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Rathbun was saying last night how he thinks Biedrins(sp?) would be a perfect fit for us. I don't think we can afford him though.

I think Mule has the right idea. We haven't had much garbage time minutes the last few games. Hopefully against Washington and Charlotte at home next week we can build a lead and let Acie get in there and get his confidence up.

Sekou said that he's a gametime decision. He's still nursing his shoulder. Apparently range of motion is an issue. That's good that Boone is out. I was hoping Devin Harris would be out again too.

Anything less than 4-2 over the next 6 would be disappointing to me. Wish we knew more about Zaza and Smith's injuries.

Excellent analysis dog, couldn't agree more. While I wish Marvin would keep shooting 1000% from 3, it can't last forever.

You guys make me happy to live in the A where I can listen to Bob and 'Nique. I miss Smitty, but 'Nique is pretty good too. Could you guys mute it and listen to the radio broadcast over the internet? There might be some timing issues, but it might be worth a shot... :idea:

Yeah, you can't fault Solo for his effort. He was trying for every rebound. I think he got an over the back call last night going for one.

Yeah, I was very upset with the officiating last night. Horford definitely bites on the pumpfakes too much, but I think that can be fixed fairly easily. On too many possessions last night our offense slipped back into last years mode where we sit around and watch Joe. We can't stop that ball movement. The only reason we were so close last night was our amazing 3pt shooting.

81-1 :beer11:

I dunno, Randolph Morris was pretty terrible last night. 4 minutes, 4 fouls, 1 rebound, 1 turnover. He was better in the Toronto game though.

I also really liked Solo's toughness tonight. I know he had some ticky tack fouls, but he wasn't backing down from anyone.

Agreed that the refs were out to get us tonight. We had 33 personal fouls to their 23. Pierce shot 16 FTs. Joe didn't get any calls hardly, going to the line only 9 times. Our 3 point shooting was the biggest reason we hung around in this game I think. 59% on 3s as a team.

I hope Horford got some good rest last night. He's gonna need a ton of energy. Seems like the Celtics like to go to KG with the early postup everytime down the floor, so Horford is going to have to do a good job of sprinting back on D.

That makes me so happy to see Hollinger eat his crow. He was really getting on my nerves with all of his doom and gloom predictions for the Hawks this offseason.

Five more thoughts on the NBA: 1. The Hawks are a good team. Or, more specifically, there is a 99.1 percent chance that the Hawks are a good team. For an NBA team to win its first six games is an accomplishment; for a team to do so when four of the six games are on the road is particularly impressive. If the Hawks were an average team and played an average schedule over the first six games (Atlanta's schedule was probably more difficult than average, but just play along with me here), the odds of their winning six straight, when four of the six are on the road, would be just 0.9 percent. Thus, six games into the season, we can reject the idea that the Hawks are an average team, at least until we're provided with substantial contrary evidence in the coming games. As for the idea that they'll go 31-51, as some crackpot said before the season started -- well, that can be dismissed even more readily. Using the same assumptions as above, there is only a 0.17 percent chance that a 31-win team could pull off such a feat in its first six games. So, the assumption we'll work from, until further notice, is that the Hawks are good -- probably 50-win good, provided Josh Smith gets back with reasonable speed (and based on how quickly he returned from a groin injury two years ago, that's a fairly safe assumption.)