Ain’t it great to have an owner who doesn’t have a yap writing checks his team can’t cash… anymore?
Mike Woodson and his New York Knicks crawl into the Highlight Factory (8 PM Eastern, ESPN, MSG Network), and Woody’s hoping the Eastern Promises made by the guy whose checks he cashes, James “Doh!”-lan, don’t reverberate too loudly in the Atlanta Hawks’ locker room.
Fortunately for Woody, these Hawks don’t appear to be a bunch that gets their gander up over any particular slight. But in Tr
“We need to do everything we can to keep him.”
Sorry, Kemba Walker, not you. Sit down, Gerald Henderson. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist? Ha ha ha, you make me laugh!
And stop looking over your shoulder, Josh McRoberts…. because Michael Jordan is talking about you.
Now, when I say “Franchise,” you say “McBob!” “Franchise!” **crickets**
“The success of the team is McRoberts and how he can connect the dots,” said Jordan. “Hopefully he doesn’t opt out of his contract. We need to do everything w
Last summer, the words “Nikola Vucevic” on my internet page would cause my Google Translate bar to pop-up. “This site is in Montenegrin,” it would advise me, “Would you like to convert to English?” Clicking the “English” button would transform the Swiss-Belgian-Montenegrin-American center’s name into, “That’s all you got for Dwight?”
The draft picks that baby-faced GM Rob Hennigan received, in the August 2012 mega-team haul for his passive-aggressive superstar Dwight Howard and the physicall
Lifeless. Hanging by a thread. Buckling. Collapsing. Unresponsive.
With eyes wide and mouths agape, 19,000 Denver Nuggets fans looked on in collective horror, covering their children’s eyes, aghast at the sight unfolding before them on the Pepsi Center floor.
Are we witnessing what we think this is? Could this truly be… the end… of the Denver Nuggets’ annual playoff runs?
Fear not, Coloradans! Thankfully, all is not lost. Just like the fate that befell their daredevil mascot on openi
Whoa… never thought we’d see this town again!
Yes, the Sacramento Kings are back in NorCal, this time for the foreseeable future. New owners, new coach, new attitude. And to DeMarcus Cousins, I have one question for you.
CAN YOU DIG IT?
With the Hawks in town for tonight’s contest (10:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, CSN Bay Area), Cousins is likely relieved to know that not all Atlanta residents are flying in-and-out of Sacramento just to be a bug in his ear. Boogie, you see, is being “m
Sorry, Lakers, but Kobe Bryant isn’t coming through that door!
Maybe it’s a good thing that Kobe’s not ready to play for the L.A. Lakers in time for tonight’s bout with the Hawks. It would feel almost unfair for the Hawks to play the Lakers, with the Brittle Mamba on the floor, and not have Dahntay Jones out there checking him.
There are no Easy Buttons getting pushed around Staples Center these days, not by a team that’ll be paying the luxury tax even with nine of its 15 players each ma
Perturbed at all by the season opener in Dallas? Well, just hold on... we're coming home!
Rev up that organ, Sir Foster! That's right, it’s that time, once again, fans! Your Atlanta Hawks are back in their nest, ready to swoop in and kick off another season of NBA hoops at the… Highlight? Factory??
With You-Know-Who deciding to take his skills to Bankruptcy Beach after a near-decade’s worth of human highlight reels, what will a Highlight at the Highlight Factory look like these days? Cor
We started from the middle… now we still here!
The 2013-2014 NBA season officially gets underway for Our Fine Feathered Friends tonight, with a tip-off in Big D. (8:30 PM EST, Fox Sports South and Fox Sports Southwest). Heat checks, commence!
Boasting beaucoup cap space, both the Dallas Mavericks and the Atlanta Hawks had lofty aspirations heading into this past offseason. Unable to lure the few big free agent fish on the market, both teams eventually settled for B-list stars to suppleme
As De La Soul would put it… Stakes is high! But will the Atlanta Hawks be left looking like the Pharcyde, with the Indiana Pacers passin’ them by?
My dear, they may not know us, but we know them very well. All season long, we’ve seen Our Fine Feathered Friends play loose and often without focus at the starts of the first and/or second halves of games, fully expecting they’ll find a way to just turn it on by crunch time, then tightening up and flaming out completely when the BR-30 doesn’t com
This is it! This is it!
This is life, the one you get.
So go and have a ball!
That’s all the Indianapolis-related TV theme songs I got for ya.
Our Fine Feathered Friends got off the schneid(er) with two big wins in Atlanta, re-asserting their homecourt dominance against the Indiana Pacers. To get a chance at closing out the series in Atlanta, they have to keep the momentum going with their first win in Bankers Life Fieldhouse since March 2012. The Hawks have snatched at least one win o
Following another listless effort against the Indiana Pacers in Game 2, as Coach Larry Drew scoured through his bag of alchemy tricks desperate for a strategy that would make his Atlanta Hawks look like worthy postseason contenders, Josh Smith’s NBA BIG ad probably gave him all the ideas he needed.
“BIG PASSION,” beckons Drew’s understated forward from the TV screen. It turns out Smoove was on to something. Now, tonight at Philips Arena, playing big and with passion before a raucous and favorab
We Must Protect This Nest!
This series with the Indiana Pacers cannot end until Game 7 as long as the Atlanta Hawks can defend their homecourt. They’ll have an undersized but heavily favorable fanbase rooting for them at Philips Arena, where the Hawks have come up with the larger point total in their last 11 regular season meetings versus the Pacers.
The last time the Pacers left Philips Arena triumphant? Go back to Christmas Day 2006. Then go back three days before that. Former Hawks St
Exactly how does one go from 44.0 FG% the prior season to 41.9 FG%, from 38.5% to 36.2% on threes, and win the NBA’s Most Improved Player award, even though your team’s winning percentage dropped, too? Even if your jumper remains busted, you still can improve in other ways (rebounding , passing, on-court leadership) and make a major difference for your team.
