TheRedStripes

There's 90 million reasons Millsap went to Denver... Brandon Marshall ain't one.

Is there a way to watch it online? There used used to be a $14.99 summer league pass to watch games online every year... But I can't find anything like that.

Patterson is 6'5 and not very athletic. The loss of DMC was tough but I thought the Hawks would find someone to help take some of his minutes. Someone with similar size and athleticism. Someone that can guard big athletic 2's and 3's. Well... to this point they haven't addressed that issue at all. Holiday is not the answer... he is scrawny and 2 inches shorter. Thabo can defend but theres no guarantee his broke ass leg is going to be healed and last year he was DMC's backup. So now he is going to have to start ( if he is healthy ) and there is nobody on the bench that can guard big/athletic wings. I'm disappointed.

There's a reason Jenkins rarely played and didn't get resigned... my guess is that he can't play D. We know he can 3.... but if you can't play D... good riddance.

Phil jackson is the the most overrated coach in history... that stinking hippie... just got lucky and had teams loaded with some of the greatest players of all time. I could have coached those teams to championships, and I would suck as a coach.

I watched all the summer league games last year and I was really impressed with Edy. Obviously he is a giant and can block shots and grab boards. The thing that impressed me the most about him though is that he has only played basketball for a few years and he is more skilled than a lot of the American big men that have been playing their entire life. For instance... DeAndre Jordan shoots below 40% from the free throw line and I know that is rare in the NBA but Edy shoots close to 70%. That is pretty amazing for a guy that just picked up the game a few years ago. DeAndre Jordan has no offensive game whatsoever except dunking. He rebounds and blocks shots at an elite level but he has no offensive game to speak of and can't hit the broad side of a barn when it comes to free throws... yet.... he just got paid a crap ton of money because he can rebound and block shots. Edy only played about 22 minutes per game in the ACB and he was 1st team all ACB which is the 2nd best league in the world. His Per 36 minute stats average out to be like 13 points... 13 rebounds and 3 blocks. He is only going to get better... we could have a real gem here guys.

Don't worry guys... I'm sure that logo and uniform design is probably just part of some charity work the Hawks are doing with some special needs children.

It was common knowledge among the draft experts that Ferry wanted Giannis.. unfortunately he went to the Bucks one pick before our slot and Danny took Lucas...

Dennis is the future... Teague is a good player and I like his game a lot, but why do you think the Hawks drafted Dennis? He was a mid-first round pick. They didn't draft him to be Teague's backup. They drafted him to eventually be the starting point guard. Dennis is progressing quite nicely and he is still very young. Teague isn't going anywhere this year. Dennis isn't ready to be the starter yet. Jeff could be one of the top 5 point guards in the league if he had the right attitude. Unfortunately he doesn't. He doesn't have that ferocious attitude that the great ones have. He has all the skill but is too inconsistent. He doesn't go out there to murder his opponents every night. He doesn't go out there every night with the passion to destroy whomever is in his way. I don't know if Dennis has that either... but I can clearly see that Dennis plays really hard and seems to give 100% all the time. He is still learning but with his skill and his determination I can see him becoming a top tier point guard within the next few years. Perhaps around the time Jeff's contract is up...

BK was one of the worst GM's ever when it came to the draft. The Diaw pick wasn't bad. Then he drafted Childress at #6 when Deng... Iguodala... Josh Smith... J.R. Smith... Al Jefferson... and Kevin Martin were all available... sure... i know not everyone knew Kevin Martin was going to be as good as he was and was is correct cuz he kind of sucks now... but... seriously...haha Childress? when he picked Childress that night my mouth hit the floor... I couldn't believe it... and for the record I wanted the Hawks to draft Josh Smith at 6 and J.R. Smith at 17... Then the next year... Marvin... OH MY... that draft was quite awkward honestly... most of the " experts" had Marvin as the top talent in the draft... everyone knew Bogut was going no.1 but everyone thought O'l Marvin had the most upside... I didn't like Marvin at all... when i read about how he wore a spongebob backpack and how he took himself out of a high school game so his teammates on the bench could play I was like... OH GOD NO... soft as snow... i knew it... I can't sit here and say I wanted Chris Paul though... after watching him at Wake Forest a lot because I'm an ACC fan... I honestly thought he might be a bust... boy was I wrong. I actually wanted the Hawks to trade down and get Bynum... oh well Bynum sucks now too... he and Marvin need to go see the Wizard and get some courage and a heart. then the next year ... oh boy the year he drafted Sheldon Williams... Again being an ACC fan... i was flabbergasted at this pick... undersized center... I guess he is like 6-8 but his forehead adds on like several inches...he is probably only 6-4 without it. The Landlord hahaha He looks physically deformed... perhaps fetal alcohol syndrome... I don't know... but he isn't a Landlord...if that dummy BK hadn't drafted him with the 5th pick he probably couldn't even pay rent... and how on earth did he land Candace Parker? Makes no sense. She would probably be a horrible GM too... just like BK... Terrible choice. OK so... alright now 2007... BK drafts Horford... good pick yayyyyy yayyy yayyy ok... well Oden was the consensus no.1 pick everybody knew Oden was going to be the no.1 pick... and Everybody knew Durant was going to be the no.2 pick... After Horford Measured out at 6-10 in shoes everyone knew Horford was the no.3 pick... there was no guesswork... no need to put much thought into it... Horford was easily the no.3 pick. All the mock drafts had Horford going no.3 everyone knew Horford was going no.3 so we got the number 3 pick and we got Horford... ok good... but thats not a plus for BK because anyone would have drafted Horford at 3. Here is where it gets ugly... Acie Law at 11... oh boy... so... BK was handed the Horford pick... everybody knew Horford was going at no. 3 but we had this 11 pick too and we were all excited and who do we get? Our boy BK takes Acie Law IV... I don't even know if he could play in the D-League... ugh... HORRIBLE pick... after he was picked lets see...Thaddeus Young... Rodney Stuckey... Nick Young... Marco Belinelli...Aaron Brooks... Tiago Splitter... Carl Landry... Marc Gasol... etc. etc. The bottom line is this... BK was one of THE WORST GM's ever at drafting players... perhaps only slightly better than our own Pete Babcock... because boy he sucked didn't he? BK sucked... Period... BK was our GM during the time period where the Hawks blew up their roster and started from scratch well he left us with chicken scratch... he squandered our drafts when we had good picks... and now we are right back where we were in the late 90s... making the playoffs... getting ousted early.... sad. BK is THE reason we are mediocre now instead of a contender... The team was blown up and rebuilt under his watch.... and he failed miserably...

