were played at home versus the road? If they have a winning record on the road during Marvin’s absence, then we have something.

pssssssttt.

he’s childress with a jump shot

obviously less hair.

i also think the “mo streak” coincides with his decision to stop wearing all the eye makeup. he was starting to remind me of a black kelly johnson.

it would be an interesting idea to compare current (read: good) hawks with those of recent (read: bad) years.

like:

Flip Murray: T Lue but consistent and not so fugly?

or

T Lue and Salim Stoudamire’s love-child? (yes I know that Flip is older than Salim, but c’mon. Imagine what that kid would look like…)

Acie Law: Anthony Johnson minus playing time?

Al Horford: Bizarro Lorenzen Wright (you know, with energy, hustle, skill, etc)

Marvin Williams (new): Marvin Williams (young) with work ethic.

any more?

   I’m not really sure it has one answer, but all four choices probably apply. My thought on this is: Even after Marvin does return (assuming he does return this year), I think he’s make a hell of a sixth man because of his ability to score the basketball.
   That’s why I was really hoping the Hawks would try to get a center at the trade deadline to move Horford to the 4 and Smith to the 3. I think Evans is clearly better as a starter just because he gets into a better rhythm. There are some games off the bench where he doesn’t get but 10-to-12 minutes and it’s hard to generate much rhythm in a quarter or less of action.
   Now for tomorrow night — big, big game. Closing out the homestand at 7-0 would send a hell of a message to the league as well as boost confidence going into Cleveland Saturday.
   I’ll post again after the game tomorrow night!

Just coincidence I think at least for these past few games. Joe, Josh, and Al have all stepped up their offensive games at the same time to make up the lost points and the Hawks are playing at home where they win at a high rate anyway. Also Marvin had more than a few games where he was mostly invisible which Mo is easily able to match or exceed. Now if the Hawks start winning road games at a higher percentage and get to the conference finals without Marvin, that would have to give Rick Sund pause when deciding who to bring back for next year.