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Quote: Wade = Not 100%. Wizards = Missing Arenas and Butler. Orlando = Outclassed by the Pistons. That's just the bottom line of these playoffs. What I really hate is that Lebron gets a cake walk into the second round. Do you realize that the Bulls could be playing in the finals? well miami wasnt gonna win with wade 100% and i reaaly hate how lebron gets a cake walk to the 2nd round

Quote: I do think all the production crap takes away from the game. Each item by itself is fine, but all together it is really distracting and takes away from the enjoyment of the game. Rather than a mascot jumping on a trampline or a fat old guy answering stupid questions, how about some analysis of the game? Just how many times do we have to watch the "kissCam"? CRAP ! Do the communatie stuff before the game - that's cool. But once the game starts, stick to the game. I've been p1ssed every game I've gone to because of all the distractions. Dispite what that owner said, I come to watch BASKETBALL, not for the "entertainment". i agree, i remember at a game(i think the new orleans game when cris paul didnt play) some dude ask the dude on a loud microphone DURING THE GAME said the if the hawks hit a three on the current possession will recieve something and the hawks start jacking up threes. i was like WTF

what yall dont understand is that Ga probably has the most showstyle marching bands. Ga is a hip hop city redan pebblebrook mundys mill morrow creekside mays lovejoy(i go there) southside south central mount zion riverdale lithonia doug cedar grove north clayton westlake southwest dekalb north atlanta MLK miller grove towers im sure theres alot more i didnt name, thats whats atlanta is known for is the marching bands and hip hop. so us turning atlanta to a less hip hop town we be worse than what our attendance is now. WE JUST NEED TO WIN GAMES!!!

the reason he jacks up shots is because when jj goes out we have no one who would take over.everyone has seen when jj goes out we cant score, it goes from us being up 12 to being down 5. so when salim gets a chance to play whenn jj is out he says ''we need to score''. he never shot us out of games beacuse he hardly played when jj was 100%. peolpe on here say when sheldon gets consistant minutes he is good....i bet salim is the same.

people say we should send JJ...WHY? if we give up JJ and or Smith i would stop watching hawks games.

atlanta always are in the top 10 in playoff views, all we need is to put our teams in the playoffs.

the fact is that nobody stole sheldons minutes HE WAS JUST REPLACED AT THE MOMENT and woodson and sheldon wasnt seeing eye 2 eye.

yep, he basically said we tankked on purpose

WTF are yall talking bout, playoffs are way better than number 1 pick. national TV is what we get if we make the playoffs.

do u actually think zaza would drop 22/12 and lue drop 26/10 all next year. lue hasnt done it when he was better team with better players and better coaches. so what if we beat celtics with none of there top 3 players. i know your being sarcastic but come on.

they went against a pierceless and jeffersonless celtics. he does nothing against good teams.

Quote: Quote: First of all, Smoove is not on the trading block. Second, Barbosa is not a true PG like we need. He is a very good SCORING pg, but not a distributor. I like his game--he is hard to stop off the dribble and a serious outside threat. However I don't think he fills a need. As good as Smith is, he isn't a player you build around his offensive game is not polished to the point where he could be a go to scorer. We already have JJ locked up. Why would Smith not be on the block? Look at it from an objective perspective, we could get a GREAT piece for Smith. There aren't many pass first point gurads in the league, so I think a young PG like Barbosa can still distribute, while getting his points too. Now this is in no way shape or form supposed to bash Smith, he is one of my favourite players, and I wouldn't want to see him go. But I think we would forget about him SOON, if we started winning. It's either him or Marvin, and too be honest with you I think we could peel off more in return for Smith. didnt we bring t lue hear for the same thing? im not saying lue is just as good as barbosa but i would give up marvin before smoove. and if we bring barbosa hear, we would have to play a faster pace, smoove fits that run and gun stiyle more than marvin.

i never seen a coach give up such big leads in my life...we was up 17, i remember against utah we was up 21 in the 4th quarter.

i think its time for woodson to go, i dont think smith will be a atlanta hawk next year if woodson is the coach. i think smith is mad that he did not take the last shot, he wants to prove he can take the game winning shot not some half average PG. thats like miami not letting wade take the last shot in a game. how many game winning or tieing shots have smith tooken to go to overtime or win the game. its obvious woodson doesnt trust smith. but he trust marvin and lue. its either woodson or smith who ya got.

are you really joe johnson?

salim is like eddie house, both are quik shooters and are very fast and wont back down from a shot. but salim is better than eddie house.

