Hawks' Johnson often overlooked

[Vesper]

Point guard keeps having to prove skill

By SEKOU SMITH

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 10/13/07

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[OGRat]

Has AJ gotten any burn in the preseason?

[HawksS2]

He may be overlooked, but that is ok. We have 4 PG's who can still play, how many teams have that? With Law, Lue, Speedy and Johnson.

I think it is better for AJ to be overlooked. He doesn't need all this extra attention.

[DJlaysitup]

Yeah...let's remember that A.J. was basically a survival-trade to overcome late season injuries and try and get Woody/BK 30 wins. He's still probably a decent guy to have around this year with Speedy and TLue always a threat to be hurt though.

It will be interesting to see if Ivery can do anything this year. We may have been better off keeping him as a safety valve if we could have since he is 6'4" and could probably do at least as good as West this year at the 2 (as well as playing PG in case of multiple PG injuries).

[hawksfan_21]

i think the atlanta hawks are overlooked, i think even if we win it all , we still will not get respected, prolly wont get any tv games either, but they will be a force this year...........GO HAWKS, here are alot of people trashing the hawks

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/rumors/post/Ha...pO8vLYF?urn=nba,48890

[DJlaysitup]

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i think the atlanta hawks are overlooked, i think even if we win it all , we still will not get respected,

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Winning it all this year would be something

But as an ex-Colorado Rockie fan I've recently learned that a bunch of good young guys can surprise the pundits.

If anybody is going to Vegas soon - let me know please. I'd love to put $20 on the Hawks making the playoffs and another $20 on the Hawks making the EC finals.