Sixers at Atlanta Hawks: Game thread
- The Hawks said Jason Collins will miss at least two weeks with what they said is a sprained left elbow. Elton Brand (thumb) is out for the Sixers. Spencer Hawes (Achilles) will play.
- Collins is glad his injury wasn’t worse: “I didn’t break it, didn’t dislocate it. We will look at it in two weeks and be re-evaluated.”
- There are different degrees of sprains, which also can mean torn ligaments, but neither Collins nor Larry Drew would get into the details of Twin’s diagnosis. “They said for me to say a sprain,” Collins said.
- Drew said the Hawks are looking at candidates to sign to a 10-day contract. “It’s possible,” he said. “We met yesterday and talked about it and tossed some names around. We will keep doing that until we make a decision what we want to do.”
- Available free-agent centers include Erick Dampier, Kyrylo Fesenko, Dan Gadzuric, DJ Mbenga, and Joel Przybilla (who appears headed to Miami or Chicago). Theo Ratliff says he’s done.
- For now, the Hawks will use forward Ivan Johnson to back up Zaza Pachulia. Drew said Josh Smith also will play minutes at center while Vladimir Radmanoivic and Marvin Williams could see time at power forward. “We will be moving people around, without a doubt,” Drew said. “Game-to-game we will just have to look at the matchups and see what makes sense where we are not putting ourselves at a disadvantage.”
- Josh on losing another big man: “I guess we’ve just we’ve got to roll with the punches. In this short season when you look around the league every team has had a significant injury. We are limited at the big position. I will have to play some minutes at the five position. We just have to man up and not worry about it and just step in and be there for each other.”
- Joe Johnson: “We ain’t got no choice, man. We’ve got to step up and try to do something a little different. With the way the season is, it’s going to be somebody dropping different every week in the league. We have got to do whatever we can to stay as healthy as we can. We have got to keep rolling with that we’ve got. Somebody has got to step up and fill that void.”
Michael Cunningham, Hawks beat
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Rusty
February 4th, 2012
8:58 pm
Dept. I am typing on iPad,fk you
yodaddybrother
February 4th, 2012
8:58 pm
Zaza always setting moving screens
ntrigue
February 4th, 2012
8:58 pm
Why is Josh and Ivan not in???
Ivan > Josh
February 4th, 2012
8:58 pm
“Neither have the Falcons.
All I said (on the Falcons fan blog) was that the Hawks were the best team in Atlanta. Big Ray called me out for it there and called me out for it again earlier on this blog, which is why I’m defending that position. Like someone said earlier, being the best team in Atlanta is like being the world’s tallest midget, and I agree.”
Dude what does this have to do with the Falcons? Im talking about the Hawks and you keep mentioning another team in another sport. Why do they matter so much to you? It’s obvious you hate everything about them, probably a Vick thing, I don’t care. But we’re talking about the Hawks being irrelevant. You just have to accept that the NFL team will get more coverage.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
8:59 pm
If you are going to play zone, you better have more than one rebounder in the game.
Hawks Blog Legend Worldwide Clyde
February 4th, 2012
8:59 pm
I saw DrMaryb down there in Rio. Its carnival and she’s a samba dancer this year.
yodaddybrother
February 4th, 2012
8:59 pm
Josh back in….ball movement bout to stop
High-Tech Lynching
February 4th, 2012
8:59 pm
Is Marvin done for tonight and where’s Ivan?
Slimjr
February 4th, 2012
8:59 pm
Yea she’s really quiet tonight…
MattP
February 4th, 2012
9:00 pm
Why is Ivan not in yet? I wish this team had a real head coach.
Slimjr
February 4th, 2012
9:00 pm
Clippers are putting on a dunk clinic for ESPN tonight! Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Melvin
February 4th, 2012
9:00 pm
Why is Ivan on the bench so long? Dumb coaching
Big Lou
February 4th, 2012
9:01 pm
Najeh
Seriously? Newton, Romo and Rivers? Stick to basketball. Let’s not get carried away. We don’t need your biased opinion.
