72 reasons to be excited about the Atlanta Hawks: #2 Josh Smith dunking in Philips

by hawksdawgs on Oct 27, 2009 3:32 PM EDT

Other cities have there thing that gets them fired up. LeBron's powder explosion or his run down block. KG's alley-oop dunk. Wade's block and slam. Almost every team has something. A never fail pump up.

None of them are like a Josh Smith dunk in Philips. And people can make callus jokes. They can mock the Hawks and their fans. And I would simply say, "Fine. You have no idea." Because they don't. If there is something innately impure about Josh's game, those brief seconds of dunk are the cleansing. Even at its emptiest, it turned Philips into a roudy a place. And come playoff time, it makes the arena down right scary.

I have actually spoken these words, "I cannot believe we lost. Josh dunked twice tonight." I meant it, and I was right.

When Josh Smith goes up for a dunk, he is better than anyone. And if even for a brief second, that means the team is better, and the fans are better. The game is in control. Our control. And we can take it over. Every time.

Go Hawks!

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Well there's your problem

Duh, they had Perkins on the perimeter guarding Josh.

Still, that’s awesome.

by Bronn on Oct 27, 2009 5:21 PM EDT reply actions

Do we cheer against the celtics or the cavs tonight?

by coachkcastellon on Oct 27, 2009 7:29 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

I have no idea

Emotionally though, I’m going to have root against the Celtics. Wouldn’t mind seeing them lose 60 games this year.

by Bronn on Oct 27, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions

rooting against the celtics

lebron and corp. beat the crap out of us. no refs. no flopping. no gang signs. no fights.

boston….

….less so.

by hawksdawgs on Oct 27, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Good point, Cavs were classier. Verejao is still pretty easy to hate though. Shelden’s not lookin too hot in his new home. It looks like Rasheed is a better pick up than Shaq IMO

by coachkcastellon on Oct 27, 2009 9:46 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Sorry guys...

I can’t root against the C’s tonight. Those damn smug Cav fans make me sick. It was so quiet in the “Q” last night. I enjoyed the show. My only wish is that if the Hawks were down by 14 early, they wouldn’t throw in the towel. I wish they had the mentality that they’re going to win every game. But oh well. I did enjoy LeBron being sent to the locker room 0-1. BTW: LeBron doesn’t need to flop…..he gets the calls anyway. On a sidenote: He actually picked up about four fouls last night. Unbelievable!!! I don’t think that has ever happened. Lol

by dstdeelite on Oct 28, 2009 11:24 AM EDT reply actions

Starting to hate SportsCenter......

I think they put Josh’s block and dunk combo number 4 on the Top 10 and Dwight’s “block and catch” for the number 1. Really? Dwight should be doing that every game anyway, so I was not surprised even though it was still a great play defensively. I think what Josh did in one sequence showed more athleticism than a 7 foot guy that can jump high enough to snag someone’s shot out of the air.

by Hawks Fan From Day One on Oct 31, 2009 11:35 PM EDT reply actions