Duff_Man

We are a number one seed and they are an 8th seed under .500 and y'all are encouraged by that performance?  We may as well crown Cleveland Eastern conference champs now. 

If the Hawks make an ECF run, guess what nobody will ever remember...."barely" winning Game 1 by seven. I am sure everyone remembers San Antonio "only" winning by five in Game 1 last year and then losing the next game. Or that the Pacers went seven games with the "lowly" Hawks?

There are no asterisks on scoreboards or in the standings.

"Abused" = 6/17 from the floor, 0-6 from three.

Pero was 2-4 from the floor and 3-3 from the line. He did perfectly fine.

"Played terribly" = Playoff win. I don't understand the out-of-whack standards and varying grades of wins. Only Hawks fans can consider wins as losses with a straight face.

Joe Johnson already lost this race.

Bud loves Mack!  He rather loose momentum in a game than not play him...Strange!

He played 3:52. Relax.

Bud loves Mack!  He rather loose momentum in a game than not play him...Strange!

Mack only saw the floor in like 55 games. You're making way more of it than necessary.

If I woke up from a coma and only read this thread, I'd think the Hawks lost.

Mack is too up and down.  When he's good he's a solid piece but when he's bad he's rec-league bad. 

This is the description of every 8th-12th man in the NBA.

Not even close, watch the nets beat the hawks.

I mean, it's not like the Hawks just beat them twice in the past week and a half or anything.

I agree. Our worst players should be all stars.

A real world equivalent to this, would be something along the lines of this:

A person works for a company in Atlanta that also has an office in New York City. He has a 3 PM presentation he has to do at the NYC office the next day.

He gets off from work in Atlanta at 4:30 PM and has a 7 PM flight to catch to head to New York City. Bad weather in Atlanta forces a 2 1/2 hour delay to his flight, and he doesn't depart ATL until 9:30.

He didn't book a direct flight, so his plane flies to Detroit first, before arriving in NYC at 1 am.

The man, who isn't tired and wants to unwind a little, hits a club at 2 am. He figures he can party a little, get to bed no later than 5 am, and still be plenty rested up for his late afternoon presentation.

Unfortunately, as the man is kicking it to a fine female in VIP, her ex boyfriend pop up out of nowhere and starts a confrontation with him. He "ain't no punk", so he doesn't back down to her ex-boyfriend, and they get into a fight.

It's 1 pm the next day, and the man only got 3 hours of a very uncomfortable sleep, due to being treated at the hospital for a broken finger, 7 stitches to his forehead, and a bruised cheekbone. He also is now sporting a nasty black looking black eye.

He calls his boss in Atlanta and tells him that he's not going to be able to do the presentation because of his physical condition. He tells his boss that the fight wasn't his fault and he was only defending himself ( albeit unsuccessfully ).

So should his boss be like ... "OK man. That situation was out of your control. Come on back home .....

Or

"Why were you at a club at 2 am in the morning, when you knew that you had an important presentation to do that afternoon?"

Or maybe he tells the man both statements.

Again, professional sports are not equivalent to regular jobs. Ever.

Replace the regular guy with Steve Jobs or any other big name exec. Is he getting ousted? Nope.

Paul Pierce isn't a loser?

As much as I hate him, his game, his face and his attitude, he is still an NBA champion on a team for which he actually contributed.

Almost all of those guys ended up in court, fights or stabbed from that.

And none are considered "losers". 

Ever heard of a guy named Michael Jordan? Charles Barkley? Dikembe? Ewing? Rasheed? Paul Pierce? 

These are just a few off the top of my head, but the point stands that this is not something new, nor is it something that is uncommon for pro athletes.

Hmmm is it possible that it was a setup to purposely injure thabo by the nba or the nets or anyone???

In a word: No.

Again, let me just say "NOPE".

It's Moose. It has to be.

Two veterans should know better then being out at 4am on a gameday 

You must be very unfamiliar with the NBA.

Special thanks to the Blazers who didn't even sending starters to Brooklyn. DAMN YOU, SNOW!

Not so fast guys.  Lets call this after we meet these guys the next time.

Because why enjoy anything ever?

Back in 92 and even now I wonder why they didn't pick Shaq or Zo for that collegiate dream team spot. They were better players. Was it a racial thing?

It must have been. If basketball is anything, it's racist.

(Now THAT'S sarcasm.)

And yet I don't see one available name as a solution.

I'd say the question has been answered.

Daye is 6'11"?? I had no idea. He looks much shorter on TV.

Isn't Levien some kind of scumbag?

I dunno how many?

I don't know that's why I asked.