Atlanta Hawks: Rookies Jenkins, Scott assigned to D-League
Vivlamore reporting.
The Hawks assigned rookies John Jenkins and Mike Scott to the NBA Development League Saturday. They will play with the Bakersfield (Calif.) Jam, the Hawks’ D-League affiliate.
The length of the stay has yet to be determined but it’s very possible they won’t be gone for an extended period of time.
The Hawks do not play again until Wednesday and players are off Saturday and Sunday. The move gives the rookies an opportunity to play, something they have done only on a limited basis this season. Jenkins, the Hawks’ first-round pick (No. 23 overall) has appeared in four games this season and has six points (2-of-7 shooting) in 13 minutes. Scott, the second-round pick (No. 43 overall) has appeared in five games and has two points (1-of-6 shooting) in 16 minutes.
According to a new rule this season, first- and second-year players can have unlimited assignments to the D-League. The prior rule only allowed for a player to be assigned to the league three times.
The Jam serves as the affiliate for the Hawks, Clippers, Suns and Raptors. Rookie Kendall Marshall of the Suns, out of North Carolina, is playing point guard for the Jam after his assignment on Thursday. Damion James and Isma’il Muhammad, who were both in Hawks training camp, are also on the team.
The Jam (2-1) next play on Monday (vs. Santa Cruz) and Tuesday (vs. Los Angeles).
- Chris Vivlamore
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Sautee
December 2nd, 2012
10:51 am
Rusty,
Your hate seems to have no bounds. Do you not SEE LD drawing up the plays on the whiteboard?
So do you think he has a secret earpiece and an assistant coach is telling him what to draw? LMFAO.
And if it’s not rocket science, why doesn’t EVERY team score EVERY time out of a TO?
You are apparently incapable of giving LD credit for the one thing he actually does well.
keith
December 2nd, 2012
10:53 am
Interesting read on JOSH SMITH.
To update the Mid-Range Shawty Meter, Josh Smith is now shooting 18-for-81 (22%) outside the paint for the season. This includes a 1-for-11 game against the Trail Blazers and a 1-for-7 game against the Wizards. Smith is shooting 73-for-124 (59%) inside the paint this season. But his six attempts per game outside the paint accounts for 14% of the 82 total shots per game taken by the Hawks.
Now Then, we need to compare these statistics to Pau Gasol’s stats.
keith
December 2nd, 2012
11:38 am
At 32 years of age, Pau Gasol is shooting .423% from the field 75% Free Throws, according to espn.go.com(Starting Power Forward).
Nate ArchiBALL
December 2nd, 2012
11:42 am
@Keith – Please elaborate on your 9:03 post about Larry Drew’s antiquated approach to coaching. Give specific examples. What NBA coaches follow this new approach to coaching the modern day athlete?
AnotherGM
December 2nd, 2012
11:45 am
As long as Josh Smith is on the roster being the main man the Hawks can never be taken seriously, Gasol is a proven Allstar player.
TIFWIW
ag
December 2nd, 2012
12:09 pm
Keith you all all around of your thoughts. They seem to change on a game to game basis. First you want to trade Josh for Gasol.. now it is Al for Gasol. Everybody has posted how terrible those trades would be because a. his knees b. his salary c. his softness d. his age… etc. etc. etc.
Now Keith is attacking LD. Okay, that is ok fine, but what we really question is how he treats his players. Most would acknowledge he has some great offensive plays, but his personnel decisions are something to be desired.
ag
December 2nd, 2012
12:26 pm
Man, Rusty, we criticize the guy, so give the guy credit. The HC is coming up with those plays – or at least he is calling them. I am NOT a LD fan, but hey the guy has great plays coming out of timeouts. If we could only call a timeout after every play.
Buddy Grizzard
December 2nd, 2012
12:35 pm
CDR averaging 27 in dleague:
http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/tmp_chris_douglas-roberts/
Buddy Grizzard
December 2nd, 2012
12:39 pm
Terrence Jones 17 RPG in D-League.
http://www.nba.com/dleague/statistics/player/Rebounds.jsp?league=20&season=22012&conf=OVERALL&position=0&splitType=9&splitScope=GAME&qualified=N&yearsExp=-1&splitDD=All%20Teams
This guy is a beast. He should be a part of Houston’s rotation. McHale is stupid for not playing this kid. But unlike Royce White he takes his demotion to the Dleague like a man and makes something out of it.
