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He gives effort for sure, but the moment he goes in the game his man gets open at will. Looks like he is running on sand on defense. I have no problem with him playing though, I mean, he isn't Bibby bad so you can have him out there just for his shooting to give us an offensive boost off the bench. He ain't even close to starter material right now though IMHO.

Problem with Jenkins is his defense is an abomination. The dude can't get within three feet of his man it seems. As a shooter, yeah, he is as pure as it gets. A year or two of seasoning and he will be a great rotation player for us, even possibly a starting caliber player.

I agree with you mostly, but if you look at his production this year there's more going on than just suffering from lesser coaching. I mean, even compared to last year's numbers with the Nets Deron is struggling big time. At some point you have to start questioning his health or preparation. Coaching doesn't explain the dudes inability to make plays this season IMHO. More worrying still is his complete lack of leadership during this stretch for his team. I mean, can you ever imagine Chris Paul coming out and saying the things Deron said the way he said them? Blaming his play on the system? Chris Paul is playing under the freaking Vinny Del Negro system and still gets it done.

Morrow is horrible on Defense. That's the biggest problem. The only thing I give him the edge over Korver is when putting the ball on the floor, but he isn't exactly great at that either. When he is on his game he is equal to Korver as a shooter, but I feel Korver is probably a bit more consistent.

Josh Smith's jumper is like a box of chocolates - You'll get anything from absolutely laughable - Pretty on any given shot. He definitely has some of the most inconsistent mechanics on his shot that I have ever seen at the professional level.

His game has really regressed since leaving for Greece. Let this be a lesson that playing against lesser competition isn't gonna help you improve your game.Honestly, he wasn't good to begin with but now he is Mario West without defense. I'd rather sign any random guy off of the waiver wire.

I can't believe a debate existed about whether Deron or Chris Paul was the better point guard.

A frontline of Josh, Al, and Noah would be epic defensively and on the boards - Teague/Lou Williams Korver /John Jenkins Josh Smith/Stevenson Horford/Ivan Johnson Noah/ Pachulia We could be the next Detroit-esque championship team.

We really are playing as good as this current generation of Hawks has ever played. What I love the most is that players are always moving without the ball on offense. That is a sign of effective coaching (see Spurs, Jazz, Bulls), and keeps us for the most part from taking bad shots. On defense, we have a surprisingly effective blend of quickness and length, and It's fun seeing Larry Drew play mad doctor with the pieces he has available and alternate between a guard heavy lineup and a forward heavy lineup within the same game, keeping teams on their heels and forcing them to adjust on how to attack us. Our bench is also easily the best it's ever been. As weak as the East is this season with Chicago missing D-Rose and Orlando gutting the team, while other up and coming teams still to raw or with too many holes on their roster, there is no reason to think we can't continue being a top 3 team this season. If you ask me, when Carmelo finally comes down to earth a little bit (he ain't shootin 46% from three all season) it will be Miami and us vying for the number one spot in the East.

Since we are in the mid 20's as far as RPG in the league, I'm guessing in those 5 games we were out-rebounded very handily. In the games we rebound the ball well though, I'm sure we are as good as anyone outside of OKC and SA right now. We pass the ball well, score at a good clip and defend very, very well so as long as we continue to improve our rebounding we should continue to stay close to the top in the EC

Joe is stinking something awful in New Jersey. So far, he is making Ferry look like a genius.

Hopefully those rankings stay that way. I'm done with watching Josh Smith play basketball. In fact, I'm not watching another game this season until that "basketball" player is traded. What this man is doing so far this year is an insult to the game, the fans, and to himself.

Jeff Teague is the best player on this team HANDS DOWN. Horford is second place. The fact he only gets around 26 minutes a game while Josh, I don't have a single shooting percentage over 40% from anywhere on the field despite the fact I'm a PF, Smith is getting close to 40 minutes a game is a testament to how much of a complete moron Larry Drew is. Josh AND Drew both need to be removed from this team if we ever want to be anything other than first or second round playoff fodder.

Alas, it seems like that is the only Josh that exists right now. Aka = the worst offensive player in the NBA, maybe in the history of the NBA. He makes Dennis Rodman look like Alex English.

Getting Gasol for him right now would be a complete steal.

Josh Smith has been a complete and utter abomination this season so far. I'd trade him for Cal Bowdler.

Teague has played amazing really. Hard to figure he can keep producing at this pace (18 and 9 per 36 minutes) but he has looked better at running the point so far than I ever thought he'd look at this stage. Finally looks like we drafted a project that is working out for once.

The nickname "Smoove" is sheer irony at this point.

It's also valuable to use a guy who has been in the playoffs with three different teams, playing three different roles. The guy is a veteran and he has been in big moments in good teams. Morrow has put up decent numbers in cellar dwellars, Jenks is a rookie. Huge difference.

Why do we need a "real" center. There are like two real centers in the entire NBA. There are so few centers the NBA had to get rid of the center position alltogether in the All Star game for crying out loud.

Problem with that lineup is Harris can't shoot for crap.

Have you seen the rest of the league? The NBA today makes the NBA of the post Jordan years seem like the golden era of basketball. Seriously, I'm a pretty knowledgable fan, but I swear to god there are at least two starters on virtually every eastern conference team outside of Miami where I'm scratching my head and thinking "who the hell is this guy"

Teague has been great. Him and Horford seem like the clear cut keepers from this group. Josh is still totally iffy in my eyes, but those two I'd hold on to for a long while.

You are hilarious. It's baffling that Korver gets more than two games to hold on to his spot? Jesus holy christ, the guy has two, (two!!!!) bad games and it baffles you that he is given a third opportunity? He sucks because he has had a bad preseason and two bad regular season games? Really? First of all, who cares about his preseason, we are talking about a guy with 667 games played in the freaking league, and has proven throughout a sample size of an entire NBA career that he is a better all around player than Morrow. Have you seen Morrow play defense? The guy is horrible. Maybe the reason you are baffled has a little more to do with your impatiance as a fan than anything Drew is doing. Good lord, think for at least a moment before beating down on that keyboard.