First, love the original comments, well played sir. I don’t think anyone here realized we have a troll running around. Then again, I don’t bother going to other sites, so w/e.

Josh Smith not making the All-Star selection is a travesty to the game. He is the most important player on this Hawks team and if you aren’t blind then the numbers show him as being the best player on this team. He should have been in over Paulina Pierce from the start and he should be the first one in should anyone drop, period.

As for your last question(s), I think most here would agree that the team the Hawks want to avoid like the plague is the Orlando Magic, especially if VC starts dropping 50pt games in the second half of the season. They just match up well with the Hawks because there really isn’t a lot we can do with Howard and if we double him they have too many shooters outside to make us pay. Personally, and I admit I am biased, I wouldn’t mind getting the Celtics in the first round just so we would have the opportunity to humiliate them again. I sure don’t want to give that pleasure to any other team.

In the first round, I would definitely want to avoid Charlotte. Even though we won our last meeting, it is in no way a guarantee that we’d beat them in a 7 game series. I agree with Jesse on the Magic. I don’t want any parts of them in the 2nd round. Nightmare!

I wrote a 4000 word exposé with links and comparisons last week. I see Pierce’s injury as merely the basketball gods’ response. So hopefully Josh will be named. If not, the basketball gods may be forced to escalate.

I missed it-was it about officiating conspiracies? We had a troll running around that has been banned (and got banned from the Celtics Blog as well) who was spouting about officiating conspiracies. He had another log-in name, I think.

In all likelihood, they’ll claim that title but anything could happen. A certain somebody could have a season-ending injury and there goes the rest of the season. That goes for any team including the Hawks.

atlanta love strikes again. Apparently cleaned up the language from his previous post, though is mental age still shines through.

I would have to agree that Charlotte is the team to avoid in the first round for Atlanta as well. They remind me a lot of The Hawks from a couple years ago. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Toronto would be like a dream come true for the first round, The Hawks have shown the ability to match up well playing our game, or theirs.

that atlanta can’t beat in a seven game series in the first round this year. The second round is what we should be worried about if worried at all. Cleveland to me poses the greater threat (without concern to matchup problems) because they seem to have a mission about them. We should not end up with the 4 seed, but instead a 2 or 3 to get the team we want which is Boston. The Magic are a tough bunch but I honestly think the Magic may play soft against us in the playoffs. That might give us momentum added to the fact the hawks will have healthy stars unlike last year.