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He will not play tonight, as he's returned to ATL for "personal reasons."

Personal reasons? .........OK.......

http://www.ajc.com/hawks/content/sports ... smith.html

And Bibby will be a game time decisions with flu-like symptoms.

This may be a long night tonight....brace yourselves!

im hoping he came back to atlanta to get slapped around from his mom

I don't like the sound of this. Josh has clearly gotten a bit of a big head after getting his money. I hope that he snaps out of it.

We're at a crossroads right now, if we don't come together soon we are going to have a real tough time holding onto home court advantage.

Maybe Josh is dealing with some family issues or a family illness. I wish him and his family the best.

i hope if its something serious I hope hes alright but I have a feeling it has nothing to do with family or anything. He needs to use this day off and think about this season and get over himself, and quickly!

680 the fan discussed this today and mentioned numerous things. One being that Josh Smith was waving at the Utah fans when he was rejected. Another being that Josh Smith might have been suspended by the Atlanta Hawks and it's not being mentioned by the organization.

If he's not injured or sick, then - the way he's been playing and acting - he probably needs to be spanked.

You know, it's funny you mentioned 680's thought on why he came back to ATL early.

I thought the SAME exact thing. I was like, "normally, when a player has a sickness or death in his family, like Flip Murray's case last week, the ball club will say that the player is out due to a family emergency....not personal matters." Maybe it was "personnel matters" instead.

Cause Rick Sund traveled with the team out West...something that he rarely does. He only travels with the team when they go West....so I'm sure he pulled Josh aside after the Utah game and was like....

"Look, when we get to the airport.....you can go ahead and hop aboard the Delta midnight "red eye" flight to ATL....and we will talk when I get back. The league probably won't suspend you, but your actions are detrimental to the team right now....so, we will keep it "in house" and suspended you for tomorrow's game."

Smoove's on the hot seat....and unless he plays out of his mind these last 25 games...Sund may try to get rid off him because his on-the-court antics have been down right ugly as of late. And we actually played better as a unit without him and his constantly pouting to the refs.