Video: Hawks still implementing new offense

2 for John Drew…Personally, I’m not that interested in adding another free agent vet (Okur, Pietrus, Curry, Jones, etc…), but I am interested in if the Hawks can find a young big-man project to try to develop during the season. There may not be room for Jordan in Memphis…Orton in OKC….or Pittman in Miami. Those are the kind of guys that I’m hoping Ferry is keeping an eye on. Orton has me the most interested as he’s the youngest of the bunch and the Hawks liked him in the 2010 draft. Supposedly after the James for Crawford & #31 trade, we only sold the 31st pick after Orton had already been taken just a couple picks before.

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We have bloggers longing for players who we didn’t draft, surely we can evaluate players who we kicked to the curb.

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Astro Joe 12:26 pm
Good Post.

So basically, despite the “core” being together so long, they never were that tight off the court

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I don’t understand Drew’s position on the SF position. He says he’s going to utilize a SF by committee approach. He mentioned Korver, who scores from outside but doesn’t defend or rebound. He mentioned Stevenson, who defends but doesn’ t rebound or score much. He also mentioned Tolliver, who’s not a SF even though he has the size and height of one.

Then he mentioned Josh, who would require an entire frontline change and weaken our bench at center. He failed to even mention DJames as a consideration, and he’s had the most encouraging camp at the position by far. He would give us more size, athleticism, rebounding, DEF, passing, and hustle at the position than we’ve had in yrs, and wouldn’t disrupt our frontline orweaken our backup center position.

I read an article that mentioned that JSmith wasn’t fundamentally sound as a rebounder. It mentioned how he’s relied almost exclusively on his athleticism and jumping ability to get the job done, and when he loses those attributes he’ll rapidly decline. They felt moving him to SF immediately would be the best move longterm for both he and the team.

He definitely wouldn’t have to work as hard to get position close to the basket or score against most NBA SFs, which could all but eliminate him escaping to the perimeter to avoid so much inside contact. Besides, with us now having 3 potential PGs that can penetrate, dish, and create easier scoring opportunities near the basket, he might be more inclined to take advantage of that by staying closer to the lane.

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Thanks for that report on 92.9 The Game, AJ, I will definitely check it out.

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I know rite, Buddy..I kinda felt sorry for him, just reading his twitts

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This is one of the funniest rosters I’ve seen to date, not funny in a bad way necessarily, but just the emphasis on gaurds, the lack of a true 3, and the thought of how undersized this team really is. The other option to make up for the lack of size is Drew trotting out the ‘big lineup’ with Zaza, Horford, and J.Smith with some kind of combination at gaurds.

It’ll be interesting to see. There’s potential, don’t see the ceiling as high as some others here though.

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“But it is quite a statement to say that when they were together in the same venue, that they went their separate ways. I think that is very telling (and something many of us suspected for the past 5+ years).”

I mentioned many times on the blog that Joe and Josh never really kick it like that. Iv’e been out many times and seen Joe in a booth with his people and Josh in a booth with his people. It’s not really that big a deal though. While Joe makes more money than everyone on the team, there is not much he can do in a club or a restaurant that Josh or Marvin can’t do. So why would they want to be up under him, when they have their own people to take care of.

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I really like the vibe I got after listening to Josh talk about how our new team bonded at a restaurant and a movie and basically how he compared it with the team of old with separation there. I know they are men of there own and dont really have to be all up on each other but then again, that what HELPS makes champions! The connection that LeBron, Wade, and Bosh plus add Chalmers to that crew gives them the necessary chemistry needed to be sucessful. I think with us being somewhat disconnected is what ultimately left us at our ceiling point. The “core” had to be broken up!

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Rod, I’m an old, broke married man who goes home and helps my sons finish their homework every night. So I have no idea what today’s night life scene is like (thank goodness).

I think it is relevant because it is relevant to Josh (or at least he indicated as much on the radio today). I doubt that it is an issue during each and every road trip, but it is at least on his mind like the Bilas comment from 7-8 years ago. If the little brohter feels “unloved” in social settings, it could create an issue between the siblings (especially if the older brother refuses to explain why he prefers to do his own thing). Again, it was an unsolicited comment about off-court chemistry between the current group and the old group. And it was made by one of the team’s captains (from the old group).

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In the work place, any work place, we should all know that
we are happier and more productive in our jobs when we like
and enjoy the company of the people we work with.

One may not run around with these folks every nite,
but an occasional get together is at least fun.

I remember hanging out with my colleagues [teachers]
with whom I shared an office daily.
Just the camaraderie during each day made my job better.

As for coaches:
” coaches coach; so they can hang out with other coaches ”
-Don Meyer- … espy Winner

My point:
if this is true for us regular folk;
it stands to reason , it would be the same for professional teammates.

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