AnnArborHawk

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

Quote: More sweet tea? LOL. That line made the post.

Quote: I have got to pull for the Hornets because they are young like us except they have our PG Yeah, and Tom Brady has my girlfriend.

Quote: That is what I was hoping they would ask and what I hoped he would say. At least we now knw Fratello does want to coach again. Many of us really like this guy. 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

Quote: I agree with other posters, if Philly offers max do a sign and trade. Dalembert, Williams, and their draft pick would be fair I believe. Then with Williams and Law we could trade Bibby for whatever the hell we wanted. 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.

Quote: Whereas Smoove is the example of passion. 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?

Quote: like literally i was robbed. Everyone was standing in the 4th, so i had to put it down on the seat. The next time i turned around, it was gone. I wasn't so mad cuz we got the win though ;p Plenty of crooks in downtown though. 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?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2008...tory?id=3378490

Quote: That Atlanta wants to drag Boston into an uptempo trash talking game. 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

I wish someone on the Hawks would reach out to the media, reach out to state and city officials, and ask for the their help calling for a red out (everyone wears red - a little more intimidating than the blue). You watch the Boston game and see a see of green, Atlanta's just never been able to pull off the color coordination thing, but it really adds an extra level to the home court advantage. Plus its a good motivator for the team and the city. I want a red out!

In the eyes of the NBA, the best case scenario is unfolding. Hawks and Sixers compete to garner excitement in those markets and make for a better story than sweeps. In the end though, the want Detroit and Boston to win these, with Boston moving on to set up the dream series with LA. I have to believe the NBA's worst case scenario would have been Toronto beating Utah in the finals :-) At least we can all thank Orlando for making sure that didn't happen.

Quote: Horford just screams for an Under Armor commercial. I'd never thought of that but that's a perfect fit. If these guys can pull off the series, I would expect to see a little national love come there way with some of these types of things.

What I find amazing is, that while the media is having a field day with our upstart Hawks, there always seems to be a little one-liner in every article noting that it's a foregone conclusion the Celtics will still win the series. If we win tonight will that assumption finally go away? At least there's good bulletin board material out there for these guys tonight.

Love the image!

I want a Zaza/Garnett commercial!

Well you have to give the guy SOME credit. He has outcoached Doc in the past two games.

Quote: Quote: Why doesn't ZaZa just walk up to ref and push him just so we know for sure ? Kidding ! He walked right up to a guy and headbutted him with his ginormous head, and he's playing tonight. You have to be kidding. Zaza clearly put his forehead on Garnett's to get right in his face WITHOUT any force. KG just did the usual and acted, flailing around, and coming just short of the full-on flop. With regard to the league being biased, I think the home team has had questionable calls go their way here and there, but that happens in every NBA game and it's just to be expected. But even with that I haven't seen anything blatantly biased. I will go on record, however, as saying that if Pierce was fined for his gestures, KG should have (at the least) been fined for shoving the ref.

Quote: I think Ted feels he needs to use his money for more important things so we aren't eating each other in 40 years. LOL!