Comments on: Someone Great at 48?

By: Spc Wyatt

Spc Wyatt — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:41:57 +0000

A few typos… Smith plays primarily at the 4

By: Spc Wyatt

Spc Wyatt — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:40:07 +0000

I am not against Smith by any means. I think behind Lebron he’s the only other player in the league that can get up and down the floor and make “top ten” highlights on the defensive and the offensive side of the ball. HE HAS VALUE! Other teams know that and thats why we should trade him! It would be nice to pay a player in free agency to come hoop for us but we just dont have that luxury. We’re still in the big contract with Johnson and lets face it, the Hawks are NOT throwing another deal out there thats anywhere near what Johnson has. We have the players to replace Smith, he play primarily at the 5. Horford can and WANTS to be moved there. Alot of people has mixed feeling about Williams but he’s our 3. he’s a shooter, he doesnt let too many get passed him on defense so he stays only because he doesnt have as much value as Smith would, to trade Williams would’nt solve our “big man” issues because we would get that same value. That goes back to that old saying; “What you give is what you get!”
Johnson at the 2- pray he actually earns his check next season, and Hinrich at the 1 (who will be challenged for the position by the emgerging Jeff Teage) Either way I think we’re #WINNING! at that position as Charlie Sheen would say.
Now for the 5, I’ve gathered some names I can throw at you; all of which will be in their contract years next year:

Javale Mcgee WAS
Mehmet Okur UTAH
Marcus Camby PORT
Robin Lopez PHO
Brooke Lopez NJ
Zydrunas Llgauskas MIA
Chris Kaman LAC
Roy Hibbert IND
Semih Erden CLE
Omer Asik CHI

All these player has the creditials to be the #1 big man for the Hawks, and I think aquiring one of the mentioned players via trade will not only benefit the team but concidering they resign Crawford and maybe even Collins would solidify our place among the top of the Eastern Coference.

… your move Hawks

By: Spc Wyatt

Spc Wyatt — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:47:28 +0000

hahaha. That’ll NEVER happen but I love your optimism. We need people like you in our front office.

By: Spc Wyatt

Spc Wyatt — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:38:05 +0000

All that sounds nice, it does but one thing you guys fail to realize is that The Atlanta Hawks franchise is one that has many owners, 13 if i understand correctly, and if I know anything abt owners (looking in on the NFL situation)… all they care abt is money. The Hawks are gonna sell tickets, this is a major city with major NBA fans like us and with the I see in the league now, other teams can come in and sell our tickets for us. With that being said these owners are not looking to spend any money to get A Howard let alone a Chris Paul. They’re content on having the same guys they draft, maybe alittle utility player here in there brought in to keep interest from the fans, A cheap head coach, and a under acheiving star who’s making SUPERSTAR money. I love my Hawks but we need new ownership, maybe someone who’s actually committed to winning like Cuban!

By: Spc Wyatt

Spc Wyatt — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:23:41 +0000

Yes, and I beileve we need more than just a “big one”, we need a big body down there, no more under-sized big men. We need someone who can make the opposition think twice about penetration; someone who can limit offensive rebounds on defense, we really dont need much offense from the center position. If we cant get that from the 48th pick in this draft then I’ve got two words for you… TRADE SMITH! draft the best availible player who has other teams’ interest, trade Smith and the pick to get our big man, something Atlanta really hasnt had since Mutombo.

By: hen

hen — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 01:37:18 +0000

We should get rid of williams should not have gotten rid of jordan crawford…JOE should re-negotiate his contract so we can keep jamal and find a young center in this league…this team would have been great with jervale mcgee…tyson chandler…gortat and a host of available big guys in the league…they didnt need a dominant scorer in middle just a strong defender and rebounder with some..some points…we have enough offense…

come on joe…i know its hard to do but this team can win with these changes..good luck next year..

By: Chris E

Chris E — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 22:46:31 +0000

All Im saying is the hawks need one thing and thats having a big man. We got plenty of forwards, and we have two okay point guards. The problem is we do not have a dominating presence in the paint. Sure we have Horford doing a good job playing center, but he is a true power forward and thats where he does the best and thats how we will get deep in the playoffs. Now as far as the draft is concerned, I think Atlanta needs to get another guard. Again, we have way too many forwards and Jeff Teague and Jordan Crawford were a good picks

By: tony

tony — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:32:18 +0000

I’m very sure Orlando wouldn’t trade D.Howard to any other team unless it’s a package deal to the Lakers for Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom and a 1st round pick. The Hawks don’t have enough quality players and first round picks to obtain a player like Howard.

It would be a smart business move if Sund and company would send JJ, JT and MW to San Antonio for TP, RJ and AM. This trade would relieve us from JJ immense contract and MW’s mediocrity. We get 2 smart experience championship caliber players. This would be an golden opportunity for the hawks.

Lets not stop there. I would hate to lose KH but we could send Kirk and JS to the Lakers for Pau Gasol. This could happen because the Lakers need a good defensive pg and I believe they will eventually sign D.Howard next season but they probably would need to eliminate Gasol’s huge salary(17,000,000) to make room for him.

Projected Lineups:

Hawks………….Lakers
pg-Tony Parker….KH
sg-J.Crawford…..Kobe
sf-R.Jefferson….Odom
pf-A.Horford……JS
c-Pau Gasol…….Bynum, Andrew (D.Howard will sign with the Lakers in 2012)

I know we need a backup pg but that’s why GM’s make BIG $$. There’s a kid name Charles Jenkins-pg out of Hofstra University. Who needs Chris Paul when we can get some1 similar for cheaps. This guy shoots a miserable 52% from the field and he is an exellent free throw shooter. He’s a very smart basketball player and he takes care of the basketball. See for youself.

http://youtu.be/hESn_lWNh3Y

By: Realistic Fan

Realistic Fan — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:55:50 +0000

Dwight is an obvious good idea but the chances it happens you might as well look away. Look at a proven defender to put Al Hoford at his PF position. Simply a Javale Mcgee, Roy Hibbert, Chris Anderson type player. Add a two block player to the Hawks we got it! Go get a defender with that pick up as well. From the Nuggets JR Smith/ Pacers trade talk Marvin/Kirk for Roy/Granger (the money should match up. Wizards get Jordan Crawford back!

By: Jeff Teague Fan

Jeff Teague Fan — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 03:25:19 +0000

The Hawks have a couple of problems but here are three very important ones: MANAGMENT, MARVIN WILLIAMS(garbage), NEED A TRUE CENTER & SMALL FORWARD