I rarely post but i read this ish like every day.... i wanted to donate but it was giving me ish about cookies... like wtf i dont even eat cookies... somebody send me a link with no cookie problems and i'll donate...

From what I have seen so far... and please you need to understand these summer league games are basically pick-up games.... Payne's hands are a little suspect... he is obviously a good athlete with length and he can knock down jumpers... I like him... he is never going to be an all-star type player... but I think he will be a solid starter and he fits into the system. I think it was a good pick at 15.

You know... I always liked Teague... He has the game... he is sooo quick... he can get into the lane at will and he has a decent jumper. Why does he disappear so often? Ugh... It's the same thing over and over... no heart... I'm sorry... but he has no heart. Marvin had the skill... no heart... same thing but not to the same degree. Teague wont ever live up to his potential.I had hoped that when Josh was gone and Teague got his big deal he would step up... he has to a certain extent... I mean if you look at his stats they aren't bad... but why is he on the bench in crunch time recently? He has no heart. Pure and simple... The Zero he wears is looking more and more appropriate. How on earth could a player with his speed and talent be so pointless. He can get into the lane at will like i said... he is quicker than almost any guard he faces... he has floaters and a decent jumper in his arsenal yet he continues to disappoint. In all honesty... from what I have seen from him just based on talent alone...He should be an elite point guard in the NBA yet he gets benched in crunch time??? What does that tell you? NO HEART...put Paul Millsap's heart in Jeff's body and He would be an All Star every year... or Mike Scott's heart.. or Shelvin Mack's heart.... or Damarre Carrol's heart. Zero is living up to his number... all the talent... none of the heart. In all honesty can we talk about this? We see Teague game in game out... we know that he has elite quickness... he has the ability to rack up assists... he has the ability to score... he could be 20 and 10 easily... and be a factor at the end of games... why isn't he??? It's maddening to see a guy so gifted go out there and disappear all the time and not live up to their potential. I am not even doo dooing on Teague really... I have said over and over I think he is capable of being an elite player in the NBA and has all the tools... I think he could kill a lot of other so called " elite " guards off the dribble and blow by them but why is he always so disappointing. It is just hard to swallow to see such great potential and so little results. I say trade him... please trade him if at all possible because I'm sick of watching talent go to waste. Lou is a different story... Lou is what he is... he is the guy that comes off the bench and can put up 30 from time to time. Lou was never supposed to be our star guard. He was supposed to be a 6th man like he has always been. Obviously he had an injury which was not his fault... but I'm not ready to write off Lou... he is still recovering... and he is still capable of scoring in bunches. So get off Lou's back... I would trade Teague for almost nothing just to get rid of his contract and his inability to live up to his talent. The Hawks keep winning... its kind of crazy but guys we are 4th in the East... I know the East sucks... but we have players on this team that play their asses off. I'm so happy for Millsap... he has deserved to be an All Star in the past but he never got the credit. Millsap is a beast... we got him for almost nothing in terms of contract. Easily the best free agent signing of the offseason when you factor in production vs money. He is easily better than Josh Smith... I was a Josh Smith fan... I always wanted him to reach his potential just like Teague... but Josh... he couldn't be the player he was supposed to be. He wanted to be like Lebron-lite or something but he didn't have the game. I will give Josh some credit where its due... he is a very underrated passer... dude can pass... when he wants to...If he would only play the game he is destined to play.... power forward... but a dynamic power forward who can pass and block shots and score... he would be a great player... he doesn't want to be that... so good riddance. I'm rambling and I hardly ever post although I read the board every day... The last thing I want to say is this... Dennis is our future point guard. I bought the NBA summer league package so I could watch him play. He doesn't get many minutes right now... but when the ball is in his hands...man... he is electric. He glides with the ball. Seriously... watching Dennis with the ball and how he moves... it's almost like poetry haha The kid has it... and we are lucky the Hawks drafted him. He has something that can't be taught... Dennis is going to be super good. Maybe not next year but his time will come and he is going to be really good. He just moves differently with the ball... it's almost like he is gliding around the court... and when he throws a pass its like effortless... :) just saying... Dennis is the truth... don't be surprised when he is our starting point guard.

Don't know if anyone has posted this... but... great interview with Dominique... my Idol as a kid... easily one of the 50 greatest players... often disrespected... but Bill Simmons interviews him and gives him his due. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReJMkJefNXA