Inside_Man

I wouldn't do it, but he'd sell a lot of tickets. Always a big noisy crown when AI comes to town.

Playing Time should be apportioned in whatever way we can maximize everybodies trade value. Look, if CC playes 33 mins from here on out and averages over 15 ppg he might have trade value that he doesn't have now. With enough games left, he might just light up some night for 40. The problem with the Babcock era was that players were worth less on their way out the door than on their way in. It's time to increase a player's value while they're here, even if they don't fit in to the big plan down the road. And another thing. The picks we have a WORTH SO MUCH MORE than our picks used to be simply because PeteB won't be doing the picking.

Player A has a perfect fielding percentage. He never boots a ball. Every ball he touches is an out. However, he can only take 1 step to his right, and 1 step to his left. His range is not much greater than zero. According to your "tells me all I need" nonsense, Player A is a good fielder. Defensively, Jeter blows. Period.

An education awaits you

Jeter is a lousy defensive SS. Name a single team that has won a World Series without having a lefty in their starting rotation. A year from now, you still won't be able to name one. Red Sox in a walk in the AL East.

790ZOne talkin 'bout Sheed to the Knicks for picks this AM

Zeke want's Sheed bad. NYK has lots of picks.

The last comment the AJC made on his medical condition last year AFTER the doctors gave him clearance to play was that he did not (and may never) have the full rotational ability in his neck of a normal person. In other words, he can't turn his head as far as you and me. I think you need to be able to do that at the NBA level.

Stotts gets some of the credit for hustle and defense, 2 things poorly coached teams never do.

of years ago have we seen anything like this thread!!

hustle and defense are coaching related - players won't hustle for a coach they don't like, and playing D together means they're listening to the coach. Monday's win had nothing to do with JT being out. Jt will be fine this year. We got SjAX cheap, and the Glovster is maturing nicely - I like these Hawks - they can run with anybody - they hustle - they'll win a bunch more games than last year. Obviously, we got a ways to go, but if anything at least win or lose they'll be FUN TO WATCH, which should put some fannies in the seats, including my expanding middle-aged butt.

will confess to anything.

"i still dont understand how the other team manages to take more shot attempts than us? " I saw the game on directv - thanks to whomever said it was going to be on. We're taking better shots, hence less misses and fewer attempts. We'd have more shot attempts if our FG% was lower. Not sure we want that. What I saw last night was a team that moves the ball up the floor quickly. They got a lot of easy baskets with heads-up passing down the floor. Lenny Ball is finally dead. Getting Lenny out of Atlanta wasn't enough, he had to get out of the league all together. It looks like we can be a fast team with rebounding skills, that's a good combination. We're also playing some team defense, with good man-to-man on the perimeter and a collapse when the other team tried to go inside. Of course that will be harder with teams that pass well or have a huge guy inside - the Magic had neither. The three potential upside surprises on this team are Nazr, Dion and Terry Stotts.

He's a head case. They got what they could for him. Net, they're worse off now, but he had to go.

Pro Playing Highlights: NBA Rookie of the Year (1980) NBA Most Valuable Player (1984-86) All-NBA First Team (1980-88) All-NBA Second Team (1990) NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982-84) Twelve-time NBA All-Star (1980-88, 1990-92) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1982) Long Distance Shootout Winner (1986-88) NBA Finals MVP (1984, 1986) Scored 21,791 points (24.3 ppg) in 897 professional games, including a career-high 28.1 ppg in 1987 Scored a career and team-high 60 points against the Atlanta Hawks in New Orleans on March 25, 1985 Led the NBA in free throw shooting (1984, 1986, 1990) NBA championships with the Boston Celtics (1981, 1984, 1986) In a 12-year time span, Bird teamed with Kevin McHale and Robert Parish to form one of the greatest frontlines in professional basketball history The trio compiled a 690-276 record, won nine Atlantic Division titles and five Eastern Conference championships NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996) Member of gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic Team (1992) Named Indiana Pacers President of Basketball Operations on July 11, 2003

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I know, it's bad taste, but it's also a good Question.

just my opinion.

