Hawks handle Kings … again

Okay, not much of an article, but okay. Good win, but I can tell you Mr. Teague is not in the Hawks plans for next season. The Hawks starting guard is going to be Lou Williams.

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The Hawks needed a win and they got one, congratulations.

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Great coverage of a home team. Great article at 4:00 in the morning.

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The Good
Good ball movement looked real crisp and Kyle Korver is starting to make a believer out of Hawk fans. He only missed 2 shots, (one very easy layup), went 5-5 on 3 pt shots, and even had a two hand dunk! Horford was more assertive as he had more shots than Smith and finished with 20-10. In only 19 minutes, Teague took 10 shots – missing only 3 and finished with 15 points. Josh took a lot of shots in the paint, and some just rolled out, but overall had a real good game. Lou looked very assertive and his shot was butter. The best of the best, ANTHONY TOLLIVER WAS A DNP!!!

The Bad
The defense was very suspect as the Kings outscored the Hawks 34-24 in the second quarter. The Kings just out hustled the Hawks and Aaron Brooks went on a 3 pt barrage. John Salmons looked like he did with the Bucks as he hurt the Hawks inside and outside. Devin Harris in 13 minutes missed both shots, had a turnover, and it looked like streetball at the highest degree.

The Ugly
Jeff Teague scored 13 of the Hawks first 25 points. Kyle Korver added 6. The first two subs, you guessed it Lou and Harris for Teague and Korver. Teague does not return until 5:43 left in the second and his last bucket of the night comes as a buzzer beater to end the half. Although leading the team in scoring at halftime, Teague plays the first 4:25 of the third quarter and does not see the court again. The treatment of Jeff Teague is regrettably the worst travesty of all players.

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The HAWKS won last night and that was a good thing. The “Smoove”, was 9-17 and that is a bad thing, he shot over 50% and will be launching from the moon now. Yes, he had a decent game, one that most fans would like to see on a regular basis minus the outside shots. Al was a lil beasty and I hope that continues.
JT is playing with more confidence and seemingly beginning to take control.
Kyle Korver is happy and this could poissibly be the best basketball hes played in his career, the upside looks good for him with the confidence expanding every game. IVAN is going to be a factor in the HAWKS future and Lou is here to stay. Orlando is coming up and if the HAWKS can tighten up on the defense and the “Smoove”can control that dumb stuff then the HAWKS will really be a fun group to watch.

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This Teague thing is frustrating, LD says we need Teague to be aggressive, and when he is plus his shots are going in, he’s yanked. Has there ever been a mutiny in pro basketball ? ….. now would be a good time ….. oh I’m sorry we won didn’t we …… just frustrated w/ LD

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Somebody needs to explain to explain why the poor treatment of HT continues to go on. The turnover have nothing to do with benching him. He hasn’t. Had many TO this season. I can see why the way he is treated can certainly affect his game. It seems that LD doesn’t want him to a scoring pg. iIt seems thatLd doesn’t want him on this team & he only plays him because he has to. I am finding it hard to stay a hawk fan even tho I have been one since th seventies.

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AJ – the TO stat is almost as stupid as interceptions. Sometimes receivers fumble perfectly good passes, but the QB is at fault. I am sure at least 3 TO’s were from other people (at least 2 from ZaZa). That was the second straight 4th quarter our starting PG did not play.

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Updated: 11:05 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 | Posted: 4:29 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012

Ex-basketball star Chamique Holdsclaw released from jail

By Joel Provano

Former basketball star Chamique Holdsclaw was released from jail Friday night after being arrested for a dispute with a woman that allegedly turned violent, Channel 2 Action News reported.

In a 911 call about the incident released by Atlanta police Friday, the unidentified caller said Holdsclaw tried to destroy her friend’s Range Rover. “She’s been threatening me and my best friend, and I don’t know why,” the caller told the dispatcher. Fulton County Magistrate Judge Roy Roberts set Holdsclaw’s bond at $100,000 at a first appearance hearing Friday morning at the Fulton County jail. Roberts ordered Holdsclaw to wear an ankle monitor as a condition of bail.

