Atlanta Hawks: On Josh Smith’s future
Before Josh Smith started his summer vacation, he was asked about the possibility of signing a contract extension with the Hawks.
“I can’t get extended,” Smith said. “They didn’t give me the money; I had to go get it. That’s something I have to play it out and see how it goes from there.”
Two things stand out about that statement. The first is that Smith, who presumably got the info from his agent, is wrong about his contract not being eligible for an extension.
I looked at Larry Coon’s CBA FAQ and could see no reason why Smith is not eligible for an extension. It’s been at least three years since he signed the deal, it’s never been renegotiated and it doesn’t include an opt-in. I checked with Coon and he confirmed the Hawks can extend Smith’s deal (they actually have been able to do so since August).
But the more interesting aspect of Smith’s statement is his allusion to having to “go get” his contract. He’s referring, of course, to the offer sheet he signed with Memphis in 2008, which Atlanta subsequently matched. (The Hawks can thank the Grizzlies for being able to keep Smith with a reasonable deal.)
It bothers Smith he had to create a market for himself to get a satisfactory contract from the Hawks (though at least he didn’t have to leave the country like Josh Childress). Smith’s feelings were amplified when Al Horford got an extension before becoming a restricted free agent. So add that 2008 contract dance to Smith’s list of grievances with the Hawks.
The question now is whether Smith can be persuaded to sign an extension with the Hawks. My educated guess is Smith won’t do it. The Hawks may be able to make Smith feel more appreciated with their public comments, but what can can do about Smith’s main gripe, that they aren’t committed to winning a championship?
It seems unlikely the Hawks will even spend the full mid-level on a free agent. Remember what happened after Smith, Horford and Joe Johnson called on the Hawks to make some major moves during training camp? The Hawks ended up signing an assortment of minimum-salaried free agents, with two of those players on non-guaranteed deals.
Nor do trades look like a very promising way to placate Smith. Any deal that involves sending away Horford could leave as many holes as it covers. If trading Johnson is possible, it almost certainly means taking back another burdensome contract.
Zaza Pachulia and Jeff Teague are assets because they are productive players with reasonable contracts. But those are also good reasons to keep them. As for Marvin Williams, there hasn’t been a market for him for going on three years now.
The irony is that one of the best ways for the Hawks to bring in a major piece is to trade Smith. His production, experience and expiring contract make him an attractive target. So does the sense that he’s still yet to fully reach his potential, though that’s a reality that cuts both ways for the Hawks.
Are the Hawks beyond hoping Smith can become a superstar for them? How much is he worth? If the Hawks don’t think they can persuade Smith to commit beyond next season, do they aggressively try to trade him before the deadline or risk losing him for nothing next summer?
I’m genuinely interested to see how all that plays out. The Hawks have a recent history of overvaluing their own players. Michael Gearon Jr. does have a deep appreciation for Smith, even if Smith doesn’t think Gearon or his partners have done enough to show it.
For his part, Smith deflected questions about his standing trade request, noting that he could be fined for talking about it. But he didn’t sound as if he expects to be traded in the offseason.
“All I know is I have one more year on my contract so I will definitely be here,” he said. “I just have to go into the offseason to better myself and do whatever I have to do to help this ballclub. I was an Atlanta Hawk after the trade deadline and I’m one now, so I have to look at some of the things I can do to help my basketball team win ballgames, especially in the postseason.”
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doc
May 25th, 2012
9:16 pm
DMB we have long wondered among so many why any organization would spend so much for players and soon little for a coach.
doc
May 25th, 2012
9:20 pm
Philly is the answer though we really didn’t interview anyone of the caliber of Collins.
drmaryb.(*_*).
May 25th, 2012
9:25 pm
Matt Chernoff on 680 The Fan, said this evening around 730 PM that D12 is being shopped hard right now. Looks like The Magic are starting a rebuild and, immediately.
I would send the whole team to Orlando to pair Josh with Dwight up – then, just add “pink slime” filler like they do at the Wal-Mart Meat Warehouses.
If you don’t know? Pink slime are floor scrappings gathered up, liquefied and, injected back into the meats to add weight and enhance color. Yum … Yum … Yummie.