Best of Luck to DJ

First off - I think he might have been doing more than 80 to cut the car into 2 pieces. On Lenox Rd? How D-U-M-B is that? The money in sports is out of whack - tickets are so expensive arenas are empty, and the teams are losing millions a year - heck, the players are using the money wisely. Some season ticket holder wrote a check to the thrashers, who wrote a check to Heatley who wrote a check to the Ferrari dealer. Might as well pick up some souvenier detritus on the roadside.

"Billy Knight says that the Hawks will stay under the cap at all costs. This kinda hints that the new owners are blowing smoke their rears." I think that's BS. There's a time and place to spend money on players. For the Hawks to go over the cap now, to what end? To get in the playoffs? That's bad business. The time to pull the string and spend the big bucks is when the team is cometitive (win or lose) in the second round of the playoffs - then you open the wallet to take it to the next level. Right now the Hawks are spending dead or nearly dead bucks on Brandon, CC and Hendu - Hendu will contribute, but not up to his paycheck. CC will give it his all until the standard season ending injury kicks in. No knock on them, but Pete did some baaad negotiating on those deals. Look at the thrashers - at first they were very stingy with FA money, why waste it on a team going nowhere - then after getting some good young players, they're a player in the mid-level FA market (slava). Once they become a playoff team, then watch them open the wallet more. It's just good business. THe HAWKS can with this squad, and some smart pickups, and the better coaching that we saw from TS last year over Lon can get us into the playoffs - if they can translate that into 50% more bodies in the seats, then the Brandon money comes off, then you can start to go places. In trading and business there's a saying - 'don't throw good money after bad' - too pay the lux tax on the salaries of Hendu, CC and Brandon would be doing just that.

forty-something billion

according to Forbes, Allen is worth 21 billion vs Cuban's 1.3 billion.

Okay, I should reply to Chillz in the other thread, but I'm starting a new one cuz I think it's a different and very important topic. Chillzatl wrote; "You can say that the owners are "fans" all you want. But the truth is this. THey are business men. Once they start losing millions per year, which they will, they are going to act like business men and start cutting expenses. THAT is when we'll see just how big of "fans" the new owners are. Will they have what it takes to suck up the losses and keep pouring money into the team hoping they can finally turn a profit?" I have to disagree with you here. There are different types of rich businessmen. There are some who got rich by being cheap SOBs and they'll always be cheap SOBs and when they buy a sports franchise they're still cheap SOBs. These guys have a heart attack writing checks. I think we all sensed that McDavid might have been this kinda guy. There are also rich businessmen who understand that you do things to make your city a better place. Before discussing the new owners, compare Ted Turner to Blank & Marcus of Home Depot Fame. Turner was, imho, one of the worst citizens Atlanta ever had. He only spent money on things where he could collect a piece of the gate. Now along come Blank and Marcus and after they retire they're putting up a children's museum, aquarium and a symphony hall!! They understand that they can't take their money with them when they die. They made it, and now they're spending it to make the ATL a better place. They're also making Ted look like the cheap redneck he is. Yeah, I know he's given big bucks to a lot of causes, but he never stepped up for the city where so many of his employees live unless there was a buck in it for Ted. Even Old Rankin Smith understood the basics, he put up a big chunk of the money for the Fernbank museum. Now we have our new owners, some of whom are local, and some of whom have dreamed of owning an NBA team for 20 years. Let's examine 2 quotes. Belkin "we have the financial resources to do what’s necessary to create a championship team. We will do what’s required." Another owner remarked that they'd "made their fortunes and are philanthropists now." That statement goes to the heart of the issue. A good sports team is an asset for the city and community, just like a museum or aquarium. Good sports teams make a city a better place to live. As owner/philanthropists they will be writing more checks then they cash. As long as they're not cheap SOBs, it will work. None of this is to say they won't negotiate hard, nor spend their money wisely, (no contracts such as CC's and Hendu's. )But a good owner knows it's not about the money at this level, and these guys apparantly have businesses making plenty of dough so they don't need to turn a profit on the Hawks gate to pay the mortgage.

for smelling something wrong with McDavid. The guys oucldn't come up with the cash to close the deal. It was obvious he wasn't going to come up with the cash to build a team. The ownership situation explains why he didn't sign the longer deal. He didn't want to get trapped. Can't blame him. I'd bet he'd sign that other offer with the new owners if he could.