TRUATLFAN

Count me in!! Playing ball or going to the game. I would love to take some of you to the hole.

I see the positives in this trade. The deal that portland was offering a 35 to 40 mil deal for 4 years, Rasheed didn't respond. I heard that he didn't want to be there anyway. I think we could offer the same deal to Rasheed and have enough cap space to go after Kobe. Like Trace said, even if we can't resign him we have more cash to stack a good enough squad to get Kobe to look our way. I am not sure I want Rasheed because of his additude, but he is a better player than Reef. He may not be as intelligent or have the numbers, but he is basketball smart and has size and talent. I don't really care if Rasheed smokes all the weed in ATL, well yeah I do. But I don't think that makes this a bad trade unless he doesn't get to play because of it.

I will miss those guys as well, and will hope they will go far in the playoffs. But do you really think they will run that lineup. Randolph is playing some of the best ball of his life at the center pos. Unfortunely, I am thinking that Theo will come off the bench, and Reef will be their clean version of Rasheed at PF.

And hopes it works out that he gets enough playing time for the knicks or anyother team can see his skills.

Great job on the site. I love it.

for superman or something. He is good at his position and he is the most consistant player on our team. I guess when you are tired of losing and tired of the team looking so bad you bash what you got. I am sorry for being that sinceless basher. However, I am a Hawks fan for life and I am hurting, I have been hurting since "The Human Highlight" was traded. Please forgive me!

Yes I watch the games, almost all as sad as that is. And I know he also shoots 50%. He also shoots 85%+ from the line. But tell me this, what new moves have you seen Reef develop? We know his moves and so does the players in the league that has to defend him. True enough, he gets his numbers but when they count the most, he is not the man. If he can't find the open man when he is doubled than the answer is simple for the opponets to stop us. Double Reef when he puts the ball on the ground. When teams do this he loses the ball or throws it away. Teams don't have to do this but at the crital times in the game to win and Reef is not smart enough to stop it consistanly.

Well, in the comparison to Webber, Reef falls way short. Mainly because Reef can't pass out of a double team, or even pass well at all for that matter. However, I do agree that Reef is almost unstopable in his few spots. But, teams (well coached teams) know that they can send a double team at him and he will nut up. I also agree with you that Reef is the back bone of this team and we do not win when he is off. But because of his lack of abilty or heart on the defencive end he is just as much as a cancer as JT. Sometimes Reef our leader stays down the court arguing with the Ref after he has just threw the ball away instead of getting down the court and causes the team to go down even more. I don't want to seem like I am saying that Reef is a bad player, I am just saying that he is not smart enough to be a on the court leader for the team like a CWebb or KG.

I have heard you suggest. Reef puts up numbers but is not smart enough to win the close games. Reef lives at the line! We all know that you don't get the cry baby calls in the playoffs when you live at the line ie. Karl Malone. To be honest with all of the true atl fans out there REEF NEEDS TO GO. I don't know if it is the injury that has caused his hops to go away, but something is not there. HE LEADS THE LEAGUE IN GETTING HIS SHOTS BLOCKED! What kind of leader of a team can he be. This leader that you say that we should "Rebuild around" doesn't even run down the court after he throws the ball to the other team. Man I can't say enough about how dumb of a suggestion that is to rebuild around Reef. BTW, Happy New Year to all the Hawksquawk members!

By picking him up will have one of the few 7 footers in the east.

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in the season last year. I always wanted Hendu gone, but last year he started playing with more heart and engery. I was often surprised when he would go up and Dunk on players and fight for the O boards. I think Hendu is a strong back up and he will show it with the new owners in town and him only having a few years left on that long @ss contract.

Said to be a shooter... What do yall know about him?