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Spud2nique wrote::lol: Let’s have a drink to Mace’s college days shall we...
kg01 wrote:Spud2nique wrote:Beating Wade and the Heat in 7 was up there for me..JJ was electric!
Am I the only one that remembers Teague playing really well against then-MVP Rose against CHI that year?
I could swear Teague was roasting Rose when he was a rookie but I may be misremembering that series. CSB-time ...
I was riding Greyhound for the first (and only) time during that series and streamed the game during the ride home. Long story short, I'd driven the wife and the kg's down to the MIL and caught the bus back home.
(What, you eggspected me to spend that week with the IL's? Shiiiii ....)
Had a group of rando's surrounding my laptop to watch along. I feared for my life the whole time but I survived ... or did I. MWAHAHHAAAA ..
Also, am I the only one that read the thread title and thought this was gonna be about Mace's college days?
Spud2nique wrote::lol: Let’s have a drink to Mace’s college days shall we...
MaceCase wrote:Spud2nique wrote::lol: Let’s have a drink to Mace’s college days shall we...
This is.....oddly accurate. An associate of mine had a pit bull trained to fetch drinks and other...paraphernalia for his guests. I'll say no more till the statute of limitations are up.
MaceCase wrote:Spud2nique wrote::lol: Let’s have a drink to Mace’s college days shall we...
This is.....oddly accurate. An associate of mine had a pit bull trained to fetch drinks and other...paraphernalia for his guests. I'll say no more till the statute of limitations are up.
macd-gm wrote:MaceCase wrote:Spud2nique wrote::lol: Let’s have a drink to Mace’s college days shall we...
This is.....oddly accurate. An associate of mine had a pit bull trained to fetch drinks and other...paraphernalia for his guests. I'll say no more till the statute of limitations are up.
Koozies?
myAJCHawks officially eliminated from playoffs, streak ends at 10 years
The Hawks (20-47) were officially eliminated from playoff contention on Sunday. Their loss to the Bulls Sunday afternoon was followed by NBA results later in the day that made it mathematically impossible for the Hawks to qualify for the postseason.
The Hawks qualified for the playoffs in each of the past 10 seasons, the second-longest active streak behind San Antonio’s 20. First-year Hawks general manager Travis Schlenk has avoided signing veterans to long-term contracts and is rebuilding the roster with a focus on acquiring draft picks and young players.
myAJCHawks reflect on end of playoffs streak, look to future
It’s long been apparent that the Hawks wouldn’t make the playoffs this season, ending a 10-year streak of postseason berths for the franchise.
Yet Hawks center Mike Muscala, who played on four of those teams, said it still was jarring to see headlines about the streak coming to an end.
“That was a little unfortunate to read,” Muscala said. “But we have to move forward and keep getting better. Even though we aren’t in the playoffs, there are still a lot of games to improve with young guys and start building for next year.”
The Hawks’ playoffs steak began in 2007-08 with GM Billy Knight and coach Mike Woodson. That duo, like Schlenk now, had executed a rebuild with the draft as the main focus.
The postseason streak continued under Hawks GM Rick Sund and coach Larry Drew. It kept going with GMs Danny Ferry and Wes Wilcox and coach Mike Budenholzer, who succeeded Ferry as the top basketball executive in 2015.
“There’s a lot of credit to the groups that have done that before I was here, to do it for six years before I was here, and then my first four years,” Budenholzer said. “Making the playoffs in this league is not easy. ... I’m proud of the (postseason) teams that I got to coach, and I’m impressed by what came before me.”
“It was special,” fifth-year Hawks guard Dennis Schroder said. “We never had it before in (Atlanta) Hawks history. We made history that year, so that’s always a good thing. But today we just try to get better each game. We are pretty young. Things changed. I think pretty excited to see how it goes.”
Budenholzer won’t be part of an NBA playoff team for the first time since 1996-97, his first season as a Spurs assistant coach. San Antonio’s streak also is in jeopardy.
Budenholzer said he hasn’t connected lately with Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.
“But that is one of the teams I’m watching in the West,” Budenholzer said, smiling.
jayu70 wrote:Aaaah the memories!! It was fun while it lasted!!!
The saddest part for me is looking back at all the disappointing ends to a lot of our playoff series - getting blown out and/or swept on soooo many occasions - made it anti-climatic.
SichtingLives wrote:life hack:
When a man heaves a live chainsaw towards you from distance, stand still. No one has good accuracy throwing a chainsaw.
