“Uh, how is it you say, uh… Buyer’s Remorse?”
For the Atlanta Hawks, tonight’s game against the Brooklyn Nets (8:00 PM, 92.9 FM “The Game”, ESPN) is crucial. It has huge significance beyond potentially matching last season’s win total, moving within percentage points of NBA-leading Golden State ahead of next week’s contest, and stretching the franchise’s longest-ever winning streak to 17.
Why, you ask? Well…
The Notorious A$G isn’t the sole NBA ownership unit seeking buyers for their
“Zach’s going to Minnesota? HA! Sucks for you!”
Harlan. Garnett. McHale. Ollie. Love. Is there ever a Kevin that sticks around up there?
The Winter of Our Discontent is well into its 11th year up in The North Star State. The silver lining for the long-suffering fans of today’s guests at the Highlight Factory, the Minnesota Timberwolves (6:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, Fox Sports North, 92.9-FM “The Game”), is one Kevin, Kevin Martin, is still there! For the moment, anyway, as the trade dea
[June 2015] “So, Russell, now that it’s over, what did you think of the Hawks’ execution in this series?”
“You can get with THIS. Or you can get with THAT. I think you’ll get with THIS… for this is where it’s at!”
Mike Budenholzer’s Atlanta Hawks are flying high, making their push toward a successful homestand and a high-profile All-Star break. So it’d be way too premature for him to get all Black Sheepy with the free agents of the summer of 2015, never mind the summer of 2016, when Kev
“This city needs me!”
Is Mike Budenholzer pulling off a Long Con on the whole NBA?
After defeating the Detroit Pistons on MLK Day, Coach Bud moved to within one victory, ideally tonight at home against the Indiana Pacers (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, Fox Sports Indiana), of securing a midseason gig that no “experts,” no pundits, no bloggers, no game thread preview writers, anywhere, expected him to have. And yet, fools like yours truly run fresh from Philips Arena following Monday’s 13t
“Free At Last! Free At Last! Thank Godalmighty… We’re Free At Last!”
– Stan Van Gundy, December 2014
“I May Not Get There With You… but I Want You to Know… We Will Get to the Promised Land!”
– Danny Ferry, September 2014
As impressive as the Atlanta Hawks have been on the road these days, it’s easy to overlook that they have also built the best home record (16-3) in the East, second-best in the NBA. Armed with the best regular-season start in team history, the Hawks return to
“I’m done tryin’ to check this Teague guy. How ‘bout you get out there and give it a try?”
Ole!
At last check, Tom Thibodeau still leads Mike Budenholzer in the number of vowels in his surname. But virtually no one had Coach Bud one-upping Thibs in the NBA standings, never mind at his own game, this late into the season.
Coach Bud’s Atlanta Hawks (32-8) soar in from Canada for a Saturday night tilt with Thibodeau’s Chicago Bulls (8:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, WGN), hoping two sweep a
Boston’s newly-approved jersey patches.
Can Evan Turner defend point guards to save his life? We’re about to find out.
As it is, it’s hard enough for Turnstile Turner to stay in front of anybody without the added challenge of inserting one of his feet in his open mouth. That was the situation last month when Kyle Korver’s 24 points (6-for-7 three-point shooting) left him with a case of Bitter Beer Face in the postgame locker room. With the Atlanta Hawks coming to town to visit his Bosto
Another Road Warrior Hawk.
Along the path to their first (and last) NBA Championship, the St. Louis Hawks pulled off eight-straight wins away from their nest over a 21-day stretch in December 1957 (including “neutral site” games). The run concluded with a victory in Dallas over a Minneapolis Lakers team that featured Erik Spoelstra’s father, before the Hawks lost a few days later by just two points... in Philadelphia. Is past prologue?
Away from home 57 years later, the Atlanta Hawks ha
CROWD: “Up in the sky!” “It’s a bird!” “It’s a plane!”
