Posted by: Jeanetta on July 1, 2008 2:00PM EST I believe the hawks should sit. They have no reason to make any sudden changes with the team. If a change is made it will affect not only the team but the whole city. The Joshes should stay for the sake of the Hawks fans.

Posted by: SAM on July 1, 2008 2:23PM EST Please keep the Joshes they r the heart n soul of the team 4 the sake of all the fans in the ATL PLEASE!!!!!!!!! the fans have been waiting 4 about a decade 4 a decent team n we mite get wen by signing these to so PLZ!!!

Posted by: Jason on July 1, 2008 2:33PM EST There is no reason the hawks shouldnt resigns Josh Smith!!!!!!! But instead of paying Childress to come off the bench, we should make a move for Elton Brand. the line would look like this: Mike Bibby-PG Joe Johnson-SG Josh Smith-SF Al Horford-PF Elton Brand-C we could make a serious run in the playoffs with this lineup, think about it!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Greg on July 1, 2008 2:42PM EST I dont know why people are saying we shouldnt try to sign somebody to the team. I am all for signing a better shooting and assisting point guard, like B-Dub, instead of Mike Bibby. I do think Josh Smith should be re-signed, but i would let Chillz sign with somebody else where he would be able to start everyday. We could also go after Monta Ellis, Andris Biedrins, James Posey, as long as we replace Zaza, im OK

Posted by: J-Mill on July 1, 2008 2:42PM EST Sekou Smith just said that philly will be looking at Josh Smith AND Josh Childress tomorrow

Posted by: J-Mill on July 1, 2008 2:46PM EST Ummm....I don't think we're trading Bibby, so get that out of your mind right now. We're going to have him for a full season with him healthy so we're defiantly going to be better than last year if we re-sign the joshes and add one or two centers.

Posted by: eurogangster on July 1, 2008 3:02PM EST keep the joshes, dont pick up anybody, and cut off some of the fat (like Speedy Claxton). maybe a deal could be found by getting rid of marvin also

Posted by: keanu scott on July 1, 2008 3:08PM EST i really think the hawks should sign both joshes bask to the team they meant alot to the hawks sinc they got here so I hope and wish the get signed back !!!!!!GO HAWKS!!!

Posted by: Chad on July 1, 2008 3:17PM EST Please,Please,Please, keep the Joshe's and sign another center

Posted by: Christopher on July 1, 2008 3:32PM EST you too funny Jason, I agree with Chad sign another center, Christopher

Posted by: melman on July 1, 2008 3:49PM EST let's go sund, we need to sign both joshes ASAP!! we need to go ahead and rap them up! keep our same team and add a center,and we will make a serious push at this thing next year!! GO HAWKS!!!!!!

Posted by: Sohil Bhimani on July 1, 2008 4:26PM EST if we can't get elton brand (too expensive) maybe we can try to get someone like Emeka Okafor. If he doesnt work out we can get like a kurt Thomas or something

Posted by: Pete on July 1, 2008 5:15PM EST This would be a real bad move if they let the Joshes go to Philly. C'Mon guys learn from your past. Don't let this drag on!!!!

Posted by: jeremy on July 1, 2008 5:37PM EST dey need 2 sign elton brand

Posted by: miggy on July 1, 2008 5:41PM EST i would like to keep the joshes, but if childress leaving would help get a qualilty center... hint ELTON BRAND, i wouldnt be mad. we NEED a center ... i dont care for bibby with our team but he's here... get rid of speedy... lets get brand and a quality scorer coming off the bench... and play hard every night n we will be eastern conference finals contenders.

Posted by: Bill on July 1, 2008 5:44PM EST C'mon man we don't have the money to sign Brand! We just need to sign Josh Smith and Josh Childress for sure. Josh Childress is amazing for the price he comes for. Go Hawks!

Posted by: rashaad on July 1, 2008 5:47PM EST the hawks need to sign elton brand so the hawks can have more big people

Posted by: Tonio on July 1, 2008 6:41PM EST I agree, but Brand only 6'8!Yet's just see what Our new Gm calls,don't panic yet,we need a shooter besides Joe Johnson,Mike bibby!Who else we have,Wealso need a 7'0 with inside presence,beast I call!!!!Go Hawks!Maybe we can get something for Josh or Childress they both caliber players!

Posted by: Rahul Parekh on July 1, 2008 7:53PM EST The main focus right now should be to sign both the joshs.... the hawks need smith(obviously) and teh hawks need a good bench too. without childress the hawks wont have an equally effective bench as this season but I do think getting elton grand will help the Hawks a lot.

Posted by: hawks fan on July 1, 2008 8:25PM EST cut mike bibby!!!!!!!!

Posted by: hawks fan #2 on July 1, 2008 8:27PM EST keep MIKE BIBBY CRAZY!!!

Posted by: john eboigbe on July 1, 2008 8:28PM EST i hate mike bibby!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Joseph Jordon Eboigbe on July 1, 2008 8:30PM EST I LOVE Mike BibbY 4 real!!!!

Posted by: John on July 1, 2008 9:13PM EST Sign both Josh's back. Smith is our best defender and Childress is the only decent ( I personally think he's starter material) bench player we have. Get rid of Zaza please. Unless he actually starts throwing punches, like he almost did against Garnett, he's virtually useless. Either find a big man in free agency, or pray we can get Tyler Hansborough from UNC in the next draft. HE'S A CERTIFIED BEAST!!!

Posted by: J.D. on July 1, 2008 9:59PM EST Definitely keep Josh Smith. Although, it's not like Sund isn't trying. Josh no longer wants to play for Woodson. Let the hard working, energetic (yet talent deficient) Childress go. Go after Baron Davis, who fits our style of play perfectly and let Bibby come off the bench. That wouldn't hurt. Or go after Brand and finally get some solid size in the post area. Mont Ellis, another Warriors player, would also fit the Hawks system well. The Hawks and the Warriors are very similar in style of play except that Don Nelson actually knows how to fully utilize AAAAALLLL the talent on his team. Mike Woodson shows an inability to use all of his resources but with a more reliable bench that may change.

Posted by: Joe on July 1, 2008 10:14PM EST Trade Josh Smith & Josh Childress. I would say after that get something good in return for them. This is what the hawks team should look like next year. PG - Mike Bibby/Chris Duhon/Acie Law SG - Joe Johnson/Monta Ellis SF - Bonzi Wells/Marvin Williams PF - Al Horford/Zaza Pachulia C - Samuel Dalembert/Kwame Brown

Posted by: Sund's New Assistant on July 1, 2008 10:23PM EST Okay all the people who say that the Hawks have dysfunctional management can go ahead and drop that since we have a new GM. Irrelevant. If I was Sund, I would put every resource available towards resigning Josh Smith to a big time multi year deal. He can be the spotlight of our team. Joe Johnson is our best player, but he doesn't seem like the kind of guy who needs eternal fame. Smith is still young and wants to be a superstar. The dude was a slam dunk competition winner... he can bring fame to our team. Childress is the expendable one of the two. Don't resign him, and take a little of the money you would have given him and give it to Smith, the future owner of a bunch of Defensive Player of the Year awards. PEOPLE! Baron Davis is going to the Clippers. Stop saying we should go after him. Brand is (unfortunately) too expensive. Sund should have gone after that center from Australia that we own the rights to. Not sure why he didn't. We could do with depth in the front-court. I know you won't be able to get much, but see what you can get for Marvin Williams. He's a terrible waste of money. Thanks Billy Knight.

Posted by: magan1027 on July 1, 2008 10:25PM EST keep the josh's, also sign james posey and keep zaza. try to go after beidrens or another canter who plays d and if you cant get it done this year, go for one next year.

Posted by: magan1027 on July 1, 2008 10:29PM EST and also check out garrett siler who plays for augusta state div. II, i think heed be a good fit

Posted by: Ben Bone on July 1, 2008 10:37PM EST No on Elton Brand; Resign Josh Smith; Go get Okafor or trade for Dalembert- They would take Marvin and Chilldress. I LIke the Duhon move but I think the Knicks are going to over pay him. We NEED a Center no matter what. ZAZA HAS TO GO

Posted by: hawkfan on July 1, 2008 10:40PM EST joe there aint no way that will be our line up next season, that should be a crime, half of our starting line up from the playoffs is gone, just like what marc jackson says, R U Kidding Me!!!

Posted by: #1 fan of the hawks on July 1, 2008 10:58PM EST we should sign the joshes and go for monta ellis get rid of zaza and marvin and speedy trade them and sign a center

Posted by: Anonymous on July 1, 2008 11:04PM EST try to get cory meggety or brand and trade zaza and speedy to the nets for brook lopez and some cash....get a center from free agents and trade marvin for ben gordon

Posted by: Joe on July 1, 2008 11:04PM EST hawksfan that lineup i posted sounds good and plus the hawks don't need to come back with the same squad they should change things up. I do not think the hawks will make the playoffs if they returned the same starting 5 they had this past year they need to bring in some new players new flavor.

Posted by: John on July 1, 2008 11:21PM EST Why do most of you want to trade Childress??? He's the one player on this team that gives his heart on EVERY SINGLE PLAY!!! He deserves better from you "fans"!! I understand trading marvin. He's has some raw potential, but unfortunately he's way more cold than hot when on the court.

Posted by: bill on July 1, 2008 11:26PM EST joe your line up doesnt even sound fun...

