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The unintentional comedy nominations of the Hawks first half of the season

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82 games is a long season. It can get monotonous and insular. I once ended an argument with a co-worker by screaming, "Al HORFORD NEEDS MORE SHOTS!"

Of course, no one wants this. We want to be good fans, educated fans, understanding our teams strengths and weaknesses, but we should not do that at the expense of the joys of the game. Luckily, we have things like Josh Smith blocks that lead to Josh Smith dunks, Jamal Crawford four point plays, and Zaza Pachulia exerting effort to remind us why we love the game.

Still, it is good to keep it fresh so that we can remember how incredible each of these 82 games is. How intricate and dynamic the skill, the strategy, the give and take, and all that good stuff really is.

One way I like to do this is by stepping away from my mental notes on why Mike Woodson is blowing a certain game we are winning by ten and just enjoying the peripheral action of the game. Mostly, because it is usually hilarious. Whether at the game getting a wider view or watching on TV with Nique and seeing something in slowmo, there are eight things a game that can make you laugh out loud. So I introduce to you the official nominating thread of unintentional comedy through the first half of the season

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I was reminded of this last night in the fourth quarter when the Bobcats were going on their last mini-run. Josh Smith pulled down a rebound and was called for a foul in the process. By way of the replay, in no way did it look like Josh fouled him and the player (Boris Diaw I think) did not flop to put the play in question. The ref just made a bad call.

As we all know, Josh Smith does not like good calls that go against him. So a bad call in the midst of a mini collapse is going to go over about as well as if you tell him you don't like trout sandwiches.

Josh approached the official irate. Said some things a long the lines of "Why don't you call that foul on the other end." And "I don't like you." A technical foul would have cut the lead to single digits, and Josh was headed toward one, but the ref serendipitously took his position next to Coach Woodson and that allowed the coach to say quite even toned to Josh "calm down."

And that killed me. It was like using reason on a drunk bear.

Mike Woodson has coached Josh Smith for five and half season. Probably longer than anyone else. Routinely Josh has shown a propensity to throw rational, adult decision making to the wind in favor of a trip to crazy town via the Pouty Express. "Calm down" coach said, and you know what, the drunk bear listened. 

I laughed about this out loud exactly 30 minutes ago, 18 hours after the game ended.

What is your unintentional comedy moment of the first half? Nominate in the comments. I know I have others. Rec the ones you like. Winner gets a trout sandwich.

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He was having a conversation on the side with Joe Smith, and bet $2000 he could reverse the kick the fan in the front row and get away with it.

Joe Smith lost that bet.

by Bronn on Jan 23, 2010 5:21 PM EST reply actions  

WTF

is up with Marvin showing kids a skull come on Marv show them something more appropriate like guns or drugs

by Erihury on Jan 23, 2010 5:51 PM EST reply actions  

OMG wow Soooooo many good moments

From jj throwing paper at jc while on the bench inmate showout t.ooh………u.(it wasn’t during a game) the Shit works! and finding out it actually works. to nique losing his track of thought in a game when smooth dunks. classics……id can’t recall exact word as good moments. Idk how to choose at the moment but I will rec

by Hawksgirl on Jan 23, 2010 5:57 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

OMG wow Soooooo many good moments

From jj throwing paper at jc while on the bench in a blowout to……….(it wasn’t during a game) the Shit works! and finding out it actually works. to nique losing his track of thought in a game when smooth dunks. classics……i can’t recall exact words at the moment Idk how to choose but I will rec

by Hawksgirl on Jan 23, 2010 5:59 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

Every time an open Josh Smith gets the ball near the 3-point line

He instantly breaks out in a flop sweat while choosing whether to shoot

by axhfan on Jan 23, 2010 6:44 PM EST reply actions   1 recs

Unintentionally dramatic

You can see the little men sitting on his shoulders. “Shoot it Josh!” “No, Josh, it’s WRONG to shoot this shot.” “You know you wanna shoot it so shoot it!”

by Bronn on Jan 23, 2010 7:14 PM EST up reply actions  

How do I know

Every time Josh Smith takes a long jumper, I shout “Noooo” right when it leaves his hand, like every other hawks fan. Then, when it clanks off the rim my girlfriend asks “How do you know its not going in when it leaves his hand?” How do I know????

by liv4sport100 on Jan 25, 2010 12:33 PM EST up reply actions  

I nominate the time Jason Collins tried to draw a charge on Shaq in the first Cleveland game.

It’s pretty rare to see such mutual behemothdom attempt a. to avoid contact; b. to attempt to flop for the foul, much less on the court at all. 600 pounds of pain, baby!

by rbubp on Jan 23, 2010 10:08 PM EST reply actions  

Cavs Game at Phillips

I was at the cavs game in phillips and in the middle of that horrendous 4th quarter josh got the ball open, a step inside the 3 point line and started to take the shot….just then the entire crowd around me let out a collective “NOOOO!!!!”

by Oxymorman on Jan 24, 2010 6:19 AM EST reply actions  

rec

Atlanta will win a championship....someday

by maxxj3 on Jan 24, 2010 7:46 PM EST up reply actions  

Definitely

Randolph Morris vs the Celtics
After Joe drains a tough jumper, Randolph felt inclined to do the you can’t see me hand gesture while he was on the bench.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo-TvGBaNYE

At the 2:32 mark. Certainly something that should be created into a gif.

by supraman on Jan 24, 2010 12:21 PM EST reply actions  

lol

yeah that was funny

Atlanta will win a championship....someday

by maxxj3 on Jan 24, 2010 7:51 PM EST up reply actions  

Switch

Cant remember the game but Marvin did not switch on a pick and roll and the hawks got burnt for a dunk. I laughed out of my seat when Woody called time out and started barking/staring/scolding Marvin."Comon man that is the simplest rule I have made on defense…SWITCH ON ALL PICKS !!!!

by dkrib on Jan 24, 2010 12:25 PM EST reply actions  

About 8 minutes into the infamous 4th quarter vs Cleveland.....

….during a lull in the broadcast (Rathbun was stunned at the lack of offense from Atlanta)…..Nique opines with this pearl of wisdom……“The Hawks are really struggling offensively in this 4th quarter!!!!” If he hadn’t said that, I probably would have put a hole in my living room wall at some point. Instead I laughed uncontrollably for about the next 45 minutes, even with the Hawks losing the game.

by JJDawg on Jan 24, 2010 9:33 PM EST reply actions  

I like when Bob says he'll walk to Cleveland (for the next game the next night) ...

… if Jamal misses both free throws. Jamal of course misses both, but Bob can’t walk or he’ll miss the game, so he flies and donates $~300 to the Hawks foundation to cover the airfare, and Jamal hears about this and matches his donation.

by coachkcastellon on Jan 24, 2010 11:25 PM EST up reply actions  

Atlanta at Cleveland

Shaq barrelling into Jason Collins on a breakaway. I laughed so hard. It was the slowest thing I’ve seen in a professional sporting event.

by Duff_Man on Jan 25, 2010 8:46 AM EST via mobile reply actions  

lol

It was weird how as soon as Collins got intro he game it was all about the angry giants. shaq and Collins had a lot of words during stretch

by Hawksgirl on Jan 25, 2010 9:03 AM EST via mobile up reply actions  

I forget who we were playing

It was on ESPN. Zaza drives the ball on some center and Jon Barry says “It’s speed on speed here!”

by happyplayer23 on Jan 25, 2010 1:46 PM EST reply actions  

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