AJC: Atlanta Hawks: Why They Need ‘Zo

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(Note to my blog people: I wrote this back when I got on the beat in January but decided I didn't have the cred to put it out then. I thought about freshening it up and posting it after Woody blew up at that shootaround in Milwaukee but decided to wait. Now after what happened to the Hawks in Game 5—beforehand the game I was taken aback at how nonchalant the players seemed in the locker room before such an important night—I decided now might be a good time to post this and see if it still holds up. It's what I wrote back then except for editing a couple spots where I couldn't think of the right word or hadn't yet looked up some factual details at the time.)

I've been covering the Hawks for only two weeks. That's not nearly enough time to form definitive opinions about the team, but readers have been asking me what I think the team needs to put it over the top. So with the caveat that I haven't been around that long, I will draw on my experience covering the 2005-06 Heat and …

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