Plainview1981

You want to know the difference? The Celtics play intense defensive games. The Hawks play loose games that other teams sleepwalk through. That's why the Hawks often have a lead but lose it at the end....Teams sleepwalk but turn it on againest the Hawks at the end of games. You have notice how Hawks games lack intensity?

"We need something, I dont know what it is honestly. To tell you the truth that is a lie, I know what it is I just dont want to get a whole bunch of stuff started. You dont have the pride to get up in your man and guard him or the heart to try and stop your man when he is hurting your team. Vince Cater is still in the game doing his thing going to the basket when he's up 15 points at the end of the game and your ok with that. You dont have the pride to at least give him a hard foul. I get killed when I go to the hoop and your just gonna let your man by". A.I.'s QUOTES AFTER LAST NIGHTS GAME vs TORONTO. He never mentioned Dogs name but thats who was guarding Vince. W.I.P. the local sports radio station is having people call in with their all time Philly athelete Dog list and so far Glenn is #1.

Don't you just love the way Stuart Scott tries to be something that he isn't? I've never heard someone that sounds so"fake" before. I prefer TNT's and NBC's coverage of the NBA MUCH better. The ESPN casters and the settings and all just don't do it for me. Greg Anthony? Who's that? Oh yeah, that stiff that shot below 40% and spent most of his time as a cheerleader. These broadcaster ride the Hawks attendence...But it isn't the fans fault that the games are boring and the NBA is boring and has very little entertainment value left.

Great game. KG was PISSED. Did you see Stephen Jackson go over to shake his hand? It probably didn't show it, but I bet he blew SJ off as you could tell by the look on his face that he was ticked. I can actually call this a impressive wins. Even the few times the team wins it usally isn't impressive. But they played well in this game. Well, I turned it on with about 2:30 to go in the second period. Reef played great and KG looked winded the whole game. I seen very little entergy from him tonight.

Well, this fan expects the team to win. It happens when you expect the team to win. And when you win it's what is expected...But when you lose it's very different.

hehehehehe I heard Timberlake's been hitting it off and on....

Jooray!! The Hawks beat a mediocre east team. What's the overrall record again? That's what matters.

Daniels is a CBA player and a bust. Wasn't he a top 4 pick in the draft? Somehow he has avoilded a bust label.

I'm not thebiggest Dan fan...But what's the worst we can do with him in there, Lose? Wait a minute...The team already does that nightly.

But he's not much better than Shareef according to some people.

He was one of those guys that when you thought he was about to breakout he'd play like crap again...Looks like he's being more consisant now.

Who would you want as head coach when the new owners take over?

Oh cmon....Van Horn had his way with even Boris. He got where ever he wanted to get on the floor. I'm just stating that they played poor defense on him and allowed him to get anywhere he wanted to. He was 5-6 or 6-7 shooting. The majority of them were jumpshots. So, how can a guy that only got off 5 shots be considered to be "taking it to the hole"? Well, considering his shooting percentage it's simple to say he just didn't shoot enough. It isn;t like the team stopped him from shooting. He's one of those players that just becomes unaggressive on offense out of nowhere. Anyway, I make my point. If you want to agree with it or not that is up to you. Oh and hey Weez....good defensive players can react quick. You put a Ron Artest/Bruce Bowen in that situation and they;ll likely recover enough not to give up baskets inside. But your right in that a few shots doesn't overcome a good proformance on offense.

It is a TEAM game. During the 48+ minute game, we are supposed to play AS A TEAM. As such, we decided, AS A TEAM, to play a 2-3 Zone." Have you even watched a game? The team plays no part of an organized ball. I sure as well don't see any "Defense" I often see Hawk players Iso one on one. Maybe the intent to play a zone....But that's not what happens. Van Horn is nothing more than a slow footed jump shooter. That's all he does againest 90% of the teams. And if he really was any good teams wouldn't be throwing him to the garbage every year would they? He isn't anything more than a weaker version of bum Christian Leattner in his prime. You stupid [censored]..This has nothing to do with how much Van Horn scores....It has to do with the simple fact you can't even keep a slow footed jumpshooter out of the lane. If Allan Houston gets 35 points on his typical shooting you say he's just hot. But if you allow these jump shooters to get into the lane you aren't doing a very good job on defense. If Van Horn and Houston are beating you one on one at the top of the key and getting to the basket...That's bad defense. If Vince Carter does it you say "Hey, that's Vince Carter and he's great at getting to the basket whenever he wants too" It's you that has no freakin clue. If Van Horn gets his 16PPG on jumpshooting there isn't a problem...But if you allow him to beat you one on one like he's Vince Carter you got a problem. Really, it's a fault of the entire team.. If there is anything that's made you dumber it's watching these guys try and play zone or whatever. I think the team has dumbed you down to what really basketball actually looks like. If Houston and Van Horn are getting to the hole and having sucess there is a problem. What does coaches always tell players? Force players to take long jumpshots and don't let them get into the lane. Just like other teams try and force Reef to the outside and score. Do you get my point or are you just that stupid?

Van Horn is a soft jumpshooter with no speed...Yet, he looks like MJ when Reef tries to guard him. This"KVH is a very good offensive player" is a load of crud.

Win? What? Looking at the win/loss record...When they do win it's due to dumb luck. I just can't see the point in praising a team that wins less than 3 out of every 10 games.

Deke is a nobody on defense now. He got scored over plenty of times last night. Sadly, his offense looked better than his defense last night. traveled? lol yeah whatever. Whenever Reef is exposed againest a player one on one he losses the battle most of the time. He has done a better job in the 4th periods though...ALot better. How long as it been since a real score first offense has won a title?

Reef's defense is still sorry. Defense is WAY more important than offense. But it isn't as bad as JT's defense. College basketball can't be all that great if JT won a defensive player of the year championship there.

Maybe you should check in the mirror. The point is that you aren't going to win shyt if the team is allowing jumpshooters like Van Horn and Houston to get to the basket. These guys are jumpshooters....It comes down to defense. I hear Bob "nobody gave Reef help" but nobody should need help defending Van Horn or Houston....You and stupid @ss LASCAR know it's the truth...But your dyckriding fans so you want to deny it and blame it on the coach because that's all you know how to do. But the again, Reef can't even defend a 40 year old Scottie Pippen.

lol Reef got took to the hole by Van Horn...That's pretty sad.

Allen Iverson???? Philly seems to be struggling and going nowhere and AI trade rumor pop up every once and a while...>And it has been mentioned of he coming here before. Maybe it's Ray Allen

I to hate Sheeds thugish attitude. The problem is that this team isn't getting anywhere and Jt has done nothing to help his trade value. In fact, his poor season even stat wise has had to hurt his value...He wasn't considered valuable by many during the offseason.. Why would that change with the team getting even worse and him playing even worse?

You'll get a problem player or more big contracts for JT/Theo. They aren't very good players. They both have HUGE flaws and more than one of them. Lets look... JT Poor passer bad defender His shooting percentage is declining every year His 3pt% has declined to a mediocre 33% this year Jt is a player nobody wanted in the offseason and now he's got good trade value when he's having his worst season since he was a rookie? Not only does he look bad on the court...but he's down to a losuy 15.8PPG 5APG. Lets look at THeo....What does he do besides block shots? He's not a good defender...He gets pushed around...He's not a good scorer or rebounder...He's declined the last two years.

Who plays defense on the team now? Surely you don't mean Theo"I only block shots" Ratliff. I'd get rid of JT/Theo for a rack of basketballs at this point.

One of the new owners was on 790 the zone in Atlanta this morning. He said there was a telephone call at 11:30 today that will decide whether a trade goes down or not. When pushed he made the comment that " if he was a good shooting guard that could me moved for a top 10 NBA player, then he would be ready to move" JT/Theo for Sheed??? This was said on the realgm board.