The Peachtree Hoops Podcast: Shaq in the ATL and Josh Smith Trade Rumors

It is a dangerous thing to say around these parts because there appears to be a common consensus that out of every draftee on the team the oldest and most seasoned pro still has the most potential. Eventually we have to come to terms with the fact that he has reached or is quite near his potential and he lacks the tools to put it all together. A coach would really help, but this is what I was trying to get at earlier in another post. Eventually it is going to go from talking about his potential to saying how if he could only put it all together he would be near unstoppable and that conversation will last until he is retired. (i.e. Rasheed Wallace)

He was drafted a year after Mo Evans and I don’t hear anyone in this space talking about Mo just tapping out of his potential (yes i know he is younger)

You know who else is younger Al horford and Marvin Williams and both of those two YOUNG MEN have made great strides in improving a part of their game in the offseason.
(a step back from Marvin this past year, which I can contribute to the Woody system and his ability to loose faith in some players, which for some reason completely destroys there psyche and his ability to show favoritism)

Josh Smith has the same issues he had FOUR years ago he has trouble focusing, he can’t dribble, he can’t shoot, and he has no idea what he can and cannot do.

I am pretty sure in his mind he thinks he is Lebron James and I am pretty sure he has convinced a lot of you he could be a Lebron James, but he can’t he won’t.

I am looking forward to the strides he makes under Larry Drew and i pray he improves more than I think he is capable of doing.

Around $66.30 million for 9 players under contract including Joe Johnson.
We can possibly Resign Own Players or something like that. The Contract with Joe Johnson was expensive, so I don’t see Hawks spending much more money. It Was mentioned Ekfor and Chris Paul.,had 10 more million Contract than Josh Smith. I feel Smith is better player. we Dont have to beat Miami in Spending. $65 Million for 5 players Before Trade of Beasley.

 I FEEL THAT OBTAINING SHAQ AND WILL BYNUM FROM DETROIT WILL WORK WONDERS FOR THE HAWKS. THEY CAN MOVE MARVIN WILLIAMS & MIKE BIBBY TO ANOTHER TEAM AND DROP RANDOLPH MORRIS AND JASON COLLINS. THEY HAVE ANOTHER GUARD COMING IN TO BACKUP JOE OR JAMALL, THEY CAN ACQUIRE HASLEM TO BACK UP HORFORD, THEY ALSO HAVE TO LET GO MARIO. THEN ACQUIRE MCGLOIRE TO BACK UP JOSH SMITH. ZAZA WILL BACKUP SHAQ. PHILOSPHY SAY’S THAT WITH JOE GETTING 123 MILLION, HE IS GOING TO SHOOT ALOT AS BEFORE. SHAQ WILL GET MOST OF THE MISS’ES AND CLOG OU THE MIDDLE ON DEFENSE, JOSH CAN THEN BECOME A ROAMER ON DEFENSE AND BLOCK LOTS OF SHOTS, BECAUSE OF SHAQ’S PRESENCE, AL CAN HELP ON THE BOARDS AND BECOME THE CLEANUP MAN AND SCORE THE SECOND HAND GARBAGE BASKETS THAT STILL COUNT IN A VICTORY, TEAGUE WILL BE THE POINT,AND THATS WHY HE NEEDS TO LEARN HOW TO PENETRATE AND SCORE OR DISS TO THE BIG MEN, JAMALL IS STILL INSTANT HEAT OFF THE BENCH. THE OTHER 2 BIG MEN ARE ROLE PLAYERS THAT CAN BANG ON THE INSIDE (THATS WHAT KILLED THE HAWKS LAST SEASON) . IF TEAGUE CANNOT RUN THE POINT, BENCH HIM AND START WILL BYNUM, HE IS FAST AND HAS A BIG HEART. HE IS NOT SCARED OF THE INSIDE LIKE TEAGUE IS. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT IF COACH DREW FOLLOWS MY LEAD HERE, THE HAWKS WILL BE PLAYING IN THE CONFERENCE FINAL OR EVEN GOING TO THE FINAL AND AS LONG AS THE COACH DO NOT HAVE A DUMB,SILLY,STUPID SPELL AT NOT KNOWING WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE GAME AND REALLY PAYS ATTENTION AND KNOWS HIS PLAYERS AND KNOWS HOW TO COACH. NOW TAKE THAT TO LEBRON. I’LL SEE HOW STUPID HAWKS MANAGEMENT REALLY IS WITHIN THE COMING WEEKS.