the Atlanta Hawks are the best TEAM in the East, ignore it or not

[doinitbig06]

Mike Budenhowzer

Jeff Teague - good young pg career-high 16.8 ppg 7.0 apg
Kyle Korver - arguably the best european american player in the NBA today and one of the undisputed greatest shooters of all time
Demarre Carrol - excellent system player plays to his strengths, career-highs across the board
Paul Millsap - ppl said his allstar was a fluke he is disproving, still great post game, strong 3pt shooter and somehow LEADING THE LEAGUE IN STEALS
Al Horford - Rock and foundation since the 3rd pick after KD finally getting back to his best, dominating in the recent wins over bulls, cavs, rockets

Dennis Schroder - potential GREAT young pg, excellent court vision decison maker
Shelvin Mack - great system player, great shooter, selfless role player
Mike Scott - young athletic wing, no ceiling
Elton Brand - OG veteran big, bang with the best of em on any given night
Kent Bazemore - young sg trying to make a name, decent player
Pero Antic - solid 3pt shooting center, plays with heart
John Jenkins - solid 3pt shooting role player
Thabo Sefalosha - excellent 12th man, non-offensive wing defender


its not about the PLAYERS or their STATS its the CULTURE of BASKETBALL EXECUTION that has been undeniably very successfully implemented.

this is a world of difference from the Mike Woodson/Larry Drew Hawks


the ONLY asterik i see is wondering just HOW MUCH BETTER they could have been... had they not traded Lou Williams....

19-7 heading into a monday matchup with the Rondo-Mavericks

[ballup]

Same thing csn be debated about the other 4 of the top 5 teams in the East, just with different reasons.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Record-wise they're tied for second. Which is still better than I thought they'd be, I'll admit. I'm still figuring at season's end ATL is behind Cleveland, Chicago, and Washington with Cleveland and Washington in the Conference final.

[DukeDelonte13]

gotta give credit where it's due. They have really impressed.

[sbw19]

[COLOR=Teal]Atlanta are

0-2 vs Toronto
1-1 vs Cleveland
1-0 vs Chicago
1-0 vs Washington

That's a 3-3 record vs top Eastern teams. Meanwhile..

Cleveland are 5-3
Toronto are 4-3
Chicago are 1-2
Washington are 1-3
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[hawksdogsbraves]

[COLOR=Teal]Atlanta are

0-2 vs Toronto
1-1 vs Cleveland
1-0 vs Chicago
1-0 vs Washington

That's a 3-3 record vs top Eastern teams. Meanwhile..

Cleveland are 5-3
Toronto are 4-3
Chicago are 1-2
Washington are 1-3
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Idk what conclusion your'e drawing from this, none of those records really stand out and the sample size is too small to mean much anyway.

[GimmeThat]

competing and winning in the league gets much tougher when you do away with the one and done.

[StephHamann]

Schroeder against Rondo today

Rondo VS Mini-Rondo

[ArbitraryWater]

definitely an alt to make Hakws fans look bad because of what happened yesterday lol

[sbw19]

[COLOR=Gray]Idk what conclusion your'e drawing from this, none of those records really stand out and the sample size is too small to mean much anyway.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Teal]You got me. The sample size is certainly proportional to the timing of the thread.[/COLOR]

[GimmeThat]

[COLOR=Teal]You got me. The sample size is certainly proportional to the timing of the thread.[/COLOR]

And while sometime /ventional wisdom says that for a young team, maybe an extra game or two may deem beneficial experience wise.

A team like this also have a much better chance at winning and advancing by closing out early.

[sbw19]

[COLOR=Gray]And while sometime /ventional wisdom says that for a young team, maybe an extra game or two may deem beneficial experience wise.

A team like this also have a much better chance at winning and advancing by closing out early.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Teal]
Cavs have a completely new nucleus. Bulls have added Gasol and are adjusting to having Rose back. Wiz now have Pierce, Nene is back. A lot of teams could use some gelling that the East looks more wise-open than it should right now. Least let's wait until we hit the trade DL & AS break. Lots can change between now and then.[/COLOR]

[SugarHill]

Is European American just a funny way of saying he's white? He's a Cali white dude lol

[Uncle Drew]

definitely an alt to make Hakws fans look bad because of what happened yesterday lol

An alt made in 2006 just to fcuk with Hawk fans. Yeah, real smart.

[GimmeThat]

[COLOR=Teal]
Cavs have a completely new nucleus. Bulls have added Gasol and are adjusting to having Rose back. Wiz now have Pierce, Nene is back. A lot of teams could use some gelling that the East looks more wise-open than it should right now. Least let's wait until we hit the trade DL & AS break. Lots can change between now and then.[/COLOR]

Yea. It would be a great time for the hawks coaching staff to try and figure out the rest of the East.

the pressure of the sample size. Applied.