOL BUT I DONT TRUST EM IN THE PLAYOFFS. THEY HAVE NOTHING NADA ZIP ZILCH IN THE MIDDLE OFFENSIVELY AND INTERIOR D AIN’T MUCH EITHER. EVERYTHING THEY DO IS FACE UP AND BEAT THEIR MAN OFF THE DRIBBLE. ANY TEAM WITH A DOMINANT LOW POST PRESENCE AND SOME DECENT SHOOTERS COULD KNOCK THE THUNDER OFF IN A 7 GAME SERIES.
Hmmm
January 31st, 2012
6:18 am
“The Clippers are not well coached. They are beatable by a disciplined team.
OKC on the other hand is a legit title contender.”
BOTH TEAMS HAVE WEAK COACHES. BROOKS GOT EXPOSED BY CARLISLE SOMETHING SERIOUS IN LAST YEAR’S WEST FINALS. THE BEST COACHES IN THE WEST BY FAR ARE POP, KARL AND RICK AND ALL THREE HAVE LEGIT TEAMS WHEN HEALTHY THAT I MIGHT PICK IF THEY FACED OKC OR LAC IN THE PLAYOFFS.
Trojan
January 31st, 2012
8:44 am
Mr. Sund: We still need a big. Even if we get Hortford back we need more size.
KevinM
January 31st, 2012
8:50 am
On the ORL issues, If you want a GM who can gut a roster, you have to consider our very own BK. don’t let him control the draft though.
And let’s see what Ewing can do as an interim coach……I always thought he might be a good bench coach, but gets no consideration.
Melvin
January 31st, 2012
9:05 am
I thought we would have been over the 1000 comment mark this morning. Oh well, we may have to continue posting on this blog for another day….
vava74
January 31st, 2012
9:58 am
11 to go
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vava74
January 31st, 2012
10:02 am
1000 posts
vava74
January 31st, 2012
10:02 am
MC, can we get something new to comment on?
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 31st, 2012
10:08 am
Ha Ha! vava74 baby, are you trying to manipulate the blog counter? I didn’t work, looks like we sent to work without breakfast again.
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 31st, 2012
10:09 am
* we were …
doc
January 31st, 2012
10:10 am
wow, ajc posts a stats article on the upcoming game in toronto. not good for hawks fans wanting something a little more insightful. not sure what is going on but seems the ajc has abandoned the hawks and its fan base on the internet anyway. not good.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 31st, 2012
10:14 am
vava74, if you had acted a little faster you would have posted the 1000th post at 10:00.
Melvin
January 31st, 2012
10:17 am
Well I know its not MC fault if he’s not in Toronto. I think it would be kind of hard for him to write a blog on the team from ATL….
FIRE AJC and ASG….
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 31st, 2012
10:18 am
MC!
Feed your blog peolpe! We’re so hungry, our stomach is rubbing our backbone. And, vava74 is hungry as a hostage.
Geemack
January 31st, 2012
10:19 am
Will the Hawks make a run at Chris Kaman?
Basketball Jones
January 31st, 2012
10:23 am
LOL @ the troll again. I knew that if I just told the truth that he would show up to try and trash my blog handle. He’s sooooo predictable. LOL.
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 31st, 2012
10:23 am
Melvin, maybe he can make something up, you know – twist the facts like some on here do. LOL
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 31st, 2012
10:28 am
Looks like the troll is playing with ITSELF again. Those internal conversations out loud must be stimulating somehow. LOL
vava74
January 31st, 2012
10:37 am
Najeh,
I tried but the site kept on saying that I was posting too fast!
KevinM
January 31st, 2012
10:48 am
Has a blog ever lasted this long under MC’s supervision?
MC? C-Viv? Guys?
Anyway, getting ready for the Raptors tonight….is Bargnani back?
The Hawks look to win four times on a five-game trip for the first time in more than 40 years when they face the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night.
This is very doable…quite an accomplishment, no matter the level of competition.
KevinM
January 31st, 2012
10:49 am
A different scoring stat other than Joe scoring 20 or more, which we are 10-2in those games:
“Big games from Teague usually bode well for the Hawks, who are 11-1 when he scores at least 13 points and 4-5 when he doesn’t.”
