Peachtree Hoops: A Little Humor

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When looking through my old basketball cards this morning, I found this gem.

There hasn't been much exciting news in the Hawks universe recently, so let's all share a giggle today. For all of the talk of the Hawks needing a big man, I think the team is in infinitely better shape with Al holding it down than the team was in the JK era.

When reading the back of the cards for underwhelming players, it's always funny to read how the writers have to stretch to write about the positives in the player's career. In this case there's the classic, "Led Hawks in shooting percentage in 1990." Yeah, but he averaged 3.7 ppg! (and 5.8 over his career). I would say the return on that investment was quite poor.

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