Atlanta Hawks: Hawks 103, Cavs 102
- The Hawks played hard after a lackluster start (especially Josh Smith) and Joe Johnson made some big shots. Jerry Stackhouse (!) balled like it’s 2001. The Hawks won, which can never be taken for granted in this league.
- But, honestly, that’s about all the praise I can muster for them after this one.
- The Hawks just made fewer blunders than the Cavs at winning time and escaped with a hard-fought-but-fortunate W. “I thought we were dead in the water down six with two minutes to go,” Larry Drew said. “I guess the basketball gods were with us. We made plays to finish.”
- I guess that’s one way to think about it, but one of the basketball gods had a strong resemblance to Byron Scott. He decided not to foul before Joe tied it with a clean look from 25 feet in regulation. “We figured we would just play solid defense instead of taking the foul,” Scott said.
- Neither did the Cavs pressure, blitz, deny, trap or do anything to disrupt Joe on that shot, the 3 he made just before that or the short J he made near the end of overtime. Compare that to the way the Celtics absolutely would not let Joe have a chance to beat them late in the game Monday.
- I just can’t believe the Cavs didn’t do something, anything to prevent Joe from getting clean looks with the game on the line and neither could Joe: “I really was surprised that I caught it and turned and I was that wide open. All I could think about was getting it up.”
- Joe needed one screen to get in position for the game winner. Antawn Jamison appeared to consider helping when Joe got closer to the basket but then decided it was best to let him take an uncontested 12-footer. “We gave them the game,” Scott said, and at least he included himself.
- Before all of that Drew had tried to one-up (one-down?) Scott by choosing not to to foul with the Cavs up 89-88 and about a three-second differential between the game and shot clocks. Kyrie Irving blew by Kirk Hinrich for a layup to score with 5.4 seconds to go and actually could have ran off even more time and left the Hawks with maybe a second or so.
- “I thought about [fouling],” Drew said. “But I made the decision to go ahead and defend. I didn’t think they take a shot at the expiration of the shot clock. I thought we would get another opportunity.”
- Zaza Pachulia blew another important layup and this time he was even more wide open than he was at Denver. Zaza had a good game otherwise and is having a career season but finishing at the rim remains the big hole in his game. Sometimes he looks like he’d rather be fouled.
- Drew: “I told him, ‘Big fella, I’m going to continue to come to you and I have all the confidence in the world in you. You’ve blundered a couple but it doesn’t change the way I feel about you.”
- Bad: Joe needed 19 shots for 22 points. Good: He made big shots, made five of six free-throw attempts and had six rebounds, five assists against zero turnovers and two (!) blocked shots.
- Josh settled for Js late but I’m inclined to cut him slack. He had little help on the boards (13 of Atlanta’s 26 defensive rebounds, four of its 11 offensive), was alone as usual defending the rim and nobody else was really making shots until Joe did so late in the game.
- Josh and some people around him think he takes too much flak from hometown fans. I don’t think that’s always true but it would be in this case if the focus is on his missed Js after had had nearly half his team’s rebounds, more than half of its free throws and played 51 minutes. “I’m tired as a mother[bleeper],” he offered before hitting the showers.
- Once again the Hawks faced a bad team and, instead of smothering them with defense, went ahead and tried to trade baskets. At least the Nuggets are a good offensive team. There’s little excuse for the way the Cavs came out scoring so easily. “We didn’t come to play in the first quarter and it gave them confidence,” Drew said. “We offered no defensive resistance. They scored at will.”
- The Hawks picked it up in the second quarter by getting steals and running. Josh started it off with eight straight points on drives or free throws and then Stackhouse (!) kept it going with a flurry of steals, passes, and 3-pointers.
- The Hawks had a game by then, though. A (rare) good start to the third quarter wasn’t enough to shake the Cavs, and Irving had a lot to do with that.
- Irving’s talent + Jeff Teague’s typically blase pick-and-roll D + Kirk Hinrich’s declining footspeed=problems for the Hawks.
- At least Teague had 12 points (6 of 9 FG), seven assists, four steals and just one turnover. Hinrich was 4 of 13 from the field with a couple short misses.
- Willie Green returned after missing 10 games with back and hamstring injuries. He played 15 minutes. “It felt OK, not great,” he said. “It’s just about continuing to monitor it and hope it continues to get better. I want to continue to get in rhythm.”