Holdsclaw, 35, of Smyrna, surrendered to police Thursday and was booked into the Fulton County jail shortly before 9 p.m., according to jail records. She was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of criminal damage to property and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

Jennifer Lacy, 29, who described herself as Holdsclaw’s former girlfriend, told police she was working out at a church on Ponce de Leon Avenue on Tuesday when Holdsclaw approached her and said she wanted to put some items in Lacy’s car.

According to an incident report obtained by Channel 2 Action News, as Lacy drove from the church she smelled gasoline inside her vehicle and noticed that Holdsclaw was following her.
Lacy said she drove to a friend’s house on Hemphill Avenue, at which time Holdsclaw got out of her car with a baseball bat and began smashing the windows in Lacy’s Range Rover, the report said.

After breaking the driver’s side window, a rear passenger’s window and the rear window, Holdsclaw produced a handgun, fired inside the SUV and fled the scene, the report said.
Police said they later recovered a 9mm shell casing at the scene. Lacy was not injured, police said.

Holdsclaw played 12 seasons in the WNBA, including one year with the Atlanta Dream, in 2009. Lacy plays for the Tulsa Shock of the WNBA and played for the Dream in 2008 and 2009.
Holdsclaw was the No. 1 selection in the 1999 draft after a four-year career at Tennessee, where she led the Lady Vols to three consecutive national championships. She last played for the San Antonio Silver Stars, in 2010.

In her autobiography, “Breaking Through: Beating The Odds Shot After Shot,” Holdsclaw describes her childhood in the housing projects of Queens, N.Y., and her battle with depression early in her professional career.

She currently serves as a spokeswoman for Active Minds, an organization “dedicated to empowering students to speak openly about mental health in order to educate others and increase help seeking,” according to the group’s website.

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- drmaryb – The Entertainment Reporter

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That fool going to jail! SMH … She may have walked, up until the point in time when she pulled “that GAT” and, fired inside the vehicle. The weapons charge alone is – what? (15 years mandatory sentencing?). add that, to the two counts of aggravated assault and criminal damage to property. THINK CHAMIQUE! You just threw your whole life away, in what? 15 minutes?

Hey Chamique! call your boy, Javaris Crittendon and, see if yawl can negotiate a Co-Ed Prison Facility. Perhaps, yawl can wager cigarettes for toilet paper in some pick-up games?

(side note: You know you got a ghetto name, when you can’t find it on a spell-check – LOL!)

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MVT!!!

Hey LD!

Play JT0 Mother-Sucker!

Develop your PG of The Future – You Idiot!

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Korver is lights out man, I thought he would be just another role player off the bench but he’s giving us nearly the same production as JJ from last yr but he does it taking less shots which promotes better ball movement. Look at how JJ’s numbers are falling i Brooklyn………Avery Johnson dont play that – U wont dribble the shot clock out in NJ ….WE need a got D__ coach woody and LD basicly let Jj do what he wanted ala josh….no real structure etc……

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DrMaryb- You know that entire incident was because her ex lover was seeing sumone else SMH. These lesbians are a mess-just let the woman go there are plenty of others in this city.Now she going to jail for being stupid.Why discharge your weapon in public, She would hv been better off setting the car on fire or something now she may be fcing attempted murder- In the words of Fred G Sanford ” You Big Dummy”

I forgot about Critt- How much time did he get

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promote Duane Ferrell to hc

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Every time Drew benches Teague, Teague always changes his game.It’s like Drew benches him and makes him change his game because Teague is almost always first to be benched.

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This problem will not go away it needs to be resolved as it hurts the team.

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Astro,

I can’t help but noticed you are the only one willing to justify LD decision not to play Teague extended mins. It kind of makes me wonder if you watched the game last night old friend. Boxscores does not tell the entire story…

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Didn’t see this game last night, but LD has always beena Thorn in Teague’s side possibly a lot of other people.

