Sasha_Volkov

I wish he'd quit thinking he's Nique and stop shooting or dribbling from beyond 10-15 feet. Hell, I'd pay him $12 million to. Unfortunately he hasn't exactly shown himself to be the brightest of bulbs which certainly is why the ASG has reservations. He bricks 75% of his 3's and has 3 TO's per game yet he continues to chuck and go for fancy moves he simply doesn't have the skills for. I just don't get it. By comparison my dog only needs to get shocked once to learn to stay in the yard. On the plus side the things he does well are off the charts. He's probably the most uneven player in the NBA in that regard. Outside of being an average rebounder every aspect of his game is either phenomenal or abominable. Sadly I think he was badly influenced by Antoine Walker in that regard.

That assumes that other teams were willing to pay him $7+ million and give us "something of need in return". I don't see such a scenario other than Phx dumping Diaw on us.

Ford lost any semblance of credibility when he went from comparing Marvin to the Messiah pre-draft to excoriating the Hawks later for having passed on Chris Paul. There was no bigger proponent of Marvin as the #1 pick in 2005.

I went to school with Fratello's daughter in the 80's and was in the locker room several times. I've seen most of the 80's Hawks naked. :eek:

I'm somebody now! Millions of people look at this site everyday! This is the kind of spontaneous publicity - your name in print - that makes people. I'm in print! Things are going to start happening to me now.

That's why Marvin had 135 crunch time minutes and Josh had 100. Oh wait... http://www.82games.com/CSORT2.HTM And he got to the line more than any other Hawk, shooting 80%. http://www.82games.com/CSORT9.HTM Unlike the haters on this board who choose to ignore faults and/or strengths to suit their arguments, I do credit Josh for shooting an astounding 77% in these minutes, leading the league. It was on a small number of attempts (he was very good at tip-in's) but he made them count. http://www.82games.com/CSORT6.HTM The rest of the Hawks were bad, ranging from 43% for Horford to 27% for Bibby. JJ was 29.7%, Smith 34.6% and Marvin 36.7%.

Say what you will of the ASG but at the very least a few of them are Atlantans. I just don't trust the likes of Belkin or McDavid to keep the franchise here. Belkin found a loophole with the ASG...I'm sure he can find one in the Phillips lease as well.

Because the AJC has no competition. I don't think I've ever encountered a reporter who does less actual reporting than Sekou. He's more of a groupie than anything.

With 26k posts this is his profession. :laughing5:

Not when he seems to lack the gray matter to correctly utilize those skills. Put Horford's brain in Smith's body and you might have a league MVP one day. Instead Smith is Antoine Walker II, brilliant one second and infuriatingly stupid the next. And for all the things he does do well, Smith is four years into a NBA career and still can barely dribble a basketball. That astounds me. Yet he tries to be Magic Johnson at the most inopportune times. Mind you, I'm fine with a 6/66 contract for Smith but he does have glaring flaws.

For all we know they were just offering Diaw. The number of unfounded assumptions made to pillory Sund is amazing. Why would the Suns offer a better player (Barbosa) for Childress?

$7 million for a non-starter? I think it's an ok deal but certainly not a bargain. I won't argue that a delay (if true) allowed Greece into the picture and Sund would be at fault there if he truly wanted to keep him, but $7 million is a handsome deal for a reserve who mostly gets garbage points since he can't shoot without 5 seconds to get a shot off.

I have a hard time believing Childress completely when he tells fibs like "got offered much more lucrative contracts by 2 championship-caliber teams in snt deals; i woulda been in starting role; when i say much more lucrative i mean a lot more". A lot more? No way. Furthermore did he expect us to take whatever trash these contenders were offering? The Hawks aren't a concierge service for his every desire. If it comes down to overpaid scraps in return for Childress or Childress walking I prefer the latter. Same with a $7 Chill vs. a $2.5 Evans.

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Good for him. The NBA should at least make all players take courses on personal finance. 60% of them are broke 5 years after they retire (allegedly). http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3469271

I just refuse to let myself get carried away by supposition. If Smith is traded and the deal sucks then I'll rant. In the meantime I'll let the agents, GM's and journalists blow their clouds of misinformation around and pay them no mind until there's concrete news one way or the other.

I've never found his reporting or writing particularly good or insightful. It's just a mishmash of vague prognostications. He also comes across as a player agent himself. The AJC really needs a competitor.

Oh please...like there's no hyperbole there. I'd be far more inclined to believe Childress' version of events if he hadn't gotten this infantile. Not getting your dream salary in the first round of negotiations is not a slight much less a character attack. It's how business goes. Kudos to his agent though. He simultaneously duped the Greeks into thinking Josh is a star while stroking Chill's ego by playing the "they're dissin' you, man" card. He gets even richer while his client plays in a lesser league.

But the ASG are devils... :D

You missed a rather important one. Cat---Okafor---Smooth FG%----53.4--------45.7---- -7.7 If Smith would simply stay inside where he shoots 60% instead of outside where he shoots 30% he'd likely be paid handsomely by now. It wouldn't surprise me if the $ .10 head on top of that $100 million body is what scares GM's off.

The #1 incentive should be fewer than 25% of his shot attempts should be from outside. Currently he takes 48% of them out there with a horrible eFG% of 30%. Inside he hits 62%. Why can't he see this?

Morris is filling Shelden's old role: eye candy.

Waiting for everything to play out in a scenario rife with misinformation before rendering a judgment is hardly backing them at all cost. I've yet to see anyone heartily endorse the ASG here. There's basically two groups: those who are already flipping out and those waiting for the facts to be revealed before flipping out. If Smith and the Hawks come to terms aren't you going to feel silly having whipped yourself in a frenzy for nothing? Furthermore, teams don't state their intentions for your or my edification. It's to ward off other teams from signing their RFA's via fear the offer would be matched tying up their cap for a week and getting nothing. In turn thwarting the demand makes it cheaper to resign your RFA's.

Las Vegas Hawks. Yippee!