Slimjr
May 25th, 2012
9:28 pm
Loyalty? Lack there of…
Are Larry and Woody just exceptions too the rule in sports or is this more common than one is led to believe in the coaching ranks of the NBA and beyond? Hmmmmmm
Slimjr
May 25th, 2012
9:33 pm
agree drmaryb, send them all including the incredible All NBA for D12 in a New York minute!
Build off of the dynamic duo: Josh and D12!
Rev in Tampa
May 25th, 2012
9:38 pm
AJ – I thought the player/agent relationship was all about the kwan
doc
May 25th, 2012
9:45 pm
Slimj you gotta take what is out there . It happens. DH did it, Magic did it, Shaquille did it and it appends every day in business just no reporters there to record it. Woody had a LNG term relationship he would have never changed from his past work with Larry Brown, years bro. Now all of a sudden it comes down to egotiating a contract with his potential boss Dolans who doesn’t like Larry Brown at all and going with who Dolans likes? Now let me think about it? Naw bro.
drmaryb.(*_*).
May 25th, 2012
9:47 pm
HoopsHype
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Peter Stringer: Doc says Avery Bradley will have shoulder surgery today and is done for the playoffs. “It’s disappointing. He’s been terrific this year.” Twitter
Paul Flanner: Keyon Dooling was not at practice. He’s sick. Doc says Stiemsma is feeling better. Twitter
Chad Ford: Fab Melo is in the best shape of his life. His body looks much leaner/tighter. That will be a huge key for him. Twitter
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Magic Drama? Ta Dah!
Brian Schmitz: As Brian Shaw told me a few weeks ago, he’d love to be coach of the Magic and return to his old fishing spots in Orlando Twitter
Van Gundy’s brother Jeff made his feelings clear in an interview with fellow ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith in a radio interview on Thursday. “For him to have been in the office all day and the president — Alex Martins — knows that he’s there, but then lets him and calls him on the phone to fire him? It’s unprofessional. Just unprofessional,” Van Gundy said during the radio interview. SB Nation
“To try to make everyone believe that Dwight Howard didn’t have a part in this is absurd,” Jeff Van Gundy said. “Just say, ‘we fired this guy because we feel this is our best chance to keep Dwight Howard. Dwight Howard and I decided to fire him.’” SB Nation
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Here’s what I got from all this hype: For Brian Shaw to say “Going Fishin’” and, NBA basketball in the same sentence – this time of year, is just Too Much Good Stuff. LOL
Supaficial
May 25th, 2012
9:51 pm
Maybe trade Joe “choke Johnson to Memphis for OJ Mayo for starter
Just a thought
drmaryb.(*_*).
May 25th, 2012
9:53 pm
Loyalty Rewards Card? (Pre-Paid)
“Loyalty? Lack there of…
Are Larry and Woody just exceptions too the rule in sports or is this more common than one is led to believe in the coaching ranks of the NBA and beyond? Hmmmmmm” – Slim-Juice -
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You mean loyal like, Dwight, SVG and, Alex Martins? Hmmmmmm
doc
May 25th, 2012
9:55 pm
AJ and Slimj for your edification:
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-06-04/sports/29636272_1_knicks-fans-isiah-thomas-james-dolan
doc
May 25th, 2012
9:56 pm
Guys a little more?
http://www.vanityfair.com/society/features/2012/01/teddy-forstmann-201201
MajikMan
May 25th, 2012
10:00 pm
Y’all who think that Dwight would even think about signing up with your lame-ass organization are just fools wasting your time on a fantasy. He ain’t walkin’ through that door. Never. He’s dumb, but he ain’t that dumb. He’s goin’ to Brooklyn, if not LA, where all the cash he’ll make off the court will dwarf whatever he does on the court. The ATL is podunk to Dwight.
But y’all just keep on dreamin’ LOL. It truly makes me laugh out loud to read your blog and see all the angst over trying to get Dwight. It’s so laughable, that it’s really not funny, it’s pitiful. And none of you seem to see it. Rave on, you ignorant fools. But he ain’t comin’.
doc
May 25th, 2012
10:00 pm
Com’on slimj I know you love conspiracy theories and this is just one more but it destroys your woody conspiracy against ld.
,no?
OK a little more
http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/329637?print=true
O"Brien
May 25th, 2012
10:16 pm
If you are a Hawks fan, you should not have to put one player down to lift up another player. I like Josh, and I like Al. But I am a Hawks fan first and foremost. Hopefully the ASG can find a trade to improve the Hawks.
