NickJYD

or trade zaza..for a pick

did you guys see Stephn A Smiths tweet earlier today that said Joe Johnson was recruiting Shaq to come to Atlanta and SA was saying it was his best option right now?

why would we do this when we could likely have both?

shaq interests me more than brad miller....im not totally opposed to kwame brown either

if we can do chills for shaq straight up then I'm for it.....id be fine to do chills and bibby for shaq and mo williams....not sure I want to give up both marv and chills and not get any sf in return

I hear you fellas....just reporting what I heard

Bucher just said on the 10am sportscenter that the Knicks should not be counted on with JJ. Also thinks they might have jumped Chicago in JJ's preferred destinations. Interesting. Not sure why JJ would want to go to NY unless one of the big boys goes there. They will be worse than us. Thoughts on max to JJ: We kind of had to do it. We wouldnt be nearly as good without him, we werent gonna get anything decent in a sign and trade, and we werent gonna get jack squat if he left us except some mid level player that wouldnt be as good as JJ. Its not our money. Hopefully this doesnt mess up our ability to resign Big Al. Thats the one issue I see. However, I think we deal Bibby in order to sign Al. Its important for us to continue to make the playoffs and we will be really good with everyone coming back. Maybe we even bring in a solid vet. My thoughts on Chills. Wish hed be back although doubtful if we bring JJ back. My worry if we brought him back and traded Marvin is that we lose perimeter shooting. I think we trade Chills. Hopefully we get a 1st round pick and or a solid vet.

if joe leaves, we dont need childress because we'd be better off playing for the lottery. This team would be nowhere near where it is right now without Joe.

First, I think Joe will be back. But, if he doesnt want to come back...a sign in trade is in his best interest as we can offer the most money/years. I highly doubt that Joe would walk and we'd get nothing. It doesnt make financial sense for him.

Whats funny is ESPN is still giving us little to no credit. If we win, its "Boston is playing poorly, or they choked." If they win, its that they are great and we are terrible. There is a reason we are shooting many more FT's than they are. Its not the refs. We are playing extremely aggresively. Usually, we can be turned into a jumpshooting team, but we have done this to Boston and we have consistently taken the ball to the rack. This is really a lot more about the Hawks playing very well at home than it is anything else. My question is...what took so long and why cant we play like this more consistently during the regular season?

A few things... Bibby hasnt been that open but for about 2-3 occasions in the entire series. Also, Nash isnt half the defender Rondo is. Further, this is the playoffs and players arent given this kind of room to operate. Boston plays MUCH better defense than Phoenix, who really doesnt play defense. Boston is one of the best defensive teams in the league. If Bibby could get a few open looks I think he could get into some kind of groove. I dont understand why we dont go back to the Bibby picks for Joe play. If they double Joe on the screen, then Bibby would have more open looks. That play carried us through game 4 and I havent seen much of it since.

It has happened before. Plus, it saves them over 20 million dollars in salary for a guy that at best is their 3rd string pg and for a guy that doesnt play. Phoenix doesnt want any first round picks anyways. They made that clear last year.

Whats wrong with Zaza?

Would you guys take on Marcus Banks contract if Phoenix would give us our first round pick back? They are trying hard to get rid of him because he is worthless.

I figured he wasnt playing but Woody did say a week ago that Chills could be ready as early as tonight. Whats the exact nature of his injury? Should we be concerned this will last longer into the season?