NBA Power Rankings: Three Game Losing Streak Has Hawks Sliding

The offense falters because we’re looking for Iso Joe primarily running him off of multiple screens and there are no options to get anything to the basket. We keep running the same predictable plays.
Now, Memphis went small with in Rudy Gay at the 4 for stretches.

Josh getting in the post has not happened against Lavoy Allen or SPencer Hawes but he backed down Channing Frye who is a defender of very ill repute. I hate how soft that guy is.

As far as transition ball, the only athletic persons to fill the wing are Teague and Josh Smith. Now Teague is 6’1 and not going to fill the wing he’s the point guard. And Josh Smith is playing PF, and center. He cant get out and run the wing.

Larry Drew cooked up some crock about guards rebounding so Josh could run. I really hope hes trying to make the best of a bad situation because that was real dumb.

Because heres what he says about Miami’s fastbreak:

At its best, Miami appears almost symphonic in its offensive movement and capable of devouring opponents with its speed. Wade and James, in particular, too often were awkwardly deferential to each other last season, but since have discovered an awareness of how best to complement one another.

“They really remind me of the (‘Showtime’ Los Angeles) Lakers, the way they get out there and fast break,” Atlanta coach Larry Drew said. "It’s the anticipation of the missed shot, the anticipation of the turnovers.

“Their first three or four steps out of the backcourt, they’re in a dead sprint. It’s like somebody shot them out of a cannon.”

I bolded the key words that seemed duplicitous to me. Very good word “Backcourt”. James Chalmers and Wade play in the Miami backcourt.
Teague, Johnson and Marvin play in ours. Our best finisher is in our frontcourt instead of the backcourt and the inverted fastbreak is not working.
http://blogs.ajc.com/hawks/2011/12/13/atlanta-hawks-camp-report-day-5/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_u5APL3-Bw

and Ryan Anderson is going to kill us? How about stick Josh Smith on Turkoglu? Worked last year when he was fat. smh.

What happens now, is that when Zaza and Marvin and Smoove all go to bench, you end up with T-Mac and Rad and Ivan. That lineup is the scary small lineup (Rad plays much smaller than his size).

By moving Marvin to bench to backup Smoove, you have enough rebounding together with Ivan, to give Smoove and Zaza the break they need, and not be totally taken advantage of by other teams.

We give up the height advantage that JJ normally has, but as you see with better teams, they normally defend JJ with their small forward any way. And since Green is balling, he will add the scoring punch with the starting lineup that Marvin brings to table normally. Also this lineup, moves Kirk to shooting guard backup, and lets Teague and Pargo man the point guard rotations which they were doing well together before Kirk comeback.