OklahomaHawk

I agree, but even though I live in Oklahoma (hence the moniker) I'd sure hate to see them move to St. Louis,

although we did win a title in St. Louis if memory serves.

Fans are fickle everywhere, maybe more in Atlanta than

in most places, but if you put a winner on the court

they WILL come, remember the days of the old

Atlanta Air Force??? Who was our coach then???

Some little guy who coached like a BIG guy!!!

True

But like I said Babs needs to go because besides

his ill-advised moves, even when he does something

right, it still seems to turn out wrong. I think it's

just time to start over, but it won't help to start

over with the same people making important decisions

and we shouldn't wait till he's traded off our players

and gotten nothing in return, we should give the new

people, (real basketball people) some chips to play

with when they get here.

Like I said just my opinions.

Archie brings up several good points, but that's nothing

new, Archie always does a great job, both on here and

on the Braves' site, and I agree with most of what he

said, but I do have to disagree with him on one point:

Archie said himself that Golden State drafted more

talent in one night than the Hawks have in a decade.

I agree with him, Babs couldn't draft his way out of

a [censored], IMHO. Even when he makes a seemingly

good move it turns out crappy.

So until we get some people in charge of the Hawks who

have a clue, it would be an even bigger disaster to make

any changes. Pete, etc. should not be allowed to make

any trades, etc. We have some good players, etc. right

now they just don't good fit together well. Once the Hawks have cleaned house and brought in some real basketball people, then they can start making some good changes.

That's just my opinion.

Hi Cap

How're things up in your part of the state?

I've been up to my ears in work. I swoop in

from time to time and read all about it, but

don't have much time to write.

Hope all is well. Take care.

Hawk

He calls it a Ham-Slamwich.

My brother in law and his family live in Milwaukee.

We went up there this past Christmas and I got

to see the Hawks play the Bucks. Hamm put on

a show and had a field day against us.

I believe he is the most purely athletic player we've

had since Nique, and his overall game improves

every year. The kid just wants to play. I just

hope we can get him a lot of quality minutes.

Thanks Guy

I was just trying to figure out a trade to get

rid of Hendu(I doubt he'll produce anything for us)

and CC and actually get something for JV.

I still think Hughes could amount to something

in the right situation, but this probably isn't it. I

think we have too many "good" players and not

enough "great" players. I guess everyone has

that problem, but we have so many guys in the

rotation that they don't have enough time to get

going when they do get in. They can't build up

any rythum.

Anyway I really don't want to trade JT unless

we could get somebody special in return. I think

we'd be better off with him. I'm worried about the

mini-me backcourt, even with Theo (assuming he

actually plays this year).

Anyway thanks.

Now think about this before you get too

excited or too upset.

This trade, even if we made it, wouldn't get us

into the Guiness book, but it's a simple trade that

might help both teams.

We trade:

Resigned JV Hendu/CC

for

Fortson and a resigned Larry Hughes

Now of course it would depend on how the numbers

added up but I believe it might be doable.

The Hawks get a great rebounder/defender with some

injury past, but far less than some of our present guys

and Hughes, who has a lot of talent/potential but little

trade value. (We also get rid of Hendu/CC)

The Warriors a solid PG in JV who can help mold Arenas

and/or Jiri and they get rid of the Fortson contract.

(Who knows maybe even Hendu or CC might benefit

from a change in scenery.

Anyway I know it isn't a great trade but I do think it

could help both teams and we wouldn't have to give

up JT, or anyone we really want.

Anyway there it is, what do you think?

Folks we've just re-drafted Cal. He looks like

him, is a banger with a decent outside shooting

touch and little or no shot blocking ability.

Why do we let Babs actually do the draft? I

mean I don't agree with his trades sometimes

but his drafting, please!!!!