Let's show the Hawks some love

[Kinzu]

I don't see a team in the East right now that would beat Atlanta in a 7 game series. The closes would be the Bulls. I guess Cleveland is still very dangerous if they pull it together, but the Hawks are the type of team that Cleveland can't deal with right now. The Hawks force you to defend them as a team and the Cavs play anything but team defense.

The 2 biggest things that could wrong for the Hawks are they stop playing inspired Defense and Horford getting hurt again. I think they could survive Teague or Korver getting hurt, but Horford is to vital with no real backup on the bench. Granted any of their starters going down for the season would likely kill their shot at reaching the Finals, but you could pretty much say that for any team.

I don't think a lot of fans really understand just how difficult it is to shut down what Atlanta is doing on offense right now. You can't really gameplan to shut down certain players or aspects of their offense. You have to play team based disciplined D which is not easy to do against a team that moves to ball around the way they do.

 

[Demonjoe93]

After the game against the Celtics, they'll have to play the Raptors and the Bulls on the road. Those are the two teams most often mentioned aside us as the East's best, so beating them on the road would do loads to prove we're the best of the East.

 

[Demonjoe93]

Currently humiliating the Raptors in the middle of the fourth while on the road.

 

[LogicMan]

Hawks are so well coached right now

 

[bksballer89]

Impressive

 

[Demonjoe93]

Damn, we are on track for 66 wins. They now have a seven game home stand. Let the magic continue.

 

[Montalban]

7 game winning streak and 2nd place out east

I'm not all that surprised though. They would have been a top 5 seed last year if the injury bug did not hit them hard.

I'm expecting a first round match-up of the Hawks vs Wizards....Not sure which team gets HCA

The best team in the NBA east of Oakland, CA.

 

[bksballer89]

The best team in the NBA east of Oakland, CA.

They're better than the Warriors imo

 

[Hambombs]

They're better than the Warriors imo

Yup they're the much better team on paper

 

[bksballer89]

When will the Hawks lose again?

Here is their next 10 games

VS DET
VS INDY
VS OKC
VS MIN
VS BKLYN
VS POR
VS PHI
@ NO
VS WSH
VS GSW

9 of their next 10 is at home so let's say they lose 1 or 2 of those games, that would put them 41-10 or 42-9 and would mean they have won 34 of 38 or 35 of 38 games.

 

[bksballer89]

Yup they're the much better team on paper

I actually think the Warriors are the better team on paper. Atlanta is just playing better than anyone else for nearly 2 months now.

ATL & GSW are the only 2 teams ranked in the top 5 of both OFF EFF & DEF EFF

 

[Hambombs]

I actually think the Warriors are the better team on paper. Atlanta is just playing better than anyone else for nearly 2 months now.

ATL & GSW are the only 2 teams ranked in the top 5 of both OFF EFF & DEF EFF

Might be the finals who knows? I just said hawks or else I would sound like a homer

 

[Hambombs]

Hawks 5th on offense and defense. Warriors 1st on defense and 4th on offense

 

[ugafan6612]

Still tough games against okc and Portland before the battle of the best feb 6. Only 2 I can see us dropping






"You have swallowed more cum tonite than I have in my lifetime-mrwallace2ku"

 

[lakersrule]

Let's show Kyle Korver some love. Dude is having a historic year from the field. Could be the first 50-50-90 guy. 53.6% from deep is ridiculous.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

I'm excited to see the Hawks playing so well...I saw one poster point this out...gotta get out of the 2nd round to really start getting the credit they deserve.

That said...imo they are the best team in the east...and barring a key injury this could be the year they get over the hump. Really glad Melo thought there was no way he could play here.

 

[Demonjoe93]

I'm excited to see the Hawks playing so well...I saw one poster point this out...gotta get out of the 2nd round to really start getting the credit they deserve.

That said...imo they are the best team in the east...and barring a key injury this could be the year they get over the hump. Really glad Melo thought there was no way he could play here.

Carmelo can stay in New York and spend the rest of his career on a lottery team. The Hawks don't need that idiot.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

Carmelo can stay in New York and spend the rest of his career on a lottery team. The Hawks don't need that idiot.

Yep...probably the worst "superstar" in the history of the league...what Ferry said was stupid, but Ferry said it, no one else...to broad brush an entire organization over it was stupid...he deserves to score 40 a night a win 10 games this year....i.e. work his ass off and lose every night.

 

[Demonjoe93]

Franchise record fifteen wins in a row.

 

[Demonjoe93]

Just equaled their total wins from last season.