Posted by: Prince on July 1, 2008 11:29PM EST Yes, both Joshes needs to stay, but we can also get rid of some dead wait like Speedy, Hey Hawks fans I dont think anyone in this world loves the Hawks the way I do, but we have to get better look at Raptors they have made a big improvement with there front court with the trade for O'Neal. That team need help with definding Dwight in the playoffs so they go out and get help, we need a pure shooter like a Mike Miller. The Timberwolves are looking to get younger so it will make perfectly good since to trade Marvin Williams for Mike Miller we so desperately better perimeter shooting ,because we got kill last year on a five to six game losing streak because we couldn't defend the three are we couldn't make the three. We can also add a decent big man to help out on defending the paint like Jamaal Maglorie,David Harrison,DeSagana Diop,Fransico Elson,Primoz Brezec,or even a engery guy like Carl landry will help.

Posted by: Prince on July 1, 2008 11:37PM EST hey hawks front office please let me join your front office in our quest for NBA champions next year.

Posted by: derek s on July 1, 2008 11:43PM EST Keep Joe,Al and Chill, (most consistent players) *Package Mike Bibby + ZaZa + Josh Smith and get a younger more talented pointgaurd and a wider body (true) center that will play the post!!! (not shoot three's). *Play Marvin and Salim more to provide more offense off the bench. *And please, reward Solomon Jones with more floor time to make up for Josh's defensive stops! (after the Josh trade)

Posted by: derek S on July 1, 2008 11:53PM EST Your New Atlanta Hawks line-up for 2009!!!! *Get veteran (consistent) point / Acie Law Joe Johnson / Salim Stoudamire Josh Childress / Marvin Williams Big AL / *Get James Posey *Veteran (post) center/ Solomon Jones (beefed-up) How?: Trade Josh Smith and Mike Bibby (throw-in ZaZa!!!)

Posted by: Mack J on July 2, 2008 12:12AM EST I am all for keeping J-smooth, he brings the pain with his athleticism and ability to score. As for J-chill he has been a great sixth man bringing excitement off the bench but he needs to move on. The free agent pool is filled with great talent and the hawks need to have cap-room. They need it if they want to resign Smith, especially if the Philly is talking to him.

Posted by: Sam on July 2, 2008 12:20AM EST This SHOULD be the atl hawks next season Mike Bibby/ Acie Law Joe Johnson/ Salim Stoudamire Remember hes a free agent this year too Mike Woodson needs to play him more Josh Smith/Josh Childress Big AL/ Solomon Jones Emeka Okafor/ ZaZa ( If cant get center in free agency then trade marvin williams for one)

Posted by: Jeff on July 2, 2008 1:02AM EST PEOPLE we dont have that much money to sign back both joshes and then getting okafor or james posey or elton brand and the hawks cant trade mike bibby who is gonna want him he is due alot of money next season and he didnt show that he can lead very well i the playoffs now JOE JOHNSON showed he is a money player get smith back and childress the rest of the team will grow and play together and please tell mike woodson to start playing like don nelson because we are all 21, 22, 23, 24 years olds on this team RUN RUN RUN PLEASE we can outrun any team in the nba

Posted by: jonathan nembhard on July 2, 2008 1:10AM EST thats funny im from philadelphia and i hope we get josh Smith he going to be the next Kg your atlanta hawks are stupied yall dont have any money to match the deal we are goin to make because yall used it on a washed up point gaurd mike biby so yall can't get any of the big names free agent like Baron Davis because there is just no money for it you guys are in allot of mess and he dosen't even want to work with your coach we are going to make him very happy here in philadelphia

Posted by: DG9 on July 2, 2008 1:22AM EST sign back Smith and do it quickly, if philly gives him a good offer he'll take it. we also need chill back. he's a great 6th man but can also start over the inconsistent marvin if need be. speedy and marvin can be used for a trade for a worthy center like Dalembert. other than that we should sign productive bench players.

Posted by: Joe on July 2, 2008 1:26AM EST Salim Stoudemire don't want to play for the hawks anymore he will sign somewhere else cause him and Mike Woodson don't get along. Get rid of Mike Bibby, Marvin Williams, Soloman Jones, Speedy Claxton. Then After That they should find some better players cause those guys are just getting a check cause they suck.

Posted by: Atlplayer on July 2, 2008 1:53AM EST Sign both the joshes first of all... and i heard the hawks might be trying to get kwame brown.... i dont know if thats such a good idea... but hey if they do i wont be mad either. And i dont care what you do with marvin and zaza if you can trade them to get someone better than Kwame then do it if not they arent that bad.... But please i dont care what you do with Speedy Claxton just get rid of him he's useless.

Posted by: Atlplayer on July 2, 2008 1:56AM EST Also if we don't get both of our Joshes back i will be one pissed of Hawks fan!! So please dont do anything stupid and sign them both! I dont think we can get anyone better than them! Oh and also try getting Biedrens over Kwame Brown

Posted by: Carlito on July 2, 2008 2:04AM EST We get Baron Davis? Ha ha in your dreams! Just get smith and childress, let zaza,marvin, and speedy go and get elton brand... No wait! Lets get Kwame Bron instead, he's the best!(being sarcastic)

Posted by: Kofi on July 2, 2008 2:11AM EST Marvin Williams for Ben Gordon... are you f-ing kidding me?! theres no way the bulls would be that stupid... Bulls management will need to be on crack before that ever happens...

Posted by: Daniel on July 2, 2008 6:20AM EST omg... if Rick Sund is dumb enough not to sign the joshes back,ill be so mad... the joshes are like 50% of the hawks heart. if we don't sign them we are gonna have to w8 another decade to get back to the playoffs cause we need the joshes back to win...PERIOD!

Posted by: Bonce. on July 2, 2008 6:34AM EST Carlito makes the top call! Surely joe can't be serious about getting kwame brown. One of the funniest things i've heard in ages! I reckon we should keep the josh's. And just run and run and run. Bit of development with our youth this year, trade for a center next and we're contenders! All this talk about baron davis, okafor, brand sounds nice. But can't see it happening! Also, Zaza may not be the most gifted player, but at least he's showing some heart! People keep asking for trades? Were you people not watching when we took this years NBA champs to 7 games with one of the youngest lists? And boston are a team of mercanaries. develop our youth, bring back the heart of the old days!

Posted by: Bradley on July 2, 2008 6:58AM EST I think the hawks need to trade or get rid of zaza and marvin they are not dependable. We need another deep shooter to keep bibby and johnson open more. That was are weakness in the playoffs. the joshes need to be resigned even if you don't want to keep them. If you don't want them u could trade them to improve the team also.

Posted by: G. Rhone on July 2, 2008 7:56AM EST Match the offers as you've said you'll do. It's imperative that BOTH are signed! Let these guys be your core. You can build with them being your nucleus. I particularly like when the front office said that we must sign our own Free Agents!!! That meant a lot to me.

Posted by: K Aberle on July 2, 2008 8:04AM EST I couldn't agree with this comment more! Imagine the run and gun offense we had in the post season with this line up! Childress is great but Smith is an AllStar and possible defensive player of the year. ~ka There is no reason the hawks shouldnt resigns Josh Smith!!!!!!! But instead of paying Childress to come off the bench, we should make a move for Elton Brand. the line would look like this: Mike Bibby-PG Joe Johnson-SG Josh Smith-SF Al Horford-PF Elton Brand-C we could make a serious run in the playoffs with this lineup, think about it!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: ATLeverything on July 2, 2008 9:20AM EST I hate the idea of seeing J Smoov finally perfect his fundamentals w/ Iguadala in Philly, or watching Childress be the stable glue that rejuvinates Detroit. Atlanta has to resign both of them for the sake of buzz around the city that hasn't existed since the 90s. If the Hawks need to find some money, dump Marvin "The Butt" Williams for an expiring contract. I think he started to play much better towards the end of the season, but he is over paid. Bottom line, this team is close, and everybodys mother knows that ATL needs a solid center. So here is my biscuit, would the one year solution be Mutumbo? If he can clog the middle for 2/3 of the season, the Hawks can rotate Horford, Zaza, or even Solomon on some nights without losing any of the core from last years playoff team. If everyone else is discussing handcuffing the Hawks with an injury contract $ Brand or $ Okeafor. Those guys want some big deals and both teams are making respectable offers to keep them. I want to see last years Hawks playoff team over the course of a whole season. Find a cheap center that can rotate, someone like Kwame Brown, and keep what they have. This isn't the long term answer at center, but its better to lock in the core of the team.

Posted by: Corbin on July 2, 2008 9:54AM EST If they do not resign Josh Smith then i am going to be rightfully pissed off. J-Smooth is the future for this team.

Posted by: Tony Z on July 2, 2008 9:56AM EST Hey Hawk Fans I agree with some of you, but I beleive the most important thing is to sign the joshes back,and please some body tell them to trade speedyand bum marvin williams. That is a must we need a big man anyway so why not get rid of the garbage that we have for a big man.

Posted by: A. Lebechi on July 2, 2008 10:46AM EST Now, most of ya'll won't like this, I'm sure!! But it seems most optimal if you ask me.... First off if Philly offers a max contract for J. Smith, do a sign and trade and get a conditional first round pick in one of the next two drafts (much like we did with Phoenix for JJ, lotery protected in 2009, and guranteed in 2010) and Louis Williams and Rodney Carney. Resign J. Chill at all costs, he's a great 6th man, an energy guy and makes us much better. Oh yeah, let Salim and Bibby skate... in free agency pick up Shawn Livingston and/or Chris Duhon and Kwame Brown. lastly trade Marvin Williams to the Chicago Bulls for Tyrus Thomas and next years 2nd rounder the line up would be sick!!! PG- Shawn Lingston/Chris Duhon | Acie Law | Louis Williams SG- Joe Johnson | Josh Childress | Louis Williams SF- Rodney Carney | Josh Childress PF- AL Horford | Tyrus Thomas | Zaza Pachulia C- Kwame Brown | Zaza Pachulia | Solomon Jones SF would be a little week, but thats what we're getting the extra picks for... plus LeBron is a FA next year, wishful thinking maybe, but you never know. FYI, my beef with J. Smooth, is that on the offensive end too often he's too wild to be effective and he's a PF more than a SF and has no consistent jumpshot, yet he hangs around the 3 point line like his name is Nowitski or something... he's a liability and for as much as he gives us in energy and a blocked shot he takes away from the effectivness of the over all team...plus Al Horford is an All-Star PF in the making, but only a good C, let him have that spot...