That being said, I don’t blame Josh for his feelings towards the ASG. They have done nothing to show they are worthy of a long term commitment, and if I was him, I would not sign an extension.
It will be telling if there are no reports of the ASG wanting offer him an extension.
drmaryb.(*_*).
May 25th, 2012
10:18 pm
Rev in Tampa
kwan? show me the money! lol hey Rev? can you pray for the hawks, the askg, the fans and, the city? God wont listen to us … our prayers never get answered. lol [love ya].
doc
Wassup doc? 1-800-how’s my typing? Survey Answer: your typing is spelling bee worthy, it’s just that damned smart azz QWERTY keyboard that keeps me up at night! lol
Astro Joe
Wassup AJ? i see you still zipping in and outa traffic in the fast lane … clipping bumpers and leaving havoc in the rear view. slow down bruh … you killing the slow people. lol
O’Brien
Wassup Obie? what we gone’ do? how are we gonna’ fix our roster? Answer: get lucky and draft a sleeping super star! find and fund us a bearded James Hardin. lol
KevinM
May 25th, 2012
10:19 pm
You have to offer ORL more than anyone else and even if its for 1 year.
It has to trump the Melo deal the Nuggets got and it has to be one that no other team would consider matching.
We have more pieces to offer than the Nets, that’s for sure.
But if I’m Orlando, I’m asking to see how many #1s a team will give me.
3 + good talent could do the trick. If that’s the case, we can’t trade this year’s #1 because of dumb Sund and his Hinrich infatuation.
O"Brien
May 25th, 2012
10:22 pm
Hawks are 9th in payroll. But yet their coach is one of the lowest paid coaches in the NBA.
BTW, The 10th highest paid player in the NBA (according hoopshype)…none other than Joe Johnson.
O"Brien
May 25th, 2012
10:25 pm
If the Hawks dont resign Ivan, I hope they will go after Reggie Evans. He has his limitations on offense, but he gives max effort, and will go after every rebound.
DMB,
It pains me to say it, but I think ASG will bring all the core players back, and sign mostly vet min players to round out the team. Gearon will say injuries are what derailed our season.
And if Sund decides to leave, I think they will promote Pendergraft from within.
Slimjr
May 25th, 2012
10:31 pm
I hear you doc! lol!
Looks like your onto something with this C.A.A. company? They are playing for keeps? Woody just became a “company man”! lol!
I wonder if the Chief Gangster owns shares in this company? Hmmmmmm
Slimjr
May 25th, 2012
10:37 pm
Hey doc, do you realize this maybe one of the most important weekends in Hawks History?
Why you ask? Rick Sund will decide over his grill whether he stays on board as acting GM or catch Greyhound…. We Hawks fans are holding our breath with anticipation! lol!
Slimjr
May 25th, 2012
10:41 pm
KevinM, maybe the Hawks can offer Orlando next years #1 is they have one to offer?
Slimjr
May 25th, 2012
10:41 pm
[if]^^^
LakeDawg
May 25th, 2012
10:43 pm
Trading Josh would be a Smooove move. I had to laugh about JJ saying the Hawks needed to make a big off season aquisition. Hell, JJ’s contract has sucked up all of the money. Is JJ willing to renegotiate? Didn’t think so. The Hawks are irrelevant.
jj
May 25th, 2012
10:44 pm
Is it possible for Joe to renew his contract and give The Boyzs upstairs some wiggle room to help him,JJ,win before time is over for this group.Joe must be willing to by into the fact that he ain’t The Man,but a part of something that could be good,ala The Celts.As Sugar Ray said,Sund put together a heck of a supporting cast that injuries to Zaza,Holford,and Coach Drew refused to use as season wore on.I really liked this Team when they broke camp.I hope Joe wake up and see what can be before it is too late!Oh yeah,if Josh don’t want to extend,trade him before we end up like Dwight’s Team!Go Hawks and we were so close this year.
TMACfan
May 25th, 2012
10:54 pm
Someone said that with the new CBA, contract negotiations can’t be done. Looks like Joe will be making 88 million.
