"Joe Johnson appeared to take Carlesimo’s firing the hardest, and it was easy to think he had grown a bit too comfortable under the interim coach. Carlesimo often said Johnson was tough to read, and the shooting guard remained inscrutable to the end. After a horrid Game 7, he seemed superficially unfazed by the failure and headed immediately to the 40/40 Club at the Barclays Center to relax and watch the Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight."

Gotta feel bad for Nick

Grantland's Rembert Browne is ready for the Hawks to fly, and for the city to back them like never before...

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