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Northcyde's Corner

If you haven't seen the Warriors lately, they're as dangerous as ever, as the Boston win on Wednesday proved. And once again, some Hawk fans can point to yet another guy that Knight passed on. With Salim Stoudamire being treated like an Al-Queda operative by Woody these days, the guy that BK also had his eye on in the 2005 draft, Monta Ellis, has EXPLODED like a nuclear bomb in Feburary.

In the past 7 games, Monta has averaged a whopping 26 ppg, 5 assists, and has shot an incredible 63% from the field. Every time an opponent misses a shot, they're immeadiately looking to get the ball to Ellis, who has turned into an HGH-version of Spud Webb. He quickly pushes the ball up court, and either takes it to the rim, or takes the 15 - 18 foot jumper.

For the Hawks to win, they MUST neutralize Ellis, and prevent him from taking over the game in short stretches. This is also setting up to be a potential nightmare matchup for JJ. There's no way he can stay with Ellis. Josh Smith must stay out of foul trouble tonight, so that he be a shot blocking presence all night.

Our saving grace tonight, may be to constantly go after Ellis on the defensive end to get him in foul trouble. Your mission tonight JJ, if you and Woody choose to accept it, is to post Ellis up as much as possible and quickly go at him. This message will self-delete in 5 seconds. Good luck Hawks.