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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RethinkPossible
January 29th, 2012
7:24 pm
How can someone hate on MVTEAGUE?
northcyde
January 29th, 2012
7:24 pm
Tough shot by T-Mac
Najeh Davenpoop
January 29th, 2012
7:24 pm
All the bounces are going the Hawks’ way early.
ryan
January 29th, 2012
7:24 pm
Is Teague the next Chris Paul .
Big Lou
January 29th, 2012
7:24 pm
Josh Smith = Zero Ball Skills
Najeh Davenpoop
January 29th, 2012
7:25 pm
And Teague goes bye-bye.
northcyde
January 29th, 2012
7:25 pm
Hawks trying to do to the Hornets, what they did to us in ATL last January
ntrigue
January 29th, 2012
7:26 pm
Why coach take Teague out he’s hot!
Bigman needed
January 29th, 2012
7:26 pm
We are not on shortlist of teams vying for kaman per espn insider
Najeh Davenpoop
January 29th, 2012
7:26 pm
“Is Teague the next Chris Paul .”
More like the next Tony Parker, although he already has range on his shot that Parker never developed.
RethinkPossible
January 29th, 2012
7:26 pm
FREE THROWS….MAKE THEM.
Slimjr
January 29th, 2012
7:26 pm
TEAGUE DEFENSE IS 3X> CP3!
THE NEXT KEVIN JOHNSON!
northcyde
January 29th, 2012
7:26 pm
wow. . how slow is Jason Collins
Astro Joe
January 29th, 2012
7:26 pm
Hinrich with the lowly-oop.
Big Lou
January 29th, 2012
7:26 pm
Tmac
I love his passing skills.
Astro Joe
January 29th, 2012
7:27 pm
northcyde, I had a better chance of chasing that loose ball down that Twin… and I’m sitting in my house in Georgia.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 29th, 2012
7:27 pm
“Hawks trying to do to the Hornets, what they did to us in ATL last January”
You just had to bring that game up… I have been trying to erase it from my memory banks for the past year.
Slimjr
January 29th, 2012
7:27 pm
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LARRY what? Leave Teague alone COACH!!!!!!!!!!
Big Lou
January 29th, 2012
7:27 pm
wow. . how slow is Jason Collins
That’s why is nickname is ‘cheeseburger’ Collins.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 29th, 2012
7:28 pm
2 fouls on Josh means Ivan probably comes into the game.
northcyde
January 29th, 2012
7:29 pm
I wish Kaman would play tonight, so that peopel could see for themselves if we needed that dude or not. No way you trade a piece on this team for him. Maybe some other player, but not for him.
Slimjr
January 29th, 2012
7:29 pm
If you weighed 320lbs, you’d move like a turtle too..
atlchris77
January 29th, 2012
7:29 pm
I am always frustrated with some of josh’s shot, but i realize how good he is and how lucky we r to have him. Yet some of you on here just hate. SMH
Brad
January 29th, 2012
7:29 pm
“You know what they call that, right?”
“Yoof”
MattP
January 29th, 2012
7:30 pm
This is funny, he keeps doing the same sub rotation every game.
Williams, then Zaza, then Teague, then Smith, then Johnson
ntrigue
January 29th, 2012
7:30 pm
I wouldn’t put 2nd unit in yet I would try to blow them out.
RethinkPossible
January 29th, 2012
7:30 pm
SRSLY that game last JAN almost made me quit as a hawks fan.
Rev in Tampa
January 29th, 2012
7:30 pm
Hornets announcers, “Marvin & Teague = 17, Hornets = 6″
Astro Joe
January 29th, 2012
7:31 pm
Joe needs to change his shoes again.
Slimjr
January 29th, 2012
7:31 pm
Larry= We gonna get crushed in the 2nd round! If we make it….
Najeh Davenpoop
January 29th, 2012
7:31 pm
Wow, that was an ugly possession.
J.J.M.
January 29th, 2012
7:31 pm
why is kirk in…
northcyde
January 29th, 2012
7:31 pm
JJ having a repeat of last night with the slow start
Big Lou
January 29th, 2012
7:31 pm
Here they go playing ISO ball again.
Bigman needed
January 29th, 2012
7:32 pm
According to Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe via an NBA source, the Celtics would be interested in Kaman if he’s eventually bought out by the Hornets.
northcyde
January 29th, 2012
7:32 pm
Hinrich. . . you’re no Tyronn Lue
Najeh Davenpoop
January 29th, 2012
7:33 pm
Dammit Twin at least get fouled when you go up for the shot…
RethinkPossible
January 29th, 2012
7:33 pm
“LET’S GO TEAGUE “
Astro Joe
January 29th, 2012
7:33 pm
Nice defense by Ivan. Dude can really move his feet.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 29th, 2012
7:34 pm
After the way they played for most of that quarter, they really should be up by a lot more than 14. Offense went cold with 4 bench players + Joe.
Bob Weiss
January 29th, 2012
7:34 pm
Joe needs to be resting and the bench is suppose to be handling this to the 3rd quarter
northcyde
January 29th, 2012
7:34 pm
smh JJ . . then smh @ Collins . . dude has a 3 inch vertical
Big Lou
January 29th, 2012
7:34 pm
FEED THE TEAGUE! PUT HIM BACK IN!
Runner-
January 29th, 2012
7:34 pm
Poor finish by the Hawks giving the Hornets momentum going into the 2nd…
Slimjr
January 29th, 2012
7:34 pm
LIVE BY THE JUMPSHOT, YOU DIE BY THE JUMPSHOT..
Hey Larry why dont you have em focus on the attacking the post Sir?????
Bob Weiss
January 29th, 2012
7:35 pm
Im not sure he wants to be Tyrone Lue >lol….
Blast
January 29th, 2012
7:35 pm
Bench need to step up!
Big Lou
January 29th, 2012
7:35 pm
SlimJr
You know why. LD has no clue how to run offense.
Melvin
January 29th, 2012
7:35 pm
Collins is terrible…. It’s 4 vs 5 on offense with him on the court.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 29th, 2012
7:36 pm
“According to Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe via an NBA source, the Celtics would be interested in Kaman if he’s eventually bought out by the Hornets.”
If Kaman is bought out, there’s no excuse for the Hawks to not offer him a minimum salary deal. I understand the hesitation to want to trade $14 million worth of Hawks players for him, but if he is bought out that concern goes away. If he is bought out and the Hawks don’t bring him in, they are basically saying Twin is better than Kaman. I don’t think anyone truly believes that.