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Ivan could use more minutes

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:53:28 +0000

So I was looking at the stats tables and just out of curiosity wanted to compare Ivan with the other rookies. I know these are just some nimbers, but when checking the PPG stats, that's what we've got:

Name Team GP Min M A Pct M A Pct M A Pct Off Def Tot Ast TO Stl Blk PF
Nikola Vucevic PHI . 13 15.3 2.5 4.6 53.3 0.2 0.3 50.0 0.2 0.5 28.6 1.8 3.2 4.9 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.7 2.2 5.2
Ivan Johnson ATL 18 14.5 1.7 4.0 43.1 0.0 0.0 N/A. 1.7 2.0 83.3 0.9 2.2 3.2 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.3 2.2 5.1
Enes Kanter UTA ... 20 14.3 1.9 4.0 46.8 0.0 0.0 N/A. 1.4 1.9 73.0 2.0 3.1 5.0 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.6 1.3 5.1

Similar productivity in similar minutes. Ivan shines in FT% and has decent FG% and steals per game. Could be a better rebounder, not a shot-blocker @ 6'8", and surely is turnover prone. What could we expect of him if given more minutes?

I think those are some pretty decent stats for a rookie that came out of nowhere. Why the hell is LD still playing Jason Collins 11 minutes a game, anyway?

Ivan could use more minutes

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:53:12 +0000

this team sucks a bundle of dicks

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:01:53 +0000

no halftime adjustments? philly sure made them. hey joe, is it possible to grow a personality and gain emotion? fire el dee. tired of this bull shyt. trade this team or something. dismantle.

lol @ duck sauce falling to the ground after getting stuffed in the final mintues of the 4th.

JEFF TEAGUE IS THE REAL

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:06:24 +0000

CHOKER. BRICK CITY U f***ing LOSER. YOU BLEW IT SON.

The Hindsight Verdict.

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:56:40 +0000

Well if you look at it THAT way I guess I can agree.

BUT look at what B-Roy accomplished in his career. ROTY when he was drafted, three-time all-star in his five year stint, and In only five years of playing, his career average is a little under 20PPG (last year doomed his career PPG%, but even with blown out knees he hit clutch shots in the playoffs). B-Roy has done more in five years than Sheldon can ever hope to do in a lifetime. He basically carried the Blazers for a few years, while Sheldon has always been considered an albatross of a pick.

Yeah sure, his knees blew out, but what can he do? I feel for the guy.

Article on Labor Negotiations (more argumentative)

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:34:46 +0000

hawksfanatic, on 23 October 2011 - 02:30 PM, said:

I believe you are referring to this section of IRS.gov:

http://www.irs.gov/b...=108149,00.html

After doing a few comparisons from IRS.gov and your unclefed.com website, it is extremely clear that unclefed.com just takes old documents from IRS.gov and then puts them on their website. The problem is that unclefed.com is rarely updated specifically in respect to the MSSP section. It is also evident that IRS.gov is like any other government website, jumbled and scattered with many sections never being updated. The Sports Franchise section clearly being one of these as they only have August 1999 documentation which is beyond obsolete.

Maybe you should click on the link for Rod Fort I gave to see he is not jus "some author". My links work unless you are copying and pasting them into an address bar (the website automatically truncates address links if they are beyond a certain number of characters but it embeds the address as a hyperlink).

I repeat:

As I also stated, even if the so-called RDA did exist, it would only be used on a tax return, not on GAAP based financial statements.

LOCKOUT DRAFT

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:38:26 +0000

Round 1
1. jy21 - Lebron James
2. diesel - Dwight Howard
3. sultanofatl - Kevin Durant
4. capstone21 - Deron Williams
5. whassuphawks - Kobe Bryant
6. ahf - Chris Paul
7. supporter - Derick Rose
8. nicholasp27 - Blake Griffin
9. seano - Dwayne Wade
10. 01d0rd3r - Rajon Rondo
11. thatsmydawg - John Wall
12. ngc7 - Al Horford
13. coachx - Russell Westbrook
14. alejandro09 - Dirk Nowitzki
15. TRUEINTELLECTPLAYA - Carmelo Anthony
16. Colin - A'mare Stoudemire
17. IHeartAtlanta- Monta Ellis