Mark
February 4th, 2012
9:01 pm
I guess LD is MAKING IT UP TO ZAZA for starting IVAN by allowing him to play the MAJORITY OF THE FOURTH QUARTER. What a DUMB COACH.
NUNNA!!
February 4th, 2012
9:01 pm
Hawks Blog Legend Worldwide Clyde
I saw DrMaryb down there in Rio. Its carnival and she’s a samba dancer this year.
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I bet that she is hot..
Slimjr
February 4th, 2012
9:01 pm
“I saw DrMaryb down there in Rio. Its carnival and she’s a samba dancer this year.”
You got Jokes too? LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hawks Blog Legend Worldwide Clyde
February 4th, 2012
9:02 pm
What has Ivan done to be benched?
Wabe
February 4th, 2012
9:02 pm
Man, plain and simple, if Matt Ryan were to hit the FA market today, two-thirds of the league would be in line ready to snatch the dude up…
MattP
February 4th, 2012
9:02 pm
Ivan is 14 and 11, and he has only been in for 19mins. What is this coach thinking?
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
9:02 pm
“It’s obvious you hate everything about them, probably a Vick thing, I don’t care.”
Typical Falcons homer reaction. Yeah, I’m not seeing the Falcons’ future through rose-colored glasses, so I must be a Falcons hater who wants them to lose because they got rid of Vick. What nonsense.
Ivan > Josh
February 4th, 2012
9:02 pm
Najeh will do anyting to trash the Falcons lmao
Can’t defend his own argument so he attacks something else. Why can’t the discussion stick to the Hawks accomplishments? Everyone with any sense will bet ono the Falcons and Braves over the Hawks. So let’s focus on the Hawks great moments over the past few years lol
DawgNole
February 4th, 2012
9:02 pm
No reading comprehension problems here. You can be arrogant and condescending–and you can argue the relative merits of ATL’s pro teams–til you’re blue in the face. Fact is, they’re crap and always have been. Your arguments are meaningless, irrelevant, and w/o merit until one of them (besides the ‘95 Braves) wins a championship.
yodaddybrother
February 4th, 2012
9:03 pm
T-Mac scored 13 in 90 seconds….it can be done
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
9:03 pm
“Man, plain and simple, if Matt Ryan were to hit the FA market today, two-thirds of the league would be in line ready to snatch the dude up…”
None of the teams with the 11 QBs I mentioned, not the team that drafts RG3, and not several other teams like the Ravens and Rams who have invested in QBs who are not better than Ryan right now.
Rusty
February 4th, 2012
9:04 pm
This coach is beyond stupid.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
9:04 pm
KEEP DOING THAT TEAGUE
Big Lou
February 4th, 2012
9:04 pm
This is why Ivan > Zaza.
Hawks Blog Legend Worldwide Clyde
February 4th, 2012
9:04 pm
Too late to put Ivan in the game now LD
Slimjr
February 4th, 2012
9:04 pm
On a lighter note:
“A British woman who’s become a celebrity in the U.K. because she was born with two fully formed vaginas may finally be able to cash in on her crotch … she’s just been offered $1 MILLION to bone on camera.
Her name is Hazel Jones — and the 27-year-old beauty has been making the media rounds across the pond to discuss “uterus didelphys” … a condition which caused her to develop 2 sets of female reproductive organs. In other words, two vaginal canals with two openings.”
What?????????? I thought I heard it all! LMAO! You guys ever heard of this condition? OMG
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O'Brien
February 4th, 2012
9:04 pm
northcyde,
Josh has a good game on defense (rebs and blocks). But I dont think thats enough to qualify for a “monster game”, because his offense has been turrible
yodaddybrother
February 4th, 2012
9:05 pm
down 11….forced a timeout….get a stop…get a score….get a stop….get a score
Mark
February 4th, 2012
9:05 pm
I need Joe to step up against a GOOD TEAM, not just the bad teams like DETROIT and TORONTO. Just a thought. It won’t happen
High-Tech Lynching
February 4th, 2012
9:05 pm
Teague with a blow-by on Vucevic.
