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So basically in cutting the rotation back from 11 to 9 Woodson cut out Batista and Edwards.

Sheer brilliance in determining that those two stiffs shouldn't play. Coach of the year candidate for sure.

Woodson needs to go back to the drawing board to find more minutes for Ivey at the point - I want him to get 20+ a night for two weeks or so to see if he can actually play.

So you are saying BK has not done a good job of constructing the Hawks roster?

I diagree. I think he is a natural shooting guard that has played point guard most of his career only because of his size. There is a reason Orlando wants to trade him.

Plus, his contract is terrible.

No Francis, the Hawks have enough undersized two guards as it is.

There like the gollum dude in lord of the rings.

More idiocy.

Chris Paul has "taken over" games this season for the Hornets. JR Smith hasn't done that his entire career. No team gears anything to stop JR.

Me too.

You and Diesel are such f'n idiots about the Paul/Marvin thing it is beyond comprehension. Denying the fact that Chris Paul is the best player on the Hornet's is like denying that the world is round.

That deal is infinitely better then a deal for Murphy and Fischer. The big negative with that deal is that is exacerbates the already overcrowded shooting guard position unless they play Pietrus at forward, in which case there is the same longjam problem.

The team would be ludicruosly young though, which is not really a good thing.

And that is good because?

Agreed. This trade would kill any chance the team has of having any semblance of interior defense for the next half decade.

Thank goodness we didn't get a point guard who can only play point guard!

That would never mesh with the current team and philosphy because BK only likes shooting guards who can only play point guard because of their height (Lue/Salim/Delk/Ivey).

That deal flat out sucks for the Hawks. It basically forces one of Marvin or Smoove to the bench, does nothing to improve the teams interior defense and Fischer is too much like Lue that he adds zero to the offense.

I rather get Pietrus, Diogu, Taft or even Biedrins from GS.

If BK does this he should be lucky to get half an hour to clean out his office.

Agreed.

No to Francis and his obscene contract and over-rated game.

If only there was a Garnett or Kobe available when the Hawks picked.

About the time Kwame Brown was the number 1 pick in the draft.

No.

You have a point but the circumstances are quite different. Al cam straight out of high school and was a late first round pick, so Indy was basically taking a flier on him in the hopes he would amount to something down the road. Plus they had a stacked veteran team that was looking to win.

Atlanta, on the other hand, is a very poor team and Marvin is coming in after 1 year of college ball (which is a huge leap from high school) and he was a number 2 pick. There is a much longer list of top freshmen to pro picks that have had an immediate impact then high school to pro picks - think Bosh, Anthony, Marbury, Deng, etc.

I watched that prodcast. The thing is Jackson also lauded Al's talent and skill. If only the Hawks had a young Mark Jackson!

Paul came out after his sophmore year.

I think the fact that Watson finished games in Memphis last year is more an inditement of Jason Williams then an endorsement for Watson. Williams is just not that good - as evidenced by his declining minutes.

Watson is a good player, but not someone the Hawks should rely on as a starter at one of the most critical positions on the team.

If the Hawks acquire Watson then Lue and Salim won't see the court. Smoove, Marvin, Zaza and Childress are wildly inconsistent.

The problem is definitely not his defense. The problem is that he is not a creative or skilled enough passer to enable the Hawks to overcome the massive offensive void created by Al's departure.

I would do the Watson/Nene for Al trade if Nene was healthy, but his injury history is too much of a concern to make the deal viable.

Wrong. On a team as devoid of talent as Toronto you over play the star (Bosh) and force the lesser talents to beat you. Saddly, the Hawks perimeter defenders could not contain several journeymen players.