When you think about it probably the same reason T-mac didn’t get along with the guy, and also it takes LD too long to realize that hey I got 9-5 Ivan Johnson on my bench for some damn toughness man C’MON MAN.

Still we 4-4 on the season again my prediction for the season no less than 40 no more than 46-48.

Looking at 6th or 5th seed.

Is this bad heck naw I’m a bigger fan now that two contracts are out of the way, but I do realize unless I see this team truly dominate or be consistent good then I’ll probably change my prediction.

Plus not only that the future is bright.

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Do Woody and LD have something against Teague ? SMH

Woody and LD are brothers, JUST DAM

BIG DOG IN THE HOUSE

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conspiracy theory – maybe ‘they’ don’t want to inflate Teague’s numbers in an effort to not have to pay him much when the time comes. Jrue Holiday and Ty Lawson, Jeremy Lin just got paid for being b+ pg’s

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LD was the same coach that started Bibby and Hinrich over Teague. Teague became the starter after Hinrich got hurt.

FIRE LD

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I guess player development is giving a player 32-36 minutes/game and handing him a greeting card at the end of the game with some friendly pointers for how to improve in the next game when the player gets 32-36 minutes of playing time. Because we all know, players don’t get coaching outside of the actual basketball game.

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LD never wanted Teague to start.

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Horford doesn’t know how to box out but LD never benches him.

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Yea, it’s clear that Woody Jr. doesn’t want to play Teague. He feels forced to start him, because he probably is being forced to start him, but looks for every possible excuse to bench him. Which leads JT to always be playing looking over his shoulder.

Beyond JT, Woody Jr made one substitution in the 4th quarter outside of the final minutes where the game was in hand where he finally lets Jenkins play a little. That’s pathetic. Yes, the Hawks won, over a terrible team. Winning this game does not excuse Woody Jr from his pathetic rotations and evidently personally motivated benchings of players that he doesn’t like.

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Astro instead of LD benching Bibby and starting Teague we traded Bibby, JC2, and a first round pick for Hinrich and Hilton Armstrong.

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I thought Teager was responsible for Brooks 3pt barrage late in the second quarter…

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AJ,

Only thing an NBA head coach has to use as leverage is playing time. How else would you address a TO every 4 minutes from your PG?.

So do you disregard the fact that your PG is also shooting 70% from the field?

We all can agree that LD hardly limits minutes for Josh, Al, Jamal (almost any other player) when they are playing terribly (and we have seen all those guys with 5+ turnovers). And although Teague had all those turnovers, he was your leading scorer, and it’s not like he was having a terrible game. He is still learning how to be aggressive and take care of the ball, and get others involved.

Plus if you look at the turnovers, I think they were mostly from him driving trying to get off a shot (ball slapped away), or trying to force the issue on the break (turnovers which you have said is not as bad if its from trying to play fast).

If Teague is your starting PG, I don’t see why LD can’t give him more minutes to see if he will play through it.

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I’m talking about last night’s game… not the entirety of Teague’s career.

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OB, what did it cost us last night? And doesn’t LD get criticsm for always focusing on scoring over other important aspects of the game? So FG% trumps TOs for a PG?

LD inserted Lou and he did a tremendous job running the point in the second half. Al got his touches, Josh got his touches, Korver stayed hot, the offense was cooking, TOs were low, the team won on the road comfortably… but LD gets the heat for not playing Teague after 5 TOs in 19 minutes. SMDH.

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AJ, if it is all about player development, why did he miss the 4th quarter in the last game? The man had 15 points in the first half. After about 5 games, JT0 was leading the team in scoring and assist. Since his time has consistanly be getting cut. I really believe they want to keep his nimbers down so he will not sign a big contract.

