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The coolest thing about Joe's performance to date is that even with The People's Bum Elbow, he was the league's second-best assist maker among starting SGs, with 5.2 assists (behind Tyreke Evans' 5.7 dimes per game), especially when one considers the relatively low 1.8 turnovers (Evans has 3.6; most of the other top passers among traditional SGs exceed 2 and even 3 turnovers a night). I believe it's a career-high assist-turnover ratio; also his rebounding is down yet remained top 10 among starting SGs. Even though his elbow joint has impacted his shooting and rebounding, it apparently hasn't impacted his passing abilities in this new offensive scheme. ~lw3

Unleash JC2 on LeBron!!! [/lookingpastphilly] ~lw3

Nope, not until like, 2012 or something. Still in the three-decade window. ~lw3

26. Keith Edmonson ~lw3

25. LaPhonso Ellis 24. Acie Law IV 23. Ken Norman 22. Ennis Whatley 21. Doug Edwards 20. John Vallely 19. Esteban Batista 18. Cedric Bozeman 17. Shelden Williams 16. Glenn Robinson 15. Roshown McLeod 14. Danny Manning 13. Tim McCormick 12. Cal Bowdler 11. Sly Williams 10. Morlon Wiley 9. Alexander Volkov 8. Jon Koncak 7. Ed Gray 6. Priest Lauderdale 5. Blair Rasmussen 4. Dudley Bradley 3. George Trapp 2. Antoine Walker 1. Isiah Rider ~lw3

Free Hot Dogs! ~lw3

Craw for Speedy 'n Acie was a good one; Bibbs was Shelden+TLue+AJ+LoWright Should John Drew 'n Freeman Williams for Nique be in here? I haven't voted yet so I may have glossed over it. ~lw3

Human cloning FTW! ~lw3

Top 5 in the Atlanta-era for Points, Assists, and Steals plus a two-time NBA All-Star Game starter, ushering in the three-point era for Atlanta and being a constant in the transition from Drew to Nique & Doc, gives Unc... er, Fast Eddie the nod. Plus he was among the rare draft choices we got right. If cocaine wasn't one helluva drug, who knows how much higher in the All-Time lists he'd have gone? Reef's always been a fave of mine, he just didn't stand out long enough for winning teams here. If post-careers were included, it's safe to say Rounds would pass Eddie. :-) He'd also have passed Eddie if his earlier years with the Pacers were with the Hawks instead. If Jeff Teague develops into half of what Fast Eddie brought to this franchise we'll all be much happier. ~lw3 Some odd choices there. Looks more like a "favorites" list then a ranking of alltime best Hawks. ;) Just playin' with ya. Also, just for clarification, my "Cliff" was Levingston since I'm keeping it to guys with one-year ATL experience. ~lw3

All-Time (min. one season w/ Atlanta Hawks) 1. Nique 2. Mookie 3. Doc 4. Joe 5. Smoove 6. Deke 7. Willis 8. Lou 9. Smitty 10. Fast Eddie 11. Drew 12. Rounds 13. Pistol 14. Reef 15. Walt B. 16. Tree 17. Horf 18. JET 19. Spud 20. Moses 21. Bridges 22. Walt H. 23. Craw 24. Cliff 25. Zelmo ~lw3

Current: 1. Smoove 2. JJ Fad 3. Hofo 4. JC11 5. JC55 6. Bibs 7. Duck 8. King Zaza 9. J-Pow 10. JaCo 11. MoE 12. Blink 13. Pape What?? Pape Who?? 14. Poet ~lw3

Being in MSG, it reminded me a bit of Starks over Oakley and You-Know-Who, from the other wing. ~lw3

Can't say Hamed's the best candidate for her, but that young lady's surname is just screaming to be a maiden name. (No hyphenated stuff, please!) News link mugshot Goolnaz Keilbasahineymattmaloney? "Please, call me Asal..." ~lw3

