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The longer we wait the more likely it will be Woodson. If they didn't want him I think we would know by now. Maybe they are just waiting around hoping that somebody else wants the job? I think there are better options out there, but we haven't really heard anybody talking about somebody wanting the Atlanta job. I really don't want Woodsoon here, but if it is for a one year deal I will be fine with that. Maybe Avery or Flip just want to take some time off before they get back into coaching? If that is the case, giving Woodson a one year deal can only help us. If he does well moving forward, keep him. If not, well, hopefully one of those two are ready to start coaching again. On the other hand though, if we are turning down people with interest because we feel Woodson is the guy, I would be pretty pissed. Everybody always wants to get the big name for the job, but the real question is does the big man want this job? How attractive is coaching the Hawks right now?

Classic. All I can think about is Game 5 right now. I got two finals tomorrow and I have no idea how the hell I will be able to study for them with Hawks basketball on my mind. This series has been so much fun. All of my non-hawks fans are on the bandwagon now! Everybody in ATL is excited. Most don't really know how great this is for the fans that have been around to see this team pile up 13 wins in a season. LETS GO HAWKS!

Any idea if they are giving away anymore? I'm at work and never really listen in to their show anyways. I'd love to go, just being able to afford it is the problem.

I voted for the third one. I don't think we can mess this up, but a win tonight would pretty much clinch it. It's not over til it's over. Who thought the Mets would've blown the NL East last year?

Quote: Quote: I do wonder what speedy will look like next year! He will probably look like some man wearing a suit or tux on the Hawks bench? Speedy coming back would be great for our depth, but I am not going to count on him. If he does come back though I hope it doesn't do anything to take away playing time from Acie. Acie really needs to put in some hard work over this summer on his shot and finishing around the rim. Speedy really reminds me of Mike Hampton for the braves. You just can't count on him. To answer the original question, I really hope we do keep everybody. This team has been through a lot together, and they are now all starting to finally gel. If we make the playoffs there is no reason not to bring badc both Chil and Smoove.

What is more impessive is up until the Clipper home game, we were 4-10 with Bibby. That game really seemed to be the turning point in our season. That makes the Hawks a 10-3 team since that game. If we can beat Miami, New York, Indiana and take at least one of the other games between Orlanda and Boston that will put as at 40 wins. IMO, that would be a great accomplishment for this team, and we would be considered more than an *eight seeded playoff team* coming into next season.

Lascar is right. We will have games 3, 4, and 6 if we get there at home.

It is tough looking at the boxscores, and wondering what might have been. A lot of people had Marvin ranked really high in their mock drafts. Would I take Williams or Paul over him? Of course! But I still believe the Shelden over Roy was our dumbest pick. Joe and Roy would've been a great 1-2 punch. A couple of 2guards that can handle the ball. Shelden isn't even playing in Sacramento right now. Marvin isn't great, but his short comings aren't his fault. We were the ones that drafted him with our #2 pick.

I know we have a game thread here, but I feel this man deserves his own thread. Props to Mike Bibby. Afer the game against the Bucks we were worried if he would come out and be able to play tonight. Did he show up, or what? 30 points on 11-15 shooting, including 6-8 from the three. The beauty of all of this is Joe went 7-24 from the field. Who believes we would've won this game without Bibby? There was a post here recently about how our team lived or die based on Joe's shooting. With Bibby, we can afford to have an off night from Joe. We can now win a game with somebody else carrying the load. There has been games where Smoove and sometimes Marvin would carry the load, but these games were few and far between. I think we finally got our reliable second option. Hopefully the 1-2 punch of Joe and Mike can continue on, and we can make the playoffs. Let's beat the Knicks on Sunday!

Good for Lue. I know a lot of people didn't like him, but I was one of his few fans. I didn't like see him in the game running the point, but he was a good 3 point shooter, good clutcher player, and a good free throw shooter. It's not his fault that our team had no real point. He was really forced into doing something that he couldn't do. He was one of the couple players on our team that the time that I wouldn't have mind taking the last shot.

Joe has been a beast since the break. He is averaging 23.4 with 5.8 assists per game. He is also shooting 47.6 from the field, and an impressive 51.2 from three! Let's hope he can keep it up, and other players can follow his lead.

I agree. I was hoping we could go 2-3 on this trip. I thought we would beat the Kings and the Warriors, and lose the other games. Going 2-3 with a win against the Spurs to close the trip is a lot better. It's taking our team some time to get used to Bibby, so you can look at it as 2-1 in our last 3 games on the trip. Finishing the trip 1-4 would be pretty upseting, but with an easy schedule ahead we could overcome it in the East. I just hate looking ahead and thinking we can beat teams like the Knicks and the Heat in a couple weeks. I want wins now.

