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Northcyde has and I think will always be a pessimist to the Hawks, glad he hasn't been around lately.

What report on Ryan Cameron?

It was said in the 92.9 interview that Danny was actually the person who was pushing to get Deng.

Obviously we have all had different experiences downtown... some good some bad. My point is no matter how "bad" people want to say downtown is, it still doesn't stop them from going to falcons games, concerts, parades, bowl games, Oprah, etc... bottom line, is that the excuse of it being to dangerous to go to a hawks game makes absolutely no sense, considering the fact that it doesn't keep them from coming to other events in the downtown area. Can we agree on that? I mean are the falcons or any of these other events downtown doing anything that the hawks are not doing to make sure you make it to the event safely?

Obviously we have all had different experiences downtown... some good some bad. My point is no matter how "bad" people want to say downtown is, it still doesn't stop them from going to falcons games, concerts, parades, bowl games, Oprah, etc... bottom line, is that the excuse of it being to dangerous to go to a hawks game makes absolutely no sense, considering the fact that it doesn't keep them from coming to other events in the downtown area. Can we agree on that? I mean are the Falcons or any other event doing anything that the Hawks aren't doing to make sure you make it to the event safely?

The topic of this thread is talking about Philips (or the area around Philips) being unsafe, which is being used as an excuse, or a reason why people don't want to come to hawks games. You are backing up the claim that it is unsafe by claiming that you see drug deals and people try to wash your windows (which I call bs on). I used to drive downtown EVERYDAY for at least 8 years and I have never seen anything of the sort, however someone will ask if you have some extra change. What I am saying is that excuse has NOTHING to do with it, because people still show up to these same "unsafe" places or areas for Concerts, football/bowlgames, baseball games etc...

And yet, people still showed up to Braves games for years. There was no excuse of traffic, even though there is more traffic going to a braves game coming from both directions and it being a worse area than Philips Arena.

Sorry but this has been discussed many times before 2012, I remember seeing this topic several times and there were people saying that it is unsafe. I find that funny because the Braves stadium is in the center of the Atlanta ghetto, and no one has a problem going there, and you also don't hear these silly excuses like traffic, danger etc.... during falcons games, big concerts, when LeBron or any other celebrity is in town. These are ALL LAME excuses.

Interesting.....seems like we are not the only ones who recognized this. I'm not saying that the nba is rigged but man yesterday was disgusting. http://www.pacersdigest.com/showthread.php?82973-Is-the-NBA-rigged/page16

Hate to say it but I told you so....the refs let them beat people up, but you cannot touch them in their building, its crazy!

It seems as if they feel like they will just run over us, unless Kyle gets hot, that is interesting!

Here is to hoping that we get past these guys, and causing an upset in round two!Ps. Why cant I use any emoticons?

To the Pacers fan:I personally do not have any problems with you being around, as long as it is respectful. On another note I do not blame your team for being aggressive, that is what they are supposed to do. However I feel like the refs know this is the way that you guys when games so they let you guys get away with it more, especially in your home building. That is what I meant in my first post about being beat up.I mean I have never seen a team be aloud to pound push slap and knock over players, like that (except the good Detroit teams)! If the Pacers play the way they have been playing the last couple of years, you are going to see a lot of complaints here.

Update: With Chicago winning their game against the Magic last night, we are now a half game ahead of them. We have 2 more games left and they have one.For those who want Indiana: We only have to lose our last two and the Bulls have to win one.For those who want Brooklyn: We either have to win the last 2 games or win 1 and Chicago loses the last one.Either way, this may come down to the last game of the season. If I were LD (or any coach) I would make sure we face Indiana, as a fan, I wanna see Brooklyn.

Bulls will get 5th if we end the season tied.