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Experts are waiting to see if Hawks are legit
Posted: Mon Oct 5, 2009 1:22 am
by HMFFL
Internal expectations for the Hawks this season couldn’t be higher.
From Mike Woodson's annual preseason goal, he won't reveal it, but if he picked his team to win 50 games last season you can imagine what's on his mind this time around, to Marvin Williams stating that the Hawks are hunting a "championship," there will be plenty of carrot-chasing going on at Philips Arena this season.
Ian Thomsen of Sports Illustrated: "My feeling about the Hawks is that they're like a lot of teams in that their main worry is to keep costs down. However they did add Joe Smith and Jason Collins up front in addition to Jamal Crawford, which are all winning moves. So long as they're healthy, the only team that looks capable of moving up ahead of them to No. 4 in the East is the Wizards.
In terms of making a national impact, it's hard to imagine the Hawks creating a lot of buzz.
J.A. Adande of ESPN.com: "The NBA remains a league that belongs to the superstars, and unfortunately for [the Hawks] they have none. They have talent and now there's experience and cohesion to go with it, but they don't have that one guy who can single-handedly take over a playoff game on the road. Kobe, Shaq and Tim Duncan played on eight of the 10 championship teams this decade.
The Hawks don't have anyone of that caliber, not to mention the updated Eastern mix of LeBron James, Dwight Howard and Boston's Big 3. Because of the consistency the Hawks learned last year they could get to the second round -- if the Bulls don't beat them out for that final berth in the conference semis."
http://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-hawks ... 53814.html
Re: Experts are waiting to see if Hawks are legit
Posted: Mon Oct 5, 2009 1:39 am
by Retrovision
HMFFL, the season isnt going as planned at all. We have yet to win a game.
Re: Experts are waiting to see if Hawks are legit
Posted: Mon Oct 5, 2009 1:46 am
by HMFFL
Retrovision wrote:HMFFL, the season isnt going as planned at all. We have yet to win a game.
Tell the Coaching staff to go to the local prison and print out some fake birth certificates. They can just be on work release program like Gwinnett County does with the inmates at the DMV.
That seemed to work for some of the teams I played against during AAU basketball.
Re: Experts are waiting to see if Hawks are legit
Posted: Mon Oct 5, 2009 3:45 am
by Retrovision
haha, its not the lack of athletes. We both know theres something in the water in lawrenceville
Re: Experts are waiting to see if Hawks are legit
Posted: Mon Oct 5, 2009 3:59 am
by JoshB914
Agree with Adande. We have the talent and depth to make us a good team, but we lack the superstar, and that's what makes a good team a great one.
Re: Experts are waiting to see if Hawks are legit
Posted: Mon Oct 5, 2009 4:26 am
by realfung
I think Hawks are legit and sure playoffs team.
Re: Experts are waiting to see if Hawks are legit
Posted: Mon Oct 5, 2009 5:10 am
by azuresou1
I think the Pistons are the only team that have won a championship in recent memory without a superstar, and that was the year Kobe decided he was going to chuck up every shot that would possibly see daylight instead of passing to Shaq.
We need either one of our players to develop into a true superstar, or we're going to need great matchups, lots of luck, and probably a few injuries on other teams to win the championship.
I'm calling a championship for us in 2012.