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ag, Teager also allowed a few 3-pointers from Brooks (if I remember correctly it was 3 or 4). And this amounts to 9-12 points given away. The main problem of Teage is lack of concentration. In some moments he plays as a great star, but sometimes (less often lately) he is like a scrub. So he has to learn to be consistent all the time he is on the floor…

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sameba,

It is hard for a young guy to be consistent and learn when the coach hates him. Drew is constantly telling one thing and showing the other thing. He says he want Teague to attack, but when Teague does great at attacking he is the first one to be benched and comes out with a pass first type of play. Tell me why that is? Drew is mentally telling Teague that he wants him to change. Just about every game this season was that way. You can’t learn if the teacher “coach” is horrible and has no clue what he is doing.

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MattP:

Do you say that it is incorrect not to play Teague? So do I. Please read my post of 1:03 pm…

The point I was stressing was that one should not overrate (as well as underrate) any players contribution. E.g., it was Teague’s responsibility that at the end of the second quarter Brook hit several 3-pointers which resulted in Hawks loosing their lead. Therefore, I think it was a right decision (also taking into account 5 TO’s) to bench Teague at that moment. However, I repeat, he should definitely play in the second half.

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Zaza starting at Center make this team better, he control the paint not letting teams dominate the boards like usual.

BIG DOG IN THE HOUSE

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sameba,

When I was taking about benching early was about him getting benched in the first. He only have 1 turnover, 6-7 shooting, 13 points. Every time Drew takes out Teague early in the first he almost always changes the way he plays. Also, not all the turnovers when he was brought back in were his fault. Do you think Brooks would not have made those 3s if someone else was guarding him? When someone is fast and shooting hot it is hard to stop them. If I am correct the thing that stopped Brooks was his Technical.

We are looking at to different pictures here, I am looking at the start of the game and you are looking at the 2nd half and on. But Like I said, the biggest problem with Teague’s inconsistency is Drew playing games with him. And Yes, Teague should have seen time in the 2nd half, would have been a good idea to try a Teague/Williams back court the 2nd half.

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“Teager also allowed a few 3-pointers from Brooks”

Our frontcourt allowed 19 & 10 to Jason Thompson….except I didn’t see Horford or Josh riding the pine for the last quarter and a half.

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The hawks do well against teams with weak centers or powerforwards masquerading as centers. Wins like this is a yarn for me. How boring. so you can beat another team that is weak at center. Gee….great.

Do that consistently against teams that have a center while leaving Josh at powerforward and get a real center to handle the post and I will be more excited.

This really is more of the Same old Bul l crap.

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Rusty, as tempted as I may be, I would never call someone a fool who criticizes a head coach after a team win (which I think is the objective) nor for fans who make little attempt to understand the head coach of their basketball team. Feel free to continue to scream at the sunshine after victories. And let me know how that works out for you.

Here’s a prediction, Teague won’t have anymore 5 TO games between nw and the ASG.

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Astro Joe I guess you don’t think that LD cost us a victory against the celts in the playoffs last season

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Teague missing the 4th quarter wasn’t a huge deal, because Lou was playing well. Teague getting pulled 8 minutes into the game when he was carrying the offense was idiotic. He should have played the entire first quarter.

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Rusty, LD is not a very good coach. At the same time, not every decision he makes is a bad decision. Not everu substitution is illogical and not every play call debateable. IMO, a TO every 4 minutes from your PG needs to be addressed m(immediately).

Regarding the Boston series, I am too old to remember the details of his coaching. It wouldn’t surprise me if he made some boneheaded decisions. At the same time, I never for a moment believed the Hawks were going to win that series.

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The Will to Win!

The difference between Josh and Pau, besides the obvious age gap, is that Josh is hungry to win a championship versus Pau has already won a few. Fire and Desire is one intangible that I would hesitate to part with.

See Lamar Odom, who was forced in a trade to the reigning champions of Dallas and, just simply laid down like heart broken biatch. I say NO to Pau. Re-sign Josh!

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No one wants Josh to go. No one wants to see Josh get max money either.

