And don't any of you DARE BLAME WOODY !

[thescout]

That's exactly right Teke about the Hawks front court being to scared to go inside and challenge the bigger players of the lakers. Remember in the playoffs the Hawks got killied in the paint and most of it was because Cleveland had Varajo and the center/Smoove didn't challenge to go inside and people kept making the excuse only if we had Marvin. Marvin/Smoove are not going to get us over the hump no matter if their here 4 years or 10 years. They fear going inside and in the playoffs who controls the paint usually wins.

[bay2theAlady]

Do you want to know the real reason we didn't get our big men the looks like we did in the last 2 games ? Because Washington and Indiana don't have a frontline anywhere near as good as the Lakers..even without Pau Gasol.

Exactly!

[Buzzard]

That's exactly right Teke about the Hawks front court being to scared to go inside and challenge the bigger players of the lakers. Remember in the playoffs the Hawks got killied in the paint and most of it was because Cleveland had Varajo and the center/Smoove didn't challenge to go inside and people kept making the excuse only if we had Marvin. Marvin/Smoove are not going to get us over the hump no matter if their here 4 years or 10 years. They fear going inside and in the playoffs who controls the paint usually wins.

Marvin is the only front line starter we have who does not avoid contact. Which is why he is 2nd only to JJ in FTA per 48 at 8.8 attempts. JJ and Marvin are both ranked in the top 50 for this category and given they are both starters it would be hard to argue that the numbers are skewed..

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Marvin is the only front line starter we have who does not avoid contact. Which is why he is 2nd only to JJ in FTA per 48 at 8.8 attempts. JJ and Marvin are both ranked in the top 50 for this category and given they are both starters it would be hard to argue that the numbers are skewed..

Right. Marvin is the one guy on the team that doesn't shy away from contact. His problem is getting him going in the first place. If Smoove can't be the "energy guy" on a particular night, Marvin needs to look to see if he can be the "energy guy".

Too bad we can't channel some of Josh Childress' rebound energy and hustle into Marvin. He'll probably bounce back and have a good night, like Smoove probably will.

[Admin]

Actually no, I know damn well that people would complain here about playing 40 minutes whether we won or not. That's what I've come to accept about this place, it's more comforting to the masses to bash a player coach than it is to praise the team.

Just sayin ... http://www.hawksquawk.net/community/index.php/topic/340861-jj-played-46-minutes-this-game/

JJ played 46 minutes this game

Are you serious? I thought Woody said he was gonna limit his minutes this year. Are we just gonna run him into the ground? Let Crawford get some of those minutes.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Just sayin ... http://www.hawksquawk.net/community/index.php/topic/340861-jj-played-46-minutes-this-game/

LOL . . it's obvious isn't it?

Like you said . . . damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.