Frenzy

Quote: so Yi is back on top of the freakoftheweek list....wonder who will be next week...not dissing him don't worry, just funny to be a part of. lol,couldn't have said it better myself. you guys are really on that Yi kool-aid huh?

didn't understand a word,but pretty cool is that some kind of chinese youtube?

what did he do?

Quote: Quote: link his draft express profile has him as a PF/C Well if draft express says so, Yi must be a true center and low post presence. Is draft express one of the "professional scouts" being referred to in earlier post ? I seriously doubt draft express sends one of their "professional scouts" over to China to scout the all-mighty Yi. i didn't say all that i was just saying what that profile says,i never said he was a true center,and i never said i agreed with it.

link his draft express profile has him as a PF/C

i just don't see josh smith playing 4 either,he's better at the 3,but then were does marvin go?Guess he'll just stay at 4,but i still think we could do better at the 5(Center)

Quote: Quote: Quote: And yet people want to add ANOTHER forward to make the glut even worse. Taking Yi, Wright, [insert SF/PF here] would be beyond stupid and solve none of our problems. Taking Marvin was stupid. Taking Shelden at #5 was stupid. Sticking your head in the ground, and not trying to make up for those mistakes is stupid. I would much rather have a Yi/Law combo over Conley/Hawes. i agree,but i would love to get a true,Center,but i think that's the route we will go anyway.

yes!having pick 3 is a blessing in disguise kind of

i agree about law

I don't want Brandon Wright,unless we trade some forwards

lol so wrong....not really

Quote: Critt... he's being compared to steve francis nbadraft.net

Quote: Quote: i'd be cool with ether one. but to answer the question... if we got iden then i would want conley since they would already have chemistry. other than that though i would choose law since he has more expirence and has shown the capability to make big shots. I think Conley has more potential over time, but you gotta wonder if BK isn't under the gun to make it happen next year. That being said, he will need someone to come in and make a contribution soon, and that's Law. How this shakes out will have to wait until the drawing. Then there will be celebration or weeping. i agree

who would you rather have starting PG for us?

good stuff

oh,thanks

what is the corndog thing and what do they mean

wow

Link Bruises, bumpy road never fazed Hawks rookie By SEKOU SMITH The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 11/14/06 Cedric Bozeman took the hard road here. He has the scars to prove it. There's one on his right knee and another on his right shoulder — both marks of injury and surgical repair. There are others — the mental scars that come with being knocked down repeatedly during the prime of what should have been a star-studded college career at UCLA — that Bozeman has since wiped away. He doesn't have time to ponder what might have or should have been. The Hawks rookie point guard has more important things to worry about these days now that he's become the most improbable rookie starter in the league. Bozeman has started the past two games in place of injured veteran Speedy Claxton and will do so again tonight when the Hawks host Milwaukee at Philips Arena. Not bad for a guy who did his absolute best to stay out of the way on draft night. "I went into the draft expecting not to get drafted," Bozeman said. "I was in college five years. With all the injuries and everything else ... I just waited for the draft to be over. I didn't even watch it. I kept tabs on it to see where my teammates Jordan Farmar [26th pick] and Ryan Hollins [50th pick] went, and that was about it." He might not have been drafted, but you'd be hard pressed to find a rookie that's made more of his opportunity than the versatile, 6-foot-6, 207-pound Bozeman. He showed up for the Hawks' minicamp and summer league team after the draft as a long shot to make it back to veteran camp in September. But his steady play at every position where he was used earned the trust and respect of the coaching staff. Still, Bozeman went to work every day knowing it could be his last with the Hawks. When the final roster for the regular season had to be set, his name was there, along with fellow free-agent camper Matt Freije. When Claxton's knee started bothering him, coach Mike Woodson turned to Bozeman, who has turned in solid if not spectacular performances in each of his two starting assignments. "He's a guy with all the intangibles," Woodson said. "The guy can defend, and that's the thing that excited me. He's a big guy that can defend three positions, handles the ball well enough to make point-guard plays. I've told him to run our offense and play hard. And he's done that. He's been good for us. The reason why I started him is that I have trust and faith in him and what he can do. We're not playing him big minutes but they're very productive minutes." Bozeman's numbers are rather pedestrian; he's averaging 1.7 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 12.7 minutes. But the numbers don't begin to tell the story. Truth be told, they never have. Not during his days as a schoolboy All-American at Southern California's famed Mater Dei High, nor his trying college days in Westwood, where he finished his career as the utility man on a team that fell to Florida in the NCAA title game last spring. And certainly not now. "I was so excited for him and nervous at the same time during camp," said Hawks forward Josh Childress, Bozeman's childhood friend and former AAU teammate. "And not just because he's one of my boys, one of my oldest friends, but because I know what he's been through. I'm happy he stuck with it through all the tough times and all the injuries, because there are so many times when he could have just said, 'Man, I'm through.' "Growing up and playing with this dude, I used to sit back in amazement at how smooth he was, how smooth his game was. You're talking about a 6-6 point guard that could pass and really do it all." These days, Bozeman is content to fill a more specialized role — specifically whatever Woodson asks of him. "I'm just happy for the opportunity," he said."

Link By SEKOU SMITH The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 11/10/06 As easy as it might have been for the Hawks to forget about last season's painful beginning amidst the hype and hoopla of their 3-1 start to this season, Josh Smith won't let himself do it. He's studying the Hawks' schedule as hard as anyone, using his memories from last season's games against the next opponent on the schedule as a study guide for what's to come. He knows the Toronto Raptors edged the Hawks in three close games before Smith and his teammates rebounded to win the fourth contest, a 113-111 overtime thriller March 1 in Toronto. RELATED STORIES Spirit soars over Hawks, Thrashers Smith can't forget last year's dismal start Johnson lifts Hawks with his game More Hawks coverage "We had some of our best games against them last season and didn't win," Smith said earlier this week. "I think it was one of those things where the teams were perfectly matched in terms of personnel and the style we like to play and that led to some pretty good battles." Smith expects the same tonight at Toronto's Air Canada Centre, when the Hawks and Raptors renew their spirited rivalry. The Raptors have new faces everywhere, although they return their franchise player in former Georgia Tech star Chris Bosh. Italian rookie Andrea Bargnani was the No. 1 pick in June's NBA draft. Starting point guard T.J. Ford was acquired for Charlie Villanueva in a trade with Milwaukee. Guard Fred Jones, center Rasho Nesterovic and forward Kris Humphries join veteran Euroleague stars Anthony Parker and Jorge Garbajosa as the other pieces to general manager Bryan Colangelo's multi-national outfit. "They still have Chris and Mo [Morris Peterson]," Smith said. ... "So I expect the same kind of intensity and atmosphere we had for the Toronto games last year." Remember message Hawks coach Mike Woodson's general message to his team now that they're 3-1 and atop the Eastern Conference standings is the same as it was before and after their season opening loss in Philadelphia. "These guys know my speech," Woodson said. "They know I believe in making a commitment to respect the game and play it the right way and to make the commitment to respect and play for each other each and every minute they're here. I'm always talking to these guys about how fleeting things can be in our league and that they have to be mindful of that. "And I think they've taken that to heart. I really do. I also think having veterans like Joe [Johnson], [Tyronn] Lue and Speedy [Claxton] and Lorenzen [Wright] around to reinforce that helps tremendously with our young guys." Knee slows Speedy Claxton, suffering from left knee soreness, is not expected to play tonight against the Raptors. He is listed as questionable. Lue replaced him at the start of the second half Tuesday in Cleveland. Claxton missed all but the final week of training camp with a broken finger.

thats a lot of typing ps: who is that in your avatar

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