Comments on: Preview & Chat: The Atlanta Hawks

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:20:20 +0000

I’m not sure whether it’s because Kobe isn’t attacking the basket, or the refs just aren’t making the calls – but 2 free-throws by Kobe, both of them from Technical fouls?

By: alex v.

alex v. — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:41:53 +0000

I was disappointed for Mihm as well. It seems like he’s trying to hard, though maybe that’s a result of trying to do things that he used to be able to do. But I thought the rest of the team responded well to him – the players on the floor kept trying to get him the ball, and the players on the bench seemed genuinely happy when he was successful.

Along the same lines, I think it’s great that the team has welcomed the new players and wants them to fit in. Sure, it’s easy to be happy when things are going well, but sometimes teams with high goals put themselves under a lot of pressure and don’t respond well to it.

By: Apricot

Apricot — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:22:50 +0000

Brown Block of Doom was sweet, but the thing that totally made that sequence for me was watching the bench explode and start falling over each other.

Looking past the BBoD, he had a horrible game. He had two (or three) botched handoff receptions, and the BBoD only began when he didn’t come hard to meet the pass at the top.

But hey, it’s garbage time, it’s his first attempt and on the good side, he did seem to be playing within the triangle.

As for Ammo, yeah he looked nervous. I trust that Phil has a good shot in recovering some of Ammo’s confidence, except that there isn’t much game time left to let Ammo fail and succeed. We need more blowouts!

By: Gatinho

Gatinho — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:10:58 +0000

New Post up.

By: Craig W.

Craig W. — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:56:04 +0000

After a game like last night there is no way Kobe gets an MVP this year, but he sure is in line to compete hard for a ring.

By: Travis Y.

Travis Y. — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:53:49 +0000

Solid win, I’m glad the starters could rest and take a break and let the subs get some burn. They didn’t use their time effectively, but we still won.

What I was watching during the game was just a subtle change in our defensive behavior. I have been noticing that when Pau is playing defense at the rim, he goes straight up. He doesn’t extend his arms forward into the player and alters the shot with his length and doesn’t get a foul called. Last night the team was doing the same thing and it resulted in less foul calls.

Two excellent defensive teams Boston and San Antonio use the same mentality and treat free throws as a horrible result of a defensive stand. Hopefully this trend continues and we continue to contest and alter instead of foul.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:06:07 +0000

Kurt,

Yeah, I suppose I’m passing judgment a bit too soon. For a guy with his level of athleticism though, he will have to be lights out in order to crack the rotation, so last night wasn’t especially encouraging. And yes, the porn stache must return.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:26:56 +0000

Goo, I would love Brown to prove me wrong and work out to be a solid rotation guy at the guard spot. We could use it.

153. Let’s give Morrison more than one game, or even the rest of this season, before we give up on him. He missed a couple wide-open shots, things you know he can hit, I think it may have been a nerves/confidence thing. Maybe he can get that confidence back, along with the porn stache.

By: wondahbap

wondahbap — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:35:28 +0000

Jamison doesn’t scare me. Let him go to Cleveland. I just hope they have to send Varajao in the deal.

I’m betting T-Mac only decided to end his season, and possibly next season to kill any possible trade to NJ. If he was likely to get shipped to a good team, he might heal faster than Shaq.

Lamar has been impressive.

By: the other Stephen

the other Stephen — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:45:23 +0000

Holy Shannon! It’s the Brown Block of Doom!