I'm thankful the Hawks showed up to play on national TV tonight, and I'm thankful for Hawksquawk. GO HAWKS! ~lw3

http://www.eurweb.com/?p=66777 (Why EUR feeds into this story is beyond me) Don't be tardy for the baby shower... ~lw3

http://blogs.thescore.com/tbj/2010/11/24/tbj-dramatization-pat-riley-to-spoelstra-%E2%80%94-happy-thanksgiving/ Nicely done once again by The Score (don't Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in like August or something? What's with that?) ~lw3

JC2-Joe-Smoove-Horford-JC3 (against decent bigs), Zaza (against everybody else) and if the whole Smoove-starting-at-the-3 thing freaks you out (as it should), try: JC2-Joe-Powell-Smoove-Horford (against bigger wings) JC2-Mo-Joe-Smoove-Horford (against smaller wings) ~lw3

A team with no vocal veteran leadership on the floor (from veterans that have actually accomplished something in the NBA), coming off two consecutive piss-poor playoff exits, fires the head coach but promotes the assistant that sat next to him the whole time, making negligible changes to the coaching staff (who themselves have accomplished very little in the NBA), none of whom are FUTA (Foot Up the *ss) personality types. The management retains some semblance of a core but adds nothing significant to it, converting three draft picks into one seldom-contributing rookie, cap space, and some dude whose back apparently remains sore from flying coach across the Atlantic on his own dime to audition; also, passing on veteran free agents still contributing to rival teams and settling for low-impact lifers on the bench in the hopes they'll suddenly become worthy of regular rotation. They forgo experienced head coaches and vocal outsider personalities, opting instead for a team pal who, similar to their second-rounder, combined an infomercial-length audition with a bargain-basement salary demand to secure a contract. Despite understandably growing fan consternation, no money was spent to upgrade the members of the starting lineup. Remaining below the luxury tax ceiling but striving to stop being publicly branded as "cheap," the owners give the majority of what cash they had to their perennial quiet leader, in exchange for him willingly absorbing the slings and arrows of fans demanding more from this team that would otherwise be directed toward them. A mostly-young roster conditioned by the absence of any team-oriented offensive mindset over the course of more than three years is expected to master an offensive system from its first-time head coach in less than a month and employ it successfully against high-caliber and better-seasoned NBA competition. Players accustomed to receiving switching help as cover for their defensive shortcomings are now on notice that no such help will be available this year, in the hopes that this alone will somehow force them to address their own flaws. A team who needs to spend at least 99% of their focus on making any of this work is hopelessly preoccupied with afterparties, strippers, running restaurants, strippers, Rubik's Cubes, Halloween costumes, strippers, next year's salary, blogs, poetry slams, and fashion awards. Oh, and strippers. That's a start. I'll get to the on-the-court stuff later. ~lw3

Somebody misses Acie, too? :-) ~lw3

The point guard and the small forward cannot move, and the shooting guard hardly wants to. Thus... the Inertia Offense. ~lw3

'Tis hard for any coach to be taken seriously when he's making less than Harry The Hawk. ~lw3

(overheard in the church choir on Sunday) Joe [singing]: "Just like a treeeee that's planted by the waterrrrs..." ~lw3

You can tell they're turning a corner, though. Can't you see that circle? ~lw3

As long as they keep each other's mothers outta this, then it's all good! ;-) Really, hope there's no stripper drama, but if they can hold off on the extracurricular activities long enough to win an NBA title this season, all their VIP lap dances during the lockout will be on me! (I'm guessing I'm safe with this offer, though...) T-Pain and Mike Jones' song can't get out of my head now. "I'm N Luv..." (overheard in July...) A$G: We wanna offer you $120+ million over 6 years. Joe: Say, can I get that in crumpled fives? ~lw3

My new nickname for Coach Drew: "The Alchemist." Trying desperately to turn hearts of tin into gold... ~lw3