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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drmaryb.[*_*].
January 31st, 2012
6:36 pm
SlimJr!
Wow! What is 6′10″ + 40″ I’m too lazy to figure that one. All that explosiveness and he had micor-fracture surgery too?
Jamal Mashburn and Penny Hardaway were the first to have that procedure and they were finished because the technology was so new, they didn’t know how to rehabilitate the athlete patient.
Doc said, once they got the rehab protocol down, the come back rate is 100% except for: Gregg Oden. I have no idea what his problem is? One knee and then the other, I think he has that aging disease. Oden looked like he was 85 years old on draft night.
Slimjr
January 31st, 2012
6:41 pm
Yes DMB, Griffin was bless to be born 20 years later..Cause the technology has advanced and his body took to it! Not he jumps higher than he did in College….Awesome!
Vino
January 31st, 2012
6:41 pm
Mc you aight we need a new thread man don’t get me used to consistency and change up what up?????
Wouldn’t mind Kieth benson if not anything else you how hard it is to get a win on 2k with zaza/colins
Yup and Ivan Johnson ain’t even on the game damn!!!!!!!
Slimjr
January 31st, 2012
6:42 pm
Greg Oden, just shaking my head…What a tough break for him. He had so much potential……Sad so Sad…..
Slimjr
January 31st, 2012
6:44 pm
Toronto Game Thread: 7 PM Start Time!
1st AGain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
doc
January 31st, 2012
6:54 pm
melvin, they said what was printed, i sent a note back to see if they could reinstall the wifi system they used for the cheesy message board texts they used to do.
slimj one of my patients told me about it and i saw it online about thirty minutes ago. huuuuge! even queen was marveling about it as his sunday was pretty good and number one for the year thus far. james abdicated the throne and declared blake number one and his number two on a tweet.
yes slimj, thanks for kicking off a new blog, just like your mentor big ray, heh heh.
check back later bro.
Slimjr
January 31st, 2012
6:56 pm
Hawk should blow this team off the floor tonight..Should be over by halftime..
Marvin and ZaZa should have a solid night…
Najeh Davenpoop
January 31st, 2012
6:58 pm
They are doing us dirty not giving us a new blog. Don’t have to be in Toronto to be able to update this page.
Slimjr
January 31st, 2012
7:01 pm
Gametime! Fox Sports: 884 on comcast!
doc
January 31st, 2012
7:01 pm
heh heh, just saw a few other notes. i was going to ask about oden and say i have suspected the premature aging illness and saw you had already covered. i remember that year when folks were trashing someone for saying he would always have problems because he had one leg shorter than the other about 3 inches or so. the guy was absolutely correct.
posture makes a huge difference in longevity for the athlete and anyone for that matter. that is what i see and i am sure dmb as well and try to encourage for folks to correct for health. they dont believe me for the most part. the ones that get better, follow the docs suggestions, others just blame the messenger.
so slimj, sit up at that computer dude, take a few healthy breaths too and dont get caught in too many “head” issues, especially with trolls.
northcyde
January 31st, 2012
7:02 pm
Hope nothing happened to MC. No new blog. Nothing on his Twitter since the Detroit game either.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 31st, 2012
7:05 pm
Well even if MC has the day off, if C-Viv is going to cover games, he might as well update the blog.
Luke Cage
January 31st, 2012
7:05 pm
S C
Slimjr
January 31st, 2012
7:06 pm
Thats great advice Doc!
northcyde
January 31st, 2012
7:08 pm
Maybe the AJC didn’t want to go over the luxury tax, and instructed MC and C-Viv to limit their blogs.
Luke Cage
January 31st, 2012
7:08 pm
Oh Well, LETS GO HAWKS!!!
Najeh Davenpoop
January 31st, 2012
7:09 pm
^^Couldn’t even put up a veterans minimum blog, huh?
northcyde
January 31st, 2012
7:09 pm
It’s a shame that ATL is the newest hip-hop capital of the world, but Toronto has a much better opening intro than anything the Hawks have ever come up with.
Luke Cage
January 31st, 2012
7:10 pm
LOL
Luke Cage
January 31st, 2012
7:10 pm
That opening sucked to me
Najeh Davenpoop
January 31st, 2012
7:10 pm
As much as I criticize the Hawks’ in game music, I’ll take the drumline over anything by Young Money.
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 31st, 2012
7:10 pm
WTH! Page 22! My blackberry can’t keep up and my brand new laptop is tripping with the wifi connection.
Put up a NEW BLOG damnit!!!!!!!!!!!
Najeh Davenpoop
January 31st, 2012
7:11 pm
Don’t get ahead of yourself Nique.
northcyde
January 31st, 2012
7:12 pm
Raptors starting Calderon and Bayless at the guards. Whomever Bayless guards should PUNISH that dude.
Luke Cage
January 31st, 2012
7:12 pm
Neva was into shaking hands before the game
Najeh Davenpoop
January 31st, 2012
7:12 pm
Keep it going Marvin!
Luke Cage
January 31st, 2012
7:13 pm
Marvin picking it up
Slimjr
January 31st, 2012
7:13 pm
Marvin is hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! shooting 50% from THREE land…
northcyde
January 31st, 2012
7:13 pm
Ring it up AGAIN Marvin
NOTE: Marvin is 9 for his last 14 from 3 point range.
Slimjr
January 31st, 2012
7:13 pm
Josh dont shoot!
Najeh Davenpoop
January 31st, 2012
7:14 pm
Way to crash the boards Joe.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 31st, 2012
7:14 pm
Damn, that crowd is quiet.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 31st, 2012
7:15 pm
And… there goes Marvin blowing another potential assist.
northcyde
January 31st, 2012
7:15 pm
LOL @ the raptor announcers repeating the Jeff Teague 13 point stat. Somebody has been reading the blog.
Slimjr
January 31st, 2012
7:15 pm
iso!!!!
Luke Cage
January 31st, 2012
7:15 pm
Marv stay out the paint, still rolling on the floor of that missed dunk saturday
northcyde
January 31st, 2012
7:16 pm
Marvin stuffing the stat sheet. Rod is rolling over in his grave right now.
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 31st, 2012
7:16 pm
Marvin is gonna’ shoot Vlad out of a job! Zaza wearing a calf sleeve on his left leg, didn’t he have a season ending calf injury on that international team?
northcyde
January 31st, 2012
7:17 pm
JJ finally getting a superstar call?
Najeh Davenpoop
January 31st, 2012
7:17 pm
Teague drawing the attention and dishing to the open man. Keep letting him create
Slimjr
January 31st, 2012
7:18 pm
Marvin WTF dont be afraid in the paint!
Najeh Davenpoop
January 31st, 2012
7:18 pm
And… there’s Zaza’s first blown assist of the game.
Ray
January 31st, 2012
7:19 pm
Marvin playing hot only real problem it’s coming against bottom dweller teams see what happens in the next coming weeks first before I say anything.
northcyde
January 31st, 2012
7:19 pm
Good ball movement on that possession . . regardless of the result
J.J.M.
January 31st, 2012
7:19 pm
zaza cant catch for nothin
Slimjr
January 31st, 2012
7:19 pm
Hands of stone! Worst i have ever seen….
Slimjr
January 31st, 2012
7:21 pm
February is waiting for Mavin to step up against the winners for sure…..
J.J.M.
January 31st, 2012
7:21 pm
zaza is the reason the raptors have tied the game
MattP
January 31st, 2012
7:21 pm
Zaza ruined the energy with bad hands.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 31st, 2012
7:21 pm
Lazy transition defense.