CAPTAIN POLAND: “I don’t know, guys. That might just be a pierogi wrapper.”
Remember before the season started? How Dion Waiters, of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Bradley Beal, of today’s guests at the Highlight Factory, the Washington Wizards (3:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, CSN Washington) were bickering back-and-forth over whose team had The Best Backcourt in the East? That was real cute.
Waiters has since been dispatched to the pr
He’s always envisioned his name up in the rafters. What a banner year!
“And a Child From Georgia Shall Lead Them…” Stan 12:22
Even after all the good tidings and cheer of the past several weeks, the Atlanta Hawks can only boast of having the second-most joyous fanbase in all the NBA right now.
Their hosts tonight, the Detroit Pistons (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, Fox Sports Detroit) have rattled off seven impressive victories in a row. None of their victories before Christmastime, wh
“I’d appreciate if you’d sign it, ‘To my biggest fan! With love, Pau’…”
What happens when you and your supervisor Swipe Right on one another? Or on the same person? Or when said person turns out to be the boss’ significant other? Hawkward!
Many a dilemma may be faced among participants during Tinder Night, as well as Bring Your “Boss” Night, at Philips Arena. But the odds are good that, someday, there will be a lovely story to share when lil’ Kyle Jeffrey Something-or-Other asks Mommy and
“WHOA! And then Antić set that pick, and then Teague crossed ‘em up like THIS!...”
“Alright, Carmelo… on this play you’ll back Davis deep into the post and then kick it out to Kyle. No, to Korver, not Lowry. LeBron! I’m counting on you to break-up the lobs from Curry to Blake. Pau, come out and set this screen here to spring Jeff loose in the paint. Yes, you Pau, not Paul...”
Few have ever pondered aloud what schemes Mike Budenholzer might conjure up as the Eastern Conference’s All-Star
"I see you, Mr. Teague. I'm gettin' your popcorn ready!"
In what could be an NBA Finals Preview, the Atlanta Hawks face the… wait a minute! That is not how this is supposed to go!
Fickle ATLiens and NBA fans alike are glancing at the win-loss columns and standing on their heads to make sure they’re looking at them right: maybe that’s why they’re called “standings.” Carmelo and the Knicks in the basement of the Eastern Conference? Jeff Teague and the Hawks at the top? Check the forearms of
“…and IIIIIIIII-i-IIIIIII-i-IIIIIIIIII…”
With tonight’s hosts for the Atlanta Hawks, the Utah Jazz (9:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, ROOT Sports Rocky Mountain) well on their way to another losing season, the predictable NBA fan tweets are flooding in. “Let’s send a tuna fish on rye Utah’s way, and get Derrick Favors!” the typical bright idea goes. “You just know he’s itching to get out of there!”
What people don’t understand is the 23-year-old South Atlantan is friggin’ thrilled living and
“…featuring one layer for each time a referee swallowed his/her whistle…”
For LeBron James, today begins the second of many years of telling people he’s 29 years old.
The Atlanta Hawks look to be party-poopers as LeBron celebrates his 30th birthday in the ATL with his Cleveland Cavaliers (7:30 PM, SportSouth, Fox Sports Ohio, NBATV).
You’ll forgive the Cavs for not being in the most festive of moods, especially after getting deluged by a free-at-last-feeling Pistons squad during a dé
“Oh… you shouldn’t have!”
The Hawks were perhaps in too jolly a mood after getting to spend some of the holidays at home following an impressive winning streak. After being such gracious hosts for Coach Jason Kidd’s Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night, hopefully the Bucks will return the favor tonight (8:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, FSN Wisconsin) in America’s Dairyland.
To those ready to hand Mike Budenholzer the unofficial honor of Eastern Conference Coach of the Year, Jason Kidd would like t
They’re the reason for a really fine season.
Nothing endures like the legacy of an assist.
