Duff_Man

Seems like a bruised heel. At least I hope that's all it is.

Best thing about Bibby: the other guys look shocked and ill-prepared for half the passes. That is a good thing. Once they are looking for that pass, we will get a lot more easy hoops.

QFT. I loved Salim last night. Thought he played pretty well. Started using his head a bit.

There may be stats to refute this, but it seems like every time we run the offense thru Josh S (post up, etc) it is a total disaster.

FYI: AJ in for Sacto against POR

And of course...FSN West has the feed on NBA Package.

Edit: And it only took 13 seconds for one of the announcers to call us the "Lowly Hawks".

Nobody...and I mean nobody is worse than the Wizards announcers. They are the worst homers I have ever heard in sports.

And we should all just accept that we're probably getting the KCAL feed tonight.

I know optimism is out the door with Speedy, but a Bibby, Law, Speedy PG rotation would be pretty darn good.

It is a big "if", but fun to think about.

I thought Sekou did well. Not a lot of new info, but sounded good and gave a good background of the trade. Jaywalker was great too. God bless the internet giving us out-of-towners a chance to hear some Hawk talk!

What an exciting time to be a fan! Nice article!

Rodney Monroe?

I hate the headband. I think it looks ridiculous on players.

Artest is probably being traded as well.

I am going with 20. We have made this a far better team thru addition and subtraction. I think we can hang with any East team. 2 wins on the trip is good...3 and I am doing backflips!

Wow...Bibby wearing #10? I love it. Mookie karma!!

I am VERY excited about this trade. I am beaming right now. We are the only East team that has gotten substantially better mid-season.

This might be the first time there is 100% agreement on letting Woodson go.

Even I am jumping on board. It's time.

I have never been one to yell and scream to fire people, but if even I can see how much better Acie is out there than Lue on both ends of the court, then I think Woodson has to go. Watching the haphazard substitution patterns this season has been infuriating. 15 assists to ONE turnover? My god, let him play and get some confidence going, Woodson.

ASG has to make a motion to fire him. Keep Billy for now until we see how this team responds without MW. I really believe we are better than our record, and that is a reflection on coach, not GM.

Shelden is definitely punching out of his weight class on this one.

Hopefully a bullet.

I don't really mean that.

A missle.

Actually, I think BK is less to blame than Woody now. When we had the injuries to Z and Lue we played off the charts. The sub patterns have gone to hell and Woody has no idea who to bring in.

Yes, but isn't getting Lue off the floor addition by subtraction? Either way, we solve an issue.

Another HUGE sign that Horford is dedicated to winning...his vastly improved Free Throw shooting. He struggled early, practiced, and fixed it. The dude is all game.

I am not sure why more people on here aren't singing the praises of Horford (I assume because it indirectly praises BK drafting him, but anyways). The guy is everything you want in a player. He is strong, fast, and hustles his ass off on both ends of the court. He plays way bigger than his height. Some of the rebounds he got last night were simply amazing. Two or three taller guys around? No problem. Plus his cheerleading and enthusiasm, matched with his selflessness on the court are just amazing.

Case in point: last night, the Pistons ran a break two on one. Hamilton (I think) had the ball and our lone defender came to the ball, leaving a Piston streaking toward the basket alone. In comes a streaking Horford to get between that man and the ball to stop the break.

Plays like that don't show up in a box score, but show tremendous heart and brains. Sometimes when I watch Josh Smith pout after a no call and not hustle (I counted three of these last night - he sometimes reminds me of Shareef), I just wish Horf's play would rub off more of our guys. Am I bashing JS? Nope. He does hustle a lot and is sometimes all we have out there. But he does sometimes have lapses. Horf is 110% at all times.

At this point, I would say that we definitely have the ROY on our squad.

The guy who has had career games against Detroit and didn't see the floor?

Steve Nash comes to mind. Probably the worst .

It was on NBATV.