Flipping the Script on the Joe Haters.

[Diesel]

Name 1 guy playing in the league right now who you can replace Joe Johnson with and the Hawks win a championship??

That means you must keep our soft front court, our BBIQ, and our novice coaching.

[HalfHawk]

Slava Medvedenko

[TRUEINTELLECTPLAYA]

Wade, Lebron.

[Supporter]

CP3 would take us the farthest.

[NineOhTheRino]

Chucky Atkins

[mrhonline]

Richard Hamilton.

[mrhonline]

Diesel, when did you stop beating your wife?

{Was going to edit that into my previous post, but I just noticed I'm approaching 10,000 posts. Time to stat-stuff}.

[pimp]

Pape Sy

he could get to the free throw line more often

than Joe :)

[Alex]

Elliot Perry in his prime of course.

[NineOhTheRino]

Many Hawks fans are just sick of seeing one of the leagues highest paid players EVER shot slow-lethargic floaters and air balls late in games.

[ATLSmith]

Me.

I want a shark tank in my downtown condo too....

[HawkItus]

I'm not a Joe hater, but give me Howard or Dirk and I think we could win a championship.

with Howard

Teague

Cpt. Kirk

Josh

Al

Howard

with Dirk

Al

Dirk

Josh

Kirk

Teague

[sasuke]

Bron

Wade

Kobe

CP3

Deron

Howard

Melo

Rose

Dirk

Durant

Most of them make less than JJ

[capstone21]

Bron

Wade

Kobe

CP3

Deron

Howard

Melo

Rose

Dirk

Durant

Most of them make less than JJ

If you notice...these are all considered stars in this league

[AHF]

Name 1 guy playing in the league right now who you can replace Joe Johnson with and the Hawks win a championship??

That means you must keep our soft front court, our BBIQ, and our novice coaching.

I don't hate JJ but Lebron is my answer. Lebron already went to the finals with less talent than Al Horford, Jamal Crawford, Josh Smith, Kirk, Teague, et al.

[TomSelleck]

Gilbert Arenas

[QuantumHawkz]

Joe's contract is not what he's worth to the NBA, it's what he's worth to the ATLANTA HAWKS. Get over it the man is here to stay.Yes, he had an off season, so what? And i see people saying" Wade and Labron Lames are getting paid less then Joe". They had to if they wanted to play together. Otherwise they would be the highest paid players in the NBA.So that's not a valid point. I also see people saying" Joe is not a star, Josh Smith means more to the Hawks then Joe". Really? The last time i've checked Joe is the only Hawk who get's doubled teamed, not Josh. The last time i've checked ONLY stars are the ones who get doubled teamed.SO PLEASE tell me (and Diesel) who whould come to the hawks and do what Joe do? The answer is no one. Do you know why? Cause no player is coming to a JOE-LESS Atlanta Hawks team.And that's not a diss towards Horford or Smith, but the reality is the NBA is a guard league. Has been since Jordan. So to all the "Joe haters" i'll be sure to reserve seats on the " Joe bandwagon" when a HEALTHY Joe starts playing like Joe.

[Eddielives]

The proper question is what team in the nba wins a championship with Joe as the best player on the team. The answer is no team. Joe would make a great sidekick to, say, a Derrick Rose though.

[AHF]

Agreed, Eddielives. He has also been a great best player on a playoff team (non-contender variety).

Edited June 8, 2011 by AHF

[Eddielives]

Joe's contract is not what he's worth to the NBA, it's what he's worth to the ATLANTA HAWKS. Get over it the man is here to stay.Yes, he had an off season, so what? And i see people saying" Wade and Labron Lames are getting paid less then Joe". They had to if they wanted to play together. Otherwise they would be the highest paid players in the NBA.So that's not a valid point. I also see people saying" Joe is not a star, Josh Smith means more to the Hawks then Joe". Really? The last time i've checked Joe is the only Hawk who get's doubled teamed, not Josh. The last time i've checked ONLY stars are the ones who get doubled teamed.SO PLEASE tell me (and Diesel) who whould come to the hawks and do what Joe do? The answer is no one. Do you know why? Cause no player is coming to a JOE-LESS Atlanta Hawks team.And that's not a diss towards Horford or Smith, but the reality is the NBA is a guard league. Has been since Jordan. So to all the "Joe haters" i'll be sure to reserve seats on the " Joe bandwagon" when a HEALTHY Joe starts playing like Joe.

I'll love to see you remember this thread and completely hold me accountable for being a , ahem, 'HATER' when Joe supposedly returns to the form of 3 -4 years ago. He's peaked ya'll. He might squeeze out another 20 or 21 ppg season or two but he won't lead any team to a championship as the best player on the team. and if he's been injured, he has hurt the team by being on the floor injured. Heal and help your team to your max ability.