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Does any site keep stats on pct of 3 ptr misses rebounded for team and for opponents. It seems like it's 0% vs 50%

Someone explain this to me: why are we always nowhere near on rebounds? Is it because we overplay perimeter and passing lanes? Is it because we sell out for transition and to get back on D? I've noticed that when we attempt a 3, there are no hawks in the vicinity of the basket when the shot is missed. Maybe it's statistically more advantageous to sell out for D and prevent the transition basket?

...and miss half our layups!

I have an idea. Lets give our opponents three attempts per possession!

The difference in this game was rebounding though. 55-37 rebounding edge for MEM, 17 offensive rebounds and 20 second chance pts for them. Every well defended tough shot that bounced off seemed to find its way into the hands of a grizzly, and too many times that was tony Allen

Good posts. Ugh Al Harrington! Ugh trading Jason Terry for Antoine Chucker. Tyronn Lue...I kind of liked him. He wasn't starting material tho. Remember when Darvin Ham used to "go to work" on the post? Remember when we had a "new Sharif in town"? Remember when our big free agent signing was Ken "the snake" Norman? Ok that last one very few of us remember. The point is, it's great to just be relevant, because we haven't really since 1994--even when we were the #3 seed a few years back (we were blow-out swept by Orlando that year)

Mike Scott is a man possessed

We also can't rebound any worse. This is pathetic

It's understandable for longtime Hawks fans to be pessimistic. Every "plan" hatched by hawks brass has flopped: babcock's Rider rebuild and point forward-based team, BK's team of "long" players, mike woodson's badboys lite, and finally drew's ball movement offense.

How many fast breaks are we going to blow? This seems like an epidemic of late. Is it just me or are we tending to throw the ball away when we have the advantage?

Woot 19 wins. What a ridiculous blown lead to a crap team

Bad calls aside, we have severely let up in this game. No excuse for blowing 3/4 of a 20 pt lead to one of the worst teams In the league

Hey, is it just me or have we gotten robbed by the officials these last 2 games? Tough when the #1 seed doesn't get the BOTD vs a cellar dweller

During that 1993-94 season, my sister found a stranded kitten in the road on a rainy night. She brought him home and we named him Mookie. Also Pearl Jam was originally named Mookie Blaylock after their basketball star fellow alumnus.

Someone mentioned Mookie. He was my favorite Hawk until Horford. And for those who don't know, this is what alcohol can do to a successful life: http://m.ajc.com/news/news/former-nba-star-blaylock-sentenced-in-fatal-crash/nhsTm/ Oh Mook :*(

Ok, everyone needs to stop jumping to extremes. Saying that there is superstar favoritism is not the same thing as saying "the refs determine the outcome of every series" We know that not only is there star favoritism but that at least some refs have been knowingly complicit in massaging outcomes. Just look up d*ck bavetta. That doesn't mean it's "fixed", but the refs have been that 6th man in the past

True, but that's a totalitarian principle. I'm coming from the perspective that some principles are better than others. Terrorists are driven by principles too.

I agree that Antić does lots of things. he has perfected "pulling the chair". He passes well. The thing is, a lot of his value is in being a stretch big. If the stretch falters, he won't be so valuable. That's why we got Payne though

Ha. This thread is classic. It's interesting that we actually did get a top 3 pick, and we actually did get our franchise center out of the draft that year. Here we are 8 years later with that center being the only remnant from the following season's team, and here we are with a lock on the #1 seed. I'm not the least bit sorry for wishing that on us back then.

Ah, I just saw the initial snub. It would've been an epic one.

I'm worried about pero. He's so cold right now that I'm going to start calling him Polar Bear. Or maybe Pero Arctic. Nah, polar bear is better.

Wow this looks really bad now. Captain hindsight says this comment shouldn't have been made.

Schröder is better than Brandon knight. Al is more deserving than Love, but Vucevic had a legit case. I'm kind of surprised Al made it. Bc of his slow start, the numbers are not what they could be. I'm also shocked Demarcus Cousins didnt make it. I'm trying to remember a 24/12 player who wasn't an all star.

The idea that any racist comment, even if made decades ago, even if simply read off as a quote from someone else, should lead to the total annihilation of an individual's livelihood is a relatively new entity. Unfortunately, there are far too many people who are totally comfortable with it. I think it runs counter to American ideals of free speech, rehabilitation, self-improvement, and second chances. I also think it smacks of Orwellian thought crime. Paula Deen had a 25 yr career destroyed bc during an honest deposition, she admitted using an epithet decades earlier about a bank robber (yes, there was more to it, but u know). Poor judgement to read off such an offensive comment made by someone in an information gathering session by management? Probably, but poor judgement isn't racism. And everyone has used poor judgement at work at some time or another. I'm shocked that a pastor of all people is arguing that Ferry shouldn't be forgiven in Atlanta. I say that, but Al Sharpton is a pastor and has no scruples at all. I'm sure others have made similar comments--just venting. And I'm not saying it just bc I want Ferry back. It's the principle of the thing. People have to be allowed to err.

I recommend a lithium suppository