Posted by: Cabopak on July 2, 2008 10:46AM EST I think the main priority for the Hawks should be to reinforce the paint. Zaza's performance hasn't been too good and Hawks should search for a better companion for Al Horford. The Joshes should be signed back and the Hawks may think a little more ambiciously and make an effort to sign Okafor, Biedrins or some other player that can offer more guarantee. Maybe Chillz should have more regularity. Discardable players, in my opinion, could be M. Williams, Zaza and Claxton.

Posted by: A. Lebechi on July 2, 2008 10:47AM EST or go for Gerald Green and start him at the 3, that would be nice!!

Posted by: A. Lebechi on July 2, 2008 11:07AM EST Oh... or better yet follwing the following advice first!!-- Resign Josh Childress!! second!!-- Trade Josh Smith, Marvin Williams and Zaza to the Lakers for Andrew Bynum and Sasha Vujacic third!!-- Sign Shawn Livingston, Emeka Okafor, Kwame Brown and Gerald Green forth!!-- DOMINATE THE LEAGUE Look at the line up this time yo!!! PG- Shawn Livingston | Mike Bibby | Acie Law SG- Joe Johnson | Josh Childress | Sasha Vujacic SF- Gerald Green | Josh Childress PF- Al Horford | Emeka Okafor | Solomon Jones C- Andrew Bynum | Emeka Okafor | Kwame Brown you can't stop'em PS, the reason I say get rid of Josh Smith so much is because Al is a better PF and he doesn't have the skills to be a consistent contributer at SF, he has no jump shot/3 point shot.... thats what we need from a 3.

Posted by: Dan on July 2, 2008 11:47AM EST I think we should definitly resign josh smith. He is the best defender at his position and he is a very tough player. We shouldn't about Josh Childress so much, because he has doesn't done much for the Hawks over the past few years. What the hawks really need to do is get rid of ZaZa and sign a very good center, so we have more height and so Horford can play his actual postition. Power Forward. PG - Mike Bibby SG - Joe Johnson SF - Josh Smith PF - Al Horford C - A good center like Elton Brand And off the bench we will have Marvin Williams and Acie Law.

Posted by: Anonymous on July 2, 2008 12:23PM EST some of u people r stupid for saying is t get rid of josh smith hes an allstar hes our best defensive player on the hawks.i think we must sign josh smith back and sing j-chillz.trade away marvin sorry self away and speedy and j-chillz for oj-mayo mike coloney and future 1st round draft pick in 09 and cash.trade mike bibbyand jeramy richardson to indiana for tj ford brandan rush and future 1st round draft pick.trade marvin zaza for brook lopez chris dugles roberts and some cash.go and sign monta ellis sign desagana diop try to sign delonte west. heres the noew hawks center brook lopez/desagana diop PF AL HOFORD/soloman jones SF JOSH SMITH/BRANDAN RUSH SG JOE JOHNSON/OJ MAYO/CHRIS D ROBERTS PG MONTE ELLIS/ACI LAW/mike coloney

Posted by: Anonymous on July 2, 2008 12:34PM EST and maybe sign jamal maglor and cory megety just to add to my first comment

Posted by: DARNELL on July 2, 2008 12:40PM EST The hawks had a good year last year but the team is good.For one thing they need to keep everyone the hole team have came up together.We need to let go speedy claxton he have a lot of money and have not played alot.Keep the joshes sign them TODAY or ASP we need them they are a big part of what we have going on.What will make use better we need a true center someone thats 7'0 foot I my safe EMEKA OKAFOR if he's out there lets try to get him and we have the bench to go along with it.this is how the team will look. PG-mike bibby/acie law SG-joe johnson SF-josh smith/josh childress PF-al horford/marvin williaws C-emeka okafor/zaza The starting lineup look dam good and the bench look good as well.If the was to look this way next year we wil win about 55 games.

Posted by: Junior on July 2, 2008 12:42PM EST Kepping the Joshes is a no brainer, but they need more... ELTON BRAND!!!!!!!!!! ELTON BRAND!!!!!!!!!!!! They need another Starting big man and another one to come off the bench.... ELTON BRAND!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: tnc on July 2, 2008 12:42PM EST I don't think we need to make any big moves!! sign joshes and the 7 ft center brian butch from wisconsin. whos playing for the summer league 4 hawks!!!

Posted by: justin on July 2, 2008 12:58PM EST go for elton brand if he signs with the clips, which he probably will because baron davis is heading there, then go for emeka okeafor. if we miss on those two then try and sign kwame for a couple of bucks, there has to be some reason why he was drafted number 1 overall maybe we can turn him into something great. after we get a true center we should go for role players most preferably monta ellis but it looks like golden state is going to lock him up.. but our first priority after resigning the joshes is to get a true center

Posted by: Anonymous on July 2, 2008 1:01PM EST just to tell u emeka okeafor is gona sign with th bobcats ok sign the joshes

Posted by: Brandon Jung on July 2, 2008 1:14PM EST I am a huge Hawks fan and I think the hawks need to resign both joshes and to sign James posey to Improve there bench because their bench isn't producing right now. So if James Posey doesn't accept the offer to go back to the celtics then the hawks should make a run at him because thats where the hawks need the most help and should try to find a big center to fill the lane

Posted by: doug on July 2, 2008 1:22PM EST GET RID OF MARVIN...NUMBER 2 PIC? COME ON HE HAS DONE NOTHING...SPEEDY?? MIGHT NEED TO CHANGE HIS NAME TO "INJUREDY" WHAT A WASTE...TRIM THE FAT AND GET A CENTER!!!!!!!!

Posted by: J-Bird on July 2, 2008 1:34PM EST i would like to add some defensive help around the perimeter rondo burned bibby a lot in the playofss i think our starting lineup is fine as long as we keep smith and i would like to keepchildress but only for the right price i think a guy we should take a look at is james jones from the suns but im not sure if hes available also another center would be nice zaza is a scorer but we need some defensive help down low basically i think we need to just be a better defensive team

Posted by: Ryan on July 2, 2008 1:51PM EST We need a center so that Horford can play his regular position of forward. I think it would also be good to get another person that can move the ball around and shoot like Jason Williams from the Heat. Of course, I would love to keep everyone that is currently on the team (including Zaza who everyone seems to want to get rid of) but we probably can't keep everyone and still sign the two Joshes so I guess we gotta let someone go. Or can we? All we need is one billion dollars! (*as Dr. Evil puts his pinky up to the corner of his mouth and let's out an evil laugh "Mwaaaaahahahahahahahaha!"*)

Posted by: Anonymous on July 2, 2008 2:25PM EST First things First resign Josh Smith and Josh Childress is a very good player in fact I would rather have him instead of Marvin Williams but if the hawks have a chance to aquire Andris Biedrins they should give one of this up for that perferrable Marvin Williams.

Posted by: josh on July 2, 2008 2:26PM EST heres a thought, what about trying to trade ZaZa and crap for Mark Blount in Miami. The Heat are rebuilding so they may want the younger Pachulia, and Blount gives the Hawks some legit size to defend the extra bigs that Al struggles defending. Al could move over to the 4 with Smith at 3 Joe 2 and Bibby 1. Marvin can come off the bench since he needs to be anyway. Blount's certainly no Brand, but he's as good or better than Zaza, and bigger.

Posted by: Donnavan on July 2, 2008 2:41PM EST Im a huge hawks fan who has been following the organization for years. Though Joe Johnson is our go to guy. Josh Smith and Childress are the backbone of or team. We cant allow them to go. This is a new year and we have to make progress to be a major contender for the title. We have been waiting to long to be good. Now that we have the chance to be, we have to take the necessary steps to ensure that we can go deeper into the playoffs. Atlanta is home to these guys and the city would be heartbroken to see them leave but I pleed that if we cant keep them. Can we at least make a legitimated stab to replace them with someone who not only the office feels can perform at the level those two individuals were at but an individual or individuals who the city feels that can take this organization on its back and soar like this Hawks program has been waiting to do for so many years.

Posted by: Maurice on July 2, 2008 2:47PM EST Just resign the Joshes! Spend the money ASG! If you build it, we will come! Look at the $ you all made in the playoffs against the Celtics! You can't tell me you don't have the money. Woodson runs a tight bench anyhow. Cut the injured and the lame. Get some veteran presence and shooters on the court. Mandate that your players actually work out on basketball skills during the offseason... Marvin Williams... and get the other two brick layers back into Philips Arena. Josh Smith and Josh Childress. I would hate to see these to Cats in another uniform putting big numbers up against the Hawks!

Posted by: J.M on July 2, 2008 2:53PM EST they shuld deffinately re sign both joshes!! smitty is the heart of the team.. and without chillz we have no bench!! we needa start buildin up our bench cause right now we got a pretty sick startin line (just get a beter PG) and it'll only get better the more they play with eachother

Posted by: David on July 2, 2008 3:45PM EST Ok Sund, what you need to do is keep the two Joshes!!! Josh Smith next to Joe Johnson is the heart of our team. The fans need to Josh Smith to stay!! We have watched him grow and get better every year. I mean damn, Josh Smith can become one of the best players in the NBA and ATL could have one of the best backcourts Josh Smith and Joe Johnson. They will both become ALL-STARS!! If we don't get Josh Smith I will be upset at the Hawks organization. However, we need to release Speedy. Financially he is like a tumor. Get rid of him then sign a solid center or we can trade Marvin Williams for center later on. Just keep the two Joshes!!

