Anyone like to comment on...

[thesheedera]

...Josh Smith's passing lately?

He's playing unselfish and finding open men. At the beginning of the season Josh's attitude was my biggest concern, but he seems to be back on level ground again.

[BornandDieHawks]

The one comment I have is "it shows we have a very coachable player here in Atlanta" I know Woody has been working on that part of his game and it seems he is taking to it.

[exodus]

Actually Josh has had a good eye for finding open men from the beginning, but sometimes his lack of ball handling skills and overall court awareness can get in the way. He sometimes gets a little too shot happy at times.

If he can improve his ball handling skills I think he will become an effective passer.

[vdunkndunk]

Josh has always thrown some shockingly great interior passes, but he balances those out by throwing shockingly terrible post-entry and fast break passes. Overall, though, I believe as he continues to get comfortable and experienced he will be a surprisingly good passer. In fact, I was glad to read he said he's patterning his game after Andrei Kirilinko, because I think that is a great comparison.

[thesheedera]

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I was glad to read he said he's patterning his game after Andrei Kirilinko

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I hadn't seen that yet, very interesting. Got a link?

It just seems like a good sign that our players seem to be looking for teammates more now than earlier in the year. We have a lot of young talents who individually have a lot to "prove". If everyone is focused on proving they're the #2 draft pick, proving they're worth 70 mil, proving they're wrth big money next year, proving they're as good as they looked at the end of their rookie seasons, then you have a lot of confusion. You have a lot of guys looking for their shot, padding their stats.

The last week they finally look like a team trying to prove as a unit that they aren't as pathetic as they've been playing.

Team success is almost always the best way for individuals to get the rewards they're looking for.

[Gray Mule]

He said A.K. had the game that filled the stat sheet

with points, assists, rebounds and blocked shots,

all of which made him a good, all round player.

Lately Josh has been doing that, too.

Hawks have, of late, become much more of a team and it

shows!!

[TheDude]

i read that too what he said about patterning himself after kirlenko...i was pleasantly surprised to say the least..you dont' hear that much from other players..always going for the points, the showboats...

good to see.