was dj more important that we realized?

[codyatl]

what are 2 of the most glaring problenms w/ our starters? 3pt shooting and defense. that is excactly what dj brought to the table. he wasn't going to take over a game but teams could not just forget about him and leave him alone on the perimeter. Remember last yr how dj got his pt? defense. he played tough defense every night. I think if he were healthy and playing we would be at the top or near the top of the conference right now.

[Jamil]

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I think if he were healthy and playing we would be at the top or near the top of the conference right now.

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You can't honestly believe that having a healthy DJ would put the Hawks at the top of the conference???

I will say that he was playing some solid ball at the end of last season, but this team is such a disaster that it would take more than him to change things.

It's like last season when people were saying that if we just had a healthy Theo, we'd be at the top of the conference.

[chillzatl]

make the other four starters play with any heart. Newble busts his ass too. That doesn't make the other starters play any passion.

I think we would be a better team with DJ out there. But we aren't losing because of lack of talent. We are losing because our guys play like the games mean nothing to them.

[Gray Mule]

Yes, DerMarr would make a difference. His defense and

his ability to hit the three plus sometimes he would

come thru with a blast inside and score.

Toni K. is missing, too. His passing and ability to

score is sorely missed, more that we thought possible.

He had the entire team playing up a level above where

they were when he was out with injuries.

This physical game is part mental and for some reason,

our mental abilities are not working properly. It isn't

that we don't have the ability to play, physically. We

do. It's not that the players are dumb.

There needs to ba a mental adjustment, an attitude

adjustment. Pride is missing, apparently. If they

have any pride left, they are not showing it. They

play a very good game for a while, then sleepwalk

thru a portion of the game. How do you wake them

up? I give up, How do you?? I don't know.

They slept thru the entire 4th quarter against the Bulls.

No team should be able to score like Chicago did in

that 4th period. If they are that good, then the Bulls

will not loose another game this season. They scored

every time down the floor, one time hitting on

eighteen of nineteen and some of them from 3 pt.

range. That can't be done, but it was.

I don't have the solution -- I don't even understand

the problem --- I just know that it is there and everyone

can see that it exists.