Posted by: Anonymous on July 2, 2008 3:54PM EST sign the the joshes and try to sign monte ellis and get andries bendris and even try to find a shooter like ben gordan C BRAND/BENDRIS/ZAZA PF HORFORD/BRAND/SOLOMAN JONES SF JOSH SMITH/JOSH CILLDERES/JERMY R. SGJOE JOHNSON/MONTE ELLIS/BEN GORDAN PG MIKE BIBBY/ACI LAW

Posted by: Anonymous on July 2, 2008 3:55PM EST The hawks should resign Josh Smith and Josh Childress but they need to work a deal through Marvin Williams to aquire Biedrins from Golden State this would put the hawks were they need to be as a playoff contender.

Posted by: Anonymous on July 2, 2008 4:01PM EST Biedrins makes sense for the hawks a perfect fit trade Marvin Williams and Speedy Claxton only keep ZaZa as a backup Center.

Posted by: Andrew on July 2, 2008 4:07PM EST David above me is correct. Signing the Joshes is the top priority right now. Marvin Williams is a bust. We had a chance to get Chris Paul or Deron Williams and we got Marvin instead...look at the other 2 players progression compared to Marvin. Not even close. Atleast sign Childress who is a great 6th man. If the 76ers beat us out for Josh Smith that means that they had to waive Iguodala. Sign iguodala who is just as atheletic as Josh Smith and plays more hard nosed defense and is a better scorer. Then we can go after Elton Brand or Biendrins to help Horford in the paint. Another big man that is legit is Samuel Dalambert. We NEED help in the paint and one more guard as Johnson's backup. Monte Ellis? probably too much money if we get Elton Brand. So our holes in the lineup can be filled if we are aggressive. We need to be aggressive and seek out players we need.

Posted by: Goku on July 2, 2008 4:58PM EST How about trying to get Alonzo Mourning this year and then worry about another big man the next season? Ad of course sign both the Joshes they both are very great players.

Posted by: jeff on July 2, 2008 5:20PM EST C BRAND/BENDRIS/ZAZA PF HORFORD/BRAND/SOLOMAN JONES SF JOSH SMITH/JOSH CILLDERES/JERMY R. SGJOE JOHNSON/MONTE ELLIS/BEN GORDAN PG MIKE BIBBY/ACI LAW wow this is a fantasy team whoever put this we arent new york or boston we dont have money like this goodness rick sund just sign the joshes back then start from there

Posted by: Anonymous on July 2, 2008 5:31PM EST What we really need first of all is to sign both joshes. If we are unable to do that, I think we should make a move for Luol Deng and Ben Gordon. Luol can become a star with a team that is growing. Ben said he wanted a starting position so we could have Ben and Mike play it out for the starting point. Elton Brand could be a possibility but he would have to be a really desperation move with all the penilties and stuff. If Ben Gordon thinks he will be a backup then we should go for Delonte West. If we get both joshes we should take an aim at Biedrins. He has a lot of potential. Mota Ellis and Sebastian Telfair are two players that are young and become better and better. Also look out for Andre Iguadola. If Josh Smith becomes a sixer, the sixers would not be able to hold on to Iguadola. These kinds of players are what the Hawks need. They are very athletic and can run the floor very well. Look for the Hawks to maybe pull the trigger on at least one of these players if Rick Sund knows whats good for him.

Posted by: Joe on July 2, 2008 5:41PM EST I hope the hawks GM don't become another Billy Knight and not make the team better cause the fans deserve a good product if they gonna go and support them.

Posted by: kicky on July 2, 2008 6:32PM EST what do you guys think about getting alonzo mourning as our big man and then just worrying about another big man next year?

Posted by: Joe on July 2, 2008 7:03PM EST Alonzo Mourning is washed up the hawks don't need him I would rather have Dikembe Mutombo for one year.

Posted by: Anonymous on July 2, 2008 7:53PM EST How stupid do ya;; think team managment is. Some of the trades, teams may just be giving players away. what we need to do is let Josh Smith go. He has no true position and Big Al is our power forward. Then with the maoney being saved we can resign J-Chill to be the glue guy, and get Okafor to fill the center and move Al Horford over. We'd have one of the most dominant froncourts in the game and would be chamionship conteders. However, we can't get Okafor and still have Josh Smith, there is after all a salary cap in this league.

Posted by: Anonymous on July 2, 2008 7:58PM EST What we need first is resign Josh Smith and Josh Childress then we need to go after Biedrin this guy style of play fits with the hawks Marvin Williams and speedy claxton and perhaps some cash might help us get him

Posted by: Tonio on July 2, 2008 8:00PM EST All this talk,we don't have the money,plain and simple,Try to sign at least Josh Smith,Marvin Williams needs to make some kinda contribution,lol!Let Marvin and josh develop their perimeter game, together, develop a 3 point game first,If in free agency we can add a shooter,and defensive presence in the paint do so b,making the right fit for our franchise!I bet D.Wilkins can average 16pts right now!!Please built a great franchise!~Listens to all trade talks,Why we can make a power move like other franchises!!!Lebron said it all!Help!!!!!

Posted by: Andrew on July 2, 2008 8:28PM EST For whoever said get okafor just now.. he already has a deal is ging back to the bobcats.. good try though. Let Smith go. he hates Woodson and Woodson hates him. hell i hate both of them. they both suck. Get Iguodala and sign JJ redick or salim back or Delonte West as your shooter. Get kwame brown or randolph morris as help in the paint and hope we can trade marvin for a starting big man.

Posted by: Stephen on July 2, 2008 8:29PM EST IM AM SOOOOO TIRED OF THESE NON-BASKETBALL IQ PEOPLE ON HERE MAKING THESE OUTRIGHT IGNORANT TRADE SUGGESTIONS!!!!!!!!! WHY REVAMP A TEAM THAT IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION!!!!!! IT SO SIMPLE...... SIGN THE JOSHES AND GET A BEAST AT CENTER SIMPLE AS THAT!!! WE WILL BE A GREAT TEAM FOR YEARS TO COME!!!!

Posted by: ngc on July 2, 2008 8:33PM EST Brand cannot play center...I repeat Brand cannot play center.He's 6:8 . Keep both Josh's of course and add a center for Marvin .. Very simple

Posted by: Andrew on July 2, 2008 8:41PM EST Stephen i hope your not talking about me. I only mention the Iguodala proposal because it makes snese and he is a better player than Smith. Trust me he is a better player and a better person off the court. Our first mistake was signing Woodson back if we want Smith.

Posted by: hawkfan on July 2, 2008 8:43PM EST all these trading ideas are great if we want to go into another building process for a few years, even if we bring in guys like brand or monta ellis and change our line up, how do we know if the guys will gel together with our other players, the good thing about keeping the core is that they have build with each other which is great for a team not just a group of guys that are good that are just put together and u expect them to get the job together, the two joshes have been with this team when we were the laughing stock of the league and now that we made it back to the playoffs they shouldnt be thrown out for others to take their positions while they are still young

Posted by: Anonymous on July 2, 2008 8:54PM EST The hawks need to sign the joshes back. then we need to go for someone like elton brand or emeka okafor for the low post. we'll have a championship caliber team if rick sund can pull that together

Posted by: A. Lebechi on July 2, 2008 9:16PM EST EVERYONE saying resign J. Smooth is missing the boat... We all agree that we need a Center do Horford can be a beast at PF...that's clear... but if any of you for one minute thing that J. Smooth can be a consistent contributer at the 3, you have lost your minds... A SF needs to be able to do it all, penetrate and finish (strike one), make smart passes and decisions with the ball (strike two) and consistently hit open jump shots and have three point ranges (strike three, you're out of here Josh) I mean really guys, when you look at it J. Smith at the 3 would be bad for the team....

Posted by: chris on July 2, 2008 9:26PM EST Keep both Joshes bring in Kwame and a big shooter- like a James Jones who replaced Joe's spot in Phoenix. He can shoot and he's long. Or maybe a Matt Barnes somebody who can hurt teams when they double Joe

Posted by: Jeremy Hogan on July 2, 2008 9:39PM EST I think we need to keep Both joshes !!!!!! I feel like smith will bite us later like Farve did when he left the Falcons. and Childress is a soild player for a good price $$$ and he is going to get better.

Posted by: Joe on July 2, 2008 9:43PM EST Josh Smith will leave Atlanta for Philly cause he don't get along with Mike Woodson.

Posted by: Tucker Morrow on July 2, 2008 9:57PM EST KEEP CHILDRESS AND SMITH THINK ABOUT BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!! HE COULD GET WAY BETTER!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Sheila on July 2, 2008 10:05PM EST Coach Woodson, deserved to be brought back - Good decision Hawks. Billy Knight did a wonderful job overall, but should have moved on, if he could not work positively with all members of the Management Team - Good decision Mr Knight and Hawks. Even though the Hawks were coming off their first successful season in a while, I sure don't remember hearing about an abundance of front line General Managers lining up for interviews - Good decision Hawks and thanks to Mr Sund, for couragiously stepping out and taking a chance with us. Prepare extremely competative offers for both Josh's, letting them know how much they are valued and appreciated in Atlanta, but don't offer money that hurts the team overall. Keep Marvin Williams - he is going to have a breakout year in 2008 ! All great franchises experiencing long term success have four things in common: 1 - Unity and loyalty within the organization (from top, to bottom) 2 - Sound player evaluation and development. 3 - Good athletes, that are unselfish and want to be with the team they are on. 4 - Strong fan base that keeps things in perspective and provides positive support at all times !

