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I just saw this video on a random website. It's a clip that some guys driving in downtown Atlanta took when they saw the Hawks mascot - Harry the Hawk - driving a motorcycle in the street and on the sidewalks. This is even more strange considering that several years ago I saw "Harry" and "SkyHawk" in full uniform riding around downtown streets on a golf cart. Very strange. Here's the link

The potential return of Scott Pollard!! I remember back in '98 when Lenny Wilkens had him in the Hawks preseason camp and cut him because he had the flu and a hairstyle Lenny didn't care for. Not a bad trade on the whole though. Gives us some size and clears Terry's contract. http://www.hawkszone.net

Jay, listened to the whole show, and you did very well. It's gotta be hard to analayze on the fly like that and it sounded like you took everything in stride. There wasn't a name that Fro and Ellinger brought up you didn't have something on. You also added the element of putting the picks in context with teams' individual circumstances. Good job.

You bet Jay. I have listened to Guys Night Out on 680 the fan for almost as long as they have been on - they are the only guys on Atlanta radio that actually talk with any degree of knowledge about the NBA and the Hawks. You can still teach 'em a thing or two though. There is also a possibility I will make it down there if I can get out of work early. I'll check in with ya if possible. http://www.hawkszone.net

Frankly, Stotts was a decent low profile coach. Seems to me that's exactly what big time free agents seem to be looking for these days. Why the Hawks saw Stotts as a liabilty right now is beyond me. The last person we need in here is Byron Scott. He is as proud and stubborn as any coach I can recall in recent memory and that's why he ended up alienated his team in NJ. GM Billy Knight may have mercifully ended speculation for Stotts, but I may mercifully end my relationship with the Hawks if they bring in a jerk like Byron. http://www.hawkszone.net

My impression has always been that Dion Glover (is) and Theo Ratliff (was) the most vocal/disappointed on the lack of fan support. Of course J.T. doesn't exactly hide his feelings either. I saw him in Buckhead one night after his first season as a Hawk and talked to him for few minutes. I told him that I was a season ticket holder and had center court seats in the front of the upper deck. He told me to come on down courtside because "there won't be anybody there anyway"....LOL - It's only gotten worse since then... http://www.hawkszone.net

Quote: If we can add Kobe then this franchise will be fine, but without him I think we are in serious trouble trying to get people here. That's my main concern - that the Hawks may have a whole lot of money and no one to give it too. Dikembe Mutombo was the last "big" free agent to sign with the Hawks and he basically told his agent just to find the best deal. Most free agents have a much different take than Deke, they want to play for a team that yes, has money, but also has a good reputation and a legitimate chance at winning. The Hawks may only fit half the bill after this one.... http://www.hawkszone.net

Let's see what type of quotes Michael Lee gets out of Terry in the locker room after this one.... http://www.hawkszone.net

It's the same thing every year. I am starting to run out of ways to criticize these guys. They aren't even interesting when they self-destruct...... http://www.hawkszone.net

I am on my way....

I have a feeling he won't contribute nearly as much to the Hawks as he did for the Spurs. He just doesn't have the guys around him. A decent defender - yes. A good shooter - when cheated off of I suppose. The funniest thing is his quotes from this afternoon. "This is where I wanted to be from the beginning" ??????????? Yeah right. http://www.hawkszone.net

like every other team in the league does. I am sick of signing CBA players over and over. Not to mention playing with 10 or so guys healthy. No doubt about it (as Lenny would say) on the scouting situation !!!!!! The scouting department is way too small and it showed the way the Hawks drafted. I swear the Hawks asked future employees whether they wanted to answer the phone in the office or do a little scouting. Good call. http://www.hawkszone.net

If anything I think the move will hasten the Hawks decision (which reportedly is already made) to match the Jazz offer sheet for Terry. The new management should not be as concerned with initial expenses, and keeping Terry will make sure the team is at least competitive on the floor this upcoming season. http://www.hawkszone.net

Interestingly, they moved the Annual West Coast Road Trip up a month to January. Since we normally use this trip to crush any hope of making the playoffs, maybe getting this out of the system earlier will be of benefit. http://www.hawkszone.net

Yep, this lag in the process is troubling. I am hearing the same thing you are, that the he hasn't pooled the money required. If he can't make the deal official and begin transition by the beginning of July, I see this thing spiraling downwards quickly. There is just too much to do over a summer, and we are already seeing that with the draft, coaching, and free agent prep. Right now we have phantoms making the calls on those accounts, and that isn't a good thing. http://www.hawkszone.net