- Drew said Ivan Johnson will return to play against the Nets Friday and Marvin Williams could return: “We hope to get some bodies back.”
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SteveW
March 22nd, 2012
11:44 pm
Philly has lost 11 of their last 17. How do they continue to move up in Hollinger’s non-biased computerized rankings – to #3 now?
The Hawks are a steady 10 in the rankings. Been around that for awhile now.
SteveW
March 22nd, 2012
11:46 pm
Well the Hawks start the 7 games in 9 days tomorrow nite – a total of 10 games in 14 days. That is simply brutal.
So we play our guys 50+ minutes…
doc
March 22nd, 2012
11:46 pm
being fair, that was my point exactly and why i questioned rod for his rewriting what happened as reported. i do think maybe that ld and his relationship is strained with woody but that happened if it did at all based on what was said after he got the job. i didnt think that woody blocked it and never said so. rod has the back door stuff not me. no i dont think ld is better than woody overall but would have preferred a coach not in on the job training than to fire woody and go to a cheaper alternative in woody’s likeness. the only “back door” i see is getting a woody look alike in a cheaper fur coat.
my take is woody felt very betrayed by this organization and made it known during the year failing to see what he was to be measured on the playoffs not 53 wins. woody has his chance now to do well with his best roster ever so no excuses, as ld might say. i think i dont really know how ld and woody feel about each other but i imagine that woody and bk are not on quick dials and maybe have not spoken to each other in ages.;-)
thanks for your input on this and taking the time to do it.
doc
March 22nd, 2012
11:51 pm
rev, welcome.
SteveW
March 22nd, 2012
11:52 pm
ESPN has an interesting article on Vinny Del Negro losing the Clips. I wish I had time to cut and paste, but the computer is acting up.
Basically, the Clips don’t know who’s going to play what minutes per nite. Guys go from 35 mpg, to 0, like Randy Foye. Others play 6, 14, 7, 18, 33, 6 kinda things.
And Vinny only yells at the younger players – Blake and Paul are off limits. They said good coaches yell at the players that need yelling at, nobody’s off limits.
Reading the article on ESPN sounded alot like the Hawks…
The Clips, currently the 5th seed, are only 2 games out of 9th place, so they could feasibly miss the playoffs. A team with those weapons missing the playoffs?? Wow.
Being Fair
March 22nd, 2012
11:53 pm
Hey! I hope the HAWKS make it to the ECF… No hating on my part!
SteveW
March 22nd, 2012
11:55 pm
If Woody can’t win with Lin/Douglas/Bibby/Davis at PG
Landry/Shumpert/JR at SG
‘Melo – SF
Amare – PF
Chandler – C
Something is way bad wrong. I think injuries are the only thing that derails them from being a tough out in the playoffs.
SteveW
March 22nd, 2012
11:58 pm
Hmmm, so Vlad is still out. I wonder how long he’s gone for? Not that many people care on this blog. But he is a stiff that can occasionally get hot from the 3 line.
SteveW
March 23rd, 2012
12:01 am
Tomorrow may not be a bad nite to start:
Damp/Collins at C
Ivan/Marvin at PF
TMac/Stack at SF
Green/Hinrich at G, with maybe some Stack relief, and 10 minutes of Teague. I forgot Pargo’s still out.
Rest some of these other dudes – these guys have been workhorses. Josh, JJ, ZaZa – they deserve a break.
Rod from College Park
March 23rd, 2012
12:02 am
doc,
Not sure why you are making up stuff that I said, but maybe you have a different definition than I do of backdoored. LD did not get Woody fired, but he did go behind his back, and offer his services for a cheaper price. It would be similar to your friend hiring you to come work for him at a company, and you learn the ropes from him, then when he asks for a raise, you go to management and tell them that your friend did not know what he was doing, and you could do his job, for a cheaper price. It’s business, but it’s not something that you would do to a friend. I stated that maybe LD felt some kind of way because Woody tried to block him from taking another job, which was speculation, and I said I was not sure about that. I do know that Woody feels like LD backdoored him. That is one of the reasons that they have issues to this day. Have no idea where you are getting the other stuff from.
doc
March 23rd, 2012
12:03 am
bf never insinuated you as a hater at all. as a 55 yr loser as a fan with the hawks maybe we can coax them into the finals.
Rev in Tampa
March 23rd, 2012
12:11 am
I’ll speak up for Vlad. He played real well at the beginning of the season offensively and defensively. But then he seemed to disappear for many weeks. But he is playing quite well again of late.
