Atlanta Hawks to sign Pero Antic

[Nuntius]

But don't listen to greek fans, most of them hate him just for being Macedonian.

Way to make a racist generalization.

[jasonic]

I think the best comparison for him is Tolliver.

His size can be tough to match down low if he gets there But don't listen to greek fans, most of them hate him just for being Macedonian.

The fans of Olympiakos, that Antic had played, didn't like him a lot because he was inconsistent with his shot and a bad defender but during this year's F4 of Euroleague he played two excellent games so he left with good memories from Olympiakos.

The fact that he 's from Skopje doesn't mean anything. A football player named Tony Savevski, is one of my favourite soccer players that played in my team, and i don't care what his nationality is.

[Kayariel]

imo he is the poor man's brian scalabrine.

[Phunkabilly]

imo he is the poor man's brian scalabrine.

Yikes!

[Jamaaliver]

imo he is the poor man's brian scalabrine.

Yikes!

LOL

I think Brian Scalabrine is the poor man's Brian Scalabrine...

[IFeelsYaBrah]

Pero's first interview as a Hawk:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSS4JHTeZBc[/youtube]

[R33D33]

Looking good so far.

[dms269]

I think he has been a huge surprise. He is a legit 3pt threat. You can't leave him open out there or he will knock it down.

The downside to that is that by playing out there he is limiting his rebounding and inside scoring, which hurts us overall as a team.

[Rip2137]

He doesn't rebound much, but watch him. He does something alot of NBA players seemed to have forgotten. Boxing out a better rebounder and letting your teammate go get it is just as important as you going to get it. He gets a body on people and KEEPS his body on them so they can't get to the ball on both ends.

[Jamaaliver]

I think he has been a huge surprise. He is a legit 3pt threat. You can't leave him open out there or he will knock it down.

The downside to that is that by playing out there he is limiting his rebounding and inside scoring, which hurts us overall as a team.

LOL. Very Definition of 'Catch-22'...

[D21]

Some years ago, I wanted Brad Miller as backup C for that reason, a big who can stretch and box-out.
Even if Miller was better than Antic, and more a real C and a better passer, Antic brings some of Miller qualities.

Now, I thought we would see more of it while playing with Horford.
I don't know if his game is hurting us on rebounding, but the surprise is that he has the best on/off court NET of the team. He played against some backup, but since Horford is out, he's playing against starters, and the team look to dominate more with him on the floor.

[FCNATL85]

For sure, Beorn was not expecting that kind of production...me neither.
What strucks me is that he is a very smart and coachable player, period. Great adjustment to the NBA.