Regards

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The new CBA rules strongly discourage any player who wants and will get a 5 year deal from leaving the incumbent team. Not only are the raises with the new team smaller but the new team can only offer a 4 year contract. IMO, it is the player who needs to make sure that he does what is needed to get that 5 year deal from his current team… it is his one path to a 5-year and more lucrative deal.

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It wasn’t teague’s turnovers, it was his defense. He let brooks get hot and he wasn’t stopping the ball, he scored but he didn’t defend.

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I want to know what happened to all the “Lou can’t play point guard” posters.

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“Can someone explain what all this means?”

Sameba, it means Josh wants to be here. He lives in L.A. in the offseason but he wants to play basketball and be successful in Atlanta. By getting rid of Joe’s contract, it clears the way for Josh to be the highest-paid player and centerpiece of the team. Instead of building around Joe, Danny Ferry decided to build around Josh. Josh likes that. If Kyler is correct, Smoove will be here for a long time. He doesn’t want to go out like Dominique.

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Buddy Grizzard,

I did not know what words “and management has sold” meant. I thought they wanted to trade him. Thanks for your explanation.

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“I can’t wait until we have a REAL coach. One that will take Teague to task, but also put him through the fire.” – Idiot

If we wait too much longer it’ll be time for teague to retire,

When does teague take responsibility for his own game? You know… man up? It not all those coaches fault teague is a scrub. Its not his teammates fault teague is a scrub. Hell its not even Rays fault teague is a scrub. Its teagues fault. he has had enough playing time and hes been ballin all his life. At this point he is what he is … a brain fart.

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The problem is Teague’s weaknesses are magnified and others are not. LD is quick to call out Teague but never calls out Horford or Josh Smith. Hell Smoove is still jacking up long jumpers and not passing to the guards on the break but LD ain’t trippin over it.

Just like I said Teague saved LD’s azz last year. He raised his level of play at the point guard position and was one of the main reasons we got a number 4 seed last year.

LD needs to start appreciating what Teague brings to the table because next year he might be gone.

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We need to be trying to figure out a way to get something for Al and Teague while they have some value. Baby sitting days are over.

Al horford is a Coach Killer.

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Astro joe are you really LD. You seem to have his smarts.

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Petro making more money than Teague. Dam shame.

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LD is not consistent when it comes to accountability. Josh is allowed to do what he wants and is never pulled. Horford was getting worked defensively by Thompson and he wasn’t pulled. So why was Teague pulled for 2 bad defensive assignments. And as much as I like Hordord dude hasn’t been that good defensively this year. When Lou was turning the ball over in Golden State and the offense was stagnant with him at point why wasn’t he pulled? It almost seems like Teague has to play perfect. Its no reason why this dude should be playing under 30 minutes a game. All players should be held accountable not just one.

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Jamal Crawford makin’ all kinds of crazy shots.

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Pretty major beat down by the Clips.

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Buddy Grizzard,

I have a special request and/or suggestion. Please write an article on your “rep atl” blog discussing former Hawks players/coaches who have moved on to “new found” early success this season. Please talk about Jamal Crawford ballin’ with the Clippers – probably the early frontrunner for SMOY; Joe Johnson playin’ with the Nets, a team that is off to a 5-2 start; Woody and the [first place] Knicks who are off to a 6-1 start; Marvin Williams at Utah (I’ll let you fill in the blanks there); Kirk Hinrich starting for the Bulls at point guard while Derrick Rose is recovering from a torn ACL; Willie Green starting at shooting guard for the Clippers; and NBA veteran Radmanovic found a spot on the Bulls’ roster, etc.

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“Petro making more money than Teague. Dam shame.”

Petro should be getting paid in renminbi. Or maybe Philippine pesos.

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Big Ray, slow down brother. Marvin Williams did not start tonight!

Funny on why some are blaming JT0. He was perfect in the first quarter but earned bench time. This kid needs to play 35 minutes. Before the season started, I said a backcourt of Lou and Jeff would be great. If you don’t think so, look at what Milwaukee is doing with two point guards starting.

