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jack, you really need to get a clue and quit believing all these garbage articles. They are just re-printing everything Ford on ESPN said Monday. He knows nothing about the Hawks or our plans. We will NOT trade Smoove unless it's for Paul or another star player. Smoove is only 24yrs old and still has enormous upside on a good contract. He isn't going anywhere...

Well Sekou agrees with us. Smoove is NOT going anywhere unless we get a CP3 or another star in return period.

I told you all I was right! I brought this up about 3 weeks ago when I saw Sekou Smith at a Kroger store by my house and he told me it was going to happen. trade him for a center and lets move on

I seriously don't think Sekou visits this board anyways. He acted like it was going to be coming out soon anyways.

I read the original message. I also talked to Sekou. He didnt say Jamal is planning to holdout. I trust what he said rather than what gutz said he said.

Dude when did you talk to Sekou? I talked to him face to face last night in Kroger and this is what he said. I would not make this up. How did you talk to him? Email? Give me a break

I agree with everyone else here as I just can't see Jamal holding out and i've never really seen an NBA player do this anyways. I said this to Sekou and he said just wait till training camp and you will see! So i don't know. I'm just relaying info from Sekou's mouth

I agree with you Diesel as i just can't see Crawford holding out. But Sekou seemed pretty darn sure of it when I said no way Crawford would do that. But apparently with the new CBA coming in next year Craw is desperate to get something done now.

So I live in the Vinings/Smyrna area right off exit 17 South Atlanta Rd in the West Village and was down at my local Kroger store and run into Sekou Smith shopping tonight. I stopped and talked to him for about 20min. on everything Hawks basketball. Main thing he told me that no one apparently knows about is he said Jamal Crawford is planning on holding out of training camp to demand a contract extension. He said just wait till training camp opens and he has heard Crawford won't show up. Seemed like a real down to earth guy and tells like it is. I always liked him as the blog guy for ajc covering the Hawks before he went to NBA TV which is also in Atlanta. We are screwed if Crawford tries to hold out.

Exactly. The Hawks stayed stagnant and every single team but Cleveland got better. It isn't rocket science to figure out we're a worse team than we were a year ago.

I don't think the Hawks are a worse team than we were a year ago. We should be better but not by that much. The problem is everyone around us got BETTER. We will not get the #3 seed this year because of that. Teams like Miami, Chicago and Boston will leap frog us for sure probably. We should be able to get the #4 seed but no way we get the #3 IMO.

Either way he was clearly in financial trouble and involved with some bad people that ended up getting him killed.

Just saw this..... Really? As a moderator you should know when to keep such comments to yourself.

Gsuteke is right here though. don't get me wrong what happened to Lo Wright is absolutely tragic and feel for his family but if he was shot 12-18 times I seriously doubt it was just a random killing. That sounds like rage to me. I mean really? Where there is smoke there is fire is all I think Gsueteke is saying. Now might not be the time to mention it of course. RIP LO

He needs to get rid of that Herpe nug on his lip. Screw this wacko! Sucks anyways

It appears Shaq has ZERO interest from any other team so he will have to lower his demands if he wants to play this year. Broussard just said this about 20min. ago on ESPN.

Isn't the move from 790 the zone to 99X? The games were never on 680 the fan.

Yes because he only wanted the money and i'm sure he was comfortable here anyways. But getting PAID was his real reason to sign regardless if we were going to sign anyone else. Who in their right mind would leave 30mil on the table to sign with another team that might or might not be better than the Hawks? Minus Lebron and his cronies.

Except for the fact that centers are hard to find and wings grow on trees.

I have watched the Hawks get bullied in the paint for the last decade. It would be nice for us to have a guy who can dish out a little pain for once.

Why don't we just sign Shaq outright and keep Marvin? He is a FREE AGENT.

Why would we trade marvin for Shaq? It makes no sense. We'd overpay Shaq and at the same leave a gaping hole in our starting rotation at small forward.

Exactly! Trading Marvin for Shaq makes ZERO sense. Your not shaving that much off the payroll. Only like a year since we'd have to sign Shaq to at least a 2yr deal when Marvin only has 3yrs left on his.

Ask him if we are close to signing him please?

So what is Shaq's deal worth? We better be getting something else in return. What is the point of this deal? Just sign Shaq outright. He has nowhere else to go. Stupid trade.

What were saying is we don't have to trade Marvin to get Shaq! He will sign with Hawks since it's apparent no other team wants him. Absolutely no point in trading your 23yr old starting SF for Shaq when we don't need to.

Aminu looks big and long! looks like he could he could be a solid big off the bench for us. Better than Randolph Morris at least

Yeah I got it now too! Teague hit a nice jumper and Craw with a long 3 to start the game

I'm on the espn3.com and clicked on the Hawks game but nothing is playing. I just have music and ESPN 3.com logo? WTF

What channel would Espn 3 be if you have Comcast? I've never even heard of this channel.

Lebron is a punk man! Give me a break. This guy is a joke and has no pride. He needs to go play with 2 other superstars to win a title? You didn't see Magic, Bird, Kobe leaving their teams to do this crap. Even worse he left a city he was born and raised in that LOVED him and desperately needed to win and left them high and dry on NATIONAL TV! When the friggin story was leaked for an entire 24 hrs. that he was going to Miami! What a joke Lebron is! Have some heart man. I hope Wade and Bosh both tear their ACL's in the first game. That would be hilarious. Bring the Heat on! Go Hawks!