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Why in the H3LL should we take a chance on the unproven Darko for the face of our team? True, Smooves in kinda the doghouse right now but he's got the gifts. Wooodson just may not be the one to bring it out of him.

ATL doesn't wawnt to lose Smoove and the team is not ready for lost like that because the everyday, die-hard fans like us, know he's playing bad, but average Joes don't. He is a face of the Hawks and trading him is a big risk and could be a bigger blow to the progress we were making. If you walked up to a fan and said they traded Al and Smoove for Bosh and Alvin, fans would definately make a lot of people mad. Chillz on the other hand could be moved and make space for JJ to play 75% SG and more minutes for Donta. And even a spot for Spree to sign a 2-3 year deal to start in Chillz spot.

Smoove needs a coach to learn ways the get the best out of him and teach him to focus on letting the game come to him. Chillz is a smarter player but is doesn't have the build/ abilities to match his skills. It's hard to say who's better or who'll be better because Chillz is right now slightly smarter but Smoove is undoubtedly built for and gifted enough to be a star. Let's give them 10-15 more games and decide.

Quote: keep chill trade smoove/al for bosh/williams I rather us keep Smoove and throw in Delk or Edwards or Ivey and if they'll throw in a 2nd with Bosh/ Alvin, we'd give them Chillz...OR...we could just do Al + Chillz for Bosh + Alvin straight up and maybe sign Spree to swap at SG w/ JJ and at SF with Marvin/Donta... Smoove may look terrible right now, but he has the gifts to be a super athletic 6'9+ superstar up there with Amare and Garnett (but more like the young Kemp with a better jumper). He just really needs Woodson to find the best way to get 110% out of him or we need a new coach to do so. Childress is definately good, tenacious, and plays smart and very hard, but he just does not have the build, quickness, or strength to guard top SGs and is too weak to guard top SFs. So Chillz really should not be starting yet and would be a better 6th man than a starter. He's good and can be a great impact player, but won't be an allstar. If the Hawks are smart, they could really get this team to win right now with this trade or a very similar deal, and it wouldn't really hurt the building process. If have to lose Al and Chillz for the sake of adding a shotblocking/ scoring PF/C (Bosh) and a pure PG who can pass, defend, and also score and make big shots (Alvin), we would really benefit greatly. We'd instantly become competitors and then playoff contenders next years. Also with CHillz gone we could give Donta more minutes and even add another strong potential 17+ppg (Spree) who could start @ SF and guard SGs and SFs way better than Chillz. H3LL, we could contend by thie season's end. C - Zaza/ Edwards PF - Bosh/ Smoove/ Batista SF - Spree/ Marvin/ Donta SG - JJ/ Salim/ Delk PG - Alvin/ Lue/ Ivey ATLANTA would soon be live again in Phillips if we got a star like Bosh (who played here at Ga Tech) and another good scorer in Sprewell (who also defenders very well and wants to play here) and only give up Al + Chillz (who will be very good, but will never beat any allstars in voting to be great). IT'S VERY UNLIKELY, but is possible.

Wait a minute, now... Just think for a second... Backcourt = JJ + Spree vs JJ + Chillz Spree can't really be classified as a cancer any more than having a cancerous disease called, "Toomany-wingplayer-itis" in which the Hawks are suffering from. I think if the Spurs got even better with adding Finley and Van Exel to their already full backcourt, then we definately can't get any worse. Besides Smoove and Marvin are "not quite there yet" wing players and Smoove is more of a PF now with the lack of interior defense. Spree can score and can play D way better than Childress can. And coupled with JJ and Al give us three good scoring options in our starting 5. The more legitimate options we have, the harder it'd be to defend us. And it'd open up the floor for guys like Salim and Marvin because teams won't just key into JJ or into Al and sit in the paint. Spree, AL, and JJ also know how to win from their playoff experiences and being on winnning teams. Even if we have him play the SF and continue to let Lue start at PG, I think he is still better than Chillz. He could also teach Chillz alot about getting his shot off and be aggressive on D as a SG. ABOVE ALL! If he wants to be here, why not sign him to a 2-3 year deal starting @ about $5-7 Million. If he'll sign for that and leave us with plenty to sign Big Ben, Nene, or best availabe big next offseason. It either helps Chillz get better or it makes Chillz expendable and gives us an option of trading Chillz and Al, if a really good big becomes available. So I don't neccessarily just like Spree to Atlanta, but at the same time, it could only make us better, so I'm not against it.

WTF!!!!!!!!!!! That was the single most dumbest, b!tch-made, I've seen in a while. That **** was so f-cked up that I couldn't believe it. I mean, how in the h#ll could they actually call that bullsh!t, collaborate on it with each other, check the replay, and then STILL come out and not just call it off or call it after the horn? WTF!!! I so always kinda believe that there is a little conspiracy or a black over the Hawks, because that was sickening to watch. I mean they could have just sent the game on to overtime. That was just the right thing to do. I'm c'mon now, 2 winless teams that battle all night only to have the competition taking out of it by the refs for the sake of basically giving POR a win. That is really some bullsh!t! I mean they could at least thought about Jason Collier's death having a toll a young team just a couple of weeks ago. No way am I saying that his passing shpould be an excuse for any lost this year, but I mean that was was sickening and cruel. They deserved to play that game out on the court, not have it decided by a whistle. Just BS. I've been so pissed at a game in so long... F-CK - Referee Ken Mauer F-CK - Referee Bennie Adams F-CK - Referee Mark Ayotte And.... F-CK you if you feel that **** was fair, cool, or just!!!!

He couldn't take it back, but they all collaborated. THey could have simple annouced it to be after thye horn and sent the game to overtime.

should be.... C - Zaza PF - Smoove SF - Marvin SG - JJ PG - Lue Just think about it. We're playing against a new Clippers team with a few new weapons, in Cat Mobley and Cassell. Aside from Al, Lue showed the most heart, passion, and control in the GS game. Lue also played very good D and ran the offense better than JJ. So Lue should start and D up Cassell while JJ plays against a more suitable Cat Mobley. Childress should come off the bench atleaswt for tonight to provide the bench with some tenacity and all-around play. And if Marvin can continue playing well starting, then we could have a good chance to win this one tonight. Maggette is out injured so, Marvin won't have so many headaches tonight vs Quinton Ross. Besides Marvin played best on the team against J-Rich. That leaves our only mismatch(atleast on paper), if any, with Smoove versus Brand. We could approach this 3 different ways: 1. Zone with the youngsters and prevent Brand from killing us inside all night. 2. Double with Marvin and make Q. Ross a shooter. 3. Put Zaza on Brand and Smoove on Kaman, which may allow smoove to roam inside and get more blocks With Maggette out, we should have to only worry about Cassell, Cat, and Brand. With AL out, JJ should definately move to SG and take more of the scoring load. If Woodson is smart, he'll start backcourt of Lue and JJ to counter Cassell and Cat.

J-Smoove has a commercial with Adidas/ Champs Sports that's pretty cool. I think his confidence will grow and eventually ignite a charge of aggressiveness with his skills/ athleticism. At least I hope it does. If he stays healthy and keeps learning, the spotlight of being a will push him to be better by raising his/ everyone's expectations. Hopefully he just learns how to play strong, aggressive and becomes a great complimentary "Pippen-type" star at least. But if he could realize that he has the size, quickness, "guard-like" background, and leaping abilities to be like or even better than Amare, he could be our modern day "Nique" here in ATL. Right now Amare is more aggressive because he plays hard and strong like a beast. Josh has to develop that killer instinct and want to be great!!! This commercial could be his launching pad...