Hawks have won 5 in a row over the Raptors and they are bad at 2-5 at home this year.
Basketball Jones
January 31st, 2012
10:51 am
I am not a Troll. In fact, I only agree with some of the things in this blog.
Basketball Jones
January 31st, 2012
3:08 am
One other point, im sure most of you have never seen this name im using, Im not a troll, but im just acting like at troll. Its the Horford hater thats the troll. I dont think he gets it, We are sworn to defend Al, because he cant defend his self, (that self destructing muddeer fcker) neither can he defend the post. So you must understand Although it might seem like Im a troll, well this is actually a troll trap and Im a troll trapping Muddeer fcker.
Now back to my logic about how to best help Al keep a job.(did you see that mudder fcker self destruct? What the hell was he doing?)The best way to help Al keep a job is A)attach Josh. I know what you are thinking. Basketball Jones is a troll, and thats true, but attacking Josh will help because we have to get rid of somebody, Josh is the power forward and Al wants the position. I agree that he needs to be removed from the center spot cuz we cant have any more of that self destructing trick to avoid being traded chit from Al.So to make this work we need to convince the public that Josh is not working, then trade him, then put Al at the 4. I know its not going to be easy to convince the public but hey, do i look smart to you? Fck. Thats my point!
Also thats why Ive been talking with Bob Weiss about how to get this chit crackin. Bob and I have come up with a plan to spring OJ and put him and midcourt during the hawks next home game…. when Josh starts that fast brake chit me bob and OJ will be there…
I cant say too much because Hatter is watching.
Save the Whales!!
Save Al Horford!!
Melvin
January 31st, 2012
10:51 am
drmaryb,
You are right. Just throw us a bone. It’s not like we stay on topic anyhow… Speaking of, where is Smith, Leuer, Bogut? Haven’t seen him post since the Hawks beatdown the Bucks..
KevinM
January 31st, 2012
10:51 am
Bargnani calf strain and has been out 2 weeks…..doesn’t sound like there is a timetable for his return.
Basketball Jones
January 31st, 2012
10:52 am
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 31st, 2012
10:28 am
Looks like the troll is playing with ITSELF again. Those internal conversations out loud must be stimulating somehow. LOL
I am not talking to myself some one has stolen my ID.
CAN SOMEBODY
Basketball Jones
January 31st, 2012
10:53 am
FIGURE THAT CHIT OUT?
KevinM
January 31st, 2012
10:55 am
SLB does not like this playground any more…..too much backlash but they did after all beat the Lakers, without Bogut and Leuer playing 5 min. He’ll be back..when Bogut returns from another injury.
Bigman needed
January 31st, 2012
11:11 am
Kevin M: Has a blog ever lasted this long under MC’s supervision?
MC? C-Viv? Guys?
Also no blog posted after hornets win. Is it a protest because ajc didnt let them travel on all the games on this trip.
vava74
January 31st, 2012
11:27 am
978 to go
vava74
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11:27 am
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KevinM
January 31st, 2012
11:32 am
Bigman, I’ve heard of those leave of absence vacations companies are pushing to take vacation for 2 weeks without pay…..wonder if that is what we have here?
The policies of the AJC treat the Hawks like there’s no interest in the team in this city. What kind of operation are we dealing with here?
Basketball Jones
January 31st, 2012
11:42 am
Like I said, totally predictable. And boring.
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 31st, 2012
11:58 am
The AJC and ASKG have the same business model for success.
What we have here is: a failure to communicate. (in Bill Cosby’s voice). Oh well, besides DeRosen … the Raptors leave very little to talk about.
This game should be a cake walk, I surmise “The Replacements” could handle this game from start to finish and let zaza play 48 minutes to get some burn. Zaza has benefited the most from Horford going down and, has been fun to watch play.
Dwayne
January 31st, 2012
12:02 pm
Why does Atl. get no respect among the media “experts”, and I say that in jest. They are just 2 games out of the best record in the East? I hear Philly and Indiana as the dark horses.
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 31st, 2012
12:02 pm
Word Play!
…. besides DeRosen … the Raptors leave very little to talk about. (I said that)
DeRose-n (sic?) anyway … Can you see the similarity in DeRose-n’s name and DeRose’s game?
See what I did there?