THAD YOING & ALL US 76ERS
February 4th, 2012
9:05 pm
I WISH WE HAD TEAGUE HE HAS GAME
Ivan > Josh
February 4th, 2012
9:06 pm
“Typical Falcons homer reaction. Yeah, I’m not seeing the Falcons’ future through rose-colored glasses, so I must be a Falcons hater who wants them to lose because they got rid of Vick. What nonsense.”
You tell me. The only people who trash the Falcons like that are Saints fans and Vick fans. I don’t think Ryan is great by any means, but you’re talking like they’re the Bucs lol. That’s why I’m trying to get you to stick to the Hawks discussion, because you won’t win the falcons debate since you basically admitted they are a better bet than the Hawks.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
9:06 pm
“Can’t defend his own argument so he attacks something else. Why can’t the discussion stick to the Hawks accomplishments? ”
You don’t even know what my argument is, because this discussion started on the Falcons fan blog when you weren’t even there. All I said on that blog is that the Hawks are the best team in Atlanta. Big Ray disagreed and we have been going back and forth since then. Now you jump in the middle of the conversation and wonder why I am not talking about the Hawks’ accomplishments. Maybe because that’s not what the discussion originally was about?
Dept. Of Unintended Irony
February 4th, 2012
9:06 pm
“Dept. I am typing on iPad,fk you”
Yeah, and T is soooo close to D on the keypad. LMFAO
Like that’s the first time I’ve called you on the same misspelling. Right. Every time it was the keyboards’ fault.
Hawks Blog Legend Worldwide Clyde
February 4th, 2012
9:06 pm
smh at slimjr
Slimjr
February 4th, 2012
9:07 pm
Hawks Blog Legend Worldwide Clyde
February 4th, 2012
9:02 pm
“What has Ivan done to be benched?”
Larry quit….
yodaddybrother
February 4th, 2012
9:07 pm
on 2k12…vujevice would have gotten back and blocked that
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
9:07 pm
Hazel Jones was on Worldstar a couple of weeks ago. Let’s just say I would watch that porno.
bigdave
February 4th, 2012
9:07 pm
Joe playing lazy.
MattP
February 4th, 2012
9:07 pm
Once again I blame this loss on the coach. Yes, the players didn’t look good at times but Ivan made up for that with his offensive rebounds. Ivan should have played 30+ minutes in this game by now but he has only 20 minutes. Coach has no clue how to watch for hot players.
THAD YOING & ALL US 76ERS
February 4th, 2012
9:08 pm
HAWES OWNS THE HAWKS
Big Lou
February 4th, 2012
9:08 pm
Najeh
You can’t list QBs who throw a crap load of interceptions(Cam), chokes more than anyone(Romo), and never makes the playoffs(Rivers). They might have more passing yards, but this isn’t the NBA. Yards only do not determine how good a QB is.
Ivan > Josh
February 4th, 2012
9:08 pm
“What has Ivan done to be benched?”
Play hard.
yodaddybrother
February 4th, 2012
9:09 pm
we need to get this to single digits
Rusty
February 4th, 2012
9:09 pm
Zaza is big trash.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
9:09 pm
“The only people who trash the Falcons like that are Saints fans and Vick fans.”
This is what you have convinced yourself to believe. I am calling it as I see it, and what I see is a team that curls up in a fetal position when they make the playoffs because they don’t have the talent to compete with teams that belong in the playoffs.
” I don’t think Ryan is great by any means, but you’re talking like they’re the Bucs lol. ”
No, I’m talking about them like they are worse than the Hawks. Try to stay on topic.
“That’s why I’m trying to get you to stick to the Hawks discussion, because you won’t win the falcons debate since you basically admitted they are a better bet than the Hawks.”
The discussion was never about whether they are a better bet than the Hawks. The discussion was about who is currently the best team in Atlanta. The Hawks are currently the best team in Atlanta because they have had the most recent playoff success.
SteveW
February 4th, 2012
9:10 pm
Lets just win this game – and where are all the Jeff Teague haters?