Hawks/TrailBlazers

[HoopsGuru25]

^^^^Agreed. The 2009 and 2010 Hawks had their flaws but atleast we had some semblance of continuity and identity. Drew's random rotations(among other things) don't make any sense to me.

[parson]

To be fair to Drew (whom I've pilloried quite often for his treatment of Teague), I've also wondered what would happen if we made Horford/Smoove/Joe/Hinrich our new "core." Think about it: we could go big by moving each player down - Horford to PF, Smoove to SF,Joe to SG and HInrich to point, or we could go small by moving each player the opposite direction - Horford to Center, Smoove to PF, etc.

That would require a super fast PG, for when we go small, and a good, strong Center when we go big. Right now, that's the weakness in the idea because we'd have to go with Zaza or Collins. But the idea has merit. We'd have a core that played together and we'd simply sub in a Center or a PG to change all the matchups.

I'm not advocating this idea, just presenting it as a possible thought for Drew. I think he's experimenting with this idea.

Besides, we have to try something to get Joe going or all this is moot.

[HoopsGuru25]

Can Hinrich really be considered a core member? He's 30 and hasn't had a league average PER in 4 seasons.

[BAMABIRD]

Powell didn't play because he was in jail. (To the person that was questioning why he didn't play last night.)

[parson]

Can Hinrich really be considered a core member? He's 30 and hasn't had a league average PER in 4 seasons.

That's why I put the word "core" in quotation marks. He can be a part of our core for this year and next. The idea is to have 2 totally different teams but still use the same 4 starters. We could go big or small with only one change: either put in a Center or Teague.

Just saying that might be what Drew is looking at. We could choose the matchups we wanted to exploit.

It's not better than getting a real Center and playing for the day when Teague starts and Hinrich is our 6th man ... but it might help us 'till then.