I really like both Pangos and Cotton. 

Horford trying to rebound from his initial mishandling of how he left. Still can't rebound lol.

Awesome! 

1. Celtic Pride BS
2. Several days pass
3. Weak statement

**** Horford. 

24 minutes ago, DJlaysitup said:

The thing is with this guy (IMO) is that - while he must be a very good player - his team (Baylor) - lost to the Georgia State University Panthers in the first round of the NCAA tourney and then turned around and lost to Yale University in the first round the next year.   Two MAJOR upsets.  Surely he wasn't the only player on Baylor that was any good - so - wouldn't one expect that he could have done something to get the "Bears" over the hump and at least win a game?

I follow Baylor; my dad went to school there. TWP was literally almost the only offensive weapon on that team after Austin, Heslip, Jefferson, and O'Neale left. BU would typically go on hot and cold offensive streaks with TWP being about the only consistent thing. Occasionally a guy like Jonathan Motley or Keny Chery (graduated after the GSU season) would provide offense but that's about it.

As for TWP, he'll also go on hot and cold offensives streaks himself. The main difference is that he won't be practically the only offensive weapon on the Hawks like he was the past two seasons at BU.

2 minutes ago, Ebert said:

No problem. Now they will upgrade Horford's status to "superstar".

They already did! 

Boston fans are having a MELTDOWN on their message board right now. One even said that they (Boston) just "lost a superstar today." Entitled. 

**** Horford.

I hate all Boston sports teams. Most spoiled and most entitled fanbase there is.

8 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

I loved the pick.  My Syracuse bias would've preferred Malachi Richardson, but Prince's energy and passion reminds me of Kenneth Faried.

He's better now than Demarre was coming out of college.  He seems to be a coachable kid that Bud could really develop rapidly.

 

I really liked Richardson and Beasley from FSU.

TWP plays with a lot of passion; truly cares about the game. Sometimes his emotions get to him though. I really do think that he's going to love playing for Bud and Bud's going to enjoy coaching him. Yes, I agree about TWP coming out of college is better than DMC coming out of college. I like DMC and I think that TWP could, key word could, become better than DMC was here. Interesting comparison you made with Faried. 

Welcome!

We might have to wait until the first game of the season to hear a thank you from Alice.
If so, then that thank you would still come before an Alice rebound in a game. Boston fans might wait 4-5 games for Alice to record a rebound.

4 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

Thats because he was the only one balling in that game.  I'd be mad too if my teammates wilted to Yale.

That is true. TWP came off the bench most of his career (started a lot, if not all, in his senior year) and was sadly just about the only scoring option(s) that BU had the past two seasons after guys like Isaiah Austin, Royce O'Neale, Brady Heslip, and Cory Jefferson left a few years back. Couldn't really keep up with Yale because BU was struggling to find offense; that Makai Mason fellow really showed up that day.

What excites me about TWP in Atlanta is that he isn't going to be relied on as THAT GUY for offense like he was the past 2 seasons in college. He can shoot, rebound, move the ball, clean up plays, and he brings some defense too. He's scrappy. If he can really improve his shooting even more (he's with the right NBA team to help him do that) and not have to be as much of a 'volume shooter' then boy o' boy o' boy. 

Sorry ya'll! I derailed the convo there for a bit.

****Horford. 

Still, **** Horford. 

3 minutes ago, DS5 said:

I'm on board with everyone here now. f*** him. Can't wait til D12 dominates his soft punk ass. I really wish the worst to him. I hope everyone joins me in booing his ass as badly as we've ever booed anyone in Phillips arena. f*** him. 

Believe me. I will be there and I will be booing the mess out of Alice. 

1 minute ago, RandomFan said:

Everyone remember this?

https://web.archive.org/web/20110211085330/http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2011/02/08/al-horford-an-all-star-at-center-but-hes-taking-a-beating/

Al Horford an All-Star at center but he’s taking a beating

11:10 pm February 8, 2011, by Jeff Schultz

Have you ever seen or heard a 7-foot-1, 270-pound man beg? Stand near Tito Horford the next time he picks up the telephone to call the Hawks’ front office.

“I’ve been begging [general manager] Rick Sund and the Hawks for the last three years – please get a center so my son can pay his normal position,” the elder Horford said Tuesday from his home in the Dominican Republic. “He can’t push guys out of the box like I could. If he moved to forward, he would have a longer career.”