Buddy Grizzard
December 2nd, 2012
12:51 pm
I hate the loss to the Cavs because the Hawks don’t play until freakin Wednesday!. If they got the win they would be tied with the Knicks in the loss column and we’d all be feeling good about the Hawks.
keith
December 2nd, 2012
1:06 pm
Nate ArchiBALL
December 2nd, 2012
11:42 am
When the player has a problem with coach Drew, the Coach becomes “‘passive aggressive” . He locks the player out physically and psychologically. Players who challenge his thought processes, ie .., Tracy McGrady, Ivan Johnson, Zsa Zsa, are frequently mis-managed. He fails to understand how to get the most out of difficult players. He should not take criticism so personally.
keith
December 2nd, 2012
1:09 pm
I do not believe that Josh Smith respect Larry Drews’ Basketball Acumen. If Josh remains here, Larry needs to go…Star players need a leader that they respect!!!
Sautee
December 2nd, 2012
1:12 pm
“If they got the win they would be tied with the Knicks in the loss column and we’d all be feeling good about the Hawks.” – Buddy G
Buddy, they are on track to win 52-53 games at this point. (.643%)
Do I think they will win 50+? No, but at this point in the season, they are exceeding my expectations. And that’s despite playing an easy schedule. I thought we’d struggle defensively more than we have. So, even with the bad loss, I’m optimistic.
keith
December 2nd, 2012
1:17 pm
Nate ArchiBALL
December 2nd, 2012
11:42 am
Bottom line is that imo, Larry Drew is a fine Basketball Coach and an even finer Human being. Metaphorically speaking, he is like a Toyota Corolla and we need a Toyota Avalon right now.
Melvin
December 2nd, 2012
1:32 pm
That loss to the Cavs stills hurt…
ag
December 2nd, 2012
1:33 pm
By the end of this month,we will truly see what the Hawks are about. It starts Wed with the Nuggets. With one creampuff, (Washington), on to Miami. A couple of other creampuffs, Wash, Orl and GS- OKC, Philly and Chicago. They will end the month with Det, Cleveland Indiana and Houston.
alex
December 2nd, 2012
1:43 pm
again LD is fine coach for this team, he is good as everybody, considering the roster assembled by Ferry by orders of ours cheap owners, i am sure we on 5-9 record, not 9-5 with 99% current NBA coaches. maybe only dog rivers, or popovich got hawks similar results. so stop bashing LD, instead ask more from Ferry (we are small and vulnerable defensive) and of course asg liars never worry about winnings, only own profit. for me last man should go from this team is LD plain and clear.
Sameba
December 2nd, 2012
2:58 pm
Until our guards continue to provide nice escort service for their opponents to our paint, irrespectively of what is your frontcourt, be it Chandler or Howard, you will have no hope for a better rebounding.
Nate ArchiBALL
December 2nd, 2012
4:45 pm
Keith – How was LD suppose to handle those situations with T-Mac, ZaZa and Ivan? (I’m assuming you’re speaking of playing time) What coach (a name) would have handled it differently and how? What coach is available?
keith
December 2nd, 2012
5:37 pm
Nate ArchiBALL
December 2nd, 2012
4:45 pm
Pat Riley when coaching in New York, Chuck Daily of the Bad Boy Pistons, Phil Jackson, just to name a few, all managed very strong personalities and guys with character concerns, and last i checked, they were pretty successful. You have to value all of your employees. Apparently Drew told Tolliver to “Stay Ready”,. Come on man! Stay ready??? Tolliver cannot be that stupid.
Rusty
December 2nd, 2012
6:01 pm
LD holds vendettas against some people. Anyone who says he doesn’t is not being realistic.
Rusty
December 2nd, 2012
6:02 pm
And that isn’t being good for the team.
ECF or Bust
December 2nd, 2012
6:30 pm
LD needs to get consistent minutes for Zaza and Ivan.