Paul George shot a paltry 3-for-13 on Sunday, missing all five three-point shots. But you wouldn’t know it from the results, as he mess
Gentlemen, start your engines!
We started from the middle… now we’re here! Postseason time brings our Atlanta Hawks into Naptown for a first-round tilt with the Indiana Pacers.
It’s a show-and-prove time for many of our Hawk players seeking a nice payday this summer. But it’s also the same deal for their coaches, who know their team plays at their peak when they play more like a unselfish team than a bunch of individuals trying to be heroes. The Hawks’ ability to turn up the pace and des
Relax! The de-evolution will NOT be televised! At least, not on TNT!
Hawks do occasionally lay eggs -- it’s in their nature. But I’ll turn on The Nature Channel if I want to see anything like last night’s egg-laying by the Hawks broadcast before an already-skeptical national audience again.
Thankfully, it should just be the SportSouth and MSG crews airing tonight's regular season finale. If the Hawks play their cards right and get some help from Randy Wittman's Wizards, they may go into
By tomorrow night, the Toronto Raptors will make like Wyclef and will be Gone Till November. Yes, the Dinos’ playoff prospects reached another sad extinction two weeks ago. But by no means should anyone assume this team is in tank mode.
Dwane Casey made some strides with his team despite the loss of Andrea Bargnani, especially defensively, yet he’s vying to keep his coaching gig for another season.
Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan, Rudy Gay, and Amir Johnson are all under contract for 2013-14,
Hey, let’s sweep a playoff team!
Playoff practice resumes for the Atlanta Hawks at the Highlight Factory, as they face a Milwaukee Bucks team limping into the postseason, literally and figuratively. A win tonight versus the 8th-seeded Buckaroos would be the first in-season sweep by the Hawks of an Eastern Conference playoff squad since seizing all four games against the eventual conference champion Boston Celtics in 2010. A Hawk victory would also ensure that Boston cannot catch the Hawks fo
First things first: happy birthday to Mr. Ivan Johnson!
Today is the first of at least ten years where he will tell people he is 29 years old. For the next year, at least, he’ll be telling the truth.
Tonight would be a great night for this upcoming restricted free agent to get his Reggie Evans on. The Philadelphia 76ers are still smarting from the beastmode put upon them last night by the Brooklyn Nets player who turns 33 next month. At one point in the third quarter, Evans led the Sixer
Right now, there’s a dude looking in Dacula poring over the neatly-pressed orange-and-blue threads on his bed. He’s never set foot in the 212 area code. But he is prepping to head to the Highlight Factory and join a capacity crowd in pulling for “his” Knickerbockers on a nationally-televised game to extend their win streak to ten. Will he go home happy, or will he be left sitting on his hands?
Mike Woodson’s Knicks are rolling after riding Carmelo Anthony’s hot hand (career-high 50 points) t
Well, look who’s back? While his Cleveland Cavaliers continue to falter, dropping their eighth straight (2-12 in their last 14 games) in a 20-point loss at New Orleans last night, Kyrie Irving showed there’s nothing wrong with his mended shoulder, putting up 31 points and 6 assists in his return to NBA action after three weeks off.
It'll be the All-Star's first game at Philips Arena since putting up 29 points and 9 assists last March, although he had 7 turnovers in an overtime loss as the Ca
Tired of the Boston Celtics? Would you enjoy watching them wrangle with the HEAT in the playoffs' first round? Well, if you’re an Atlanta Hawk, here’s a chance to help bring that wish into reality.
Boston now sits just 2.5 games behind the Hawks for the 6th spot in the Eastern Conference, but they’re down to just 1.5 games ahead of the Milwaukee Bucks and remain perilously close to the dreaded 8th seed. On Wednesday, they needed every one of Jeff Green’s 21 points, including the game-winning
The Toronto Raptors, at 16-30, have lost four straight, and Andrea Bargnani isn’t coming through that door. Lead guard Kyle Lowry has an undisclosed illness and is questionable for tonight’s game at Air Canada Centre versus the Atlanta Hawks. Quincy Acy is likely out with a groin injury. And their major mid-season trade acquisition, Rudy Gay, has a sore back and may not be available.
You know what all of that means, dontcha, Hawks fans?
That’s right! Hawks will fall behind by double-digi
“Gentlemen! And Danny Granger! Start Your Engines!”
Well, not just yet. It’s quite interesting, with all the daily drama over Derrick Rose’s status in the Windy City, that the actual Central Division leaders, the Indiana Pacers, suffer no anxieties about the timetable for the return of the franchise’s leading scorer from the past five seasons. Granger tried to start back up after the All-Star Break and appeared in five games, but returned to the inactive list after dealing with persistent kn
We’re back with the Bucks! Atlanta has a chance to clinch the season series in Milwaukee this afternoon. Doing so will go a long way if tiebreakers are needed to avoid the white-hot Miami HEAT in the first-round of the postseason.
The final major road trip of this season has Our Fine Feathered Friends flying from Beertown to Naptown to Beantown. They leave Milwaukee for a tilt with the Pacers tomorrow night, and then go north of the border to face the Raptors on Wednesday before finishing th
The Dream of the 40’s is Alive in Portland! Forty wins, that is!
As the NBA regular season draws to a close, the Portland Trail Blazers (32-36) are vying not only for a winning campaign, but an outside shot at postseason glory, just 3.5 games behind the L.A. Lakers. Former Hawks Coach Terry Stotts and his Blazers hope to get their second win of a five-game road trip tonight at The Highlight Factory, their final East Coast road venue this season. Their expedition concludes Sunday right in OKC
