Atlanta Hawks News: Sekou Smith's Prediction And Fan's Outrage Surrounding Jamal Crawford

at amounts more than they’re worth, agreed. But then people are idiots.

is that without Hinrich, or Jamal, we have no bench. We have the same old core, that is starting to turn on itself (Josh stuff) and no adequate bench to spell them should someone get hurt. If we stay healthy, and add the right very cheap vets to the bench, we can turn out all right. But a stiff breeze could knock us over, if it hasn’t already with the Hinrich injury and Smoove wanting out.

people see artistic work in complete players, not just one dimensional scorers?

I am not prepared to say that Jamal Crawford is not replaceable. He can be replaced and it doesn’t have to be with a shoot first player that plays no defense. We are constantly ridiculing this team for staying the status quo when this is change albeit slightly. Again my opinion is that regression is still possible but losing Jamal will be just one of a number of factors in that.

for the kudos on Teague – I’m going to use that as my only expert prognostication for as long as he gives me material :). Now, to your point, we’ll just continue to disagree about common fans. My mom is a common fan – guess what she likes,..WINNING. When we win, she goes. When we don’t, she don’t. She doesn’t care about exciting losers. My best friend loves a good dunk and a crossover – guess what he does after that, yell at Jamal for sucking at every other part of the game. The rest of my friends – all think I’m irrational about the Hawks, don’t know why I blog, etc. Guess what they think about Jamal – he’s a guy on the team. He’s not a star by any measure. They care about him as exciting as he hits a 4 pt play and when they go home – they spend 10 times more time worrying about Al, Josh, Joe, etc.

Trust me, you like Jamal and that’s fine, but he’s just a guy. He did not make the Hawks a better team on the whole, We were an barely above average team before he arrived and we will be the same after he leaves. If you check our attendance figures, I’m CERTAIN that the numbers are no different. So, let’s rid ourselves of this illusion that he really matters. he doesn’t. i repeat – common fans don’t care about Jamal. I put that on my momma. 25 years of watching Hawks ball bears it out…

Instead of waiting on Paul, their best bet would be to sign Nash next year.

If we sign him – we’re sticking to a failing strategy. If he walks – our cheap ass owners aren’t committed to winning.

Please list the national media outlets that are going to kill the Hawks on this. I couldn’t disagree with you more. I’ll come back once Jamal leaves and we’ll count it up. The only way I even partially agree is if you are saying they are going to kill the Hawks for having poor cap management that allows for pieces not to be re-signed, but for BASKETBALL REASONS – I don’t agree a bit. Some may say that we could use him, but ‘killed’ – sorry, not buying…

Sometimes I wonder if those calling for Crawford’s return are the same people that are calling for more Jeff Teague. I am not sure you can have it both ways especially after Hinrich returns.

But Jamal was never going to be a good fit here b/c his strengths are the kind that aren’t championship strengths. Every team can use a Vinny “The Microwave” Johnson, but not as a major cog. I think the Hawks fans who cling to Jamal don’t understand that Jamal is not that super unique in the NBA. If you asked a guy to ONLY score and to not do anything else – rebound, defend, pass, etc – you can get Jamal’s production from a LOT of players. I don’t mean his game is not unique, but if you asked for Jamal production – I think you can find that. Or you can approach it at a value that’s much lower than what’s there, so to me – and esp. with our cap situation and with NEXT season coming where it’ll be MORE free agent talent – Jamal is a no brainer to get let go. My preview will probably be sobering in that – I’m for carving out cap room as a major focus for next year.