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Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!In your face DEISIEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....................now lets take care of that big man situation we have and lets sign joe smith and hope siler makes the team!!!!

do you have a link?

GREAT!!!!!! LET'S GON AHEAD AND SIGN HIM AN EXTENSION THAT WAY WE CAN FOCUS ON ANOTHER NEED NEXT OFF-SEASON AND NOT WORRY WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH OUR STAR PLAYER!!!!! WAY TO GO SUND!!! GET TOGEATHER WIT THE ASG AND SIGN JJ AN EXTENSION NOW!!!! (im loving this gm of ours!!! sund is taking care of future buisness and still trying to improve our team over this off-season............keep the good work going!!!!)

We talk about whos going to be our backup BIG but I dont think we should ignore the fact that we dont have a legit backup SF.Dont get me wrong I do like Mo and what he brings to our team. He is somewhat of a solid player but there is one thing I have a problem with wit mo and its the fact that he's playing out of postion (which he has nothing to do with) -first off this man is shorter than a typical SF -his defense is ok but it lacks when going against bigger size or taller size SF -he's a true 2 guard What need to be done about this situation: -we simply need to just sign an legit SF that has a decent skill set similar to mo's atleast or better (Rodney Cardney comes to mind! not sure who else is in free agency) -we could trade him for someone and snatch us a true SF from another team(I think mo can easily be traded since we now have crawford) I think we should go after Rodney Carney. He's in the free agency and he's a decent player who can help this ballclub, but if we sign him or someone else to be the backup SF what happens to Mo?.......I say we trade Mo to find that BIG man we need so bad. Your Thoughts?

As we all know woody used an 8 man rotation last year that consisted of bibby, johnson, williams, j smoove, horford, flip, mo, and zaza. Now with that being said we as fans of the hawks we get upset about how woody runs his minutes and rotations and we should be. BUT and there is a BIG BUT when I say woody played that 8 man rotation last season because he TRUSTED those only 8 players on the team. The other players he didnt have faith or TRUST in them (acie, morris, hunter, and whoever else that hardly didnt ever see any court action all last year). Now heres the point im trying to make if someone like teague or someone can come in and actually prove himself to WOODY and show some type of instant production on the court then WOODY will TRUST him and PLAY him, but if that person doesnt show anything on the court than woodys going to sit him like he did acie. Then theres players like crawford, well here woody is defeinitely going to play him because he knows what he's getting and because its crawford thats not a huge name but its not a little name either, he knows woody is going to give him his minutes and Woody already knows what crawford is going to give him on the court (another scoring ability). To end this whole thing off WOODY can do a 10 man rotation as long as those 10 players shows or should i say prove themselves to woody by showing some type of production on the court and not just being out there, they have to prove their skills and talents to woody (just like any other coach) and also build TRUST with him which is the biggest of all because WOODY ONLY PLAYS THOSE WHO HE TRUST RIGHT NOW WOODY ONLY TRUST 8 MEN ON THE TEAM. AS SOON AS WE GET 2 MORE PEOPLE WOODY WILL TRUST THEN WE WILL MAKE THE ROTATION A 10 MAN INSTEAD OF AN 8 AND THE MINUTES WILL THEN BE MORE SPREADED OUT WHERE JJ AND THE WHOLE STARTING FIVE CAN GET MORE REST IN THE GAME. -also ithink if we sign siler woody will play him and give him a chance to earn some minutes because woody shows that he likes this kid alot so im looking for siler to show out in front of woody and also i know if we sign joe smith woody is going to give him minutes without question and also a person like stromile swift.

To Diesel and others against the Marv signing please get over it guys. Marv is back and now we need to start thinking about how to make our front court better with additional big men. So who do you have in mind? I for one like Joe smith if he comes but i really dont think he will sign! So im looking at a more realistic signing like Hakim Warrick, Stromile Swift, jarron collins, and maybe (i guess i would like to have francisco elson or brian skinner as well if we cant seem to get Warrick or Swift)

What we got is an important player back! you hatin mutha****a. Marv deserves to be here! So just leave it alone. He has improved every year in the NBA and last year he even got himself a nice 3pt and it will get better this year cause again marv improves himself every year and will continue to do so. Damn man he's on the team for the next 4 years now (according to yahoo) so you mine as well like it and get over it! SHEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah give us a link when you get more of the details. I hope its true cause I cant find anything on any other website about this!

LOL. deisel is definitely having a panic attack....but as for me I hope its true and Im am happy with the deal being done,(if true anyways) great job sund!

Let me ask you one question: We know you hate marvin but answer me this do you want him here still and step up or do you want to trade him! An if so who do you want us to trade marv to and get for him?

Same here.............but I am somewhat worried about this season.