I watched the final quarter of the Bucks game again. It was the game where the Hawks came back from 10+ and tmac passed to Vlad for the three. Vlad paled real well in that game
doc
March 23rd, 2012
12:14 am
rod he did not do it until woody was gone or how do you know it? ld was the last one interviewed or were all those other interviews a hoax or ruse? come on man, you are playing word games here and backing up. if back dooring got woody fired then ld got him fired. if he didnt get him fired he wasnt back dooring him dude. what is your line of reason? he either got him fired by back dooring him which i dont think is true or got him fired by back dooring him which you say is true. you cant say he back doored him to get him fired on salary then say he didnt get him fired. geez.
woody was fired before the team left the floor after the fourth 25 point thrashing by the magic before ld got a chance to ever offer his services for one dollar or i mil man. that was a done deal and woody was hanged by a team that quit on him. i might add ld got his job just like woody got his knicks job because sadly melo admitted he quit on dantoni. to whit woody replied that is why they are where they are battling for the playoffs rather than positioning for home court. woody didnt get dantoni fired anymore than ld got woody fired. problem is in the acrimony present in their relationship is ld talked to the press about how he was going to be better than woody and wouldnt make the same mistakes in my humble opinion.
MsEvey
March 23rd, 2012
12:15 am
I don’t believe the knicks can beat the bulls rod sorry.
doc
March 23rd, 2012
12:17 am
vlad paled real well against the bucks mean he got whiter to help win rev?
Being Fair
March 23rd, 2012
12:18 am
I am starting to like all this blogging. That is why I am so proud to be an American I can exercise my first Amendement Right without the fear of being shot at or thrown in jail. Now let’s be real which team has more pressure on them to make it to the ECF? Miami, Chicago, Hawks, Indiana, Phil, Pacers, Orlando…. Knicks- Bucks too close to call. ONLY ONE team CAN win correct? So what about the other seven( that lost in the play-offs) does that mean they sucked or does it mean that the other eight that did not make the post season sucks. Just saying please someone explain… Just seems like ME, I, Yours TRULY as a fan I am never satisfied… Boy! The pressure is on Chicago— Miami
Being Fair
March 23rd, 2012
12:30 am
FALSE again ROD… Not talking about the job and being qualified WOODY wanted LD to have the job/ that is why he was his first assistant. Definition of a first assistant! “Man if I get my butt canned you are my right hand man and I want you to have the first crack at the job and if you do I will be soooooooo happy. News Flash: that is the reason Brian Shaw sat so long with PHil jackson becasue Phil WANTED Shaw to be in a position to get the LAKER job… LD and Woody’s fractured relationship has nothing to do with LD being the Hawks coach… Backdooring, again you would have to ask LD and Woody that!!! P.S How do you define backdooring?
Being Fair
March 23rd, 2012
12:41 am
Hey Doc, I feel you! Jerry Sloan wanted it as well and he had Stockton and Malone! Sometimes it’s luck, talent or how the other teams are playing!!! Go! Hawks
HawkEye
March 23rd, 2012
12:42 am
I will give the Hawks some credit. Being so injury-prone this year and they still are in reasonable reach for the 3rd seed. Philly is losing some now (wonder if that’s why we haven’t seen the misspelling Sixers fan on here lately) and Indiana has dropped some games also (won tonight though). If the Hawks can win some more games and Orlando loses a few, we will be in better position for the 3rd seed.
When Woodson was here, he did not have to deal with this many injuries to key players.
I will also say this, Jamal was a very good role player and bench player (especially when used correctly), but when he struggled, we did not have the depth off the bench to survive if others like Joe, Josh, and Al were off. Jamal was a good player and I would love to have him on this current Hawks team.
doc
March 23rd, 2012
12:48 am
rod when exactly did this “back dooring” start? really when, mid season? did ld go with hat in hand and say to rick, sure i know we are underachieving and if you let me i’ll let you pay me only 25% of what you give to woody and i will be your coach and correct all his wrongs. rod really? when do you fabricate it to have occurred and tell me how someone does this in the nba with 8 owners and a gm to get a consensus?
rod, woody was canned well before ld got an interview. why change history again, in one day?
Rod from College Park
March 23rd, 2012
12:52 am
doc,
Not backing up at all. I know people who know Woody very well. Maybe since you go to every game, you can ask Woody why he and Drew barely speak anymore, and he can explain the chain of events for you.
