AnnArborHawk

This one isn't entirely accurate. A lot of people thought Josh Smith could have been a top 10 pick if he'd gone to college for a year, but a lot of teams saw him as a risk straight out of high school. He wasn't exactly a sleeper.

I can't believe this drama queen. Gets carried off the court by his teammates to his wheelchair, towel covering his face because he's screaming in so much pain, only to come back out on the court 2 minutes later.

They should call these guys the Big P's, cause Pierce is a (well it's been mentioned) and KG is a punk (as are Cassell and Perkins). The only guys on that team that I have even the slightest respect for are Rondo, Big Baby, PJ Brown, and Ray Allen.

What's even more depressing is that there are only 3 active coaches with NBA championships (this season - not counting Larry Brown). That means every other team is trying to get their coach his first.

Salim isn't going to be back. Mark it down.

I was surprised I had to read that far down to see this one.

This is my concern with Woody staying on a year. Larry Drew and one other assistant (can't remember which one) tried to leave after last year. Now they're no longer under contract and are free to leave if they choose.

So let's say ASG gives Woody the one year extension. He'll likely have to bring in 2 new assistants. If it doesn't work out, then we can Woody and bring in a whole new coaching staff after another year.

That constant change over the next 2 years just doesn't sit well with me having a bunch of young guys on the team. I'd rather just cut ties and start fresh with a new coaching staff that can stick around a few years.

If you believe the rumors that BK was a difficult GM for other execs to deal with, then different might mean better (at least in terms of opening up some closed doors).

Now, of course, BK could have gotten that reputation because the owners wouldn't sign on the dotted line after he got his handshake agreement with another GM.

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Hawks owners probably look at this and see that he can continue the upward trend we've had since nearly being an expansion-type franchise with our rebuilding 4 years ago.

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If you're going to get anything done with this ownership group, you have to be skilled in consensus-building.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3414910

Doesn't look like anyone wants this job after talking to the ASG about it. Turns out that little thing about not having any control over the coach or the roster is a big deal for GM candidates.

Terry: So I just have to stare at the wall.

Wright: You can look down if you have to, just don't look in your periph. That's just basic urinal etiquette.

So would it be safe to assume that you are a carbon copy of every boss you've ever worked for, just by virtue of having worked for them?

Nice sig. BTW, Smoove & Bibby both shot less than 30% in the playoff losses, so I would add that to your sig too.

Looks like, contrary to national media reports, the Hawks have sought permission to talk with Chris Grant...

http://www.ohio.com/sports/19128499.html

LOL. That line made the post.

Yeah, and Tom Brady has my girlfriend.

I'd love to have Fratello. 16 seasons coaching in the NBA...winning record for 12 of them...made the playoffs 11 times. He's got one of the better resumes out there, so I'm sure somebody will grab him.

Only knock on him is, in those 11 playoff appearances, he won only a handful (3) playoff series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Fratello

I would actually be OK with this. Sign J-Chill. S&T Smoove for Dalembert, Williams, and #16. Then trade Bibby's $14mil expiring contract to a team that wants the cap space to rebuild.

Do I think Philly would do this deal? Probably not. But it does set us up to move Horford to PF, add to the bench with the #16 pick, and maybe pick up a shooter and a big in exchange for Bibby's contract.

Having said that, I'm not advocating this, but IF we were to trade Smoove, I'd be OK with this one.

Or worse, they'll decide they don't need a GM. I mean, if the owners are all making the decisions, they'll probably add GM to Nique's title, and he'll continue to be the famous face of the franchise - with Gearon Jr. pulling the levers behind the curtain.

Not necessarily a good thing. Sure, when he was going off, he was pumped and got the rest of the team behind him. But after he missed a couple layups in game one, he looked dejected the rest of the game.

People talk about his BBIQ being bad...well his emotional IQ is worse. In one of the recent articles I read he said something about knowing he was going to have a bad game after he missed his first couple shots....well no frikkin wonder you have a bad game b/c 3 minutes into it you've already decided you're going to have one!!!! Somebody get this guy a sports psychologist because his own damn head takes himself out of more games than opposing defenses do!

I think it was Colin Cowherd on the radio last week saying that successful organizations give their executives autonomy. Robert Kraft doesn't mess around football operations. Do we even know who owns the Spurs?

My question is, what quality GM will come in after this AJC article, KNOWING before they go into the job that he won't have the autonomy he wants/needs?

Same thing happened to me in game 3 with the towels. My gf had hers stolen out of her seat by the people behind us (who had their own), and then, they just grabbed mine that I had on my shoulder.

I felt it being taken off my shoulder, so I turned around and looked at them, and they just refused to make eye contact, acknowledge anything I said. Actually just sat there and pretended I didn't exist. So I said to the people next to them, "did you see that", and that's when they got up and walked away (probably not their actual seats anyway).

Oh yeah, this was a mom and her 8-10 yo kid. Nice lesson mom.

Anyone watch this and get the feeling Childress will be coaching in 15 years?

Am I wrong in thinking that Boston started the trash talking?

Add up the first, second and third place votes for Horford, and you see that there were 3 voters out of the 125 who didn't think Horford was even in the top 3. I wonder who these idiots are.

http://www.nba.com/news/durant_roy_080501.html