72 reasons to be excited about the Atlanta Hawks: #38 Joe Johnson deep three
by hawksdawgs on Sep 24, 2009 7:09 AM EDT
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PrintJoe Johnson hits this shot a surprising amount of the time. Considering he only hit 36% of his threes last year, his four of eight from half court (kind of making up that stat) is a dang good showing. Of course one of those sealed a game and another a playoff series, but what I think I like about most of them (the ones that are not beating the shot clock at least), is that they are Joe at his most "freakin," Joe with intent to kill. Because yes, Joe probably takes too many shots and the offense runs a little too much through him, and in a lot of ways, those floaters and jump shots and methodical drives to the rim all seem like a man going through the motions. That is not to say Joe is, but his game is so nonchalant or smooth depending on your point of view. It is why he is the king of the quiet 28 point game. And this style has been great for the Hawks overall, but sometimes Joe "freakin" Johnson needs to come to play. Sometimes Joe just needs to reign threes from heaven.
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These shots
make the Iso Joe offense to suddenly seem brilliant. Who needs motion when you can hit shots from 34 feet?
the shot
The shot over dwade didnt make it into the top 10 hawks plays of the season b/c was the post season but it should make it into the Hawks top 5 plays of all time!!!
this one has to be top ten
it not making it is almost as bad as putting the wizards ahead of orlando in this power rankings.
Where's the foul on Wade?
When I see the refs blow the whistle on those 2 James Jones 4-point plays during game 4, and that atrocious “blocking” foul on Mo Evans when Wade charged in in game 6, but won’t blow the whistle for Joe getting tackled here, I know this ref lockout is a good thing.
by coachkcastellon on Sep 24, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions
got to admit i am a little nervous about replacement refs
i hate on refs all the time. for instance, that was def. a foul by wade. but i think the nba gets the best refs possible (for the most part) but the nba is really, really hard to call.
I wouldn't worry too much
To paraphrase an article I read this weekend concerning this issue, essentially the replacement refs will be refs from the D-League and other NBA entities, so it’s not like they are taking on a bunch of refs with little to no experience with the NBA game. They will all be refs who have gone through the same training and seminars that the current crop of NBA refs have gone through.
If anything, as bad as it has been over the last five years, I would think this might be something of a fresh air scenario. Maybe some of the superstar bias will disappear and we’ll actually see a tighter game called for once. It very well could be a blessing in disguise. Then again, it could turn into a disaster, but I’m willing to give them the benfit of the doubt this time round.
"This is America, if we can’t self-righteously look down on others and blame them for our faults, the commies win."-----Cormican on Bleeding Green Nation w/r/t fans overreacting to the Eagles signing of Michael Vick
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