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Teague will likely play little in the second half of close games. Until he has EARNED that playing time I have zero problem with that.

Acie just never at all showed me that he belonged in the league- I don't at all blame Woodson for not playing a lousy draftpick. Teague I think you want to give 5 minutes to in the first half. If he plays well then you give him 5 minutes (or more) in the second half. Of course if you are either up or down big then you give him more minutes. I think that would work out to at least 15 minutes a game on average over the course of a season which is enough to let him show whether he deserves more PT.

Early in the shotclock I think that switching on every pick is absolute suicide. It lets smart teams set EXACTLY the matchup they want and then they can just eat you alive. Late in the shotclock where resetting the offense to exploit a preferred matchup is more difficult I strongly prefer the switching defense.

He Hawks are simply not as good as the lakers- I think its ridiculous to blame woodson in this situation. I do think its ridiculous how people blame woodson for every single loss- the hawks would seemingly go undefeated this season if the Hawks had a different coach in some people's minds.

I think that people don't understand that the Hawks have just 1 guy on the team who can consistently draw a doubleteam and find the open man. (Crawford can draw a doubleteam but its not clear that he can find the open man after that happens) The Hawks have no post players that teams are worried about. Its a perimeter oriented team because thats where the team can attack from. Bibby, Marvin, Josh, and Al all pretty much need to face an unsettled defense to get their points at this point. Thats not Woody's fault.

The Hawks need Joe Johnson more than the Lakers need Kobe. I can't believe that you think that the Lakers would be dumb enough to keep sitting Kobe just because the Hawks were dumb enough to not play their best player.

I just have to say how ridiculous it is for you to put new users on a 24 hour waiting time before they can even post at all. Then when you finally do let someone post you still make all their posts get approved by the moderator!? This is just ridiculous. There can't be enough traffic on this site that you have such a spam problem that such draconian steps need to be taken. You basically don't let someone post for the first 48 hours and I have no idea how long it lasts where you still require a moderator to approve posts past that. I can't even imagine how many people start to post here and leave just becuase of how ridiculous these rules are.

Given the crowd's reaction to Josh Smith shooting jumpers.

Josh Smith from 3!

Nothing but Net!

Then a picture of the ball slamming into the outside of the net.

I agree that Paying Craword 10 million dollars each of the next 2 years was a horrible mistake compared to having flip as a 2 million dollar expiring contract.

Play like #2!