FrankWhite

This is what Atlanta sports teams do. You either grin and bear it and stick with them and hope for better or become a bandwagon fan of the Yankees or Lakers like everyone else around here.

Yeah, that's a great idea.

This is the worst playoff performance I've ever seen. Woodyball at its finest.

I don't think the Hawks have done much to inspire confidence in anyone outside their most faithful fans and the Magic seem to be a team perfectly built for the playoffs and peaking at the right time. We all know they can beat the Magic, and I believe they can beat them in a 7 game series, but they need to bring their A game or damn close to it for 48 minutes with no lapses. Can they do that? I hope so, but I'd be lying if I said I believe 100% it will happen. I do believe the game 5 collapse was the best thing for this team mentally. They were justifiably universally skewered, and that back against the wall mentality gave them an edge in games 6 and 7 we haven't seen all season. I don't see them getting steamrolled in this series. Last year they just didn't have the horses to compete with Cleveland. This year they're healthy and now have a chip on their shoulders. Should be interesting.

The 2-3 steps, then bunny hop not being called a travel is the most amusing thing to me.

See the d*ck Bavetta thread from yesterday. When one team has a big lead, every call starts magically going the other team's way. Add in the LeBron factor and it's doubled.

WTF? Skiles made Woody, the most stubborn coach maybe in the history of the NBA, make adjustments. He coached a hardworking team that was outmanned to push a more talented team with a tendency for brain lapses to 7 games. If the Bucks bring back Salmons with a healthy Bogut and Jennings progressing, they'll be a force to be reckoned with next year and beyond.

What are we even talking about here? Saying that only Zaza and Morris showed up for Jamal's presentation was a "snitch move"? Who exactly is going to prison over this? What "cred" is being lost over this? Did the rest of the Hawks say "Hey man, don't tell anyone about this, but I'ma skip Jamal's 6th man of year presentation"?

Donaghy said Bavetta intentionally calls fouls on the team with a big lead in order to keep games close. He thinks that's his role. I believe Donaghy over Stern.

They need to at least give Orlando a series. If they get swept or beat in 5, bye bye, Woody.

Okay, moving on... I by no means think game 7 is in the bag. These are the Hawks.

I agree with everything said in this thread about Thomas. I also wish we had tried to get him when we could.

Are you really suggesting that LeBron doesn't act like a child? Storming off the court when his team loses and dancing like a jackass when they're up doesn't count, I guess.

This is the most damning thing about last night.

Think they'd swap Carmelo for Joe then?

Get a real coach. Woodson has shown consistently for 5 years now that he is incapable of making adjustments. Skiles has embarrassed him. The game is all about mismatches. Skiles has exploited our bs switching defense to get the mismatch he wants time and time and time again and Woodson refuses to adjust. On the other side of the floor, the Hawks have HUGE mismatches up front and we refuse to exploit them in the 4th quarter. Newsflash, Woody: Salmons on Joe is not a mismatch. Ilyasova on Al or Ridnour on Marv IS.

You mean the Hawks?

They're much better coached and mentally tougher for sure.

They're mental weaklings. The next time a Hawk steps up on the road in a big game will be the first time in the Mike Woodson era.

This team sucks.

I give up on Marvin.

Yep. I think the Hawks are the only team in the league that looks like the most exciting team in the NBA one half and the most boring team the next. They're so bi-polar.

So the FRANCHISE is destined to never get out of the second round? That's just retarded.

This garbage is getting as tired as Marvin bashing.

Mario would foul out in 5 minutes.