Grandad
March 23rd, 2012
1:01 am
To whom it may concern:
Occasionally, two coaches (head coach & asst) will have an
agreement or understanding based on loyalty;
that if the head coach is terminated without just cause
the asst coach remains loyal and refuses to apply for the vacant job.
*[This very thing happened to me]
The only problem (my asst forgot about the loyalty part)
which just so happened to be part of the interview when I promoted him.
Loyalty being the singular part of the interview process.
Now, I do not know what happened between LD & Woody ?
However, having coached for over half my adult life,
I have an idea what drives a stake between two coaches.
Loyalty; pure & simple.
doc
March 23rd, 2012
1:04 am
rid, i can explain their relationship by ld back stabbing him in the press and saying he was a lousy coach and would do better and hold people accountable along with design a great offense to take advantage of the players strengths. rod, essentially ld trashed woody in every way when he got the job. that is it and all it. if woody thinks ld worked behind his back to get him fired fine only team performance did him in. the acrimony in it had to do with ld saying he was a better coach. remember he also said woody didnt listen to him, but all this was his way of getting the job and separating himself from woody after woody was let go.
Rod from College Park
March 23rd, 2012
1:08 am
doc,
But I’m sure you and Being Fair are correct. That is the reason why two guys who have known each other for over 30 something years, don’t even mention each others name. LOL
Rod from College Park
March 23rd, 2012
1:10 am
Grandad,
You are on the right track.
doc
March 23rd, 2012
1:10 am
did woody have the same agreement with dantoni to refuse the job rod or gdad? see guys it cant work both ways, woody pissed ld took a job offered to him and then take the job of a lifetime in ny when it was offered to him and think he isnt being hypocritical about it? woody got his job in a way that might have involved even more back stabbing if he undermined dantoni during the season. no i am not saying he did but it cant be said of ld either. woody has not uttered a word about dantoni, class and the high road. ld didnt take the high road, no class. ok?
doc
March 23rd, 2012
1:16 am
no rod, reread what i have said or can we say the same about woody since he inherited a job when someone he worked for was fired, fired two fellow assistants midseason and hire two cronies on. dont play your cat and mouse game rod, answer the question so you can be seen as either consistent or not.
it is a tough world and if woody is angry ld took a head coach job after he was let go then i think less of him, if woody is pissed because of the lack of class ld had and how he denigrated his name, he has a beef. otherwise, woody needed to hit the street with dantoni to show his allegiance to him and come home to his children instead of support them and make a few more bucks before he dies.
doc
March 23rd, 2012
1:18 am
gdad is woody just as disloyal as ld? careful as dantoni hired him and they had an agreement to be head coach and first assistant. be consistent guys.
doc
March 23rd, 2012
1:19 am
so woody is a hypocrite rod for taking the job as ld did?
come on rod answer the question.
Rod from College Park
March 23rd, 2012
1:20 am
doc,
No need for us to argue, I know what the truth is. You can believe whatever you choose to. Woody and Dantoni don’t have a 30 year history either, and remember dantoni resigned, he was not fired or let go.
Rod from College Park
March 23rd, 2012
1:26 am
More than likely this is not doc that I’m talking to. Not enough misspelled words. Good job TS. I’m out.
doc
March 23rd, 2012
1:52 am
no rod it is me just not on my iphone.
proud you noticed.
oh and what happened to woody and bk? the trio from the kings days are done.
they are big boys in a big boy world now. i hope woody is bigger than that though i might take exception to how i was depicted by ld in the press but that is it. if it is more, then i think less of woody and am saddened by what you present, if it is true. woody got his ass fired by the play of his players simple just like dantoni did not ld.
though it was a resignation in ny it wasnt really as he talked about it to the gm and finally all parties with dolans thought it was best to go separate ways when dantoni said he would continue if they wanted him to but he thought that it was not going to work if they werent going to trade melo which is how and what dantoni presented and asked for to start the discussion. melo quit, self admittedly. karl is still grinning over that one. hear the difference in what he said when nene left and what he didnt say about melo?
doc
March 23rd, 2012
2:03 am
well tell me exactly the truth as you know it how ld took woody’s job or is it just he is a bad guy for applying for it at all? is that the rub there? shame on woody for damning like that and holding someone back.
