Swatguy

That is an idiotic response, but I'm not surprised. I never mentioned rap as an alternative. Even folks in Tomball do not associate Atlanta with Travis Tritt even though he is from here.

It is the same for the Bobcats but that is Charlotte. Charlotte is countrified. Atlanta is more sophisticated than that music.

This post is prejudiced, offensive as well as ridiculous.

That country music at the introduction of the Hawks telecast is horrible and massively unappropriate. It does not represent the players, team or the city. It is the ATLANTA Hawks not Nashville or even Macon. AAAAGH!!

A Hawk win would push Boston two games away(and 6th seed) from homecourt. Boston would then tank to the 6th seed. Boston would rather play Indy without homecourt than Atlanta.

Yes I agree. Bring him in slowly and hopefully he could provide starter quality minutes by the second round. Unless these first rounds are condensed like the season (I doubt it), the first round has been two weeks. So the hope is to see him in two weeks sparingly and see him ready in four weeks.

Selecting LD as coach may well be the best buy in the league. To host a playoff series when many predicted them to not make the playoffs is remarkable.

Ivan's nickname is "9 to 5".

Wow, some of these responses are insulting, some are just lame.OK. The "GDC" (Get it Done Crew) featuring Ivan (9 to 5) Johnson, Wille "money" Green, TMAC "is back", Jennaro "dontchaknow" Pargo, "Mad Rad", Marvin "what's really going on" Williams, Twin, Stacks and Damp.

Josh is playing at an ALL-NBA clip. He is bringing it every game. Being banged up and short on bodies, Josh is filling the void. Stop player-hating.

Riles and Phil were assistants.LD is doing a very good job.Sund brought in the best bench we have had.Injuries are our problem now.

LD is doing very well.

Interesting.It was a Great win.However, had we lost many would have called for LD's head. Interesting was keeping Mac and Rad on the bench for the entire forth quarter and 4 overtimes.Coach's decision (or indifference) aside, there should be a lasting bond with those 8 players that brought the win home.MacGrady is the only true Superstar (former et al) time in this league and I would rather see him involved more.

You mean the Atlantic Division.If the Hawks are healthy, the only team that I fear is a healthy Rose-led Bulls team. With all players healthy we are a very very dangerous team. Tomorrow against Utah I expect a boost from Mac and Stack. Marvin looks good of the bench too.

We have begun this most crucial stretch of this season. With 6 games in these 8 days brings upon us an opportunity to define this season. Coach Drew and staff is in charge of managing this journey. I believe he needs to play only the healthy guys and allow the ailing ones to heal. The risk in this is losing games we may win. Well trusting the healthy one's will strengthen us in the long run (playoffs). These pro's gotta grind it out and especially make ways to win against the "under .500 teams. If Zaza is not ready, Damp and Twin gotta step up,

We really surprised a lot of people last spring dominating Orlando and sparing well against Chicago. With these many injuries we have shown some veteran grit when in past we would have folded(in several games) instead. Since we did not make a move at the trade deadline the thinking must be get healthy and run with what we have.Health is the x factor. If healthy we can make a run at the ECF. A good showing for the team ma mean good showings for individuals, means more trade possibilities over the summer.

We have 7 games in 10 days coming up. One game at a time Hoss.

Why not pray for them instead of against them.

I believe what we see in Josh and Joe is evidence that we can beat any team, with a full roster. Zaza has been giving us quality play as the starting center. We know Al. Offensively he is a mid-range shooter, a big that can run the court in transition. Defensively he is a very good post defender particularly against any PF. With the ascending high quality bench it has become obvious our starters, Zaza,Al,JoshJoe,Jeff. If we cannot move Joe or amnest Joe, we should roll with what we got. This bench is the difference. The bench is actually the veteran mindset and a changing culture. Josh maturing is mind-tantalizing with his prowess.So, with a healthy Al we are a very very scary team. What we hoped we would be. This soft schedule the rest of the way should provide rest, bench minutes and confidence going into the playoffs. Look, Miami struggles with our zone and Rose maybe continue to fight against his body, this could be the year to "Steal" a championship.

It just dawned on me, your definition of Teague's game is similiar to D. Rose in style. I think Teague is fine and ligit. He should continue to improve.

A healthy Hawks team is scary. Only Chicago with a healthy Rose scares me. since we made no moves, I'm looking for Al to get back. If we had made moves (for the future), I would have sat Al til next year. With a healthy Al, we are trill. We have seen the bench dominate other second strings, we see Josh in Beast Mode (since the snub), we saw in Denver what Joe is capable of. This is the best Hawk team we have seen since Mookie and the gang. With all our flaws, only Chicago is in the way if we are healthy and motivated.

Three Things: Sloan was run in Utah because he could not relate to the players. What has Sloan won? Not a title. He would be a retread. Billy D at Florida would be better.

It is for sale, why would it be fantasy? Does you being mod make your ish make sense?

I believe the team is for sale. You're not paying attention. I'm not talking about this ownership.