CanWeLetLon'sWordsEndThe"IraOrDG@StartingSg"Debate

[Guest Walter]

From ESPN insider

Hawks: Ira Newble got the nod at shooting guard for the second exhibition game in a row Saturday, and expect him to be in the starting lineup when the season begins in New Jersey on Oct. 30. "His abilities complement the guys in the starting lineup a little better," Lon Kruger told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. "I think, to start with, it's a better fit that way." Expect the Hawks' second unit to include Dion Glover, Nazr Mohammed, Alan Henderson, Darvin Ham and Dan Dickau. "Glover gives us a little more aggressiveness with that next group coming off the bench," Kruger said. "Glove understands that his role is to be aggressive offensively. He doesn't mind that challenge."

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[Guest]

I hope it's a final choice and that he will not change

his mind like he did with the Dickau situation.

[ersimo2889]

That's directly quoted from the AJC this morning. Insider, my a**.

[Gray Mule]

My daddy told me only two men never change their mind.

One is dead and the other is a fool!

Whatever is best for the team at any given time should

be what rules who starts and who don't. I like the idea

of a very good offensive force coming in from the bench.

Newble proved last season that he can play defense.

D.G. can be a very explosive offensive force and should

lead the second unit in scoring. Dickau will settle down

and be a scorer. Hendu is tough inside and Ham is

said to be very good defensively. Nazr has a years

experience now at center and this should serve him well

this season. C.C., when healthy, is a real competitor

and we have Davis or Grizzard to throw in the mix.

I really like our bench this season. We have been voted as the most improved tean in the N.B.A. by the people

who run the other teams. They should know. Sports

writers, on the other hand, have the Hawks rated near

the bottom of the east. They don't think we will even

make the playoffs. Why? "They" say we have no bench,

no point guard and that Big Dawg is a defensive liability.

Ha! Ha! Ha! "They" had better look again!!

Gray Mule

[Guest]

Well Lon was talking about him getting alot of

time right off the bat.Logic is that a Dickau wasn't

ready for that type of role Lon wanted right off

the bat.Dickau is going to make some mistakes

Vaughn didn't last years.It's part of expeirence and

Lon should have saw it coming when Dan was

drafted.

[Gray Mule]

Dickau has yet to prove that he can be a force in the N.B.A.

and it will take quiet a bit of time playing the game, not

in practice, but in the actual games, before we know what

we have. They are expecting great things from Tinsley

this year and we know what kind of rookie year he had.

By this time next year, we will know. If we make the playoffs, which I expect us to do, Dickau should be read by then to make an impact. I hope so.

Gray Mule