Posted by: l.j. on July 2, 2008 10:11PM EST i would disagree that josh smith is the heart of the team beacause he doesn't play with passion unless he has an amazing dunk or makes a couple of threes and when the team is down big he plays with absolutley no heart which eliminates any chance of a comeback. every one of the celtics players didnt give up in game 4 against the lakers and they over came a 24 point defeciet. honestly i would rather have josh childress over josh smith

Posted by: kofi on July 2, 2008 10:33PM EST get kwame brown... are yall crazy?! he sucks! and randolph morris sucks even more! i never even heard if the guy!

Posted by: D on July 2, 2008 10:48PM EST STAY JOSH!!!

Posted by: m dizzle on July 2, 2008 11:10PM EST Like everyone's been saying, the Hawks should sign both Smith and Childress back. We should look for a decent Center who can scare folk from driving...and of course, get rid of the CANCER that is "5mph Claxton". Such a cancer...the money can be put to greater use.

Posted by: Kyle Sheahan on July 2, 2008 11:45PM EST I have a question...dont we have the rights to a David Andersen from Australia whom we drafted in like 2002 he is a 6'11.5'' center who was named a rising star in his league... I would think we would at least give it a shot but no ones saying anything so i guess im wrong

Posted by: Anonymous on July 2, 2008 11:47PM EST we need to sign the joshes back.if philly beats us to josh smith they will wive andre igudala.then sign beindris and monte ellis and brand and trade speedy and marvin to get dalembare AND MABY SIGN LUOL DENG C BEINDRIS/DALEMBARE/BEINDRIS PF/HORFORD/ZAZA SF/ANDRE IGUDALA/J-CILLZ/DENG SG/JOE JOHNSON/MONTE ELLIS/SILIM STODMIER PG/MIKE BIBBY/ACI LAW/

Posted by: Hawksfanforlife on July 3, 2008 1:20AM EST Please Sund dont let J smith go to Philly. Ive been a hawks fan ever since i like basketball... and i hear it all the time how im stupid for liking the hawks and they will never be a good team. I somewhat shut them up when we went to the finals and took the celtic to 7 games... the last thing i need to hear is that yall were stupid enough to let josh go... so please sign J smoove and j chillz.

Posted by: brian on July 3, 2008 1:54AM EST Joe r u freakin kidding me i'm a hawks fan who lives in LA and i can tell u that KWAME SUCKS!!!!! he cant catch a pass to save his life. Resign the Joshes 1st and then go from there

Posted by: Justin Smith on July 3, 2008 2:34AM EST Look people, I haven't seen some of the more outrageous statements i've seen in other blogs in this but the hawks are "almost" a good team but are severely undersized in the front court. If anything the hawks should match any offer that the josh's get and get a potental all star and 6th man of the year aka the josh's.... now here is where the change needs to take place.... either make a move with marvin (sorry but he is the only good dealing chip that the hawks have plus a future bla bla or a bench player) and get an up and down the court athletic big or you can give salomin jones (i think thats how you spell it) a good look next year and not worry about his offense and let him play. This would move every one to a more natural position (although josh smith wouldn't make a great 3) Think about that if anybody that has any pull see's this but this is only coming from a high school first year assistant coach who's only 24 : (

Posted by: Justin Smith on July 3, 2008 2:52AM EST to add to what i said earlier.... the hawks dont have the money aka cap room (IF they resign josh smith and chills) for all the crazy statements being posted that is why nothing in the way of a center is going to come the hawks way until trade time were they use marvin, speedy, and any other none used bench item or draft pick but in the mean time they could get a lame big but best option is to give there most athletic big a chance......SALOMIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Atlplayer on July 3, 2008 4:05AM EST dont be stupid jake... theres no way shaq or garnett will ever play for the hawks

Posted by: scott on July 3, 2008 5:12AM EST as long as we resign young gun josh smith to a long term deal im all good.to good of a player to let go.

Posted by: ADUR on July 3, 2008 5:19AM EST i agree with most of y'all,,, PLZZZZZ,,SIGN BOTH JOSH'S.......I like the idea of having Brand on the team,,,a true center is really needed..Horford we'll be a force at PF.... One name that I would to see on the team is LaMarcusAldridge.....a trade ( Marvin for Aldrige)

Posted by: da man on July 3, 2008 11:17AM EST hey bros josh smith is gonna be a sixer a about a week

Posted by: John on July 3, 2008 12:31PM EST There are seriously funny, and misinformed people on here. I Love some of the "dream lineups" out there....resigning smith and signing okafor or brand...lol lol lol...did I miss something? Did Donald Trump buy the Hawks? no...those are so funny I actually went back and read some of them again just so I could laugh. Brand--NEVER HAPPEN; Okafor--NOT HAPPENING....put those dreams to bed. I agree with a lot of people on here about the need to resign Smith...but not for the popular reasons. I love the talent and his age...don't like his carelessness and attitude....but since he's a local guy...if he leaves, attendance will take a hit. Fans in Atlanta certainly aren't the most intelligent (worse sports city by far), so he absolutely must be kept. Chills...hate hate hate to see him go, but I do believe this is where the sign and trade would be better suited...maybe he and Goofy(marvin williams) for a true center and shooter, or simply the most they could possibly get. Thanks again for the bloggers wishing for Brand, Okafor, KG, Dalembert, etc...I needed a good laugh to get me through the rest of my 12 hour shift at work.

Posted by: Bryan on July 3, 2008 12:57PM EST I think Michael Pietrus would make a good bench player for atl. He's a proven player. Maybe the hawks should trade for Dwight Howard? Even Okafor could make a good hawk too, he would make the defense even better, good offensive player as well. Lineup Bibby Johnson Smith Okafor Howard Total domination

Posted by: Andrew McInerney on July 3, 2008 1:54PM EST WE need to get rid of zaza speedy and marvin that should free up plenty of cap space so we can resign j smoove and if philly gets them theres rele no way they can pay him that much and be able to get iggy so we could et him if josh decided to be an unloyal greedy piece of garbage and go to philly just for more money either way i think if we lose j smoove we could try our options with brand okafor and iggy if worse comes to worse

Posted by: Kofi on July 3, 2008 2:15PM EST So would you guys prefer keeping J smoove or getting Iggy?

Posted by: da myth on July 3, 2008 2:18PM EST uh t he sixers have enough cap space to keep iggy and get j smoooooooooooove j smooooooooooooooooooove

Posted by: dan on July 3, 2008 4:27PM EST stephen up there is the only one talking sense...you cant just trade away the whole team and try to sign everyone good on the market

Posted by: shayshaylafemme on July 3, 2008 6:08PM EST I agree with JOHN. Come on people its nice to dream but be realistic! KG? Dwight Howard? Brand? Give me a break. In order to get rid of Zaza "flopper, missing WIDE OPEN layups, trying to get the foul called" Pachulia, we would have to package him with some other people (cause he's not worth anything). SO send him, J-Chills, and speedy Claxton somewhere and get us a BIG MAN. If we move Horford to his natural position (PF) and actually get a bona fide center, who doesn't even have to score but can block shots and get rebounds, do you know how scary we would be !!!(esp. in the EAST). On another note, WHY THE HELL did we re-sign Coach Woodson? That dude is garbage. Just because we gave the Celtics a scare in the playoffs? Kinda makes me wish we would have missed the playoffs and had a reason to get rid of his arse....

Posted by: shayshaylafemme on July 3, 2008 6:16PM EST What idiot thinks we should sign KWAME BROWN?! Are you F'in kiddin me?! DO you even watch basketball?! That dude is terrible! DO you know what horrible hands he has around the basket and how many layups he misses every game?! He's so garbage that he didn't get ANY playing time when he got traded to the Grizzlies and they had one of the worst records in the league! I had to rub my eyes to make sure I wasn't reading that comment wrong! KWAME BROWN?! (ROFLMAO)!

Posted by: Anonymous on July 3, 2008 6:48PM EST we should resign the two joshes.if philly beats us to josh smith they can not be able to sign andre igudala so we should go after him.the we should sign j-chillz back trade marvin and speedy to get oj mayo and some cash.the go after andris beindris and monte ellis and mabe cory megety C ANDRIS BEINDRIS/ZAZA PF HORFORD/ZAZA SF JOSH SMITH/J-CHILLZ/MABEY CORY MEGETY SG JOE JOHNSON/MOTE ELLIS PG MIKE BIBBY/ACI LAW

Posted by: Anonymous on July 3, 2008 6:57PM EST how can you trade marvin, who SUCKS, and speedy, who SUCKS, and expect to get OJ freakin MAYO and cash????? the sixers will sign iggy and they will get j-chillz hawks get josh smith AND NOTHING ELSE no mayo no ellis no maggette no brand no iguodala no deng no biedrins when they match phillys offer for j smith they wont have enough money for ANYTHING

Posted by: Anonymous on July 3, 2008 7:00PM EST LOL u guys make me laugh... i agree STOP dreaming and get real....but i agree that the hawks need to get rid of zaza, marvin and speedy ... they could perhaps be used in a trade for a good center like curry( just an example) from the knicks....or perhaps just zaza and speedy for a good center.... that would improve the hawks bench as well becasue marvin would then be a bench player.... and signing both the joshs is smart too..

Posted by: Anonymous on July 3, 2008 7:14PM EST josh smith will sign and trade to the sixers did you hear what they did up there? he hung out with the mayor all day and was basically treated like the king of philly their style fits too well with him and the atmosphere will make him the star he desperately wants to become maybe the hawks can pull off snagging igodala, but i doubt it

Posted by: Tyler on July 3, 2008 7:54PM EST Please keep Josh Smith and make a move for Eilton Brand we could be a serious threat to the East if we could add Brand to the starting lineup.

