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Atlanta Hawks at Warriors: The new guys, plus Rick Sund

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From AJC:

San Francisco–Caught up with the Hawks here this morning (tip: never, ever drive in this city) before heading to Oaktown. Here are some quick notes, followed by a Rick Sund Q and A,. . .

L.D. said Teague will start again tonight along with J.J., Marvin, Josh and Al. Hinrich will play, too. Hinrich and Armstrong met the team here last night. Drew said they put some tape down in the ballroom at the hotel and gave the players a crash course on the team’s concepts.

Drew expects Hinrich and Teague to push the Hawks to play faster: “We definitely have got to get the ball in to both guys’ hands. I thought Jeff did a good job in Phoenix of keeping the pressure on the defense and pushing it. Kirk has the same ability. He’s not as fast as Jeff but he still pushes the ball at a pace that forces other guys to keep up.”

Based on his initial impressions of Atlanta’s offense, Hinrich likes what he sees: “We have good players. Just put them in the right positions and play together, and we will be all right. I think the stuff we are going to do fits me and fits our team. The ball moves a lot. We’ve got good players who command double teams. It’s a team system and I’m excited to be a part of it.”

Drew on Armstrong: “I want a physicality when he’s on the floor. I want defensive rebounding. I want him to be athletic when he’s on the floor.”

Armstrong: “I just have to be aggressive. I can definitely help the team out with that. Play solid defense, talk, get up and be aggressive and hit the boards. Try to play my game and don’t do anything out of character.”

Both players said they are happy to leave a loser and join a playoff squad.

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The rest of the article is Q&A with Rick Sund. Link.

Good read. I also liked what Kirk said about giving the ball to the players in their right positions to score.

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That's good stuff right there!! I just hope it's not lip service.

I don't think it's lip service, at least I'm hoping! Kirk is a pretty smart guy, and has that dog inside of him. Can't wait to see him play. It may take a while for the chemistry to click, but when it does, I see good things happening.

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Wonder how long Teague will be starting... I really like the kid and I'm ecstatic that he's finally going to get some real burn. He DEFINITELY needs minutes....but seriously???

On a side note, don't know what LD is planning, but I really don't want to see Kirk at SG much...if at all.

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Wonder how long Teague will be starting... I really like the kid and I'm ecstatic that he's finally going to get some real burn. He DEFINITELY needs minutes....but seriously???

On a side note, don't know what LD is planning, but I really don't want to see Kirk at SG much...if at all.

Teague won't be starting for too long, a few practices under Kirk's belt and he'll probably be starting Sunday.

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Teague should be permanent starter. I am hoping he nails Kirk and Jamal to the bench. The best thing that can happen the rest of the season is that Teague becomes a legit starter with 15 pts and 7 assists and we flip Kirk Hinrich into 3 players splitting up his contract and truly getting better with depth.

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Teague should be permanent starter. I am hoping he nails Kirk and Jamal to the bench. The best thing that can happen the rest of the season is that Teague becomes a legit starter with 15 pts and 7 assists and we flip Kirk Hinrich into 3 players splitting up his contract and truly getting better with depth.

Well yeah, but the reality of this actually happening is very slim. Wishful thinking at best. I have no problem giving Teague more minutes, and I think that might be the plan, but I expect Hinrich to get at least 30+ a game.

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can you provide a link please?

A link to which? I'm assuming you meant my comment about Teague, but it should be common sense that once Hinrich gets familiar with the plays and players (a few days or so), he will be installed as the regular starting PG. If Teague couldn't wrestle the spot away from a rapidly-declining/pedestrian Bibby, what makes you think an upgrade in Hinrich will be backup to the current version of Teague full time?

Not me.

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A link to which? I'm assuming you meant my comment about Teague, but it should be common sense that once Hinrich gets familiar with the plays and players (a few days or so), he will be installed as the regular starting PG. If Teague couldn't wrestle the spot away from a rapidly-declining/pedestrian Bibby, what makes you think an upgrade in Hinrich will be backup to the current version of Teague full time?

Not me.

no the interview of hilton

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Armstrong is talking a good game. Hopefully he can be that gritty rebounder/enforcer that this team had SORELY missed. Athletically, he has a massive advantage over Collins and Zaza. He could develop into an asset.

x2 99P...I really hope he sees this as a real opportunity and does his best (and his best is worth something). He seems to have the size and athleticism to be a solid asset. To be honest though - outside of watching the highlight reel posted before, I haven't followed him much lately. Obviously for a 6-11, 235lb guy out of UCONN (only 4th year) with hops to be averaging around 2 and 2 for the Wizards one has to wonder.

But hey, sometimes guys get lost in the shuffle and need a fresh opportunity.

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I don't think there has been a video interview and the TheTruth is most likely referring to the interview blurb that is linked in the 1st post of this thread.

Dolf is right on target.

I really, really hope Armstrong can surprise us because our bench bigs are flat out awful. I hope he can come in and take minutes away from a guy like Zaza/Collins.

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