"This is another huge step for us," Johnson told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "You're talking about a guy who can make shots and can run a team. He embodies all the things we've wanted in a veteran point guard, and he's also a guy that's known for taking and making big shots." http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AgKA...ov=st&type=lgns

Beating a dead horse here. Would we trade Marvin for Paul or Deron straight up? Of course! It won't happen though. Marvin isn't too bad of a player though. I cringe whenever he tries to go to the hoop, but he has a really nice jump shot. Plus, he is pretty young. I really don't think this is as big of a deal as the Shelden pick. Marvin for Chris Paul is a good trade for us. However, Roy for Shelden would be a HUGE rip off for us. Marvin was a huge talent coming out of UNC. Shelden was just a dumb pick, but he is gone now(thank god).

I don't really follow the NBDL much. Who has any ideas of what we can acquire from the league? I could be wrong, but I think a good shooter will be easier to find in the NBDL. If there is a 7' player that can score and rebound, he probably won't be in the NBDL. It seems to be more of a scorers league. I remember getting Gundy(sp?) last year, and he knocked down a couple open threes, but that seemed to be all he could do.

There will always be a 'core' of talent. The only question is how long will the 'core' stay in tack? I know Sekou said the core will remain together in this previous trade, but what about the future? I hope we can get JS and JC locked up in the offseason. I know a lot of people aren't huge Childress fans, but I think his energy off the bench is great. He always comes in the game trying to push the ball, and we need more guys trying to force the fact the we are a running team.

I really don't post much (which is obvious by my post count) but this trade has got me excited. I have lurked these boards for a long time, and I enjoy reading what all of my fellow Hawk faithful have to say about our team. I know all of us don't really agree with the deal, but Bibby is a pretty good point guard. I know we all wish we could get a Kobe, or a Lebron to play on our team, but this isn't NBA live 2K8. We got an experienced point guard who is a leader, and has won big playoff games. Plus we got him for players we really don't care about losing. I'm sure most of us can agree that T Lue, AJ, Lorenzen, and Shelden won't be missed too much. Shelden was a wasted pick. However, the past is the past, and we have to make due with what we have to work with. Plus, don't forget when the Kings got Bibby, he helped them reached the western conference finals in 2001-2002. Think about this. Last year we were hoping the Hawks would get lucky in the lottery, and get a top three pick so we could keep our pick. We got Horford, and we got to keep the pick from the Indiana trade. That was HUGE for us. The same for the year before we hoped to just keep our lottery pick. We have been stuck hoping we could get a good draft pick(even though the pick hasn't been right all the time) for so long now. Now we have something besides a draft pick to get excited about. We got Joe Johnson, which was a huge upgrade, but this is the first trade in a LONG time showing that we are serious about winning now. We got AJ for a second rounder, but was that a move showing we were trying to make the playoffs last year? No. Personally, I feel this is a great time to be a Hawks fan. I've waited for the longest time to relive the days of Smitty, Mookie, and Deke waving his finger. We might have never won anything big with those teams, but we always won more than we lost(having MJ on the bulls didn't help much, either). So thank you ASG, for improving our team. However, we aren't done yet. Smith needs to be locked up, and we still could use another outside shooting treat or another decent big. This is a step in the right direction- and for the Hawks, a step in the right direction is something new. Joe Johnson is excited, and I'm sure the rest of the squad that is still here is too. We might actually see Smith get some easy dunks, Joe get some easy shots, Marvin getting more wide open jumpers(which seems to be his only offensive game so far), and Horford getting the ball in a better position to score down low. The Hawks might actually be a team that could WIN a few games in the PLAYOFFS. When is the last time we have thought that?

Keep in mind we have more games against the Heat, and we still haven't played the Knicks. Add those with some games againts the Bobcats our last month or so, if we can hold our ground and beat those teams we must beat...we should be in. As much as I would love to see the Hawks be a legit top 4 team in the east, this is great. Remember the last playoff game in Atlanta? We are way overdue, and this is a great start in bringing solid basketball back to the Hawks organization.

Thank you JC. Now let's please start doing it more often.

Being a huge GA Tech fan, I would love to get Critt. I still wish we would have got him with our first pick. We took Acie because he seemed more NBA ready, but I don't think he is as ready as everybody thought he was. If we knew AJ was going to be as productive as he has been this year, I think it would have made more sense to pick Critt with our pick.

I'm a premium subscriber too, I just never really post on there. I didn't even know Bill followed the Hawks, or anyone else for that matter from over there.