Hawks on sale

[jerrywest]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/sports/17teams.html?ref=sports

http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2010/03/17/report-says-hawks-and-thrashers-may-both-be-for-sale/?cxntfid=blogs_jeff_schultz_blog

[mrhonline]

Still dizzy from those tremors...

[NineOhTheRino]

buy buy JJ. Now way ASG will incur more debt when they're trying to sell the team. Ask any Cubs fan about this process.

[coachx]

Don't believe the NY papers. Its all speculation. They are going off of water cooler talk. The AJC is only spinning off of 1 sentence out of a NY paper that merely suggest teams a list of teams that could be for sale.

A sale of the Thrasher, to a Northern city would not suprise me at all though.

Edited March 17, 2010 by coachx

[niremetal]

AJC is only spinning off of 1 sentence out of a NY paper that merely suggest teams a list of teams that could be for sale.

You mean Jeff Schultz is talking out of his *ss? Naaaahhhhhhh....

PS: The personal wealth of team owners doesn't matter.

Edited March 17, 2010 by niremetal

[lethalweapon3]

Don't believe the NY papers. Its all speculation. They are going off of water cooler talk. The AJC is only spinning off of 1 sentence out of a NY paper that merely suggest teams a list of teams that could be for sale.

A sale of the Thrasher, to a Northern city would not suprise me at all though.

+1

[HawkRock1123]

Ok, but just for the heck of it, let's say that ASG was going to sell the team. Who would you want to buy it (don't worry about being realistic)?

Arthur Blank has got to be the dream owner for the Hawks, right?

What ATL celebs would make fun owners? Tyler Perry could be good. Then it would no longer be "The Atlanta Hawks"; it'd be "Tyler Perry's Atlanta Hawks".

"We can do bad all by ourselves"

Edited March 17, 2010 by HawkRock1123

[mrhonline]

For argument's sake, I should point out this article was in the Times, not the Post or Daily News.

Regardless, you have to read the comments on the AJC blog. Funny stuff.

[NineOhTheRino]

Ok, but just for the heck of it, let's say that ASG was going to sell the team. Who would you want to buy it (don't worry about being realistic)?

Arthur Blank has got to be the dream owner for the Hawks, right?

What ATL celebs would make fun owners? Tyler Perry could be good. Then it would no longer be "The Atlanta Hawks"; it'd be "Tyler Perry's Atlanta Hawks".

AB is up to his neck in Wall Street losses as we speak. He did make a push to buy the Braves though so he may resurface with the Hawks. Seeing that the owner doesn't have to be from ATL I think that former NWA wrestler Ric Flair would be a great option.

Whooooooo!

Edited March 17, 2010 by NineOhTheRino

[niremetal]

For argument's sake, I should point out this article was in the Times, not the Post or Daily News.

True, but the exact wording of the sentence in the Times was:

According to sports bankers, the teams thought to be for sale include the Atlanta Hawks...

So the Times was reporting speculation, even though (to the Times' credit) it didn't attempt to color it otherwise. That means Schultz's story was secondhand speculation. Making a story based on what clearly is speculation is about as credible as making a story that uses the Post or Daily News as a source.

Edited March 17, 2010 by niremetal

[HawkRock1123]

Seeing that the owner doesn't have to be from ATL I think that former NWA wrestler Ric Flair would be a great option.

Whooooooo!

I love it. Tell me that wouldn't make the games more fun. At the start of the 4th quarter, The Nature Boy himself throwing out "Whooooo"s from the owners box, then followed by that little strut around he does. Priceless.

[mrhonline]

Definitely no argument from me on Schultz, niremetal. He was clearly looking for some free clicks.

He got them.

[terrellgroup]

Together if Arthur Blank, Luda(Ludacris), and Jermaine Dupree would buy. The Hawks would attract major star talent.

[Deeman]

Ok, but just for the heck of it, let's say that ASG was going to sell the team. Who would you want to buy it (don't worry about being realistic)?

Arthur Blank has got to be the dream owner for the Hawks, right?

What ATL celebs would make fun owners? Tyler Perry could be good. Then it would no longer be "The Atlanta Hawks"; it'd be "Tyler Perry's Atlanta Hawks".

"We can do bad all by ourselves"

LMAO I will def pass on Tyler Perry. He would probably make Madea the Mascot lol.

[niremetal]

LMAO I will def pass on Tyler Perry. He would probably make Madea the Mascot lol.

He really, really, really needs to stop making new movies. He should have made like JD Salinger and quit while he was ahead.

[coachx]

Ok, but just for the heck of it, let's say that ASG was going to sell the team. Who would you want to buy it (don't worry about being realistic)?

Arthur Blank has got to be the dream owner for the Hawks, right?

What ATL celebs would make fun owners? Tyler Perry could be good. Then it would no longer be "The Atlanta Hawks"; it'd be "Tyler Perry's Atlanta Hawks".

"We can do bad all by ourselves"

Cool idea.........this deserves its own thread.

Chris Tucker Jeff Foxworthy, & Elton John's Atlanta Hawks !

Hey, Atlanta is all about diversity. You got a country star, black star, gay star all in the front row !

Emanuel Lewis (Webster) as a 1% owner and even the little people will feel included.

Heck you throw in Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston if you wanted to see some reality TV type of entertainment. Then we could bring Nancy Grace to make sense of it all and tell us which one should be prosectuted.

We will just have to worry about Foxworthy entincing "Big Country" to come out of retirement.

Edited March 17, 2010 by coachx

[HawkRock1123]

I love it. Turner Broadcasting buys the team, and then hosts a celebrity reality show to determine who gets to run the team.

Missions include:

- Jeff Foxworthy in contract negotiations with Joe Johnson

- Elton John clothes shopping with Zaza Pachulia

- Ludacris traveling to Greece and kidnapping Josh Childress

[Sothron]

I know its speculation at is best (or worst?) but I'd love to see a new ownership for both the Hawks and Thrashers that actually cared about spending money to win titles.

[Deeman]

He really, really, really needs to stop making new movies. He should have made like JD Salinger and quit while he was ahead.

True, True knowing Tyler Perry he would fire Woody and make himself the coach.

[EazyRoc]

Only thing I got to so about that is...C'mon Arthur Blank!

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