Buddy Grizzard
December 2nd, 2012
7:35 pm
Sautee if the Hawks win 50 in a transition year, I think we’d all be pretty happy about that. I wrote in my last post that the Hawks are ahead of where I projected they would be in the preseason. It just sucks you have a loss like that then 5 days to stew about it
“stop bashing LD, instead ask more from Ferry”
Now you guys know I’m the president and founder of the Fire LD Association. But this statement by Alex is true. I said before the season that I thought Ferry was going to put LD in the best possible position to succeed and he hasn’t done that. This is a deeply flawed roster and it’s no wonder the Hawks are dead last in rebounds when we are regularly playing a shooting guard at the 3 or, heaven forbid, LD’s trusty 3 point guard lineup like he closed out Cleveland with.
Disgusted
December 2nd, 2012
7:47 pm
At best this Hawks team will win in the low 40’s. That might be generous.
cdog
December 2nd, 2012
8:00 pm
they need to send larry drew to learn how to coach to the D-league
Sameba
December 2nd, 2012
8:36 pm
Buddy Grizzard:
…This is a deeply flawed roster…
———————————————————————————-
I wonder, what is preventing Larry Drew to try Ivan at the small forward position. I heard Ivan got such a experience when he played in the D-League. Does anyone has an explanation of why this is not happening under LD??
Ken Strickland
December 2nd, 2012
9:15 pm
With the assigning of Scott and Jenkins to the D-League, it looks like we have a repeat of what took place between former HC MWoodson and GM BKnight. Just like Ferry, shortly after taking over, Knight indicated he wanted to build through the draft and develop those draft picks.
It seems that both HCs were totally opposed to that approach, as evidenced by Drew and Woodson’s mistreatment of JTeague. Now it seems Ferry realizes Drew is dead set on not committing any time or effort into developing either of his draft picks. Therefore he’s sending them down for their development. If my assessment is correct, this is likely LDrew’s last season as HC.
Ken Strickland
December 2nd, 2012
9:26 pm
SAMEBA-LDrew cares more about 3pt shooting ability than rebounding and DEF. This have been evidenced by him going to great lengths to play ATolliver at SF rather than retaining none 3pt shooting DJames, or trying none 3pt shooting IJohnson at SF. He’s also resisted the idea of playing JSmith at SF more than periodically.
He appears to be a kinder, soft spoken version of MWoodson.
Sameba
December 2nd, 2012
9:38 pm
Ken Strickland:
I think that this is LD’s last season as Hawks’ HC. However, he is doing his best to build a good CV for himself so that he can find a job elsewhere after this season ends. Unfortunately, this happens at the expense of building our new team…
keith
December 2nd, 2012
10:11 pm
Moving forward, we have Denver on Wednesday night. I am curious to see how we guard Iguodala and Ty Lawson. Both of these guys can beat you off the dribble.
Buddy Grizzard
December 2nd, 2012
10:13 pm
“Does anyone has an explanation of why this is not happening under LD??”
It’s not happening because All-NBA wants to play power forward. This would move Josh back to his natural position and force Al to play the 5. Alternately, the Hawks could start Ivan at power forward and let Josh be the full time small forward. This also works…. except that All-NBA wants to play power forward and everybody else has to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic to suit him.
keith
December 2nd, 2012
10:22 pm
PG-Jeff Teague/Lou Will
SG-Kyle Korver/Stevenson/Jenkins
SF-Anthony Morrow/Ivan Johnson
PF-Josh Smith/Mike Scott
C–Pau Gasol/Petro/Zsa Zsa
This would be a very nice roster moving forward!!!
O'Brien
December 2nd, 2012
10:28 pm
Ken,
Where is JJ2 and Mike Scott supposed to get playing time? Jenkins is not better than Morrow, Lou Williams, Stevenson, and Korver. So whose minutes would he take?
