anxietyreigns

What? Do you realize how many national TV games the Hawks have? It's near the bottom in the NBA. Nobody gives a damn about the Hawks.

And the NBA doesn't care about attendance? What the heck are you talking about.

I'm sure people never thought the NFL would allow Los Angeles, a much bigger market than Atlanta, to lose not 1 but TWO NFL teams either.

Bottom line. Never say never. The NBA are desperately wanting to get a team into Seattle and capitalize on this Seattle fan frenzy going on right now. They can always bring in an expansion team down the line to get a city back in Atlanta.

It's why the SEC expanded into Texas and Missouri.

They didn't add a Clemson, Florida State, Louisville because they already are in those markets.

The NBA is not desperate to get into Seattle.

People in the Northwest are buying Lakers and Blazers jerseys and whatever else is the flavor of the month. The league is making plenty of money up that way. I mean the league is booming at a global level right now. They aren't desperate for anything.

I'm sure they care about attendance figures, but TV and merchandise is where it's at.

Just about any regular season game is going to have a late arriving crowd and empties throughout, especially when you play 82.

When the Hawks make the playoffs, the place is packed, just like any other joint in the league.

The NBA ain't leaving Atlanta.

Another thing most people dont realize, the NBA doesn't care about attendance. They care about TV viewers. They aren't letting a team out of the biggest city in the South.

And when the Hawks are in the playoffs, they have great atmospheres that look just like any other site in the league.

Well, he does.

I'm sure the people in St Louis thought the same thing. I mean they'd actually won something in St Louis. Unlike in Atlanta where they have no history of significance and piss poor fan support.

It's not happening, Phin.

Because the Hawks have never moved before...

TO Atlanta.

It's not going to happen.

I'm excited about this guy.

2 weeks

I highly doubt Nique will convince any free agents to come here. I mean he's heavily involved with the team already and it hasn't made a difference. It would just be a novelty thing if he were part of ownership as he wouldn't have enough stake in ownership to affect anything.

NBA TV being in Atlanta, is one of 100 reasons that it's not even remotely a possibility.

Waste of time to discuss it.

That's an old pic. All NBA jerseys now have the logo moved to the back of the jersey.

I asked Willis, he wasn't sure.

Damn, Teague is looking absolutely jacked.. interior defenses beware.

I believe "Atlanta" on the home uni is an alternate look though, as there are some other pics of the guys wearing white jersey w/ "Hawks".

Some of the players tweeted out pics from the team photo opp.

Notice the pacman on Teague's shorts and "Atlanta" on the white jersey.

Zero chance the Hawks move.

Yall might as well be talking about trading Magic the Gathering cards.

Revealed today:

Jeff Teague 78

Kyle Korver 78

15 days

After further review, It appears that I started a dud of a thread.

I read oct.7th.. That could be pre orders though..hmm

Ive had 15th in my head for first Hawks preseason game though.

17 days!

Back on topic...

25 days til the game comes out!!

Giving him a stake in ownership, VP of Basketball, and hire him as the color analyst on TV is telling him to go f*** himself?

As someone has mentioned before, giving a statue to a living person is a strange thing to do. And the more I think about this, it almost gets me to care enough about the issue. But I don't, it's small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.

Anyone hear what was said?

I say give it to him.

He still has a significant presence around the organization and seems to genuinely care about the Hawks franchise.

I usually come down for one game a year and I may just come down for the statue unveiling, provided I can get tickets as we're playing Cleveland that night.