Comments on: The ‘BIG’ Lineup is Intriguing?

By: tony

tony — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:05:39 +0000

Any1 who watch the hawks play should know by now that their defense has always been their strength and the offense has always been their weakness since 1998. A stagnant offense cannot compete against Chicago, Lakers, Miami, NYN, OK, Dallas and now LAC. Mike Bibby and Jamaal Crawford brought stability to the hawks offense but they’re no longer a member of the team. For some reason JJ, JS and AH will not allow KH to run the offense. For that reason I don’t think Kirk can help them offensively. Like I mentioned in my last post-if T-Mac isn’t the answer, I think the hawks are in for a short depressing season.

By: John

John — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:58:26 +0000

Hey Atlanta fans …

I think Atlanta will have no problems in entering the playoffs but at 5th or maybe 6th spot. Miami and Chicago will battle for 1st and 2nd ranking and I think the Knicks by adding Tyson Chandler will have the 3rd spot. Can Atlanta make it to 4th spot ??? That is the realistic question here. The Celtics aren;t what they used to be, the Magic are a big question mark as how they gonna play this year with the whole trading Dwight Howard scenario and there is a strong upcomer in the Pacers who added PF David West.

Now the Hawks lost Jamal Crawford so now others have to pitch in. But for me key is going to be defence this year. If the team doesn’t allow more than 90-95 ppg the yshould do fine. I mean Joe can score Al can score and u have still have Josh. Hinrich is a good fit especially on defence and has a nice shot. I think PG Jeff Teague is going to be man to watch this year and I hope they keep PF Josh Powell the guy has some talent. So can T-Mac help out like Jamal ?? No, of course not and fans shouldn’t expect that. But as a whole there is too much talent on this team to start worrying so much. Again for me key is going to be defence. Good luck u Hawks !

By: tony

tony — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:15:07 +0000

This is going to be an interesting season because the hawks did not become a playoff team(37-44) until Mike Bibby was traded to the hawks after mid season and then they became an above .500 team the following season. They won over 50 games the year JC became a hawk and they stayed above .500 the following season.

Now that Mike Bibby and Jamaal Crawford are no longer a member of the hawks, I’m wondering which player on the current roster will prevent them from slipping back too a below .500 team? I don’t trust JJ because the hawks were way under .500 in his first 3 seasons as a hawk. I’m hoping T-Mac will fill that void but if not this team could have a bad season.

By: No. 1

No. 1 — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:59:47 +0000

Totally agreed. I watched prolly 60 Piston-games last season, and T-Mac was a lot better than people who just read the stat sheet would think

By: No. 1

No. 1 — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:57:36 +0000

I’m also a new Hawks fanbecause of T-Mac. I’ve watched pretty much every game he has played the last 4-5 years. He is the only reason I sit up all night here in europe to watch basketball. He was way better last year than people who just read stats think. And if it’s true that he is even more healthy now, this season should be a lot of fun.

By: david laguna

david laguna — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:16:12 +0000

Starters will avg about 82 ppg the bench 16 – 20. team will avg 98- 100. Al Horford will love playing with t-mac at the point He’s accustomed to playing with big mans like charles okley, Patrick ewing, yao ming, Greg monroe(in which he made a better player in his rookie yr last yr)- Yao mings numbers went up after t-mac joined the rockets in 04-05 & greg monroe was recognized because of the Set ups & plays t-mac drew up for him.

By: david laguna

david laguna — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:53:57 +0000

This should Be ATL Hawks line up

PG – T-mac PPG 15.5, 5.0, 6.5>>>>>
SG – J Johnson PPG 23.0, 5.5, 5.0>>>>>
SF – M Williams PPG 10.0, 6.5, 2.0>>>>>(Rounded up Prediction)
PF – J Smith PPG 16.0, 7.5, 1.5>>>>>
C – Al Horford PPG 18.0, 9.0, 1.0>>>>>
You will have a balances lineup because of the Pf position not being a natural PF. Now you have More rebounding at the PG position to back up the PF position in that category.

By: brian

brian — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:18:25 +0000

why did they sign Vladimir Radmanovic. T-Mac i taught this was a decent replacement for jamal.

By: shawn

shawn — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:00:09 +0000

Well said tony,iT is funny as a player get injured he is finished in the eyes of the critics, while others just love to talk,T-Mac has bounced around the past few seasons as teams are so quick to let go and afraid to spend money,t-mac just needs a chance to prove him self,look at t mac detroit tape he could be scary, if he is injury free,all the teams that were reluctant to sign him will be sorry, real steal atl keep t mac….as far as big lineup this team needs a true big man,thats the key to this team being a very solid one, peace!!!!

By: JJ_Fan

JJ_Fan — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:19:04 +0000

AMEN!!!!! Joe is the reason we are where we are. We built around Joe and Josh Smith for years now.