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Big Ray,

I meant to add “reminiscent of the Hawks vs. Bulls 2011 EC Semis (playoff series)” to my following comment: “Coach Thibodeau runnin’ two Bulls defenders at Crawford; that’s the ultimate respect.”

BTW, Marvin Williams didn’t start in tonight’s Jazz-Wizards game. The Jazz started Mo (Maurice) Williams, Randy Foye, Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap and Derrick Favors. Marvin Williams came off the bench for the Jazz and tallied 7pts, 8rebs and 1ast [also had a game high +/- of +22; go figure].

http://www.nba.com/games/20121117/UTAWAS/gameinfo.html?ls=gt2hp0021200133#nbaGIboxscore

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Bynum with ANOTHER setback. He may have injured his knees from…bowling.

I really like Bynum, but can not only the Sixers but any team afford to offer a guy like this max money…I mean just look at Greg Oden his knees were worse but a guy that plays half a season and the other half putting ice and getting numerous shots can’t be worth max money to me.

Yet in still, I know somebody out there will throw a whopping amount of cash at him and from there…it’s feast or famine.

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In other words he sucks.

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High-Sider, out of all the former Hawks players and coaches you mentioned, I think JC1 is the only one really worth talking about, but see Najeh’s comments re: regression to the mean above. Woody is the beneficiary of the fact that Carmelo is playing out of his mind in the early going.

JJ has managed to do the same thing for Brooklyn that he did for the Hawks… elevate them from a lottery team to a middling playoff team. Does anybody besides Prokorov really believe that’s a championship contender?

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^Correction: “6,7[2]0,650 X $189 = $1,270,202,850 [potential revenue from NBA League Pass in China]

6,7[2]0,650 X $179 = $1,202,996,350 [potential revenue from NBA League Pass in China]“

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Big Ray you’ve been running these blogs and your mouth all this time. Did you stop to notice that less and less bloggers are on this site? Im not talking about how many times you troll. Im talking about legitimate bloggers.

Why dont you STFU some times. You dont know WTF you are talking about and you are running everybody away.

Please STFU.

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Blogger at 2:29 was not me buch I still LD sucks.

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I would trade Josh Smith, Anthony tolliver, aand Zsa Zsa Paculia for Pau Gasol. The money works in this deal. Josh Smith needs a “FRESH START” and so do we!!!!

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Last 6 minutes of the game these guys should be on the floor COACH LARRY DREW.

PG-Lou Williams
SG-Kyle Korver
SF-Ivan Johnson
PF-Al Horford
C-Pau Gasol

Make it happen Danny Ferry.

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http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=c2t6rmb Everybody wins. Gay and Smith would be a problem

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high sider dont forget stack and chill in brooklyn, jc2 in dc, royal ivey where ever he is, shels still in the leaugue or law and twin in boston. nearly fell over when a broadcaster said twin got caught in the air on a fake to cause a foul. twin hadnt been in the air since ‘02.

h-s the only one doing better this year really is woody who has an unlimited payroll to work with and jc1. wo dy’s team lost composure and woody gave em a pass the other night saying they were wanting to keep their streak alive. i think that is going to come back to haunt him, really 6 games? that is nothing. that type of start is what has helped the hawks his last three years and ld’s first two, a great start to flounder a bit coming home. yup, they even lost their shine second half of the year in 53 wins. defense fell apart and he lost a signature type game against one of the best teams because kidd found him on the court to get another possession and a foul shot.

jc1 was great the first year, not so great the second. my take he may have worn out his welcome by the end of the second year at ten mil, trashing someone’s home as a renter, then wanted the same bucks without practicing or playing defense. he had a mediocre year last year. he is on a team perfect for him while quipping he learned how to work on his game this summer. he saw the hand writing on the wall either work or be out of the league. shame he didnt do it sooner when he was 10 mil a year. so what is there to say about him, he is the same mercurial jc1. love him or hate him and i did the former, but not dependable. if two guys are going at him then someone is open and he isnt finding him.