Round 2
18. IHeartAtlanta - Joe Johnson
19. Colin - Stephen Curry
20. TRUEINTELLECTPLAYA - Brook Lopez
21. alejandro09 - Jrue Holiday
22. coachx - Kevin Love
23. ngc7-Joakin Noah
24. thatsmydawg-Al Jefferson
25. 01d0rd3r-Marc Gasol
26. seano-Lamarcus Aldridge
27. nicholasp27-Tyreke Evans
28. supporter � DeMarcus Cousins
29. ahf � Chris Bosh
30. whassuphawks � Andrew Bogut
31. capstone21 - Pau Gasol
32. sultanofatl - Andrew Bynum
33. diesel - Zach Randolph
34 jy21 - Rudy Gay

Round 3
35. jy21 - Serge Ibaka
36. diesel - Eric Gordon
37. sultanofatl - Andre Iguodala
38. capstone21 - Danny Granger
39. whassuphawks - Ty Lawson
40. ahf - Greg Monroe
41. supporter - James Harden
42. nicholasp27 - OJ Mayo
43. seano - Nene Hilario
44. 01d0rd3r - Loul Deng
45. thatsmydawg - Michael Beasley
46. ngc7 - Paul Pierce
47. coachx - Tyson Chandler
48. alejandro09 - Kendrick Perkins
49. TRUEINTELLECTPLAYA - Tony Parker
50. Colin - Kevin Martin
51. IHeartAtlanta - Josh Smith

Round 4
52. IHeartAtlanta - Javale McGee
53. Colin - DeAndre Jordan
54. TRUEINTELLECTPLAYA - Emeka Okafor
55. alejandro09 - Gerald Wallace
56. coachx - Wesley Matthews
57. ngc7 - Brandon Jennings
58. thatsmydawg - Roy Hibbert
59. 01d0rd3r - Kris Humphries
60. seano - Mike Conley
61. nicholasp27 - Danilo Gallinari
62. supporter - JJ Hickson
63. ahf - Manu Ginobili
64. whassuphawks - Dorell Wright
65. capstone21 - Marcin Gortat
66. sultanofatl - Steve Nash
67. diesel - Kyle Lowry
68 jy21 - Samuel Dalembert

Round 5
69. jy21 - Lus Scola
70. Diesel - Wilson Chandler
71 sultanofatl- DeJuan Blair
72 capstone21- Stephen Jackson
73 whassuphawks- Ed Davis
74 ahf- Derrick Favors
75 supporter- Thaddeus Young
76 nicholasp27- Andrea Bargnani
77 seano- Paul Milsap
78. 01d0rd3r � Marcus Thornton
79. thatsmydawg � Jeff Green
80. ngc7 � Ray Allen
81. coachx � Tayshaun Prince
82. alejandro09 � Landry Fields
83. TRUEINTELLECTPLAYA � Demar Derozan
84. Colin/Devon � Nicolas Batum
85. IHeartAtlanta � Paul George

Round 6
86. IHeartAtlanta -Jamal Crawford
87, Colin/devon - David Lee
88. TRUEINTELLECTPLAYA - Tim Duncan
89. alejandro09 - Brandon Roy
90. coachx - Lamar Odom
91. ngc7/Squawker -
92. thatsmydawg - "he who's name shall not be mentioned"
93. 01d0rd3r - Jerry Sloan (coach)
94. seano - David West
95. nicholasp27 - Kevin Garnett
96. supporter - Phil Jackson
97. ahf - Carlos Boozer
98. whassuphawks - Evan Turner
99. capstone21 - Anderson Varejao
100. sultanofatl - Raymond Felton
101. diesel - Ramon Sessions
102. jy21 - Chauncey Billups

Round 7
103. jy21 - Jason Terry
104. diesel - Ryan Anderson
105. sultanofatl - Greg Oden
106. capstone21 - Jason Richardson
107. whassuphawks - Nick Young
108. ahf - Jameer Nelson
109. supporter - Rodney Stuckey
110. nicholasp27 - Taj Gibson
111. seano - JJ Barea
112. 01d0rd3r - Aaron Affalo
113. thatsmydawg - Andray Blatche
114. ngc7/Squawker -
115. coachx -
116. alejandro09 - Jason Thompson
117. TRUEINTELLECTPLAYA - Devin Harris
118. Colin/Devon -
119. IHeartAtlanta -

