tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post7364246641842362815..comments2023-06-09T11:52:06.321-04:00Comments on Hoopinion: Initial Feedback: Whoo BoyBret LaGreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000566742639583055noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-15298304061535829542012-05-08T00:57:57.123-04:002012-05-08T00:57:57.123-04:00Just went back and read the Amnesty options articl...Just went back and read the Amnesty options article from November. This quote stuck out:<br /><br />"Williams' market value is at an all-time low right now."<br /><br />Have we reached the bottom yet?Buddy Grizzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17922712364080112515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-18644702159184325582012-05-07T22:16:54.213-04:002012-05-07T22:16:54.213-04:00"I would like to see them amnesty Johnson, bu..."I would like to see them amnesty Johnson, but I know in the end they'd just use the space to sign Allen Iverson to a max deal, because he was awesome a decade ago." -Jrauch<br /><br />Funny, but possibly too true.Knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07018275336313767633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-78606949859935083292012-05-07T13:33:49.293-04:002012-05-07T13:33:49.293-04:00This team needs to be scrapped. Scrapped, dismantl...This team needs to be scrapped. Scrapped, dismantled, disassembled, all of it. The coach has NO idea how to win with what he has got. The team has NO desire to win. Joe Johnson has NO business making that much money. Cliche maybe, but sweet god almighty, how can Joe Johnson not be nationally labeled as the biggest waste of money in the NBA?<br /><br />I don't want to wait 5+ years for a playoffs caliber team to be assembled but I cannot take another year of this "aww shucks, we lost" Hawks squad.khodithelighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074591621960630046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-11237240653520716522012-05-07T13:27:41.790-04:002012-05-07T13:27:41.790-04:00Santhizar --
Amnesty options (#1 no longer releva...Santhizar --<br /><br />Amnesty options (#1 no longer relevant at this time) discussed in <a href="http://www.hoopinionblog.com/2011/11/amnesty-options-for-atlanta-hawks.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a>.Bret LaGreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000566742639583055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-51635300018683808182012-05-07T13:01:26.390-04:002012-05-07T13:01:26.390-04:00This team seems to have a game every playoff where...This team seems to have a game every playoff where they just give up and stop caring to run the offense. Joe puts on a cape we never should have given him, and things fall apart. That's being compounded by our zombie bench not playing defense.<br /><br />In your opinions, is there ever a point where it makes sense to Amnesty Joe, flounder for a year while we rebuild, and try to come up with a more solid team around Teague, Horford, and Smith? Do we pay a man to go away from our cap?<br /><br />There's no scenario in my mind where we become a legitimate contender without doing something to clear the ledger and get some younger, not-washed up depth. And with the way he's playing (partially due to us asking the impossible), no one's going to take a trade on him.<br /><br />A better coach might maximize this team's potential, but that potential, even if we were disciplined every game, would not get us far enough against the Heat and Bulls to make it through the second round without injuries being a factor. (On another note, no Rose in our path? This was our chance, and we blew it!) We are a team and fanbase in limbo, waiting for someone to make a decision to change things.Santhizarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647911763543492508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-19435552020007098592012-05-07T08:34:44.793-04:002012-05-07T08:34:44.793-04:00Its Groundhog Day in Hawks land. Same old mind bog...Its Groundhog Day in Hawks land. Same old mind boggling coaching choices -- could anyone map out Larry Drew's rotation if their life depended on it? -- and our highest paid player is now more or less a spot-up wing shooter. Ray Allen, who's ankles are decaying right in front of our eyes, gets easier shots than JJJJJJJoe. <br /><br />Embarassing performance all around. I would like to see them amnesty Johnson, but I know in the end they'd just use the space to sign Allen Iverson to a max deal, because he was awesome a decade ago. <br /><br />Where was this motion offense Drew promised us? I see more of Iso-Joe now than ever before.jrauchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03064708627368143691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-43291602056470445562012-05-07T07:22:02.328-04:002012-05-07T07:22:02.328-04:00Yes, Josh Smith got extra credit for playing on on...Yes, Josh Smith got extra credit for playing on one leg (Horford got extra credit for coming back early, as well). <br /><br />As for Pargo, I'm not docking him for being in the game for an eternity-seeming 8 minutes and 40 seconds in the first half (that decision is reflected in Larry Drew's rating) and he did make as many field goals as any Hawk in the first half.Bret LaGreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000566742639583055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-33372672357631973452012-05-07T01:25:43.590-04:002012-05-07T01:25:43.590-04:00You are on the money. Those two give the Hawks th...You are on the money. Those two give the Hawks the best chance in the near future with what they have to work with <br />(Players/coach/ownership/etc).Chuckmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173582669051914337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-38553507715439866282012-05-07T01:15:24.200-04:002012-05-07T01:15:24.200-04:00Did Josh Smith earn an extra point or two for play...Did Josh Smith earn an extra point or two for playing hurt? 6 turnovers are a lot for any player who plays only about 30 minutes, and it's a ton for someone who shouldn't be handling the ball a lot. And many of them were of the egregious, head-scratching variety that is so typically Josh Smith.<br /><br />Giving Pargo a two just makes the scale seem broken. The team is really, really bad defensively when he's on the floor, and he's also being asked to play the role of distributor, a role in which he's extremely unsuited.Bronnthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11706422637764110117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-75204003717104724832012-05-07T01:03:50.617-04:002012-05-07T01:03:50.617-04:00There is a huge team chemistry problem. The Hawks...There is a huge team chemistry problem. The Hawks are paying 100M+ to a guy who is NOT a leader. Josh Smith is not the world's greatest teammate. And we invested in a bench that would have been amazing 7 years ago. My suggestion: keep Teague & Horford. Trade Williams, Smith, and Johnson (if there's a taker on his mammoth contract). This team will never win with Johnson as a "leader" and the poor locker room culture.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14999972840691805368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-9714593342107746202012-05-07T00:40:11.064-04:002012-05-07T00:40:11.064-04:00Your statement "reguarding the opposition&quo...Your statement "reguarding the opposition" is on the money. <br /><br />This group of players don't play as a team and I don't care how much talent you've got, they can't win unless that happens. Maybe its a combo of coaching and chemistry. I can understand getting beat by a more talented team in a hard fought game, but this wasn't the case tonight. They quit.Chuckmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173582669051914337noreply@blogger.com