funny, so many of those guys “doing well” were whipping boys of the blog like hinrich. i wish we had stolen either him or andre miller several years ago instead of finding bibby at 18 mil a year to fill the void. killed us when it came time to find depth but got us into the second round to get embarrassed twice.

finally on woody vs ld? at a quarter of the price? who of the two has actually been able to say he has coached a team to a second round victory? they essentially had the same cast of characters. woody has shown a formula to get into the first round. now the question is can he find a formula or the coaching chops during a game to get to the ecf. if he doesnt he will have failed again.

let he season play out. 8 games into a season is a terrible marker, some early front runners are lottery by the end every year. those warts on those guys are not expunged in 8 games.

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Melvin, yeah, I posted that earlier. missed a few shots, made a TO.

Lou was playing extremely well after he checked into the game. I’m not buying theconspiracy theory. And I also don’t believe that how you treat player A is how you treat player B. You treat ALL players with respect but someplayers should get a longer rope than others.

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Astros,

That should’ve read, Teague was playing extremely well

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I enjoy Big Ray’s posts …… If anything most of us probably haven’t gotten use to C-VIV’s pace ….. He’ll crank one up & shut one down before you know it …. But, I love it …. Big Ray, keeping doing you you’re ok in my book .

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Astro Joe JT one of the youngest player in the starting lineup is the first to pulled out & the last to be put in regardless of how he is playing,don’t you think when he is playing well he should be left in. There is such a thing as riding a hot horse,he usually leaves him out so long that when he comes back its hard to pick up where you left off,not even considering what kind of crap he is ptelling him.it is pretty obvious to every one else but you who pretends that you are in la la land.How do you develope a young player without giving him big minutes especially a point guard.

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Rusty,

Astro believes in player development in/during practice. I think its an indictment on the coaching staff especially when you prefer to play guys who was acquired by trade or FA signing over your own draftees year after year. LD prefers to play Lou who’s still trying to learn the offense over Teague who has been a part of this pentagon offense since it has been installed.

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Rusty

November 18th, 2012
2:29 am

Big Ray you’ve been running these blogs and your mouth all this time. Did you stop to notice that less and less bloggers are on this site? Im not talking about how many times you troll. Im talking about legitimate bloggers.

Why dont you STFU some times. You dont know WTF you are talking about and you are running everybody away.

Please STFU

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I agree that the best way to break this cycle of mediocrity is to trade Al Horford and Jeff Teague. any meaningful plan to change the direction of this team would have to begin with those two clowns.

Im so tired of seeing this same ol s hit and same ol lame excuses from these bozos. And Al is a coach killer. Your team is going now where with Al. Sells are down, fans interest is down, blogging is down, advertising is down. SMFH.

How long does a fan have to put up with this crap?

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Rusty, I would play Teague more than 27 minutes/game. He got 33 last season and I would give him at least that much this season. Of course, if he rests for around 15 minutes game, that means he needs to rest around 7 minutes each half.. so he will still need to sit regardless of his performance at that time, right?

I think it is hard to get too hung up with averages after 10% of the season, though. The “Devin experiemnt” is likely finished… my guess is Teague will be “slotted” for 33+ minutes as long as he doesn’t make too many mistakes. And if he does, he doesn’t need to be rewarded with the same playing time as when he is playing well. It would be akin to giving a kid the same allowance rather he performs his chores as required or not.

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I see what you are saying Rusty. I dont think anybody can stop this mouth diarrhea.

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Damn there only 3 pages of blog, seems like all from 1 mouth. Not counting the 13 times this dude is trolling. WTF?

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How many blogs does it take to say ” I don’t know jack s hit” ?

If you take away rays 32 blogs we would still be on the 1st page.

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Astro,

Have you ever heard of in-game management? Most coaches make adjustment within the game depending the flow. If a guy has a hot hand, then you continue play him extended mins until he’s tire or his hot hand cools off. For Teague, his coach will cool his hot hand for him. Oh well, I will be glad when this clueless head coach be shown the door at the end of the season….