Great post buried deep in a thread

Thu, 12 May 2011 13:42:46 +0000

Antmillennium, on 11 May 2011 - 09:37 PM, said:

I must admit. I went back and watched it again, and it does look like Joe was trying to pass Teague the ball when he got it stripped, so I'll have to take that comment back. Maybe I was just feeling at the time that they weren't giving Teague the ball enough or that there was too much isolation play going on or something. At any rate, Joe takes too long to make a move. He needs to make quick decisions. When he holds the ball or dribbles too much, that's when he gets into trouble.

^^^THIS^^^
I don't get too much into the player bashing, trade scenarios, or even comment on things too much because honestly, too many of you guys act like they are your lovers with the way you try to defend to h*ll's end. The word is CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM. Like a player or not, this is our team and we have to live with it. There are people in your family that you just don't like or agree with or even HATE to be around, like it or not, they're family. YOUR family. Nothing you can do about it but move on, live with it deal with it. It is already a rollercoaster to be a fan of this team, we should not have to deal with the added stress from the negativity and straight hate from our fellow 'Hawks fans'. EVERYONE on this team has their moments (good and bad) for even stretches of the season. Ride the rollercoaster or get off the ride. Please can we stop being negative nancies ALL the time and give some constructive criticism.

I get Joe dribbles too much, too long. For the people saying he is always doubled...well, it's because he give teams time to double him by taking TOO long to make a decision. As soon as he sees the double coming, he's big enough to see it and pass out of it before it arrives or make his move before they arrive. This can make our ball rotation and motion offense so much better and take so much pressure off of him. If your shots are not falling, contribute in other ways. Keep the offense flowing smoothly. Have your move planned before you get the ball...make a quick move or pass the ball within 5 seconds.

I get Josh needs to stop shooting from outside 15 feet. Get a mid-range and only use that game to change up your shot selection. STAY-IN-THE-PAINT or drive. He is hard to stop when he drives. QUIT complaining to refs after every call or non-call. Pat the ref on the back and say good call ref (good call or bad call) and the ref will respect him more and show him love more. Me myself, I hate a cry baby. Practice what you preach in your interviews besides, 'I'm going to keep playing my game [shot selction] and ignore the fans.' (besides this parenthesised quote, he actually sounds intelligent in interviews, like a coach almost). We don't HATE you, we just see how you can reach your full All-Star potential and be unstoppable. Apparently, everyone including media, fans, 'analysts/experts', former players, players, and coaches ALL realize this but you.

Horford needs to STEP UP. I understand the mid-range game has become A PART of his arsenal, but he has literally made it his ENTIRE arsenal, unless he gets an open dunk. He needs to MAN-THE-PAINT on Noah. Noah is not Dwight or Dikembe. Take him. Only resort to that when they plan on containing you in the post with a double. That hasn't happened at all so, BANG! For points and for the rebound. There is NO WAY Loozer, Gibson, and Asik should be in there grabbing all of those boards. But they do play fundamental. Boozer came from Fundaments-R-Us academy in the Jazz (a given), but he is not tall, big, athletic or overpowering. Gibson is the same as Loozer without the fundamentals but Thibs is giving him fundamentals and he is giving the effort. Asik is playing off of inspiration, the same as Jeff Teague is now (it's a thing of beauty). Control the paint Horford. You have the ability, especially if King Z can do it off of effort and hustle without an athletic bone in his body. I take hustle and effort any day of the week (see Noah).

Jamal, Jamal, Jamal...the tricky AND 1 dribble is getting old, not necessarily tired but not needed or condoned at this point in the season. It is nice and fascinating, but this is the second round of the playoffs and we have the opportunity to do something that has not been done since we were in St. Louis Hawks, and that is to make it to the ECF. Quit being fancy and go to the hole. I know you can take your man off the dribble at any time, but stop trying to be so fancy doing it, it takes too much time off the clock and leads to showboating, bad shots, bad passes, and turnovers. Play the game like it is the NBA Finals and it is Game 7 for your FIRST EVER CHAMPIONSHIP. Quit shooting the ball out of rhythm and the flow of the offense. Do not shoot the ball if it has not been touched by any other player or if you are not just wide open, or if you are not in transition or have a clear path to the lane. SHARE THE BALL.

