HawkItus Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 What once looked promising is turning into a nightmare. But, the one thing I'm looking forward to, if this does go all the way south, is a comment I read on ESPN about the Cavs. And really it fits for all championship NBA teams. You have to have pain to get great. Think about it, the Kobe/Shaq lakers had pain. Boston's big three had pain from years of individual experience. Orlando had last years finals etc. If things go south we have our moment. Guys won't have the injury excuse. Home court advantage excuse. There will be no excuse, but looking in the mirror. If we do win the series then this has done nothing, but make us stronger. This series has been really good medicine for what ails us. It just sucks going down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachx Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 We had our pain already.........the 7 game series loss to Boston and the 4 game to sweep by Cleveland over the last 2 years. Eventually championship teams must stop the pain and win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkItus Posted April 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 (edited) We had our pain already.........the 7 game series loss to Boston and the 4 game to sweep by Cleveland over the last 2 years. Eventually championship teams must stop the pain and win. doesn't count because we had the built in excuses. No homecourt. More talented team. We weren't supposed to win. But losing this year would be no excuse. Just like Cleveland's loss last year to Orlando. Edited April 27, 2010 by sultanofatl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exodus Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 The thread is based on the premise that the Hawks might actually learn something from this. I have seen no evidence to believe this would be the case. They got blown out consistently on the road in the playoffs the last two years. During the regular season they repeatedly played down to the competition and paid for it several times. Did they learn anything? Sure doesn't look like it to me. Smart teams have taken advantage of the Hawks switching defense consistently but do the Hawks change anything? No. they just keep doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhawk Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Plus these long drawn out first round series can have a physical impact of injuries, etc. Meanwhile, Orlando is just chillin and will be fresh and healthy, same as Cleveland last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkItus Posted April 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 The thread is based on the premise that the Hawks might actually learn something from this. I have seen no evidence to believe this would be the case. They got blown out consistently on the road in the playoffs the last two years. During the regular season they repeatedly played down to the competition and paid for it several times. Did they learn anything? Sure doesn't look like it to me. Smart teams have taken advantage of the Hawks switching defense consistently but do the Hawks change anything? No. they just keep doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. I agree coaching wise. Our coach doesn't make adjustments. Player wise I think they can learn. Josh has matured a lot since last years playoffs. Horford will learn from being outplayed by Thomas. JJ these last 2 games has really shown he can be the man and his off the court comments have been what true superstars spit out when the team is stinking it up. Crawford is a playoff virgin. He's just learning what this is. Like I said, they have to look at themselves right now. Nobody can claim injury or whatever. I think at least our top 4 will learn and get better. Marvin and the rest. I don't know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exodus Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 I agree coaching wise. Our coach doesn't make adjustments. Player wise I think they can learn. Josh has matured a lot since last years playoffs. Horford will learn from being outplayed by Thomas. JJ these last 2 games has really shown he can be the man and his off the court comments have been what true superstars spit out when the team is stinking it up. Crawford is a playoff virgin. He's just learning what this is. Like I said, they have to look at themselves right now. Nobody can claim injury or whatever. I think at least our top 4 will learn and get better. Marvin and the rest. I don't know I don't see the players learning much. Horford has sucked with his back to the basket all season but he keeps trying to do it. He has been successfull when he plays a face up game, shooting the midrange shot and making decisive moves off the dribble. After 3 years in the league i would think he would have enough sense not to try and back down Kurt Thomas. Smith is still going to the basket soft and whining for the refs to bail him out, as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTruth Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Eventually championship teams must stop the EXCUSES and win. Fixed for added truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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