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I was also down at Phillips and was a bit disappointed with the turnout, perhaps Halloween contributed to the turnout, although in general the hawks have always had crowd problems, which I think will improve this year, with this team. I'd have to agree with pretty much everything, for a large part of the game I kept saying "JT quit shooting that", he was somewhere lke 1-5 on three pointers, it was pretty bad. But at the end of the game he ended up with 13 assists, career-high.. your right, that was a VERY quiet 13 assists. Jason Kidd had 12 the other night, so perhaps JT felt compelled, it just didn't appear he got that many, and I largely believe it was due to Big Dog! .. What a pick up, this is our main core player now IMHO. The rest of the team looked pretty good, even Dickau, other than some sloppy passing. Ham was energetic as usual and not disappointing.. I'd have to say by far the most important factor at the game for me was that Theo was playing and not hurt from the game Wednesday... thank goodness !

I decided to head down to Phillips last night and check out the last of the preseason action, indeed it was far from disappointing. The hawks showed a high sense of developing maturity and steadily kept a impressive lead on the hornets, even with wesley hitting pretty much everything he threw up. IMO, the eyecandy last night was on more than one hawk, but I especially noticied two individuals. Glover - He was looking really good last night, he got hot and the hawks kept going to him. While on offense he provided a considerable lift, that at times resembled the type of go-to-guy that any team can't get enough off, and on defense was so pumped he was exciting to watch. I was happy to see Glover doing so well, he has great potential. Ham - Talk about a good pick-up, this guy was working hard last night, I don't know if it is hams' inherent natural after working with a superstar, the preseason ending adrenaline, or a preview of what we are to expect, but his effort was huge. I've got good feelings on ham moving forward. Overall the hawks really had some good defense, showing they were starting to melt together somewhat. Big dog is starting to look good and terry consistently was working, hitting a few threes. Good times ahead, playoff bound? Dickau, cut that hair!