Nets at Atlanta Hawks: Game thread
- Zaza Pachulia (Achilles) and Vladimir Radmanovic (back) are out. Marvin Williams and Ivan Johnson return.
- Larry Drew is starting Jason Collins in place of Zaza. The Nets have Shelden Williams starting at center with Brook Lopez (ankle) out.
- Drew on starting Twin: “He’s been a starter before and he gives us a defensive presence. I like getting him back into the starting lineup. I hate doing it under these conditions but at least he gets back into a rhythm against the starters. Since he’s just getting back I think it will be getting him back with that starting group. I’m excited to see how he responds to it.”
- Zaza says he was worried about his Achilles because it was hurting yesterday but it felt better when he woke up today. He said he plans to make the trip for tomorrow’s game at the Wizards.
- Drew said Vlad Rad shot around at yesterday’s light practice: “He still won’t be available to play. It sounds like the back is getting better. He still will be day-to-day.”
- Ivan’s new baby, born Wednesday, is named Ivan Kaydan Johnson Jr.:“It’s a new start to my life. Hopefully I can get him to where I’m at right now without all the extra journeys. Everybody congratulated me so it made me feel good to be a new pop.”
- ESPN dropped the April 11th Hawks-Celtics game in favor of Knicks at Bucks.
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Slimjr
March 23rd, 2012
8:57 pm
Hey Humphries looks familiar? Does this guy act too?
High-sider
March 23rd, 2012
8:57 pm
Thanks for giving up the and-1, Collins. [dripping with sarcasm, smh]
Najeh Davenpoop
March 23rd, 2012
8:59 pm
The Hawks haven’t looked this selfish on offense for an entire game in a long time. Gotta share the ball more.
Slimjr
March 23rd, 2012
8:59 pm
Sheldon Parker with 7 rebounds? Impressive…
Slimjr
March 23rd, 2012
9:00 pm
Captain kirk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
March 23rd, 2012
9:00 pm
Indiana losing to Phoenix at home. If the Hawks can manage to pull this out they will move into 5th place.
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Pretty sure you or someone else said this same thing 2 nights ago when WAS was beating Indy, and Indy came back and won
Najeh Davenpoop
March 23rd, 2012
9:01 pm
Toronto up 17 on New York after 3. Woodsanity was good while it lasted…
Blast
March 23rd, 2012
9:02 pm
Nique said NJ has no shotblocker, so Josh has to feed where he eats.
He made Josh sound like a freaking Nile crocodile!
TMACfan
March 23rd, 2012
9:02 pm
LMAO Najeh Davenpoop
Joe Wincze
March 23rd, 2012
9:03 pm
Why is Josh shooting Treys!
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
March 23rd, 2012
9:03 pm
I also have a feeling we will lose tomorrow night at Washington.
How would you all describe Blatche, Javale (who obviously was traded), and Cousins? Cousins is better than the other 2, but I think all 3 can be studs if someone would teach them how to play
Najeh Davenpoop
March 23rd, 2012
9:04 pm
Haha, you might be right JeJe.
Harpie
March 23rd, 2012
9:04 pm
Josh Smith is a blooming idiot! Send him somewhere else!
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
March 23rd, 2012
9:04 pm
Josh just doesn’t get it.
Dude shoots jumpshots all day.. Smh
Big Lou
March 23rd, 2012
9:05 pm
Lol @ Cheeseburger Collins
Jay Dubu
March 23rd, 2012
9:05 pm
Collins maybe helping on defense, but when the Hawks have the ball, they’re playing 4 on 5 basketball.
They don’t even look to pass the ball to the big man.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 23rd, 2012
9:05 pm
McGee is much more athletic than Blatche or Cousins, but he has the least offensive game of the three. He probably has the longest way to go to become a go-to offensive option.
Jay Dubu
March 23rd, 2012
9:06 pm
Just as I hit enter, Collins gets the ball and misses the lay up.
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
March 23rd, 2012
9:06 pm
I cannot believe Jason Collins is a rotational player on this team.
WHY DID WE SIGN NO BIGS THIS PAST OFFSEASON, DESPITE THE REQUESTS OF OUR 3 BEST PLAYERS?
ALL WE DID WAS SIGN GUARDS
TMACfan
March 23rd, 2012
9:07 pm
Why are they talking about that Kim Kard chick?
ASG Ponzi Scheme
March 23rd, 2012
9:07 pm
Prayers up for Mikael Pietrus carried off on a stretcher in Bos-Phi game.
Slimjr
March 23rd, 2012
9:07 pm
raptors shooting bricks now..Here come those Knickerbockers! Closed to 10..