Posted by: teecee on July 3, 2008 8:01PM EST the hawks DESPERATELY need a quality center and a extra shooter! A quality big man will move Al Horford into a more natural pos. at the 4 slot and a pure shooter will help take pressure and double teams off of joe johnson and open the floor up. But, we have to make some kind of move because even though we played well against Boston, we still ended with a LOSING RECORD!!! plus, teams like Miami and Washington only got better in the draft and free agency. I say a priority should be signing Josh Smith but letting Childress go wouldnt be a problem. It would let marvin blossom into a sixh man instead of lettin him rot at the 4(which he's not) and it frees up cap space to get an available need(DeSagana Diop would have been that defensive big we could have used since we have NO MONEY for Elton Brand but he's gone too.) But available shooters are out there such as a Boobie Gibson, JR Smith and Eddie House. And for all yall out there who agree that mike woodson shoulda got his ass fired and brought in a coach like um...i dont know...Avery Johnson!?!?!? Or at least somebody who knows what a pick and roll is!!! Think about it!!!

Posted by: Dominic Harris -JOE JOHNSONS THE BEST on July 3, 2008 8:22PM EST keep both josh smith and chilldress and also pick up an center Desagana Diop or Elton Brand. please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we want boston in the playoff again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Elizabeth aka "Fan Mom" on July 3, 2008 8:43PM EST I just wanted to congratulate Joe Johnson on being named as an alternate on Team USA. Thanks to Sportscenter for the inforation that will slowy make it's way to Hawks.com. Thanks again Micah, for keeping us up to date.

Posted by: Elizabeth aka "Fam Mom" on July 3, 2008 8:58PM EST Weare less than 3 weeks away from Summer League, the schedule is published and we are playing Dallas on 07/18. I am hoping to hear soon who the Hawks have on the roster.

Posted by: Kofi on July 3, 2008 9:18PM EST thats what ive been saying shayshayla! Thanks for telling them like it is!

Posted by: Carlito on July 3, 2008 9:29PM EST All of you that kep saying sighn elton brand,monte ellis, lol KG... yall are a bunch of knucleheads! the owners dont just magically make money to get all this talent! You guys make me sick cause you guys are the ones that want a good DEAM team but yet dont even spent a nickle to actually go and see a hawks game! How do you think the celtics and the lakers and such are able to get these players?! ticket sales are a big part of the way they get that money to get these players! So shut your mouths and actually go to a guy more than once a year and then maybe we could get these high paid players! Think about it!

Posted by: mack J on July 3, 2008 9:40PM EST like i said get rid of j-chill and even salim if we need to cause smith is the heart of the team. JUDAS you cant just get all these people if you dont have the money. And to the a-hole from philly as far as i am concerned smith is a small forward. He played power forward when they needed him the most. Since when do people from philly say yall anyways d-bag. There is no way bibby is going anywhere he didnt step up like they thought he would. SO NO!!! he is a quality point and we can switch him on and off with acie. keep dreaming.

Posted by: Anonymous on July 3, 2008 9:57PM EST im from the illadel and i say yall are fools down in the atl. j smoove is as good as ours! and you will never be able to get anybody good for marvin and speedy. they're bustas and yall know it. have fun dishin out the dough to mike bibby! hahahahahahahhahahhahahahahahahahahah... mike biby... lol

Posted by: odir martinez on July 3, 2008 10:11PM EST i think we should resign the joshes but also i think we sould try to get agent 00 he'll be a big help and a good pointguard

Posted by: Carlito on July 3, 2008 11:19PM EST Gilbert is going to make atleast 100 million in washington... why would he come here? odir your stupid

Posted by: mack J on July 3, 2008 11:36PM EST agreed a-holes who dont know what the hell they are talkin about need to screw off. retards

Posted by: mack J on July 3, 2008 11:37PM EST agreed a-holes who dont know what the hell they are talkin about need to screw off. retards

Posted by: J-Work on July 4, 2008 12:57AM EST Look...If the Hawks allow Philly to get J.Smooth it will be another big mistake of another Atlanta team GIVING AWAY pure talent. His number are improving, we all see his defensive ability, his three point shots are developing to the clutch level (ask Toronto), why let him go? Mr. Sund. Put together a package deal... Marvin Williams Acie Law Josh Childress Seriously we couldn't get much with these "unproductive" guys. But this would free up money to sign J. Smith and to resign Joe Johnson next. Build your team around these two guys and Al Hortford. Please don't give away talent. P.S We could even put Bibby in the package deal and avoid having to resign him next year. P.S.S But remember... Joe Johnson Josh Smith and Al Hortford will be all-stars in 2009 and they will be the beginning of the Hawks Dynasty of winning in the playoffs. Period. Mr. Sund, please look at the future

Posted by: Warren "HAHA Smith is OURS" Faison on July 4, 2008 1:21AM EST I'm a Philly boy too and I've got to be honest, you Atlantians are just plain ridiculous. To the fools talking seriously about getting KG, Shaq, Dwight Howard... I know a store up here on Broad St. that sells common sense for $5 an ounce. No lie. How in the hell would you get KG for example? The man makes over 20 MILLION DOLLARS! US money not Mexican pesos. Shaq makes 20 mil on his own as well. Face facts, the beef between Smith and Woodson isn't a secret. It's almost as well known to anyone interested as the Spanish language. Josh is almost a perfect fit for our teams system and from the tapes I've watched I think he'd fit in well at the hole at the 4 spot we need to fill. Your team definately needs a big guy but (and I'm sorry to break it to you) Brand is either a Clipper still or the newest Warrior (don't you guys watch ESPN). And to answer ta few of the foolish claims I saw, YES the Sixers can resign our precious Iguodala AND sign Josh Smith with about 0.2 (or .1) million to spare. That's just my projected estimate but it's realistic none the less. So I'm sorry ATL but your boy is just about gone and keep dreaming if you think your going to package Marvin "The Butt" Williams (a nickname I saw previously here), Speedy Claxton, and Zaza Pachulia for anything other than a breakfast burrito and some Pepto Bismol to wash it down with. Hell, I'll even throw in a cheese steak.

Posted by: Warren "HAHA Smith is OURS" Faison on July 4, 2008 1:23AM EST E-mail me if you think I'm wrong

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Posted by: Atlplayer on July 4, 2008 1:33AM EST Did you say that Childress was an unproductive player? Do you not recall all those games when he came of the bench and poored his hard out and scored 10-20 points a game?. Im pretty sure maybe for atleast 5 Childress never scored lower than 10 pts. The kid knows how to get rebounds and he takes atleast 1 steal a game! how the hell do you call that unproductive?

Posted by: Atlplayer on July 4, 2008 2:19AM EST i meant pored his heart out

Posted by: hawkfan on July 4, 2008 3:22AM EST this is what a sixer fan wrote: That front office pulled off one of the best trades last year in getting Bibby. They drafted one of the best picks that was in contention for ROY. Their team went to the playoffs and took the champs to 7 games. If that's a front office in turmoil we better hope they don't get their xhit together. kind of funny to see another fan give praise about our front office

Posted by: Dsgb on July 4, 2008 8:57AM EST hawks should throw thw kitchen sink at josh smith, he is the heart and sole of this team. and childress is 1 of the best six men in the game. I agree wit j work

Posted by: A.Lebechi on July 4, 2008 9:09AM EST we don't need sole, we need the best sf we can get with a shot... you say that Josh Smith is getting clutch with his 3-pointer...ARE YOU FRIGGING SERIOUS????? He shoots more air balls than bricks from out there. the reason I want him gone is every time I think about ti, the picture I get of him in my mind is him running down the court with the ball leading the break with the point guard stand RIGHT THERE, he goes to the rim hard and out of control and blows an opportunity...AGAIN...that has to stop or he HAS to go

Posted by: Ralph on July 4, 2008 10:42AM EST First business first sign the josh's and then look for a free agent center(Elton Brand) come to mind. but hawks cannot improve with ZaZa at center bottom line.

Posted by: Anonymous on July 4, 2008 12:24PM EST ralph you are a moron

Posted by: Franklin on July 4, 2008 12:57PM EST Trade marvin and anyone off the bench except for childress and zaza for okafor. Then we will win our first round of playoffs next year

Posted by: Anonymous on July 4, 2008 2:23PM EST LET THE SIXERS GET JOSH SMITH. You dont need him anyway ur fans dont know basketball. Go get a big name player that ur fans could buy jerseys for. And keep childress hes good ahah yeah right

Posted by: Anonymous on July 4, 2008 2:23PM EST i guess mack j is in charge here dude you are so much smarter than everyone else shut up and let people say what they want. people can dream dude, its not like the hawks front office looks at this blog when it is making its decisions

Posted by: mack J on July 4, 2008 2:50PM EST they should if they want to want to know what the fans are thinking. If the look at one comment saying trade for KG and Pierce they will laugh their ass off and point and say why do we even bother with these blogs. Its stupid... Thats what blogging is... talking about what could happen not about whats never going to happen. its stupid and annoying... this isnt a dreaming blog.... we want the front office to notice comments by fans.

Posted by: mack J on July 4, 2008 2:56PM EST I am just saying do some research before you make ridiculous comments like keep both joshes and and sign elton brand or trade away Mike Bibby.

Posted by: ps em on July 4, 2008 5:55PM EST I really think the hawks should keep josh smith because he's young and pretty much the star light of the hawks energy. And to watch him play some where else doin good would kill all hawks fans. so pay bra wat he deserve. Josh childress I really dont care if you sign him back or not either way I wouldnt be mad. But get rid of speedy,marvin,zaza, and go after some players dat can be useful like a good shooter and a good center.