Quote: Quote: Brandon Roy is better than JJ at this point in their respective careers. what the hell....brandon roy is not better than jj..maybe in a year or 2 but not now. o my goodness im negatively flabergasted by your statement

let me say that this team wont win a championship soon so no need to think about that. lets amke the playoffs first wtf is a roland rating, jj and smoove(with the right coaching) can put this team in the playoffs consistantly.we dont need another superstar because we wont win one WITH another superstar. jj and smoove will be enough, all we need is good point guard and a decent defending center. we might make it to the eastern conference finals 3-4 times and MAYBE we will PLAY for a championship 7-10 years from now but thats it. like i said we have enough its just we need 3 decent peaces.

Quote: I don't think you necessarily have to have two. Just look at Houston and Detroit. Anyway.. I think we have to have the right mix of coaching with our talent. I believe that even if we had 2 stars, bonafide, Woody couldn't coach this team to a championship. Let's face it, this Hawks team is good enough to be in the playoffs. But part of our problem is been getting past the learning curve of our coach. And his philosophy still doesn't mesh well with his personnell. why didnt just say this earlier instead of doing all this other stuff

watch them play..thats how we should play

Quote: His energy level. His overall demeanor is that of a loser. His lack of passion rubs off on the team. I could give about 15 serious problems with his coaching but this one probably bothers me the most. yeah your right, he lacks passion in other words he is too serious. u can tell thats the problem when you look at someone of smoove.

Quote: Starting Royal Ivy, and not using Josh smith as an legit 2nd option when JJ was playing. yep, for some reason he doesnt want josh to be our 1st or 2nd option. the reason he is not a good coach is because its his job to tell the guys who is the primary 1st or 2nd option is. him and the team refuses to go to him. for example since iverson left philly, iggy has become the #1 option and the teamk has accepted that...we havent with smith.

Quote: Sekou doesn't ever make sense, here is what I think about Josh Smith He a weak jump shooter horrible ball handling skills weak passer very low basketball IQ easily dummy and fall for pump fakes alot good from the blind side becuase he is normally out of position. doesn't rebound well for someone who has that size and athletism. he a very weak Post player, on D and on O. usually a major libitites. hasn't showed much improvement in his years in the league. great jumper, who doesn't know when to use it on the offenive end. VERY LOW IQ, once again he just like the the reso of the Hawks squad, he thinks he is actually good when they he not. He strong at blocking shot where the opponent doesn't use pump fakes. and he confident in himself, for better or worst no perimeter game yet he stays around the 3 point line most of his steals are from the blind side or there nicky tack steals. lack quickness lack awareness to play PF doesn't take instrustions well doesn't have a will be good..... what you again..huh smith is improving, like i said wade is a weak shooter but he shoots well ENOUGH to get the job done.smith isnt a great shooter but he shoots well enough. your a sorry ass scout, your probably the one who discoverd kwame brown lol.

Quote: Quote: Quote: [ 1. yep, no question 2. age has nothing to do with it, other then MW, the players have showed mininal improvment over the years.... 3. But they to each player has improved alot each year. mainly Hinrich, and Noicioni the most... 4. no Memphis isn't terrible, we are... Memphis has the worst record in the NBA by a large margin. You have to be kidding me. As far as players not showing improvement, JOsh Smith hasn't shown any improvement???? You are unbelievably pessimistic and blind because of it. 1. The team in turmoil, not to mention there best player was out for sometime and they are in the West.. They did win 49 games last season. 2. Josh Smith hasn't shown much improvement, he still sucks, he gotten bigger frame wise, and he alittle bit better at shooting. 3. lol, I'm pessimistic, I'm a scout, I have no reason to be pessimistic on a team at least... I say what I see and notice about a player....whatever man, believe what you believe... you know what let me staightin you out for a second because i think your talking out of your...lack of information i should say. 1. u say smoove sucks...how? hes shown much improvement, yes he needs to improve and cut down on the turnovers but he trying to do what our point guards cant do. 2. charls barkly said a while back that the best player on the team will commit the most turnover because he has the ball most of the time. 3. our coach sucks 4. ive spoke to plenty of scouts and they have said smoove is a good player. so your the only scout that thinks he sucks. i bet you if the hawks was above 500 you wouldnt say he sucks. ive got alot more to say but i wont right now.

they wont do anything if my man JR Smith dont do score at least 15 in the playoffs