Ouch, Hollinger hammers the Hawks signing JJ

[Admin]

in his column today about the 10 worst offseason signings this year, here is what he had to say about the Hawks effort.

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2. Joe Johnson, Atlanta Hawks (five years, $70 million, 17.3 pts, 5.2 reb, 15.18 PER)

Assuming this deal happens, it was bad enough for the Hawks to offer to pay Johnson roughly double what he's worth by giving him $14 million a year. It was bad enough that Atlanta's "plan" involves Johnson playing the point full-time, even though he gets into the paint about as often as Shawn Kemp gets into a leotard. But the real kicker for me is that the Hawks are now willing to fork out two No. 1 picks to Phoenix for the right to overpay Johnson so badly. Johnson's numbers have been inflated by all the minutes he's played, but on a per-minute basis he's a pretty ordinary player.

[NickJYD]

I gave the guy congrats for being another Hawk hater. I also gave him props for not mentioning Bobby Simmons on his list. The guy is a solid player that is going to be vastly overpaid next year. Finally, and the main reason my question didnt get answered in his chat was that I told him he should shave his bushy ass eyebrows so he might be able to see an actual NBA game and be able to decipher talent a little bit better.

[mrhonline]

There is no one stat that gauges a player's defensive ability and there is no stat that distinguishes the little things that a player like JJ does to help a team win.

Hollinger surely must have forgotten that...

...but he's too busy with a spreadsheet and a box score. (And that's coming from a big stat guy).

[KB21]

He's also apparently too assinine to admit that Johnson's numbers were supressed on the Suns team. Why doesn't he bring up the fact that Joe Johnson put up 20, 5, and 5 as the Suns point guard after the Marbury trade?

This is the problem with the statheads in baseball and now in basketball. They refuse to look at a players ability on the floor, choosing to look at only the numbers.

[chillzatl]

Everything else is perfectly in line with his career, except apg, which are down due to that not playing as big a part in last years teams style.