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
March 23rd, 2012
9:07 pm
Just watching Blatche play, he is a legit 6″11. Get KG or some a-hole vet next to him for a year, and this kid will be a star in this league.
Slimjr
March 23rd, 2012
9:08 pm
Wheres Chandler..Got to get some stops/blocks
DawgNole
March 23rd, 2012
9:08 pm
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
March 23rd, 2012
8:37 pm
Is it possible just ONE of these games against a severely inferior team, that we can just put them away early?
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Not likely. Just look at the past 45 years if you wonder why.
Slimjr
March 23rd, 2012
9:09 pm
Cmon Knicks! 9:30 left in the 4th!
Jason Collins
March 23rd, 2012
9:09 pm
So Jason Collins gets away (suppossedly) with averaging .290 FG%, .375 FT %, and 0.9 Pts./game because he plays “good” defense. But he doesn’t, he gets beat consistently, he commits fouls when he doesn’t get beat, he commits turnovers whenever he is passed the ball, he commits moving screens all the time, and he is slow. So how does a guy who cant shoot at all, provides no offense, gets beat on defense, is slow, can’t rebound, and commits turnovers and penalties at innoportune times help the team? He doesn’t he hurts the team, and it is not uncommon to see Jason Collins with a +/- of -13 like last game at Cleveland.
DawgNole
March 23rd, 2012
9:10 pm
drmaryb.[*_*].
March 23rd, 2012
8:51 pm
If I was bleeding out the side of my neck, I wouldn’t let Marvin suck me. Just let me die! DNR (do not revive)
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That’s a good one, Doc Mary.
Big Lou
March 23rd, 2012
9:10 pm
drmaryb
Speaking of suck, why does Collins even have a job? WHY!?
Did you check any of those recommendations I gave you yet?
DawgNole
March 23rd, 2012
9:11 pm
Najeh: “Woodsanity was good while it lasted….”
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Not so sure about that–just made the Hawks look stupid for letting him go.
Jason Collins
March 23rd, 2012
9:13 pm
With Jason Collins the Hawks not only play 4 on 5 in their offense, but as bad and slow as he is defensively they are playing 4 on 5 on defense as well. He goes 0- the game on offense, and the only rebounds he gets bounce right to him. He doesn’t know how to fight for a rebound at 7 feet.
ntrigue
March 23rd, 2012
9:14 pm
Why take josh out and leave Joe in
TMACfan
March 23rd, 2012
9:14 pm
Eat that powerbar Kirk lol
Big Lou
March 23rd, 2012
9:15 pm
Teague is an idiot.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 23rd, 2012
9:15 pm
How is that not just a shooting foul?
City Of Atlanta Still Recovering From William Tecumseh Sherman
March 23rd, 2012
9:15 pm
smh
Jay Dubu
March 23rd, 2012
9:15 pm
How are the Nets playing the Hawks this close?
They lost to New Orleans, Cleveland, and Washington @ home the past three games.
Rod from College Park
March 23rd, 2012
9:16 pm
Gerald Green or Marvin Williams?
northcyde
March 23rd, 2012
9:16 pm
smh Teague. What were you thinking about on that foul?
City Of Atlanta Still Recovering From William Tecumseh Sherman
March 23rd, 2012
9:16 pm
hawks always find a way to choke
Jay Dubu
March 23rd, 2012
9:16 pm
Officials blowing a few calls now!!!
DawgNole
March 23rd, 2012
9:17 pm
Now Rathbun’s bleating about the “horrendous schedule” the Hawks have to endure during this 66-game season–as if no other teams are facing the same thing. What a whiner!
City Of Atlanta Still Recovering From William Tecumseh Sherman
March 23rd, 2012
9:17 pm
teague just suck cant defend or make jumpshots
ntrigue
March 23rd, 2012
9:18 pm
No Nique get ready to put josh back in
Big Lou
March 23rd, 2012
9:18 pm
Kirk is such a ball hog.
DawgNole
March 23rd, 2012
9:18 pm
Jay Dubu
March 23rd, 2012
9:15 pm
How are the Nets playing the Hawks this close?
They lost to New Orleans, Cleveland, and Washington @ home the past three games.
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Because they’re the Hawks–and ATL pro team.
TMACfan
March 23rd, 2012
9:18 pm
REFS!! LET THE PLAY!!
DawgNole
March 23rd, 2012
9:19 pm
Make that “an” ATL pro team.
City Of Atlanta Still Recovering From William Tecumseh Sherman
March 23rd, 2012
9:19 pm
wish we had deron williams
Najeh Davenpoop
March 23rd, 2012
9:19 pm
Teague goes out of the game and the Hawks can’t even get the ball in the paint.