Sasha_Volkov

Ok, I'm reversing the internet's long running destruction of the word 'bias'. Bias is the noun. "You have a bias in favor of Marvin." Biased is the adjective. "You are biased in favor of Marvin." Somewhere biased got replaced by bias and bias was bastardized into biasity, biasness, etc. It's so painfully wrong it keeps me up at night. Now continue, gentlemen.

I don't really see how Marvin being signed for $8 million prevents the Hawks from being a championship team. There are far greater problems with the roster than a decent SF making decent money. Signing Marvin to an affordable, very tradeable deal like this doesn't prevent the team from making future moves. I agree that the team likely isn't going past the 2nd round as constructed but what's the solution? There is no mythical true center available out there. And Woody will still be driving the offense into the ground. If you want to balk at resigning Marvin then you might as well blow up the roster...again. Otherwise the team will just be regressing rather than being reborn.

I'm disheartened that the mediocre Perkins and Powe are able to stuff us inside with impunity. Horford is just not a center. And Bibby is a SG playing point. I'm afraid we're not going to get past the 1st round with a talented but flawed team.

The lithium brigade is out in force again. The Hawks weren't the best team in the NBA at 6-0. Neither are they the worst at 6-2. They're a likely 45-50 win team.

Woodson's 2 foul rule is going to lose games like this. Horford could have stemmed the bleeding as Solo and Morris were getting abused. This isn't college...you get 6 fouls.

I hope it went better than other similar endeavors... :questions:

I'll guess his answer will be 30.8ppg, 12.5rpg and 11.4apg.

It's obvious that Belkin laid the contractual trap and was just waiting for an opportunity to spring it. He and Putin have a lot in common. If it wasn't JJ or South Ossetia it would just be something else.

After seeing Chinese toddlers claiming to be 16 year old gymnasts (they have baby teeth still!) last night I suspect he's closer to 30 than his teens.

$10 says Zaza fouls Kirilenko a bit harder this season.

This is a thinly veiled "Smith could play the 3" thread. Vote SF. Don't feed the troll.

What's wrong with that? Extending his range and strengthening for drives to the hoop are exactly what he needs to do as a SF scoring threat. These are good things.

Stern better be worrying about the other ref Donaghy called before and after every game.

Childress wanted to start. His post Hawks comments tacitly admitted this. The die was originally cast with the drafting of Marvin. I blame Knight for burning two straight lottery picks on SF's. You can argue who is better but I never saw the two coexisting longterm or the team paying for both. It would be silly to wrap up $15+ million in a position manned by two average players who limit one another's court time. How many times was Marvin yanked mid-1st quarter despite having a hot hand? Part of it was Woody's idiocy, sure, but the "need" to give Childress his minutes also played a factor. It's also not wise to spend way over the MLE for a bench player. And while Evans isn't as good as Childress he's certainly close enough that $2.5 million for his services is a better investment than $7 million for Josh. It's extra room for keeping JJ and Horford in the future. I'd also prefer having Evans outside the arc and Smith in the post instead of Smith outside the arc and Childress in the post

They always were. Fans let their paranoia run wild for no reason. Silly, really.

Yep. WWI escalated from something just as innocuous. Not that this will but defusing tensions and getting mediators involved can't hurt.

They troll the airwaves instead of the internet. The more people get riled up and listen, the more money they make. People can't ignore the bait.

At this point I'd rather the AJC hire Diesel instead. Neither has real sources but the latter can be entertaining. Of course some may find Sekou's irrelevant blogs about what socks he put on this morning riveting.

If only we could all be treated so shyttily...

Have you ever negotiated a transaction in your life? If I'm offered a salary 10% lower than I want I either haggle or don't take it. At no point in the process do I get my psyche hurt. Anyone fragile enough to let that happen is not worth $12 much less $12 million. Thankfully I'm sure Smith understands this and will be perfectly content with $58 million (after waiting a whole month...oh the humanity!). I want Josh signed because he makes the Hawks better. But if he left it would be nice if the Smoove-only entourage moved on with him.

They were set in at 9 mil and nothing above that because until now no one was offering more. Why is that concept so hard to grasp? Would you go on Ebay and outbid yourself? I could've gotten it for $90 but I wanted to spend $120. :huh:

Optimism is not allowed here. Didn't you get that memo?

This is the first offer either Josh received. Greece is not a "rival team".

Is there a website for the Marvin cam? I'd love to get access to the 24/7 feed certain posters seem privy to. Send along the ASG one too so I can see all the closed room discussions people seem to have witnessed.