Atlanta Hawks thread - Your Eastern Conference leaders

[hamG]

Mike Woodson is the worst coach in the history of coaching. But oh my, that set play on the jump ball is about the first set play i've ever seen other than give it to Joe in the high post.

Marvin has added the 3 ball to his deadly jump shot, and yes Law has said recently last season he was afraid to take the shot or make the play incase he ****ed it up and got subbed out. Because under Woodson young players live in fear of losing the 3 minutes game time they get rather than learning by doing. Pachulia is at a make or break season behind Horford who will keep playing out of position, hopefully they at least try to run some post plays for him.

ESPN writers are making a lot about the lack of depth, beyond losing Childress and his couple of offensive rebounds & put backs its not like they had depth anyway - but they've brought in Evans and Murray who are decent bench players. I think Flip may surprise some people this season.

Edit, prediction 6th-9th. I'll go on record saying 7th with the glut of east teams just above and below .500

 

[mdc]

Mike Woodson is the worst coach in the history of coaching. But oh my, that set play on the jump ball is about the first set play i've ever seen other than give it to Joe in the high post.

It really is astounding. There are no set plays - the Hawks offense is pretty much the same as that of a random bunch of guys playing pick-up ball.

 

[dont bowl there]

Hey if we win on Thursday then Orlando go from hoes to bitches!

Bitches!

Very solid win first up on the road for the Hawks (99-85), considering we play away for 7 of the first 10 games it was vital we had an early road win.

 

[sblack]

Bitches!

Very solid win first up on the road for the Hawks (99-85), considering we play away for 7 of the first 10 games it was vital we had an early road win.

I tipped them. Atlanta severely underrated

 

[DoubleA]

This game ruined 3 multis, the only losing leg.

I hate Atlanta now.

 

[Rowie09]

1 down 44 to go!

Great win, should have been by more.

 

[Rowie09]

Boom. Hawks go 2 and zip!

 

[PHX]

JJ is a weapon.

Doing it at Atlanta wont get him the kudos it should but he's been awesome in both games so far.

 

[hamG]

JJ is a friggan star. Just decides to nail an off balance 32 footer with 11 seconds left to seal the game

 

[dont bowl there]

Joe Johnson just takes over when the Hawks need scores, the guy is a star but as PHX said he won't get the publicity he deserves at the Hawks.

Taking the lead for the first time with 1.53 left shows the team has some good belief this year.

Zaza has been a beast on the offensive boards in the first 2 games.

 

[hamG]

Yes we can! :d

 

[dont bowl there]

That is some win on the road! To keep the Hornets under 80 points on their home court is amazing.

Flip and Mo off the bench have been great pick ups.

 

[Rowie09]

How good were Flip's two threes?

Three in a row we have kept under 90 points!

 

[hamG]

Unfortunately the streak is over ... Toronto scored 92. Good to still win comfortably even though J-smoove sprained his ankle, hope he returns in time to take on the powerhouse Oklahoma!

Gotta love contenders throwing big cash at guys like Posey when we get Flip & Evans for peanuts. They are playing with fire in their bellies right now, I likes it a lot.

 

[dont bowl there]

Massive game today against the Bulls, if we lose this we will probably fall to 5-2 with the Celtics on Thursday.

 

[hamG]

Held off the Bulls nicely even without Smoove and Joe shooting ice cold.
Horford with a Howard-esq 27 & 17.

6-0. Bring on the Celtics!

 

[dont bowl there]

Big Al Horford played awesome in his PF position, 6 blocks to add to those stats as well hamG. Great start to the season but it will be very VERY tough to get over the top of the Celtics away.

 

[jumse]

Horford was ridiculious today!!

 

[hamG]

****in paul pierce!

 

[Rowie09]

Garnett. I swear the opposition big man ALWAYS murders us.

 

[Renegade]

Marvin Williams last season 1-10 from downtown. Right now he's 11-14 this season

 

[sblack]

Another tough loss today. Bad luck there. New Jersey too.

 

[hamG]

It was fun while it lasted.

Let a team score 42 in the 4th you probably won't win the game.

 

[wheels4]

I swear the opposition big man ALWAYS murders us.

Brook Lopez; 25 points, 9 rebounds, 4 blocks.

i think you were right

 

[dont bowl there]

Been a while since this thread has been updated:

Hawks are now 19-10 with all starters getting into some good form. I wish Solomon Jones would get some more minutes, really rate him.