From winning an Eastern Conference best 60 games last season, to considering a miniature teardown this season, the Atlanta Hawks have come a long way. The wrong way. According to ESPN.com’s Kevin Arnovitz and Brian Windhorst, the Hawks are weighing whether they should sell off three of last year’s four All-Stars: The Atlanta Hawks are [...]
February 10, 2016
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The Eastern Conference Finals powers at be have not been kind to the Atlanta Hawks. Specifically Kyle Korver. Following the Hawks’ Game 2 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night, Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution brought word that the sharp-shooting wing would miss the remainder of the postseason with a high-right ankle sprain: [...]
Injuries are inevitable in basketball. That being said, it looks like we won’t be seeing Heat All-Star guard Dwyane Wade, who has missed the past six games due to a strained right hamstring— as he’s decided to not participate in this weekend’s upcoming All-Star Game. So with Wade ruled out, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has [...]
February 11, 2015
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This season, Wizards shooting guard Bradley Beal told USA Today that himself and Wall are, “definitely the best backcourt in the league.” But, after his dismissal from the Warriors, former Head Coach Mark Jackson called Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry the, “greatest shooting backcourt in the history of the game.” Since then, the question of [...]
January 19, 2015
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Turns out the Brooklyn Nets don’t always get who they want. After striking a deal that landed them Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Jason Terry to pair alongside Brook Lopez, Joe Johnson and Deron Williams, the Nets were the presumed favorites to land sharp-shooter Kyle Korver. Once anonymous general manager even went as far as [...]
Kyle Korver is the next target on the Denver Nuggets’ wish-list. According Christopher Dempsey of The Denver Post, the Nuggets plan to make a push for the services of Korver, an unrestricted free agent, this summer: Korver, an unrestricted free agent in his 10th year in the NBA, is expected to be one of the [...]
March 5, 2013
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The Atlanta Hawks are surging. Their record stands at 32-23. They deserve some praise. The Hawks have won five of their last six games. They’ve ven scored 100 or mounts in eight of their last nine games. Thanks to that offensive burst, Atlanta is reaching the NBA’s top ten in terms of offensive production (ranked [...]
February 26, 2013
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Blogs, Mohamed Abdihakim
A large part of me wants to believe in the Atlanta Hawks. Heck, looking at their 9-5 record, a large part of me is telling I should believe in them. But I don’t. Though Atlanta is fresh off a six game winning streak, it may have been one of the least indicative winning streaks in [...]
December 4, 2012
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Earlier today, I bumped into an interesting article by the Wall Street Journal’s Chris Herring. In it, Herring took a look at a specialized job that is now becoming more and more commonplace in the NBA: shooting coach. To Herring’s credit, he makes a mention of the several statistics that support this seemingly unnecessary job. [...]
October 29, 2012
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Blogs, Mohamed Abdihakim
April 13, 2012 – Dan Favale Tom Thibodeau and Erik Spoelstra. Both coach contending teams with superior talent, but only one has the guts to rock the boat. The Bulls defeated the Heat 96-86 in an overtime thriller, sans the overtime period. The game had playoff implications, in more ways than one, but it was [...]
April 13, 2012
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