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Melvin, I wanted LD gone the day he was hired. But he isn’t the only coach who follows a set schedule. And, again, I struggle with cruxifying a head coach after a comfortable road victory.

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Rusty

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Big Ray you’ve been running these blogs and your mouth all this time. Did you stop to notice that less and less bloggers are on this site? Im not talking about how many times you troll. Im talking about legitimate bloggers.
Co-signing Rusty and Co-sign

Why dont you STFU some times. You dont know WTF you are talking about and you are running everybody away.

Please STFU

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We know who is the gay one & it’s not Rusty.

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Tolliver over Blatche

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12- 22

0-8

9-1

slimj want to play?

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If MC Hammer can still rock a performance, then the Hawks need to sign Stacey Augmon to be our starting SF and lockdown perimeter defender.

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Ken S,

This is why despite Dwight’s back trouble last year, it was Bynum who was (and always will be) the most injury prone big man.

From espn.com;

“I have an issue with my knees,” Bynum said. “I’ve pretty much seen every specialist. … I have no idea [when I can return], I really don’t. I’m playing it day-to-day, which is probably the wrong thing to do in this situation. I’m waiting for the docs to kind of give me something, and they’re waiting for me to tell them my knees don’t hurt.”

Bynum said he didn’t do anything abnormal when he apparently tore off some cartilage and bruised a bone in his left knee while bowling..

He has been out for a while, and for the money he will want in free agency , I think he is too big a risk.

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November 18th, 2012
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Tolliver over Blatche

Yep. Mind blogging. What was the risk?

… ummm on second thoughts, LD instils ZERO discipline, so Blatche would go astray immediately.

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Before last night’s game, Blatche (who is 6′11″) was shooting less than 36% from the field. Let’s ignore the first 7 games and focus solely on one.

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And the fact is that he is now shooting .462 from the floor.
Everyone’s shooting average is made out of good and bad shooting patches.

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o’b i cringe as we maybe the next 8 game loser after a howl game following in ucla’s foot steps to finish 6-8. they fired their coach after that. -:)

we keep our run of bowl games intact

surprised tevin had the ball as much as he did?

are we going to surprise the dogs and let vlad become chief dog catcher in state to then beat fsu and won a bcs bowl game before the end of his freshman year to lead a 9-5 credible year boosting the bees into the top ten before the year ends?

yeah dream on

glad they hung in there for a bit of respect not not holding my breath nor betting against 6-8 final record.

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vava, I am really not arguing Tolliver vs. Blatche. I would prefer neither. If for some reason you want to debate the lesser of those two virtual scrubs… you win, as I don’t really have the energy to engage in that exercise.

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After the first eight games, I think most of us would have been happy with a 8-8 start. We knew we had tough games against Miami, OKC, LAC and Portland. The next six feature Charolotte (twice), Orlando, Washington, Cleveland and LAC. Combined, these teams are 16-28 and if you drop the Clippers, 9-26.

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rev groupon had a special on friday

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rev groupon deal done as i just checked

stub hub prob best way to go

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Stubhub is good. Seatgeek is better.

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seat geek?

cool never heard of it

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Doc,

I think Washington played well. Maybe senior day had something to with it. If he had played that way more consistently, we would have a better record. That being said, I am looking forward to having Lee full time next year.

It would be nice if both GT and UGA can win their conference, but regardless of how it turns out, I hope GT beats them Dawgs.

Najeh,

How did Falcons #2 look yesterday

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i am hoping cpj decided he didnt need vlad and is so confident of his abilities to cage the puppies that he held him back to keep uga from having mire snaps to study of him. wishful thinking?

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“Najeh,

How did Falcons #2 look yesterday ”

Haha… in fairness to him, AZ is a good defense and he wasn’t nearly as bad as the stats indicated. He has improved a lot this year in terms of hitting intermediate and deep passes, yesterday’s game aside.

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I think this team is good enough to have a decent record inspite of LD.we could be real good with a good coach.

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:walk:

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