Posted by: jake AKA nba wiz on July 4, 2008 6:14PM EST hey mack j...yeah im talkin yo you. you callin me a retard? cuz last time i checked KG is a bonafide superstar and if we had him, we'd be the best team. (teams with the best players are the best teams) and why not try to get a paul pierce?? or someone else like carmelo anthony...or steve nash? im so sick of all the hot heads on here who have no confidence in hawks management. i say trade away the joshes, theyd be a good fit in phoenix. and get steve nash. then trade mike bibby,future first round pick, marvin williams, for kevin garnett LINEUP: pg-steve nash sg-salim stoudamire sf-joe johnson pf-kevin garnett c-solomin jones badass lineup right there 3 all stars. easy championship. then i say sign either maggette or james posey. or both. think before you speak mack j, you would be a terrible gm because ur team would suck and mine would be dominate. peace out

Posted by: munk on July 4, 2008 8:29PM EST josh smith all the way!

Posted by: Anthony on July 4, 2008 11:53PM EST Elton Brand would be nice. He would finally be someone we could throw the ball into and trust he will make a good decision, but I don't think you guys realize he is only 6'8''. He's extremely undersized. The only peice I think the Hawks need to add is a back up center to come in the game off the bench. An athletic center that rebounds, block shots, and catches the occasional alley-oop. Best case scenerio would be re-signing Josh Smith and Josh Childress, while also signing a decent center with somewhat of a post game.

Posted by: Anonymous on July 5, 2008 12:10AM EST yo jake!! yeah u! r u f-in retarded???? do u know anythng about tha lil thng they have calld tha Salary Cap??? cuz if u did u mite understand that tha startin line up u listed would eat up ALL tha salary cap room tha Hawks would be allowed!!! so we'd be a f-in 5 man team u dumass!!!!!! and how tha hell would u expect them 2 sign maggette AND posey??? u moron..... what r u like 12 years old??

Posted by: Anonymous on July 5, 2008 12:13AM EST I think here iz what the hawks should do. First thing is that they shoudl sign boht chillz and smith. Second iz that they should trade speedy and zaza for a young rising center.someone who has been playing in the league for about atleast a year but doesnt get a lot of game time and has a lot of talent. i cant tink of any rite now... but anyone know a player like that...

Posted by: mack J on July 5, 2008 2:00AM EST Will someone plz tell this so called nba wiz to shut up. cause i give up on this guy. Seriously this getting out of control. I will some it up for you jake. Why would boston get rid of KG and especially Pierce? They just won boston a championship. Dream on Why would you put Joe Johnson at the 3 spot? Joe would slap Mike Woodson before he would even consider making him a small forward. Dream on Why would you replace Joe with Salim? Yes salim has talent. But have you seen how big Salim is??? Honestly there is more to the game then Xs and Os size makes a difference. Dream on How the hell would we get Nash? Pheonix doesnt want either of the joshes or anyone else on this team... yes we have a lot of talent on the team but we still had a loosing record. The suns want winners. Dream on On a final note I Have full confidence in the management. But when you say retarded things like pick up KG and Pierce and while you are at Nash... It just makes me laugh at your mental dissorder. Yes that line up is badass but be realistic. Please sympathize with me. I am tryin to help you understand that is reality not some f'd up lala land where hell is freezing cold. DREAM ON!!!!!

Posted by: hawks guru on July 5, 2008 3:33AM EST i think that we should resign j smoove and then trade marvin and speedy maybe to the heat for beasley. then we should trade zaza and a first round pick for yao ming. we will trade mike bibby to the bulls for derrick rose. DA LINEUP....... CHRIS PAUL JOE JOHNSON JOSH SMITH MICHAEL BEASLEY YAO MING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE WILL NEVER LOSE HAWKS GURU FOR GM!!!!!! I WOULD BE THE BEST!

Posted by: mack J on July 5, 2008 11:43AM EST One questions HOW MUCH WOULD WE HAVE TO SPARE FOR THESE CONTRACTS? Hornets are not just going to give away the best point guard in the league away... And Yao would be sick if he went to ATL. But he would have to worry about his injury situation.

Posted by: Anonymous on July 5, 2008 11:44AM EST u hawk guru ist the stupidest person i the whole those trades will never happen we dont have that much cap space

Posted by: AATIR on July 5, 2008 12:20PM EST what i think we hould do is sign both joshes then trade josh chilldress and marvin to mephis to get darko millichs and same cash.trade speedy for some more cash. then we migth have mony so we can get beindris and mote ellis and mabe cory megetty here the line up C BEINDRIS/DORKO/ZAZA PF HORFORD/ZAZA/SOLO SF JOSH SMITH/CORY MEGETTY/JEREMY R. SG JOE JOHNSON/MONTE ELLIS/SILIM PG MIKE BIBBY/ACI LAW THIS IS THE NEW TEAM I AM JUST SAYING I DONT CARE WHAT ANY OF U PEOPLE THINK I AM JUST SAYING

Posted by: Anonymous on July 5, 2008 1:29PM EST does anyone think the blazers would trade LaMarcus Aldridge for marvin, zaza and speedy???

Posted by: melman on July 5, 2008 3:13PM EST man some of you people are about damn stupid! Everyone keeps saying trade Marvin, but you have to realize the man is young. Last year would've been his first year in the NBA. I agree he is not a starter, but he will do well coming off the bench with J Chill. Why breakup a young talented team which made the playoffs last year that already has the chemistry so why start all over again. Basketball is just like playing spades you have to know how to read you partner. We need to make every effort to sign both of the Josh's. Letting Josh Smith get away is the same as when we let Domonique go to the Clippers. Some of you are just Fair weather fans. I am a true Hawks fans since I was six years old and now I am 26. Some of you a**holes don't know nothing about basketball. The only thing we need is a center he doesn't have to be great. We just need for him to get some rebounds, block shots, and have a decent postgame. In my opinion someone like Mutumbo or Ratliff would be a great fit. Please Hawks management keep our young team together and add a center and in a couple of years we are going to be in the finals. GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Ryan on July 5, 2008 4:24PM EST I agree with melman. We are gonna be on the finals after a few years. What team would be willing to trade speedy and zaza for a good center? Who would be a good trade for them?

Posted by: willie on July 5, 2008 4:40PM EST no team would trade 4 them bcuz theyre useless playerz. marvin iz a good 8th or 9th man at tha best. speedy iz washed up n way over paid (even if he iz gettn tha minimum) n zaza jus suckz

Posted by: CP on July 5, 2008 5:52PM EST First zaza doesnt suk he is a beast. second GET THE JOSHES BAK !!!! if we lose J-chill who is gonna try to dunk it everytime while he is next to the basket (usually he gets fouled) but sign them bak!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mike on July 5, 2008 6:34PM EST I cant believe some idiot said got get kwame brown for the Josh's. What!!!! keep both Josh's we have a good core, Keep Bibby and let him mold and teach Acie Law. We do need a center im thinking bring back Theo Ratliff. We dont really need offense cause everyone's average will go up next season with their growth but we really need defense and Theo is a "defensive beast". Lastly it would put Al in his right position on PF and then we will really see what he can do. By the 09-10 season he will be the Hawks leading scorer folowed by Josh Smith or Joe johnson.

Posted by: ed on July 5, 2008 7:41PM EST I cant believe some idiot said got get kwame brown for the Josh's. What!!!! keep both Josh's we have a good core, Keep Bibby and let him mold and teach Acie Law. We do need a center im thinking bring back Theo Ratliff. We dont really need offense cause everyone's average will go up next season with their growth but we really need defense and Theo is a "defensive beast". Lastly it would put Al in his right position on PF and then we will really see what he can do. By the 09-10 season he will be the Hawks leading scorer folowed by Josh Smith or Joe johnson.

Posted by: J-dude on July 5, 2008 8:50PM EST We must make a move now for Josh Smith. We can't just wait for the sixers to sign him. We must convince Josh that this enviroment is better than Philly for him.

Posted by: Dee-Nice on July 5, 2008 9:04PM EST Keep Josh Childress, Solomon, Richardson and Salim and the rookie from Georgia Tech. Of course keep Joe J. and Al H. Trade Zaza, Marvin and sign-trade Josh S.!!!! With these players I'm sure any G.M. can find another veteran shooting gaurd that can be a threat to light it up when Joe is off the floor, that will not mind coming off the bench. And find a more atheletic center that would love to join a young playoff team that will only get better and compete for many years to come! line-up: Al Horford (all-star) 2 be! Joe Johnson (all-star) Josh Childress (from 6th man to 5th man, earned it!) Mike Bibby (*Only 1/2 a season, Joe needs vet's) Atheletic Center (Block shots/rebound and run) Bench: Acie L./ improving Salim S./ needs more playtime J.Richardson/ needs more playtime Solomon J./ needs more playtime Ga Tech. rookie/ great defense-work w/Joe When they ran the ball during the year and during the playoffs, they could not be beat. Forget offensive post-up play. Just play tighter defense, pass more, run more and drive to the hole more, rather than spot-up shot's...except Joe, he and Salim should keep shooting it!!!!!!

Posted by: AATIR on July 5, 2008 9:54PM EST sign the joshes and the trade speedy for some cash then sign andris biendris MAYBE TRADE FOR BEN GORDON JUST SAYING C BEINDRIS/ZAZA PF HORFORD/MARVIN/SOLO SF J-SMOOTH/J-CILLZ/JERMEY RICHARDSON SG JOE JOHNSON/SILM STODIMIRE/MORIO WEST PG MIKE BIBBY/ACI LAW THERES YOUR TEAM. STILL YOUNG STILL ATHLETIC,GOT A BIG GUY THAT CAN SCORE GET REBOUNDS AND DEFEND FOR U

Posted by: mike neel on July 5, 2008 9:59PM EST the hawks need to get a scoring guard from europe. one that has proven his worth. ones like Delonta Holland or Jimmy Baxter. both guys are better then any d-league player they can bring in during the year!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mr. Jive on July 5, 2008 10:38PM EST I hope we can keep both Joshs & add some nice free agent pieces. I'd take Posey if it meant not signing Chill. And we need a big man (NOT Kwame Brown) Nevertheless, all this won't matter because we kept that sorry ass coach Woodson for 2 more years. He doesn't have a mind for the game, and he can't manage and develop talent. Example(s): Salim Stoudamire could be a starter or 6th man on any other team, but Woodson can't find a place in the lineup for him. Zaza averaged 11 ppg last season....he never gave consistent production from the bench (avg 4.5 ppg). Solomon has not shown an ounce of progress since we drafted him. Lets face it, if Boston had swept us, our season would have been deemed a failure & we would be in a better position because Woodson would be fired. The fact that we won 3 games in the playoffs should have sealed Woodson's fate. If I were the GM, I'd say, "How can a team with this much talent go 37-45? Why didn't you have these guys playing with that intensity & consistency in the regular season?....you're FIRED." We could have gotten Terry Porter, Avery Johnson, Mike D'Antoni etc.