Buddy G
March 23rd, 2012
2:28 am
Rod, if you are willing to put me in contact with your source, I’d like to write about it. Hit me up at bgrizzard at gmail dot com.
doc, the real question is what were Drew’s motivations when he was building relationships with the players as an assistant coach. Was he doing everything in his power to help the team succeed? Or was he building relationships with players and within the organization so that, when Woody failed, he might be looked upon as a solution.
The real question is, when the players quit on Woody during the ORL series, what was Drew telling them? In my most recent feature article for Hoopinion, I compared Drew’s hiring to the hiring of Bob Weiss after the players stopped listening to Mike Fratello. The Weiss hire was a misguided and ultimately disastrous attempt to placate the players rather than hire the most qualified coach. Here’s what I wrote about Drew:
“History repeated itself as a coach with quantifiable success (Mike Woodson, 11 playoff victories) was replaced by a coach with questionable qualifications. Rather than base a coaching hire on a successful track record, the Hawks once again hired the coach the players wanted.”
http://www.hoopinionblog.com/2012/03/comparing-twilight-of-two-hawks-eras-by.html
So was Drew acting as an intermediary between Woodson and the players for the team’s benefit, or his own?
drmaryb.[*_*].
March 23rd, 2012
6:44 am
The Reason to Watch!
“saddened as a true and brave pioneer dies with furman in the same week. who says sports is irrelevant. it is the only real reality show going, everything else is fabrication including politics. nothing else grabs the essence of the moment as sports does and human spirit as well. that is why i love it always and until i am dead and buried.” -doc-
_______________
This is the exact reason I only watch sports on the tube. That and MSNBC. I only watch things that really happened. Which brings me to:
Tim Donoaghy! I’ve racled my brains all season trying to remember this guy’s name. What a tool he was, he tried to single handedly ruin our game with talk of “rigging” the outcomes with bad referees. We conspiracy theorists don’t need much prodding. Does he look like Santorum? Uggh yes he does!
Was that Sautee or Rev from Tampa who dropped that dime? Fine observation. Those are two scary guys, rick and tommy.
O'Brien
March 23rd, 2012
8:24 am
Rod,
Woody and LD were good friends, and now they barely mention each others name. I’m pretty sure that there is a reason for that. I do also know that woody did block LD from leaving his staff..
Woody and BK used to be good friends too, but then BK tried to fire Woody. I wonder 1) if BK and Woody still talk and 2) did BK backdoor Woody too?
SteveW,
I’m not sure why Vinny got the job in the first place. I saw nothing from him in Chicago.
O'Brien
March 23rd, 2012
8:31 am
Melvin,
We have 8 guys on min vet contracts and still paying the luxury tax.
And one guy on a non-lottery pick rookie contract. Terrible asset management.
doc,
Does the Lady Jackets have a chance against Baylor?
Slimjr
March 23rd, 2012
8:59 am
Hawks-Knicks Friday night March 31st!!!!!!!!!!
Larry vs. Woody!
Joe vs. Carmelo!
TNT does know DRAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Slimjr
March 23rd, 2012
9:04 am
check that the 30th!
Slimjr
March 23rd, 2012
9:43 am
Lets say that loyalty was a factor doc as Grandad describes the coaching business then Larry adds fuel to the fire by disparaging Woody in the Media and his to GM behind close doors? Wow…
I think even less of Larry then..Karma is a ___________!
doc
March 23rd, 2012
9:56 am
ob dont really follow women’s college bball, barely follow mens nowadays.
buddy those same questions could be asked of woody right now or any assistant coach anywhere. most are not there to be assistant coaches for the rest of their lives and i imagine they are all going to make themselves available to a job when one opens up if qualified. that was my point.
there is nothing to suggest ld was intentionally working behind the scenes to get the job anymore than he was trying to undermine woody as that would only make his own job more insecure but most assistants are going to want to make themselves to be in the best light to their own head coach or gm at all times and especially if given the opportunity to get the job when a position opens up.why pretend otherwise?
ld was passed over internally by the basg years before woody was canned and afer his own desire to leave the organization after he was offered a lateral move to the kings to be closer to family. probably woody should have helped him leave if he thpught ld was insincere, if not he was insevure in himself to hold onto ld or thought highly of him to keep someone asking to leav. that in itself doesnt fit if woody suspected him of disloyalty, right?
most of us knew it before ld went into interview of how bk had worked behind woody’s back to fire him. i imagine woody knew it, too. did they ever say that ld shouldnt take the job it offered? nor his “sources” if that is the game he is now suggesting once called on his shakesperean conspiracy palace over throw theory. we dont know and i imagine rod doesnt either though he hides behind that reflection, wont say it and only shadily make it a notion. if it is is true by his sources then lay it out there and say it.