MC/anyone, is there any truth to this?
doc
May 25th, 2012
11:01 pm
Slimj just keeping it real, no agenda beyond that. These guys believe in their agents more so than their wives if they are smart enough to realize it is a barracuda world they live in. Just because Woody is a coach doesn’t make him smarter unless he knows which card to play to get ahead. Woody was smart enough to survive BK for a few dollars more, now he dumps his long lived companion agent to get a job with Dolan and says uh no the CAA relationship to Dolan had nothing to do about it. After trying to play the card he played with LD, don’t fly in my book slimj just don’t. again agents and these guys go way back as they have to have a real trust beyond marriage and that is where I differ to AJ.
It isn’t about the coaches who come and go and the guys they play with who do the same and it certainly doesnt come with the gm’s and owners as that harkerns back to the dark ages where these guys had no recourse except to follow. Woody went where he knew his bread was buttered and for him to say otherwise is ludicrous and I’ll call him on it especially how he tried to play mind games before and after he left. Ok I’ll say it, jeff was one of his victims with the mind games among others including Zaza.
doc
May 25th, 2012
11:08 pm
Lol at rev.
DMV still here on an iPad with self correct as long as I can stand its mistakes.
O’b with ya bro
Slimj no big upheaval same ole same ole. Only pendergrafts wife cares about this decision. New drapes bro. I don’t think these guys get agents as they are on management side, just head hunters. Heh heh, keepin it real, surprised AJ got caught flat footed on this one. He was going the loyaly route and he knows better than anybody ….. Follow the money! Right AJ?
drmaryb.(*_*).
May 25th, 2012
11:19 pm
Loyalty in Check!
The words loyalty and agents should never be used in the same sentence. Your agent is not a personal relationship, it is a business relationship. An agent, is essence is a lawyer. Sports Agents are Sports Agents for one reason – Get Money! They can buy friends.
Lawyer is synonymous with Lie-awyer. IMO, agents are paid a commission fee to protect their clients interest and, that is where it ends. If you have had the same agent for twenty years, then that is twenty years too long. Surely, you don’t take family vacations with your agent. Nor, do they come to your house for sleep-overs and, Thanksgiving dinners.
Some agents steal their clients money, (see Don King stealing from Mike Tyson) some agents will fk your wife, some agents will smile in your face and, stab you in your back with off color jokes when you’re not around. Some agents will sign you to bad deals because, either way their money comes off the top.
Bottom line is this, I wouldn’t trust a pariah (flesh eating) lawyer, (not for one minute) especially if his lips are moving. If Dolan told me to fire my agent and hire CAA to close a deal? That deal would be closed in a NY second.
Conversely, Mr. Drew was a personal relationship – in that they lied in the same bed, drank from the same cup and ate from the same table. A Ride or Die relationship, that puts you in a fox hole and, that cohort has to have your back at all times – because your livelihood depends on it.
Would you go to war with a back stabber? Now, I’m not saying that is what happened because, quite frankly I wasn’t there and I don’t know. I’m just saying. Hiring a lawyer is the equivalent of shopping for shoes in a Jewish shoe shop. Take your pick, they’re all over priced, if it gives you a corn – give the old shoes to Goodwill and, buy a new pair – get to steppin’.
Get Real
May 25th, 2012
11:21 pm
Someone please take the time to explain. Please.
What is the origin of the obsession with the term “All-Star” with many of you ?
From my (seemingly) logical perspective, the “All Star” GAME is nothing more than a poorly played exhibition game featuring players picked based on personal opinions (and worse). It seems to have no connection with legitimate basketball and I’m actually amazed that anyboby even bothers to watch it.
Just to satisfy this idiot’s curiosty, please tell me why many of you constantly throw-out participation in such a meaningless event as a credential or bully-point when you are expressing your opinions or carrying on your debates.
Please, some of you who have written this term “All-Star” many times over the last 24 hours enlighten the uneducated amongst us as to your logic.
KevinM
May 25th, 2012
11:25 pm
MC tells you that ASG overvalues our players. That’s why the odds aren’t high we move any of the core.
I predict Sund will re up and continue his watch as we try to match our 5th seed. We’ll justify it and all involved go home satisfied.
chuck
May 25th, 2012
11:32 pm
Smith is the man out because the best two players on the team by far are both PF and neither should be playing anywhere near big minutes at another position. Playing Horford out of position at C isn’t fair to him Smith is a terrible shooter and playing the 3 encourages him to take bad shots. . What could we expect to receive for Josh Smith? We need to hopefully get a small forward and a legitimate center thru a trade for Josh and the draft. Play Marvin off the bench.