Now Im not impatient with negotiations cause they do take time but I am impatient when it comes to signing free agents. Marv will probably get resigned but our frontcourt will still be suffering. We have watched several big man get signed by other teams and there's not many left! If Sund wants to compete next year with the big boys(cavs, magic, lakers, celtics, spurs) then he better put a move on it. My Questions to the Squawkers: 1. Im not sure about this but isnt there a signing period in the NBA and when does it end? cause again we have not signed Marvin yet and I do think there is a signing period in the NBA so Sund needs to get that deal with Marv done! 2.Now as far as frontcourt goes, I think if we can somehow add Hakim Warrick and Siler, we will be ok (though they wont fix all of our front court woes). Reason is Hakim can provide points off the bench in the paint though he is an undersize PF and as for Siler Im not hyping him up but I know for a FACT that because of his SIZE (305) and his HUSTLE, he will be able to help us out with something! The question is do you agree with what was said in number 2? P.S. I know some of you are going to say why didnt I say Joe Smith and Siler instead of Hakim and Siler reason is if you havent noticed I seriously doubt we get Joe Smith why would he come to the hawks! We havent made moves to be championship contenders and Im sure that he wants to win now especially since he's aging! An the comments on Siler is made cause if you our hawks fan and you watch them whos our number one HUSTLER................KING ZAZA!!! An SILER HUSTLES just like ZAZA and neither really have any outstanding skills they just HUSTLE on every play unlike MORRIS or SOLO. We need players like that on this team and SILER is it!

Mr. Eddy Curry! -Yes he's mainly good for just scoring which we could use off the bench. -He's not much of a rebounder (but he does ok) but again he can score in the post. -And on top of all that he has a great size 6'11 285 -He's only 26 But -He gets into alot of trouble, thats why he missed so many games last year and thats what scares teams away from giving him a chance but I wonder if he can change I mean he is human! - not sure what he got in trouble for but he does have a rep as of staying in trouble -Hell lets take a chance on him and sign him! Its not like we are going to get anything better unless joe smith actually comes -not sure what he gets himself in trouble with but it seems like he is in trouble every time you hear something about him So Would you take a chance on Mr. Curry as a backup center for our team?

Solo is gone now so all we have left is horford, zaza, morris and a unsigned marvin williams! Who knows maybe we have something up our sleeves cause I sure hope so. Was solo that bad to let go? I did somewhat like the guy. http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/60799/20090725/report_pacers_solomon_jones_agree_to_deal/

Im not a genius at this but this seem like great oppurtunity for us to grab 3 unique players and make our front court better. Im sure joe smith is going to cost us the most but I dont expect hakim to make 5m or siler to make 3m. So is it possible that we can sign all three giving them the same amount on their contract as their current team? Its not like they make that much or am i looking at this all wrong? SPEAK TO ME ATL

Same here I think if we can get hakin and siler to sign that would be great and somehow joe smith too. Wow are team looks better already! Take a look. Starters 1 bibby/teague 2 johnson/crawford 3 williams/evans/joe smith 4 j smoove/joe smith/hakim 5 horford/zaza/siler (in bold to make see better) Im not sure if we can sign all of these guys (joe smith, hakim warrick, and siler but i do know they will be a hell of a upgrade over solo and morris!

UHHHH MAYBE BECAUSE WE NEED A BIG MAN (CENTER IN PARTICULAR)! SILER WOULD BE A GREAT FIT. HE REALLY SHOWS HUSTLE AND NOT ALL PLAYERS EVEN SHOW THAT. I MEAN HONESTLY DO YOU SEE MORRIS HUSTLING LIKE NOAH FROM THE BULLS. IF HE DID IM SURE HE WOULD BE ALOT MORE BENEFICIAL IF HE JUST HUSTLE. I MEAN REALLY WHY DO YOU THINK KING ZAZA IS PRETTY GOOD....................NAW IT AINT HIS SKILLS, ITS HIS HUSTLE HE SHOWS ON EVERY PLAY!

OH LORD PLEASE MAKE THE ASG SIGN SILER! :angel19: :angel19: :angel19: WE NEED A BIG MAN! RICK SUND GET THIS MAN! WOODY EVEN LIKE THIS GUY ALOT!.......THERE SHOULDNT EVEN BE AN OPTION WEATHER TO GET HIM OR NOT! CAUSE WE NEED A BIG ANYWAYS! AN BY BIG I MEAN CENTER AND SILER IS DEFINEITLY THAT.

LOL I hear the Ref didnt call it!

Atleast Siler shows effort/hustle on the court. something morris dont show!so he get big props for that. hell morris look like he dont even want to play 99% of the time!

LOL thats not what I meant but oK

I dont know much about dude, but why not take a risk of getting him he's not going to be any worse than morris. An he could be just as good as solo or better. What I do like about dude is that he has a great Size. I mean 6'11 305 pounds! It aint gon get no bigger than that unless you shaq! Anyways I hope this guy does a great job when he comes to visit us. He would give us some good size comin off the bench and I dont think he's soft in the paint judging by what I read from other, he will be able to bang in the post for sure. If you have any info on Mr. Garret Siler, please let me know! http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Garret-Siler-5699/ http://www.nbadraft.net/players/garret-siler "Siler is incredibly strong, has great hands, and establishes position in the paint against players of this caliber with the greatest of ease, barely needing to jump in order to dunk the ball because of how long his arms are. Combine those things together, and it becomes pretty obvious why he shoots such a high percentage from the field. He doesn’t have great footwork or fundamentals in the paint if forced to execute any type of advanced moves, but he manages to get to the free throw line a fair amount regardless, where he shoots a decent 66% despite his awkward mechanics."

Man I didnt know Teague could bring the house down and with so much force and intensity.The man makes it look easy to be a small guy, but hey so did Spud Webb.....LOL. ATL this man is our future!!! Some great videos of Teague throwing it down: here'a my favorite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrGMw7RrmI4&feature=related Jeff Teague dominates!!!!Look out NBA!!!Teague has come to take us to that next level!!!!

yeah man he's just not worth it. i hope these talks are false and its just a rumor!

damn really sorry about that. im off 2night. forgive me.