Atlanta Hawks May be Up for Sale - any bidders? :)

[kudzu23]

www.11alive.com/news/news_article.asp?storyid=23887

http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/sto...04/daily40.html

[TomahawkChop]

One can only hope.........

[Guest]

I can't really bash AOL for their mgt. of the Hawks right now. I haven't liked what they've done with the Braves, but as far as this team goes, they've allowed the mgt. to go over the salary cap to bring in talent and given them leway in terms of signings...

not saying I'm a fan, just saying that I can't think of any specific reasons to complain about their ownership of the Hawks...

[Guest]

The are shovin right for St.Louis....they are shovin

right off for St.Louis....

[Guest]

????

this means what?

[Guest]

meaning the team might be moved back to St.Louis

[Guest]

there's no way that'll happen. They have a contract with Phillips for one thing, and if you talk to anyone from St. Louis (done so on several occasions, one of my best friends is from there) - they don't want, nor can they support, another pro sports franchise. The winter months are dominated by their supporting the Blues and Rams - they don't have enough people to add another franchise...

[BlackHawkDown]

Bob Johnson, founder of BET, has been looking to buy a pro team. Maybe he will come in and fire kRUGER.

[Guest]

He should start with Pete first...then fire Lon.

Move Billy Knight as the GM and put Van Gundy or

somebody as the head coach.

[Diesel]

By Dec. 19.

If we are still floundering, giving up big leads, look for Lon to be out and one of Bab's buddies to be in. My guess is PJ Carlisimo. The screamer will get in here and yell at some guys.

I would prefer....

Probably Chuck Daily or Either of the Hills (one from SA, one from Orlando). For somebody who is young, I'm starting to like Kenny Smith. He has a grasp on the game.

[Guest]

but if yo'ure thinking long term and of coaches who have been around the league, wht are people's thoughts/ opinions of Dunleavy?

[Guest]

I like Kenny alot and he is a very entertaining

guy...However,I was thinking of somebody with

more coaching experience.

PJ and Big Dog????I dunno about that one....

[Guest]

I have never been fan of PJ "I look like a chipmunk" Carlisimo. I dunno, he's a screamer, which can be both good and bad...

I honestly don't know enough about his coaching style, pros and cons, to make an educated decision.

[DJ_Money]

My top 2 choices would be Dunleavy or Van Gundy. But, if we do fire Lon during the season, I'm fairly sure we'll just promote Henson or Stotts to interim coach, then look after the season.

God, I wish E-Muss was still around.

[Guest]

While I may be pigeon-holing JVG, I'm not sure that the make-up of this team is very good for his style of play. Granted, a)he's a Riley disciple and everyone knows of the show-time Lakers b) he's a good coach plain and simple, c) a good coach should be able to adapt/ utilize the players he has

that being said, while I want this team to be more defensively-minded, I think it's fair to say that we're never going to be a top-flight defensive team with the current components. That's not to say that we can't be more than adequate/ play great team D, esp. with Ira and Theo manning the outside/inside.

plus, it was so painful watching the Knicks in the 90's, even though they won. I don't know if I could stand it if that was our team...

[KB21]

The Hawks interviewed him when they made the decision to hire Lon. George Karl has long been lobbying for Stotts to get a head coaching job. He's ready, and he could be another Rick Carlisle in the waiting.

[Diesel]

I thiknk Dunleavy would be a fine choice. However, I never really thought of him as a coach who could motivate. Yes, he could get players to share time and to buy into his system, but where was the motivation in the game 7 loss to the Lakers. They blew a big lead at the end.

You may laugh but PJ screaming is probably what we need to raise a fire under some of our guys' butt.

[Diesel]

Even though it would make sense for us to use Stotts, Henson, or Herd because of their famililarity... With the promise that we will make the playoffs (and the threat of being sold to someone who may be Basketball Saavy) leads me to believe Babcock will do whatever he can to win NOW. Stotts, Henson, or Herd would be a guessing game. He should probably go with either Daily or one of the Hills.

[Diesel]

Actually,

Riley Ball won't win much in this League. So, I don't know if Van Gundy's slow down game will work... Especially not with JT and SAR on this team. We need someone who understands how to score.

Two other possibilities are:

Paul Westhead

and

Paul Westphaul.

Westhead coached Denver when Babs was there. They were a HIGH scoring team while English played.... Can't you see the combo of Westhead, English, and Babcock working again?? While he's not high on the list of most, I believe his idea of outscoring your opponents could work in this league. Look at Dallas and Sacramento. He would definitely coach an offense that could win.

Westphaul would be a good match for Atlanta. Being a Born again Chrisitan, Westphaul wouldn't have the problems he had in Phoenix and Seattle. Namely, there are no attitudes he would have to combat daily. He has the coaching saavy to get us into the playoffs and probably further.

Then there's a really long shot.

LARRY BROWN. Maybe Larry's tired of fooling with Iverson. Getting him here would guarantee us about two strong yrs before Brown dismantles the team and make us losers.

[Guest]

Paul Westphaul would be a good choice.I heard

Barkley mention the other day that Paul is one

of only two honest people he has met in the

league.Paul and Hakeem.