Slimjr
May 25th, 2012
11:35 pm
drmaryb bringing the “16 inch guns”[ reference to the movie battleship] tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
doc
May 25th, 2012
11:36 pm
DMB these guys stay longer with agents than wives, teammates, coaches or teams in some caes. If you find a good one you don’t go shopping for another unless you can get an easier deal like woody did. Read some of the articles.
Get Real
May 25th, 2012
11:38 pm
On another note:
Yes, it appears that Hawks management is only interested in competing with their own self, as opposed to competing with the NBA as a whole.
To hear them (management) tell it, you’d think they were sitting in their room playing a video game and celebrating when they scored a little higher than they did last night.
Everything that rolls off of their collective toungue’s supports this opinion.
Get Real
May 25th, 2012
11:43 pm
@MC:
How is it that Chic Hearn and Jonny Most (among many others) managed to cover and travel to virtually every game their teams played, when they well into their 80’s, when they were still traveling commercial ————- and yet you seem to miss an inordinate amount of time?
Not judging. Just curious. And agreed, not necessarilly any of my business, if that’s the route you choose to take this.
drmaryb.(*_*).
May 25th, 2012
11:46 pm
Got Milk?
“Is it possible for Joe to renew his contract and give The Boyzs upstairs some wiggle room to help him,JJ,win before time is over for this group.” – jj -
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It is not Mr. Johnson’s responsibility to pay his teammates salary. He is employee #2, not the owner of a NBA Franchise.
Based on that flawed logic, I guess Joe should fuel the jets, pay the Arena electric bills, buy scoreboards, purchase team uniforms, pay the ushers and collect all the TV revenue, BRI, hire the GM, coaches and equipment managers too.
Would you go to your job on Monday and, tell your boss, “I need help on the assembly line, can you hire three extra hands and just take it out my pay check?”
If so, YOUR’E HIRED … You Big Dummie!
A better scenario would be to tell the ASKG to: adjust heir incomes, move into smaller houses, eat less steak and caviar, take fewer international vacations, put their brats in public schools, tell the house wives to get a job & pull their own weight, close down that RED Restaurant, turn in those Mercedes for a F-150 or, better yet:
SELL THEIR DAMNED TEAM TO SOMEONE WHO CAN AFFORD TO PUT A WINNING PRODUCT ON THE FKG FLOOR!!!
Najeh Davenpoop
May 25th, 2012
11:50 pm
“But none of this happens because Josh and Joe love to break the play via isolations and take bad shots… it looks bad to viewers, which is why people clown them and Hawks attendance because no one wants to watch ugly selfish brick filled offense.”
In Josh’s case, I think he breaks plays via isolations not so much because he wants to but because when he goes up against bigger defenders who are smart, they force him to go to his right hand, which might as well be a prosthesis. No argument that he absolutely has to develop his off hand better.
Najeh Davenpoop
May 25th, 2012
11:53 pm
“But it’s obvious that the Hawks’ biggest weakness has always been shot selection on offense, and with him as the #1 option this season, the glaring holes grew even more and the team made an earlier exit in the playoffs.”
The Hawks’ biggest weakness is a lack of a true #1 option on offense. Without that, we can talk until we are blue in the face about shot selection and ball movement but they are still not going to score consistently against elite defenses.
I would also say this year’s Celtics are a significantly better team than the 2009 Heat, 2010 Bucks, or 2011 Magic.
michael
May 25th, 2012
11:59 pm
josh smith stays. joe johnson and marvin go. bring back crawford. trade up in draft. trade for anthony morrow (gt) lose the fat on the bench and draft early to train them for three years out. keep t. grady, though.
doc
May 26th, 2012
12:02 am
Gee Najeh, ya think?
