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An argument against McFadden would be because of how bad our OL and DL are, but not because of Norwood. I love him, but he's a career number 2 guy IMO.

That trade makes absolutely zero sense. If we part with Hall, it better be for a decent pick and a good young player. He's too young and too good to just swap him for a pick alone.

You're really reaching now.

It's really pathetic how sad the East is that I can be an Atlanta Hawks fan and witness the way they play on an almost nightly basis and never feel discouraged about the playoffs.

What about Joe having a wide open layup after hitting a couple of 3's and missing it? How many layups have Smith and Marvin missed? And they aren't extremely inexperienced rookies. Just like some people get too excited, some people expect way too much.

I'm just talking a good defender who can provide a lot of energy and hustle plays, nothing more. 8-10 minutes a night would be fine by me. (not just blow outs and the last seconds of a quarter)

He is an above average defender and a great leaper. His offense could use some work, but he isn't a scrub by any means. He was on the floor for almost 8 minutes in the first quarter where he scored 7 points, grabbed 3 rebounds and held Artest (who murdered us last game) to 3 points. That was the longest stretch of real minutes he has played in his NBA career and he performed very well. He only got 8 minutes the rest of the game and he missed a couple of floaters, but he got a good look around the rim which is the hardest part.

With more play time that he'll get a better feel for the offense and those shots will start going in more frequently.

How much consistency can you expect from a rookie who only gets to play the last 2 seconds of a quarter? Our team looks lazy and uninspired too often for a guy like Mario to waste away on the bench. He can be a spark plug on offense and defense.

He still played good D and go to the rim, he just was a little off.

What would any team give us for Salim??

a 2015 2nd round pick?

Deal!

Why even include all the players? Zaza, Lue and Shelden (to a lesser extent) are the only players who come close to qualifying. Even Zaza and Lue have their uses, but if I had to pick one it would be Zaza. He has been god awful this season. Little offense and defense + poor rebounding and turnovers =/= help.

Yeah, Smitty's great. He obviously knows a lot about the game and I usually agree with him. I wish he'd feed information to Woodson on the sidelines sometimes.

Smitty needs to widen his vocabulary. I'm going to start taking shots whenever he says "Good job ______ " or "Not at all Bob" or "THE CLOSA!"

And LeBron is infinitely times better than Melo. The only players who can say they're better than LeBron are Kobe and Duncan.

Hawks are 4-0 when West plays 10+ minutes. And in the Dallas game he was only in there for like one play and on that play he made Howard look as silly as he has ever looked dribbling the ball. Give the kid a chance at least until it becomes a problem. Especially in the games like last night when we have a hard time getting anything going.

And I just noticed I was 10 days late from having an insane registration date.

Don't forget AI said he would only go to a contender. Atlanta isn't exactly a hot spot for contending.

So if we talked in the locker room for a few extra minutes we would've outscored them by more than 16 in the 3rd and played consistent ball throughout the fourth?

You guys are definitely overrating half time. I've heard on several occasions in all sports where coaches don't say anything

Didn't we outscore them by 16 in the 3rd quarter?