1. Woody has trust issues. I understand not over-playing the rookie, but Teague has to demand at least 5-10 minutes to see what he can do. His speed is such that he can run circles around most guards. If he screws up, pull him, but we definitely need to get him some reps. We have depth and now we’re not going to use it?

2. JJ is awful out of double teams. I don’t know where he lost it, but he really needs to find an open guy, or perhaps a teammate needs to get to an open spot (like Mo Evans did ONCE).

3. Our pick and roll only works with Jamal or Bibby. Joe is not very good at it. I hate saying that, but it seems to be the case.

4. Going under picks doesn’t work against teams like this. Please stop doing it.

Otherwise, I saw a lot of resolve in the Hawks that we did not see in other years. It was a great win on the road. Nothing could be better than sitting at 6-2 right now.

I saw Smooth being Smooth. Can anybody argue that he kept us in the game till his teamates came alive? Is it to early to say the kid has gone to another level? Just an observation – he sucked in th laker 3rd qt and the bobcat game was not his best. The rest of the season he kicked butt. Game changer or game loser – like you mentioned – the hawks go as Smooth goes.

yep I said it, JJ minutes, Not Evans, not Jamal, not Bibby, have mercy how times have changes. Can Woody change with them.

The hidden gift from tonights game was the assits. 23 of em. Yeah I know,“Steve Nash”can do that by his self. But these are the so called 1on1, “Let me do it by myself.”HAWKS. 21 of these were from the starters. That means some chemistry is being mixed in the Lab. As for JJ. He finished second on the team with +18 in the +/- stats, which shows a players worth while in the game. So I hope Joe doesn’t read tonights Game Thread, while folks were dogging him on suspicion of dogging it.We sure need that plus 18 for the “Celtics” GO HAWKS!

Joe Johnson and Jamal Crawford are aware they aren’t competing against each other. They almost never pass the ball to one another. I’m gonna track this situation. :)

issue between JJ and JC. There is no issue other than they need to mesh. 8 games is nothing for 2 players who dominate the basketball to find a common ground. That is common for new players on new teams (look at Cle) . JJ and JC need each other to win. Statistics doesn’t enhance either player at this point in their careers. If JJ can get the Hawks into the Eastern Conf. Finals avg. his 20 or evn at 19 ppg, that will mean a bigger payday than him avg. 25-26 points per game and the Hawks losing in the 1st round. And the same for JC. He’s avg 20 points before but no post season success. He has an expiring contract next season, so if he can shake that loser label, he will improve his value also. The bigger issue to me is how to get Marvin more incorporated into the offense and the why is the spacing on the offensive end still flawed with the starters. Now I’m not sure how much of that is JJ not properly assessing where the help is coming from or if Josh and or Marvin are not in a good position to receive the pass from JJ. I would think once the help comes to JJ he should be able to pass to Josh or Marvin, who can drive/pass depending on the rotation and still have Bibby on the opposite side of JJ for the extra pass for an open shot. I think JJ is playing the same as last season. Going into tonight’s game compared to last season, his minutes were down, FG% up, 3FG% down, rebounding up, and assists were down from last season.

Did I miss something tonight? Josh had 12 rebounds – 4 assists – 2 steals and 22 points.
Somebody tell me Smooth is not the team MVP. Kid is kicking butt. Before tonight he led the entire NBA in blocked shots. A true hoop fan would be smart to remember these games and tell their kids about the good ol days.