SOUTH GA BOY IN THE ATL
May 26th, 2012
12:03 am
IM SO SICK OF HEARING PLAYERS WHO MAKE 12 MIL/YR, AND WILL MAKE NORTH OF 100 MIL IN HIS CAREER, COMPLAIN ABOUT A LACK OF RESPECT. GIVE ME A BREAK. I DONT BEGRUDGE JOSH HIS MONEY. HE AND THE OTHER PLAYERS ARE THE SHOW AND THEY DESERVE TO GET THE BIG MONEY. BUT SHUT YOUR YAP ABOUT ‘DIS’ RESPECT. JOSH IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A GUY WHO IS WEAK MINDED AND PLAYS WITH A LOT MORE MOUTH AND WHINNING THAN HEART. SIR CHARLES BARKLEY HAS THIS BUNCH PEGGED. YES OWNERSHIP STINK AND YES THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR A GOOD COACH AND YES I WISH THE ASG WOULD SELL THE TEAM. HOWEVER, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH “THE CORE” OF PLAYERS, AL & TEAGUE NOT INCLUDED, WHO PLAY ‘STUPID’ AND WITH NO HEART. PLEASE, ASG, TRADE JOSH WHILE WE CAN GET SOMETHING FOR HIM. HE’S WORHTLESS IN ATL AND HE’S GOING TO WALK IF GIVEN THE CHANCE, BECAUSE “HE DONT GET HIS RESPECT.’
jj
May 26th, 2012
12:07 am
No one asking Joe to do anything but renew and stterch it out so The Boyz will have more to offer someone else right now.He will still get his Mony,just paid out over more yrs.I don’t know if he can,but if it is possible,I hope he give it some thought.Hey,this Team ain’t that bad and if not for some bad luck they could possibly be playing now.
drmaryb.(*_*).
May 26th, 2012
12:16 am
Tom Foolery!
“DMB these guys stay longer with agents than wives, teammates, coaches or teams in some caes.” -doc-
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If this is true, then that says more about the man than it does the agent. If, you love your agent more than your wife, then you must be fkg him. As far as teammates, coaches, and teams … What does that have to do with anything? The player has no control over any of that stuff – unless your’e Dwight Howard.
In life, you control the things you can and, accept the things you can’t. Know the limits of your power and, focus on the prize.
drmaryb.(*_*).
May 26th, 2012
12:19 am
Sleep Tight!
jj … didn’t I already give you a bath, put you in a onsie, read you a night time story and, put you to bed?
What are you still doing up?
drmaryb.(*_*).
May 26th, 2012
12:19 am
* … put you in a onesie …
Najeh Davenpoop
May 26th, 2012
12:25 am
doc, you are scaring me with all these capital letters.
drmaryb.(*_*).
May 26th, 2012
12:29 am
Big Momma’s House!
“drmaryb bringing the “16 inch guns”[ reference to the movie battleship] tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” – Slim-Juice -
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SlimJr baby, I’m just going from room to room and, taking out the trash. This blog is overdue for some spring cleaning. I’m trying to put these kids to bed, it’s past their bed time and, they’re dippin’ into grown folks conversations.
They gone’ think I invented basketball. Big Mamma is in the hauz!!! LOL
All jokes aside, I’m just having fun on here tonight. It’s been a long season and a long hard week at work. I had one heart attack, three ACl’s and, a torn calf muscle this month on my Atlanta Xplosion Pro Football team. oooweee!
SOUTH GA BOY IN THE ATL
May 26th, 2012
12:37 am
But Najeh, why is “shot selection” their biggest weakness on offense. Its because they are weak minded, wont take direction from coaching, and fold their tent if faced with a little adversity. That’s a lack of heart that has nothing to do with “shot selection.”
drmaryb.(*_*).
May 26th, 2012
12:43 am
Organic Growth!
O’Bie, I think you are right about the master plan. Who do you wan to see drafted? I like Andrew Nicholson. I saw his you tube highlights, (I know those can be misleading) but, this kid has moves like Mick Jagger.
A variety of low post moves, back to the basket, post ups, unbelievable foot work, face up game from mid-range, long range shooter, pump fake, can put it on the floor and drive to the basket. The only move I did not see was a hook shot. He got nice handles.
Andrew Nicholson is very heady, always in attack mode and, can do whatever he wants. I think he is a 6′9″ PF/C in college but, I would play him at SF in the NBA. He has the build of a Kevin Durant, didn’t see any Pop-Eye muscles but, he got serious, serious game. A definite #1 option on this team if, the coach will let him shine. NBA Draft has him projected @ #23 to the Hawks, but I doubt if he lasts that long. We should move up to #17.
I would take a PG with that 2nd pick. Any thought O’Bie? I love your opinions and delivery style of those opinions. I’m so glad you blog here, I always look forward to all your stuff – it’s like a cup of coffee in the morning. lol