honestly, i dont think that is the way it went down with subterfuge though it would make a good story for you as it did shakespeare in his time. i even dont think that once fired woody should have held ld to it nor needed ld to call him up to ask him if it was ok to interview, again this is a big boy world and childish grade school loyalties and blood pacts are beyond the scope here.
by all accounts ld was a dark horse and an afterthought in the process but again i will comment to me it looked classless for him to have denigrated woody as he did to the public once he got the job. we also know ld will say things out loud that some coaches wont and do more coach speak rather than be candid. finally, the criticisms or ld observations thought very pointed and not very complimentary were EXACTLY what the public knew on its own and ld was merely stating them out loud and voicing our own criticisms as well. for that i imagine it would be enough of a deal breaker between to old buds. i hope that is more the rub than the other frank pettiness suggested because again, if woody is pissed ld took his former job ONCE VACATED then that is how many top managers throughout sports and business do it, i am sad for woody. it is called rising to the top woody just as you have in the big apple.
now, i can only hope woody gets to keep the job but will remind him his destiny is to be fired as most head coaches find that to be true, even the best of them. i just wish we had sought to bring here rather than the cheapest, my main gripe in all this other than seeing truth or certainly reason be told.
doc
March 23rd, 2012
10:02 am
buddy/slimj, i guess all of us have to look in the mirror or watch our backs no matter where we are, sad to say. we are big boys now again not grade school playgrounds scratching our wrists. again, if woody is that thin skinned he will be killed in nyc. that is full of cut throats starting with isiah thomas. the basg is child play. shakespeare got a long run on broadway i hear, they loved him there.
doc
March 23rd, 2012
10:05 am
yes o’b, del negro was the fly in the ointment when the paul trade went down as i saw it then. they needed an immediate upgrade as he was way over his head. no way did he have it to put them over the top.
Slimjr
March 23rd, 2012
10:17 am
yes doc, we do have to watch our back.
Woody better put on full body armor! New York City is a cesspool of grossness…
There’s is something about Larry? Hmmmmmmmmmm.. Cant put a finger on it?
doc
March 23rd, 2012
10:26 am
i put it there were certain things that struck me as having no grace or being classless in his comments about woody. bt hey these are guys who made their way in a very competitive sport off tough playgrounds and are bon to win by whatever means possible. this aint sunday school. it is the american christian capitalistic way. yup i still dont know how chritianity and capitalism got hooked and linked together but they did.
the moral of this is woody better grow up from how mean and ugly little ole larry was to him if it did indeed go down that way or be slaughtered by isiah and dolans along with new york media. he like lin will be part of a slump then the real woody comes out.
drmaryb.[*_*].
March 23rd, 2012
10:49 am
Mr. Woodson was booted because he had no offensive identity in his schemes – just iso’s. Also, he refused to play and develop/coach Teague in lieu of Bibby.
I doubt if it had anything to do with leisure suit Larry. Larry was only the mouse in the room, nibbling away at the cheese. And, notice – i didn’t say rat.
LOL! It was just time to go for Woodson.
O'Brien
March 23rd, 2012
10:50 am
I hope Woody does well in NYC. And right now, his team is winning (5-0 since he took over), Baron Davis is injured, and Lin is playing well.
But the challenge will be how Woody and the Knicks respond when adversity hits. What happens when they go on a losing streak, or Lin is struggling big time? The media loves the Knicks right now, but they will come down hard on you very quickly too.
Melvin
March 23rd, 2012
10:53 am
doc,
Did you go to sleep yet? get some rest old man… we need you cheering to the top of your lungs when Woody come back to town next… I want you yelling so loud, that Woody eyebrows will fall out…
Oh yeah, don’t be surprise if you see me at that game.
doc
March 23rd, 2012
10:59 am
wonder if the new assistants had to do the blood pact thing with woody that ld had signed up for by rod’s “close friends to the scene’” has accounted for. silly notion among big grown men, sorry. woody has much greater challenges now. there are wharf rats in nyc going for all the cheese, not mice nibbling on cheese in leisure suits, eh dmb?
btw, sorry rod for the typos, turible turible typists, sautee even has it all over me, i am sure.
doc
March 23rd, 2012
11:00 am
melvin hope to be there.