Atlanta Hawks/The Highlight Factory Thread

#1,202
#1,202
Playoffs can't get here quickly enough. I went from enjoying every minute of beautiful ball movement to having anxiety about injuries or implosion. I can't have nice things...or sharp objects for that matter.
 
#1,205
#1,205
Vercingetorix said:
What the hell
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Two 30 year olds out at clubs at 4 AM acting like idiots after people were stabbed...

Playing games for millions is a privlege they don't deserve.

Edit:Thought about it...Everybody does stupid stuff, and everybody should get the chance to redeem themselves, that was too strong. But there's three or four really stupid things about this story (why are you out at 4am before a game, why wouldn't you just leave when somebody gets stabbed, why would you not listen to police, etc..). Again, glass houses though.

And Pero isn't worth the headache.
 
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#1,206
#1,206
NBA players aren't on the same clock schedule as most of us. They don't even eat dinner until after midnight after games. If being out at 4 AM means you don't deserve to play in the NBA, then there are only going to be enough players left for a handful of teams.

As far as this incident goes, apparently Thabo and Pero had no idea anybody had been stabbed. And if you've ever been in a bar when the cops abruptly decide to shut it down and clear it out, then you know how chaotic and confrontational it is. We'll see what comes out of it, since the NBA and the players' association are apparently looking into what happened, but at this point I'm not inclined to give the benefit of the doubt to the cops who threw Thabo down and broke his foot and made him sit in jail without medical attention and forced him and Pero through a deliberately embarrassing perp walk for the cameras (on a broken foot).
 
#1,209
#1,209
Who was the Hawks fan that argued with me for like 2 pages that Atlanta couldn't be a title contender with Horford as their best player?
 
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#1,210
n_huffhines said:
Who was the Hawks fan that argued with me for like 2 pages that Atlanta couldn't be a title contender with Horford as their best player?
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A) Horford's probably hasn't been their best player this season. I'd say it's been Paul Millsap.

B) They're really only a title contender on paper. This is probably as good as it's possible for any team to be without a superstar player, and they would still be heavy underdogs against both Cleveland and Golden State or the Spurs or whoever comes out of the west.

I would love to be proven wrong, but I still don't think an ensemble cast can win the NBA title.
 
#1,211
#1,211
I would agree he didn't have the best season on the team (definitely Korver, IMO), but that's different from being the best player on the team. To me, he's clearly the cornerstone of this team.

Not being a Hawks fan, I probably was more optimistic about them than you long-time fans. They were legit contenders with Thabo. His injury hurts a lot, especially if they face GS in the finals.
 
#1,212
#1,212
Losing Thabo hurts but I don't think it's the difference between being a contender and not. The dropoff from Sefalosha to Kent Bazemore as a one-on-one defender is not that drastic. Carroll and Bazemore did a great job against LeBron last time they played Cleveland, for example.

The problem as I see it is that, unless Budenholzer is a genius who still has a hundred wrinkles up his sleeve that he hasn't had to show yet, I don't see how the Hawks can play 4-7 games in a row against a good team without the opponent adjusting to and neutralizing some of the Hawks' system, on both ends of the floor. And while the other contending teams have players who can get buckets even when the opponent defends them perfectly, the Hawks don't.

Maybe they can beat Cleveland, because the Cavaliers appear to be essentially uncoached, but I can't see them going up against the Warriors and Spurs for a whole series without the other team figuring them out.
 
#1,215
#1,215
Getting to the conference finals and losing to the Lebronettes would be disappointing but it wouldn't invalidate the whole season. Blowing it in the first two rounds would.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
Getting to the conference finals and losing to the Lebronettes would be disappointing but it wouldn't invalidate the whole season. Blowing it in the first two rounds would.
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It'll be an interesting second round for LeBron against Chicago.

It wouldn't invalidate the season, but it isn't what I'm shooting for either
 
#1,217
#1,217
I kid you not, when I started watching we were up 16 in the first half and saw the lead dwindle to 10 at the half. I take a break to work on something and the leads back up to 14 and I literally watch us give them 7 quick points. What the hell?!?

Gonna step away...
 
#1,221
#1,221
The Hawks pretty much had control all night while their starting 4 and 5 were a combined 7/23 and only made 2 FTs. Not sure how that happens, but I know they won't continue to get away with that.
 
#1,222
#1,222
@SportsCenter: THIS JUST IN: Billionaire Antony Ressler is finalizing agreement to purchase Hawks for approx. $850M. (via @kevinarnovitz & @YahooSports)
 
#1,224
#1,224
Weird series. Hawks always feel like they're in control but the Nets just won't ever quite die.
 
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