Zaza Pa-CHUUULIA... keep hustling homie. Keep being physical because here is where Chicago is winning like Charlie Sheen (I love that quote). Horford is running away from it, Josh seems to be getting a clue, and Collins just does not have the skillset or mobility (to think I can say the EXACT same thing about Zaza, but he is younger and lighter and gives effort and hustle, sounds like a downgraded version of Noah).

Teague... do your thing boy. Keep giving the the sucker punch they continually do not see coming, especially to all the analysts, media, fans, and coaches who think you are going to wane. Bring the bite with the bark. Show them you are going to be a big dawg in this league. I'm convinced.

Marvin... it's not your fault. It is the fault of 'experts' and analysts, pundits and scouts, coaches and teammates. Just keep your head up my man and let the game come to you. Explode when you can or are REALLY needed to.

LD...practice what you preach in the news conferences and media. Mean every word and don't be afraid to stick it to your stars who are not performing; Joe, Jamal, Al, Josh.

Keep the intensity up on both ends. Play at a comfortable pace. Share the ball, move the ball. Hustle and give effort. TRUST in each other in everyone attributes and abilities and be unselfish enough to know when to pass the ball and when to find the shooter's touch. Play in the paint and rebound.

And for God sake, we know we can't touch or breathe on DRose. So if we ARE going to foul him, make the foul count. Make him feel it. I'm not saying hurt him, just punish him. Make the refs call the foul and it not be questionable. They are fouling us with no calls, pushing and tripping and hacking with no calls, return the favor 10-fold.

With that being said, I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERYONE of our rotation players for what they bring to the table. (in my Ray Lewis voice) We've come too far and with too much blood, sweat, and negativity to let this opportunity slip away. We've battled the media, the analysts/experts, opponents and their derogatory/condescending comments, the odds, and most importantly...EACH OTHER. None of that matters right now! What matters, is the here, the now. We are still here baby! We are still standing! THIS IS OUR MOMENT. THIS IS OUR TIME!! F the Falcons (football season's not in now)...RISE UP and FLY HIGH!

LET'S GO HAWKS!!

Felt this deserved a big-time bump.

Idea for our OFFENSE.

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:04:11 +0000

This team is perfect for a Rick Adelman type offense. Just saying.....

NEW look for Hawksquawk ...

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:55:17 +0000

As you've likely noticed by now I've implemented a fairly large change to the look of the Hawksquawk website. Hopefully most of you will like it, but if not I'm going to leave the old skin available and you're welcome to switch to it instead and all should go back to what it was before. In case you don't know how to do that all you do is scroll down towards the bottom of the website and on the left hand side of the page you'll see a drop down menu that should show "Hawksquawk 3.1.2". Just change that to "Hawksquawk 3.1" and you'll be back to the previous skin.

One of the major things that I wanted to accomplish with this update was to make the topic listing page easier to read and to make it easier to fit on smaller screen resolutions and I was able to remove 2 columns from the old layout simply by adding the "by" line below the title of the topic. This makes the page a little taller but I believe it helps to make it much easier to read and to see who started the topic.

Another thing is that we now actually have a "Home" page that has some useful, dynamic content, including a nice combined RSS feed from Peachtree Hoops, Hoopinion as well as the AJC. There is also a block that updates with the newest Hawks related videos on NBA.com as well so make sure that you visit that page often.

As always I welcome your feedback and if you have any issues with the new skin don't hesitate to let me know either by replying to this thread or via PM.

Update - I've done some tweaking to the layout today to compensate for those of you with screen resolutions smaller than the recommended 1280 x 1024 and it should re-size the site to fit for you all. I believe that is probably the issue that many of you who had trouble with the new layout were seeing yesterday and hopefully this fixes it.

In case you're wondering you can see the type of browser that you're using and the width and height of your browser window near the bottom of the screen (scroll down to just above the bottom red bar) and as long as you're in the green for both you should be good to go. If you see red then hopefully the site re-sizes properly for you but if not then I apologize for the inconvenience.

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