If the choice is between Tolliver and Mike Scott, that’s one thing, but Toliver is not getting much PT anymore. Ivan should get more minutes, but imo, there is no room for Mike Scott unless its a blowout.
keith
December 2nd, 2012
10:43 pm
We had an opportunity to bring in Jeff Green. Green can play the 2. 3, and 4 at 6″9.” He is balling right now in Boston. Jeff Green is the quintessential team player. He would work great with Al Horford and Pau Gasol. All three of these guys are unselfish to a fault.
Sameba
December 2nd, 2012
10:45 pm
Buddy Grizzard:
Hawks play two lineups: the so called big and small. If I am not mistaken, actually they played small lineup more often than the big one. So, when they play that small lineup, Horford plays C, and Josh is PF. Therefore, when Drew decides to go for the small lineup, in my opinion, it would be very beneficial if Ivan plays SF. I believe Ivan is better suited for SF position than Josh – he is faster, hardworker and hustling a lot. Also, he has a midrange jumper and can also hit 3-pts occasionally. As well, he can drive to the basket and can be a real matchup for most small forwards. I am inclined to think that it is LD that hesitates to play Ivan at 3. May be we should ask our beat writer to find out with LD what is the reason for not trying Ivan at that position…
Sameba
December 2nd, 2012
10:47 pm
^a real matchup nightmare
keith
December 2nd, 2012
10:49 pm
Sources out there now say that the Lakers want Devin Harris and Josh Smith because of the uncertainty of Steve Nash moving forward, in a trade for Pau.
Astro Joe
December 2nd, 2012
10:54 pm
Some of y’all who expect a head coach to win 75% of his games while simultaneously giving late round selections consistent playing time are simply clueless. It doesn’t happen that way. Check around the league and find me 3 2nd round rookies drafted after 40 who have played a total of 120 minutes this season (~10 minutes/game). Then find 3 1st round picks selected in the 20s with 120 total minutes. And remember, Sullinger was considered a top 15 pick before medical exams suggested that he may be chronically injured, but no one doubted his ability to be a solid rotation player (assuming that he stays healthy).
Do some of you truly believe that the only teams who send players to the D-League are those with head coaches who refuse to develop their rookies?
Sameba
December 2nd, 2012
10:55 pm
I am presently watching Lakers vs Magic. I do not like at all how Gasoft plays. His game clearly degraded. It is apparent he is becoming older. I would not give them neither Josh nor Horford…
JaeEvolution
December 2nd, 2012
10:59 pm
Jeff Green is essentially what Marvin was to ATL. He was drafted and bred alongside a good amount of young talent and really had his chance to play and prove himself in OKC. Then OKC decided they couldn’t afford him and had to get rid of him. Now in Boston he plays the Marvin role of guess who or who isn’t going to show up tonight. Look at his game log he is granted a steady amount of minutes and his numbers are wildly erratic, similar to Marvin.
I don’t doubt Jeff Green’s skill, but we just got out of a contract from a 6′9 forward who would tease us on a week to week basis with his flashes of skill, do we really want to bring in a carbon copy of the guy we just shipped out.
paian
December 2nd, 2012
11:00 pm
Keith that rumor is like 2 or 3 weeks old…
Sameba
December 2nd, 2012
11:02 pm
Did you see how Big Baby blocked Gasoft ?!
keith
December 2nd, 2012
11:04 pm
If DF makes a trade, i really hope it nets us an unprotected lottery pick. We have to get a top 10 pick somehow.
keith
December 2nd, 2012
11:06 pm
Jeff Green is the real deal. He just needs more minutes.
keith
December 2nd, 2012
11:12 pm
At 33 years old, i still like Mettas game.He still gives you 100%. Our main problem is that we have only 1 tough guy and the coach will not play him the right way!!!
JaeEvolution
December 2nd, 2012
11:45 pm
Pau isn’t even on the floor during crunchtime, and the Lakers are down 6.
That dude is washed.
Sameba
December 2nd, 2012
11:47 pm
Do you see haw Orlando plays with LAL? They permanently faul on Howard.
So here is the idea how we can use Petro. At least 6 times Howard can go to free line
JaeEvolution
December 2nd, 2012
11:47 pm
Dwight such a liability in the final minutes of the game…
JaeEvolution
December 2nd, 2012
11:48 pm
LOL, Lakers are getting BLASTED right now.