So declares the President and CEO of the National Bureau of Assists. Yet it’s not only Cliff Paul’s long-lost twin brother’s team, the Los Angeles Clippers (24.5 APG, 5th in NBA; league-high 1.94 assist-turnover ratio), who has taken his principle to heart. It’s also the team they’re visiting tonight, the Atlanta Hawks (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, PRIME), who are waltzing into this merry season o
“I never lose! Right before I do, I always yank the release lever at the bottom.”
Everything’s bigger in Texas, even road victories, and midseason trades. Coming off a confidence-boosting victory in Houston, their second-straight road win without their leading scorer and passer, the Southeast Division-leading Atlanta Hawks hope to keep the good vibes rolling against the Dallas Mavericks (8:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, Fox Sports Southwest), a team that has enhanced its own championship prosp
“Killing them softly with my voice, killing them softly…”
They’re no longer seen as the ‘Y’, among vowels.
After dispatching the media-heralded Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers in consecutive games, the 18-7 Atlanta Hawks are not, anymore, the “oh, yeah, them, too, sometimes, maybe” team among the shortlist of Eastern Conference contenders. To fully disassociate themselves with the East’s also-rans, though, they have to do something more.
Beat some more teams from the Western Co
“The game, it has magic, you know you can catch it, if you let the refs take control...”
Tonight, we return to the scene of the crime: Quicken Loans Arena, where it seems like everyone within a mile of Lake Erie got a three-point shot up against the Atlanta Hawks. LeBron James, Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving, Shawn Marion, Dion Waiters, Joe Harris, James Jones, Will Cherry, Usher, Elka Ostrovsky, Nick Gilbert, Bone, Thugs, Harmony…
In all, 19 three-pointers were drained by the Cleveland Caval
“Sorry, Benihana. My hibachi steak wasn’t grilled to perfection, so…”
Despite the coming uptick in the competitive quality of the NBA schedule, the Atlanta Hawks may catch a break once again when the Chicago Bulls (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, CSN Chicago) charge into Philips Arena seeking to match their season-high four-game winning streak. That’s not just because do-it-all center Joakim Noah is doubtful to play as he continues to fight a pesky ankle sprain.
Accompanying the Central Divi
“And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know… wait… Regis, I forgot... what is it that I know?”
Feast on the East! The Atlanta Hawks arrive at the back end of their home-and-home affair with the Orlando Magic (7:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, FoxSports Florida) with the most wins (13-4) against Eastern Conference opponents, inclu
“Hey, Elfrid! Medusa called…”
The Chicago Bulls, who arrive at Philips Arena on Monday, own the most road victories (10-3) in the Eastern Conference this season. But guess who’s sitting in second place in that category? How about tonight’s opponents, the Orlando Magic (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, FoxSports Florida)?
Orlando’s spent a lot of time away from the Magic Kingdom so far this season, a league-high 16 games. And, truth be told, they’re pretty good in the black unis and white pi
Whoa, hope that’s not Hanno Möttölä’s kid! How about we not invite him to the game today?
It’s time to play, once again! “Who… He… Play For?”
Drew Gordon. Orlando Coleman. Yonel Brown. JaKarr Sampson. Malcolm Lee. Damien Wilson. Robert Covington. Jordan Jones. Jerami Grant. Nigel Pruitt. Henry Sims. Brandon Davies. Kendrick Ray. Hollis Thompson. Delbert Love.
Which of these cats are on the roster of the Philadelphia 76ers (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth -- “WELCOME BACK, BOB AND NIQUE!” -
When Larry Bird tells you the ink has dried on that new multi-year contract extension. #VOGELFACE
Is seven a lucky number? As the Atlanta Hawks prepare for the host Indiana Pacers (7:00 PM Eastern, NO LOCAL TV, FoxSports Indiana) in the quest for their first in-season seven-game winning string since November 2009 (that one punctuated by a last-second Josh Smith putback – at the rim, no less! – to edge the Rockets), the brake-pumpers are out in force. Beyond the fact that the Hawks have playe
