Atlantaholic

Quote: I'm as happy as the next guy, but Amare was not playing and we barely won. We out-rebounded them by 16, had the lead just about the ENTIRE game, they never got closer than 3, shot 41% from the field and we one by 9.

Swatguy is insane.

True. I forgot about that. We wouldn't need him anyway... he is completely, 100%, finished.

Salim needs to get Lue's minutes if he continues to play at anywhere near the level he did today.

We need to give him more looks in the post... he got a couple at the beginning of the game and scored in one opportunity and drew a foul in another. I don't know why we don't post him up more, especially instead of running some of these possessions where we just hold the ball in the perimeter and kick it out to Josh for a jumper

I guess... but they are team that is built differently than any other team in the league. A European coach would most likely have to adapt to the NBA, not Vice-Versa. But you are right in saying that the biggest thing by far would be the respect factor... especially with the egos floating around in the NBA it would be really, really tough for a European coach to have respect and control of a team.

I think we will have to sacrifice Chill at the end of the day. Hopefully we can make it happen and keep everyone together, but I don't see us keeping everyone. And as good as Chill is, he is odd man out right now.

we want Woody fired because throughout his three years as coach he has yet to run an offensive set. Phoenix had nothing on us inside and yet we give Smoove and Horford the ball at the top of the key instead of posting up. At least he took Lue out of the game, so that marks an improvement from his overall atrocious coaching of the last three seasons.

I don't know why we don't use our post players in the post. This is one of many Woody enigmas. Horford and Smith get all of their touches at the top of the Key... it's insanity.

I love you man. Seriously. I would hug and kiss you if I could.

It's only available for Directv costumers.. but unfortunately Directv isn't available here... I think I may have found a way around it though. Thanks for the info non the less.

Good stuff! I'm hyped for the game man! Time to tune in at 790.

I know this is kind of a useless thing to bring up, since it's all in the past now and not much that we can do to fix it, but I think it was a huge mistake to not go after Brevin, not only is he one if the most efficient point guards in the league at running a team, but he also showed that he can be a great mentor. I don't know how much of Raymond Felton's development you can attribute to Brevin, but I would say it's safe to say the he learned at least a thing or two from Brevin. As it stands we have Lue mentoring Law. I don't think I need to reiterate why this is a bad thing. Now, this is not to say that Law won't become a good PG because he doesn't have an adequate on the court mentor... that would be ridiculous; but it's a shame that we didn't bring in anyone who could teach him a trick or two about how to be a good pass first PG. Maybe if the Clips are out of contention by the trade-deadline and Livingston comes back we could be able to package a deal to bring Brevin home. I really do think he is the best Mentor/player available right now.

Boykins is a shorter Tyronne Lue clone... Gary Payton is beyond done. Either of them would be an upgrade over Anthony Johnson but that's it.

Seems to not be working anymore *sighs* oh well.

The styles of play are too different... I'm not sure how a European coach would translate to the NBA, but my gut says it wouldn't go to well.

I wish I could get Leaguepass... but the only version of it available here (Mexico City) shows 2 games a day. Guess what the chances are that one of those games is a Hawks game? yeah, exactly. At least now I can listen to the games on a radio stream

Dude. We run no plays for anyone except JJ. (and we only have a couple for him) The reason he is inconsistent is that all of his points come from transmission or put-backs. Until we get a coach that can add 1 + 1 without the use of an abacus, we will have inconsistencies in our offense, and Chill will be part of those inconsistencies

I would seriously bet all of my possessions that Woody doesn't crack 80 on an IQ test.

We could run the play that Cleveland ran with Lamond Murry and Wesley Person. They ran two curls on oppossite sides of the keys and one of them was open all day. (Andre Miller was able to set a career high of 11 assists that year, just by them running that play over and over). Have Horford and Smoove set picks on JJ and Marvin and have them both curl... they are both deadly mid-range shooters... I don't know why we don't attempt this, or other stuff like this. Woody is like a 2 year old with a brand new X-box.

If woody knew how to coach J-Smoove wouldn't have the ball at the wing with 2 seconds left on the shot clock every other posession in the fourth... I know Detroit is a good defensive team and it's tough to get good looks against them... but if JJ is getting denied why do we waist 20 seconds of the shot clock on Lue pounding the ball waiting for JJ to come free? We could run a curl to Marvin who was shooting lights out... but alas; Woody the "rainman" Woodson had other thoughts.

Being a fan of Atlanta sports is tough... I have hope for J-smoove and the Hawks though... despite the exaggerators' claims.

I wonder if his wrist is bothering him much

Yeah dude, I know the exact shots you are talking about. And then on the other end Rasheed is getting the roll and Jarvis Hayes is making shots he has never made in an NBA game before. What can you do? (what a brilliant move to put Lue on Hayes. Saunders must have popped a boner when he saw that match-up)

Josh is streaky on Offense... his defense was huge, and sinking three free-throws with 16 seconds when you are a lifetme 70% free throw shooter is as clutch as it gets... Seriously this happens every year, Josh Smith and Childress start off slow and everybody wants their heads... relax and wait for them to find their groove. I mean damn... we were in control of this game until Joe had to sit for 7 straight minutes.