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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MattP
February 4th, 2012
7:22 pm
Who is THAD YOING? never heard of that player.
Big Ray
February 4th, 2012
7:22 pm
Zaza isn’t really an awful player. But you put him in the wrong situations, and he looks that way. He can’t finish on the break in traffic – Josh can, and is (or at least was) one of the League’s best at it. However, Josh running the break and Zaza being the finisher in traffic is a miracle if it works and a disaster in most cases.
ntrigue
February 4th, 2012
7:22 pm
Zaza has got to pass better…..here comes Hinrich I bet!!!! After this timeout,
Slimjr
February 4th, 2012
7:23 pm
10″= almost one f king Foot! C’mon Marvina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Put a Foot in it!!!!!!!!!!!
Add swingman depth
February 4th, 2012
7:23 pm
HawkFan
February 4th, 2012
7:15 pm
Nique said having a big guy step out and make shots is a luxury. hell a big guy is a luxury for the Hawks. lol
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Yes a luxury tax. We need to be smart. Besides Combo guard is what we need anyway i would go over the luxury tax only to add to our swingguard/combo guard depth
Big Lou
February 4th, 2012
7:23 pm
Don’t blame it on the players. It’s the coaches job to runnplaus that take advantage of the mismatches. They barely took advantage of the mismatch of Josh against the Grizzles. Stupid coaching.
Blah
February 4th, 2012
7:24 pm
Josh won’t reach his potential until he’s traded. I guarantee his next coach won’t put up with this garbage. But since he is here and has people pumping his head up, he does what he wants and gets away with it.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
7:24 pm
That is such a pointless stat. Of course if your go-to option on offense scores a lot of points, you are going to have a better chance to win the game.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
7:24 pm
Gotta finish that Ivan.
Slimjr
February 4th, 2012
7:25 pm
Thats easy go to your 10″ advantage! Huh?
J.J.M.
February 4th, 2012
7:25 pm
smh josh sucks
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
7:25 pm
Of course this team keeps leaving Jodie Meeks open after he hit like 8 3’s against them in the first game.
THAD YOING & ALL US 76ERS
February 4th, 2012
7:25 pm
MEEKS FOR 3
HawkFan
February 4th, 2012
7:25 pm
josh compounds airball with no d.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
7:26 pm
There goes Nique with his first “oogadala”.
Sautee
February 4th, 2012
7:26 pm
76ers Fan,
Where were you last night when y’all were getting blown out?
Blah
February 4th, 2012
7:26 pm
I can’t believe Josh actually gave it to Teague! Hooray!
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
7:26 pm
Marvin has had a solid quarter.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
7:27 pm
Ivan coast to coast!
Dawgs Man
February 4th, 2012
7:27 pm
Can we trade Josh for a bag of balls?
Slimjr
February 4th, 2012
7:28 pm
Josh wont reach his pot because he thinks he has already..He’s playing multiple positions..lol
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
7:28 pm
“And I’ll go on record to say that Josh Smith has a MONSTER game tonight.”
So far, at least on offense, he looks pretty terrible. He’s made a few good defensive plays though.
HawkFan
February 4th, 2012
7:29 pm
I hope oogadala don’t get nimbers tonite!
ntrigue
February 4th, 2012
7:29 pm
Hinrich will play till the 3min mark no matter what!
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
7:30 pm
Teague wasn’t playing particularly well, but I’d be very surprised if Kirk manages to do anything more than brick mid range shots and get burned by Holiday off the dribble.
Big Lou
February 4th, 2012
7:30 pm
Debo!!!
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
7:31 pm
Good pass Josh. More importantly, good job by Ivan staying near the basket, which is something nobody else on this team does when they don’t have the ball.
Big Lou
February 4th, 2012
7:31 pm
Debo > Josh brick!
MattP
February 4th, 2012
7:31 pm
Ivan is doing great
Big Ray
February 4th, 2012
7:31 pm
BS call…
THAD YOING & ALL US 76ERS
February 4th, 2012
7:32 pm
THANKS JOSH
Big Lou
February 4th, 2012
7:32 pm
Refs have been unfriendly to the hawks lately. Why are we putting Vlad ‘the no D’ in?
Big Ray
February 4th, 2012
7:33 pm
Didn’t look like a brick to me….
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
7:33 pm
Hopefully Kirk continues to knock those down. Keep increasing that trade value.
THAD YOING & ALL US 76ERS
February 4th, 2012
7:34 pm
BAM
Rev in Tampa
February 4th, 2012
7:34 pm
Just tuning in, but I immediately notice that the crowd sounds large at the Phillips.
Ray
February 4th, 2012
7:35 pm
All of Sudden Ivan Mr. 9 to 5 is the main attraction everyone else STEP YO GAME UP!
This is a guy that was off the scrap heap, but if we could get more players like him I wouldn’t care if we lose or not at least their going to fight Damn it.
Big Lou
February 4th, 2012
7:35 pm
Najeh
Lol. Give it up man. They are not gonna trade Kirk. LD would trade Teague before him.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
7:35 pm
Ivan has done a great job off the bench. Good thing the Sixers don’t have Brand active, though.
Blah
February 4th, 2012
7:35 pm
Ivan has 6 pts 7 boards already off the bench.
Barkley was right. Ivan > Josh.
Big Ray
February 4th, 2012
7:36 pm
Joe really gives Iggy fits on defense. You gotta love that.
atlantadeepdirtybench
February 4th, 2012
7:36 pm
Ivan 7 rebounds and 7 points in 6 mins.Watch stupid Drew bench his ass.
Ole Hawks's Fan
February 4th, 2012
7:36 pm
Hawks just standing around on offense watching the dribbling of ISO JJ!
Big Lou
February 4th, 2012
7:36 pm
LD is really one clueless idiot. Green > Vlad any day of the week. Why the he’ll is Vlad in there!?
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
7:37 pm
Nice flop Ivan.
Big Ray
February 4th, 2012
7:37 pm
Ivan is everything I wish the rest of the team was – intense.
Ole Hawks's Fan
February 4th, 2012
7:37 pm
Gooooooooooooooooo 9to 5!
Ray
February 4th, 2012
7:37 pm
Josh about to get on my nerves
Counted 4 times he thinks that he Kobe or someone similar floating out there near 3 pt line.
JOSH STAY INSIDE THE PAINT DARN IT!
yodaddybrother
February 4th, 2012
7:38 pm
Ivan RoY
Najeh Davenpoop
February 4th, 2012
7:38 pm
F-cking Hawks need to move off the ball.