We suspected Al Horford would be a great NBA player. We watched him play on two national championship teams at Florida. It follows that when the Hawks drafted him third overall in 2007, we were overcome with the rarest of Hawks draft-day sensations: comfort.

But what has been stunning is that Horford has turned into an impact player at the wrong position. He just made the NBA’s Eastern Conference All-Star team for the second straight season as a center.

Granted, this isn’t the 1970s or ’80s and the NBA isn’t well-populated with dominant centers. Horford, at 6-10, 245, hardly captains the Lollipop Guild. But he still is playing out of position and succeeding only because of his sheer will, determination and talent.

How good would he be as a power forward?

“He’d be a beast,” coach Larry Drew said.

Horford is a rarity, not just on the Hawks but among athletes on Atlanta sports teams: He is universally embraced. Nobody thinks he underachieves or is overpaid. He is a leader. He is honest. When others have made excuses for losses, Horford has stepped forward and suggested too many teammates were operating as individuals and not within the framework of a team.

He reiterated Tuesday: “The great teams separate themselves because it’s more about the team and winning than everybody getting theirs. It’s a lot better here now than it was before. I think guys are starting to get it, but I don’t know if we’re quite there yet.”

A coach’s dream. A fan’s dream.

It would be nice if the Hawks could keep this guy around for a while. And upright.

He is taking a beating, particularly at the defensive end. Drew is trying to minimize the issue by going with a “big” lineup about 40 percent of the time: Horford moves to power forward, Josh Smith to small forward, Jason Collins steps in at center and Marvin Williams goes to the bench.

Drew admitted, “I’ve even thought of making the change permanent.”

Horford has stepped up his offensive game, averaging 16.2 points (his first three seasons: 10.1, 11.5, 14.2). We learned again Tuesday night how important he is to this team. With Horford a surprise late scratch for the second straight game with a sore back, the Hawks were drilled by Philadelphia 117-83 at Philips Arena. The team was missing Horford’s pulse (as well as seemingly several organs).

Horford was injured  Friday in Los Angeles when he was knocked to the ground by Blake Griffin. Drew said, “I didn’t even think he would be able to get up to shoot the free throws.” He did.

How long can he hold up like this? Horford said, “I don’t see myself playing center the rest of my career.”

His father, Tito, was a center (in college at LSU and Miami and later for three years in the NBA). He’s familiar with the banging that goes on in the lane. Horford has learned it the hard way.

“My dad was built for this,” he said. “It takes a toll on your body when you’re going against guys that outweigh you by 50, 60 pounds every night and have three, four inches on you.

“I feel pretty good now. But I wonder how I’ll feel a couple of years from now.”

Then came this novel idea: “I like playing against guys my own size.”

Imagine how good he would be then.

By Jeff Schultz

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Screw that b*tch!

Omg! Phhhhheeeeewwww weeee! Whether you agree with Bud's front office decisions or not; can we at least all agree that we should be extremely thankful for Bud as our head coach (if any of you weren't already thankful for that lol)? 

Dead to me. And **** every Boston sports team. Most entitled fanbase.

I hope that our fellow Hawks fans will rally together and that our beloved Hawks will go out there and dominate on the court especially when that team from up north is on the same court. 

1 minute ago, Germantor said:

Who is this Horford guy u speak of?

I'm not too sure. I heard that he doesn't really make a name for himself on the boards; if you know what I mean. 

Yep it's swift. 

Biggest {} there is. 

Didn't he get into it with another player last year? I wanna say it was John Wall..lol

Yeah I believe it was with Wall on Christmas Day.

Adreeeeeeian Paaaaaayne fooooooooo' threeeeeeee! *Hawk screech*

Tavares won't be joining the hawks summer league team.

Any possibility that he'll play in Atlanta for the upcoming regular season? Or too early to tell?

I watched some of Agravanis a few days before the draft and I came away impressed. I was hoping that the Hawks would take him with one of their 2nd's and they did.

He has a lot of upside at 20 years old. Big stretch forward who can shoot, grab rebounds, and attack the basket. 

Volt Green looks like a highlighter color. Hawks face of the franchise=Dominique Wilkins=The Human HIGHLIGHT Reel