Living twelve years in ATL, I do pay attention to the Hawks and I’m proud of them but the learning curve would have been shorter for these guys if they had took CPIII or Deron Williams in the draft when they had the chance. They have a strong frountcourt with the Joshes and Horford but I knew before the draft that year, 2005?, the team would have been better served to get a pure, young point guard to distribute the ball to the Oaks in the paint instead of another big man with some upside but a lot of learning to go like Marvin Williams. Defense wins championships which is what I get what Woodson’s doing as coach but a potent offense greases the wheels much easier.

I agree with your conservative take on Igoudala. I had to take a quick look at his stats. They’re better than I thought. He doesn’t take many shots – but if he can get his percentage up to 48% or higher and get his free throw percentage up to 85% (it’s only 72%), he would probably average about 25 points (or more) – and with the rest of his floor game, the sky would be the limit.

The other guys in this conversation of 25 pts, 5 rebs, 4 assists, and 2 steals are all established headliners. They say shooting is the easiest aspect of the game because it can be practiced in isolation. The world is in his hands…if he makes these minor adjustments, he’ll have to mentioned in the same breath as the top-tier swing men in the league.

He’s knocking on the door with a big-ass club – and someone better let him in or the door’s coming off.

And David, you probably want to find out how a superstar is defined. See Bryant, Kobe- James, LeBron -Iverson, Allen- Duncan, Tim for references.

Can you tell me this much…what offense do they run? I haven’t watched enough of them this year to figure them out.

I’m still waiting for you to tell me where I wrote this team off as a bunch of scrubs.

I wish the Hawks had played with the nothing to lose mentality the Sixers played with. I’m not shocked by last night’s game because I knew Boston would be crunk. Detroit is feeling themselves way too much lately. I still think Detroit will win this series in 6 games, but I’m pulling for Philly because I tend to root for the underdogs.

Iguodala will get his big pay day, and he will get in for All-Star in ’09, see you in Phoenix!

Andre Miller isn’t an elite player he’s found a home in Philly and I hope we keep him. I think he’s gotten to a point where he’s comfortable enough to open up his game and the interest in him at the trade deadline was evidence of that.

I’m still looking in my post where I even implied that this was a team of scrubs.

Hell, I wrote a post screaming that Cheeks should be Coach of the Year.

I watched 82 games of this team, not ESPN highlights at 2am in the morning, there’s a difference.

76ers are underdogs, but don’t try to make them nothing but a team of scrubs either, TBR.