Posted by: mack J on July 6, 2008 1:00AM EST A) The team wouldnt be playin if we exceed the salary cap... there are certain rules you need to follow. B) You are getting way to personal you act like a kid with downs when someone blogs about your ethics. C) Pheonix isn't going to give a away former NBA MVP especially one that is still in his prime. D)You cant have a 5 man team..... you wouldnt survive. I would like to see you play a whole NBA season without getting injured or being tired. E) These allstars that you want on the team aren't going to want to leave their team. Go for people that are free agents and have talent.

Posted by: chris on July 6, 2008 3:42AM EST I'm a philly guy!!! we are going to offer josh smith alot of money and he loves philly more than altlanta...he does not wanna be in a losing franchise at this point of his year when he comes to philly he iguodala and lou williams are going to be the story..So i suggest that you let smith go resign childress and posey and both franchises should be happy!!hawks fan hate on it!!

Posted by: sixers fan!! on July 6, 2008 4:02AM EST I really think we should let go of Josh Smith even with his talent! We are all going to miss him but with him we are not going no were....He couldn't play D on k.g so that helped us lose but by release him or letting him go we can have alot of money let go of bibby and johnson and pic up a strong player like dywane wade or james in the future ps. letting josh smith is for the hawks good hahaha

Posted by: ahmed on July 6, 2008 10:24AM EST keep your whole hawks team just sign free agents and after dat trade speedy claxton salim stoudamire salomone jones for someone like rondo j.r u kno some one kind of good and do not add any draft picks.

Posted by: Anonymous on July 6, 2008 11:09AM EST you chris is the stupidest person ever u know that atlanta is josh smith home town so shut up u wont be able to sgin andre igudala. so shutup

Posted by: hawks beat celtics! on July 6, 2008 11:45AM EST i want the hawks management to resign the joshes(keeping the team's core). also, it would be better if the team can get a decent center(a rebounder, a shot blocker, one who have some post play in him). if the team cannot resign one of the josh then the team can use the salary space for a perimeter shooter(one who can help joe-cool and mike). i hope the best for this team.

Posted by: Anonymous on July 6, 2008 12:43PM EST who cares about igoudala. 76ers are messed up!!!!! and josh smith iz a restricted free agent so the hawks are obviously going to resign him. So keep dreaming about getting any hawks players. If u guys want u can have speedy and zaza for Dalembert but forget about getting any o fthe joshs

Posted by: AntCam on July 6, 2008 3:22PM EST I think we should try and get PG. Crittdendon from Memphis. Then make a play for C. P. O'Bryant, who is sitting on the bench in Golden State. He is the 7' footer that lead Western Kentucky to the Elite 8 a couple years back. If we cant acquire him, then see about the availability of C. Jerome James, who had success under GM Sund in Seattle before going to NY and doing next to nothing. I think these are real possibilty and could truly happen.

Posted by: Anonymous on July 6, 2008 4:01PM EST what we need to do is sign back the joshes.then trade marivin and speedy for bradon wrigth and cash.then sign andris beindris and channig fry and get silim back and morio west heres your hawk team!!!!!!!! C / BEINDRIS / BRADON WRIGTH /ZAZA PF /HOEFORD / CHANNING FRY / SOLO SF /J-SMOOTH /J-CHILLZ /JERMY RICHARSON SG /JOE JOHNSON / SILIM /MRIO WEST PG /MIKE BIBBY /ACI LAW STILL YOUNG ATHLETIC GOT THE BIG GUYS

Posted by: Jack on July 6, 2008 5:29PM EST Im a 76ers fan, I want both of the Joshes to go to Philadelphia (Smith and Childress). Smith has said he would like to play for us because of our young talent. Hopefully, next season there will be a Josh on the 76ers. JOSH SMITH IS AWESOME!!!

Posted by: mack J on July 6, 2008 6:10PM EST JOSH SMITH IS AWSOME... To bad you guys didnt care about him at all this season. These Philly fans are the same as the celtics fans. You guys only got excited because he said he wanted to play for you guys. He wants to be the star of the team. If you guys sign Igi back Smith would want to sign with the hawks. Good luck with his allstar performance next year when he is sharing the spot light with Igi. Philly Chumps... Psh Waste of time

Posted by: Anonymous on July 6, 2008 7:06PM EST sign the joshes know or it will be to late

Posted by: ace on July 6, 2008 7:26PM EST keep em both! if you let them go and keep speedy I'm going back to being a falcons fan! How many games has speedy played in? A hand full! also I don't even think it will be a question when this time comes around for Marvin Williams.....Bye bye. Keep Bibby no question, It's going to be nice having him for a full year. He better show up this season I know that much. We need a center and then move Al to the 4 spot.

Posted by: The Number One Fan on July 6, 2008 8:32PM EST I think the HAWK'S need to keep Joe,Smith,Bibby,HartFord,Salamon Jones,Law,west. The rest of the team they can let go and i think that we could make a move at a big time CENTER BABBY!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Atlplayer on July 6, 2008 9:11PM EST Lmao you call yourself the #1 fan and you cant even spell the guys name right... Its Horford not Hartford, its Solomon not Salamon dummy. ANyway they should keep both of the Joshes because those were the 2 that Improved the most this season. Marvin is not all that bad of a player he just needs to build up more body strength and play some better defense. I say dont trade anyone but speedy to get a center. Now if you have to trade Marvin for a center then do it if not let him come off the bench. Dont really care what you do with Zaza he can stay in my book. All of you sixers fans in this blog get out before i shove a cheese steak up yalls ass!

Posted by: THE NUMBER ONE FAN on July 6, 2008 10:12PM EST Speedy can't be traded this year if you no what you are talking about he still have one more year on his contract plus he down in the dump no team well give you 20 dollars for speedy

Posted by: Anonymous on July 6, 2008 10:12PM EST the hawks will b good with elton brand chick dis lineup out mike bibby joe johnson josh smith al horford elton brand now tell dis not no dynasty team

Posted by: Anonymous on July 6, 2008 10:18PM EST That's a great line up with Brand in the middle we will dust the floor off with BOSTN

Posted by: mike stack on July 6, 2008 10:52PM EST people if you knew anything you would know that the hawks need more scoring. ok the have Joe, and AL, Josh when it fits and a little bibby. if you peoiple look at the real problem, they need a bench. all they need to do is open their eyes to one or two american guards that played in europe and one big american big that played in europe. you don't need to try and add player that cost millions or players that come from the d-league, they get sent back anyway. people, get real.

Posted by: Mack J on July 6, 2008 10:56PM EST To bad brand is staying in L.A. now that Baron is going there. That would have been sick though. Great Line-Up What about Kurt Thomas, Andris Biedrins, Emeka Okafor. For another post player. Brand is gone.

Posted by: hawk fan on July 7, 2008 12:09AM EST lol, atlplayer u took the words right out of my mouth, oh these comments are so funny, why would j-smoove go to philly to play for a young, talented team when he is already playing for one, we already had theo ratliff and to bring back mutombo in the atl will not even make sense, by the time we get him, he'll be thinking about retirement and winning a ring not just making the playoffs, and how u can a 5 man team? how if one player gets ejected or fouled out, what do u do? forfeit the game? lol, thats worst than being blownout by 34 pts, kg or pierce will laugh if they saw that someone actually thinks they will leave boston for the hawks, i mean after our altercations with them in the first round with horford vs pierce, joe vs sam cassell, zaza vs kg, marvin and j-smoove vs rondo, i dont see that happening, boston fans will think they are traitors, finally, since its july 7 we'll see what happens in a couple of days, hope the anticipation works out for us, until then be grateful for what u got before its gone, and that goes for both hawks and sixers fans

Posted by: go_hawks on July 7, 2008 1:22AM EST there's no way we can bring brand into atlanta. we already have a crisis on how are we going to re-sign both joshes and here u are talking about brand joining our team. we don't have enough cap space. unless we go for a sign and trade but we don't have much players to offer to catch the interest of other teams unless we include some of our core players and that will be a stupid decision. our top priority is to resign both joshes then focus more on how we're going to strenghen our bench. there are lots of players our there who can be a solid bench player who's not asking for much money. all we need to do is to make the right decision and give them enough playing time in order for them to improve and increase their confidence.

Posted by: hawks fan7 on July 7, 2008 1:42AM EST i think the best possible big man that we can land is okafor...he's got all we need for a center. a defensive and rebounding big man who can also score and run. he's not much of post player but rather a banger. i believe that he fits well with our system. we don't really need him to score points for us coz we already have a post player in horford. i've always thought that we bring brand or o'neal in our team but there's no way in hell that it will happen. we should just stick with okafor and hope that we can sign him. we should also get rid of claxton that scab is earning 6M per season. we need to use his contract to get a better bench players. if only we could trade a coach...he sucks.

Posted by: Anonymous on July 7, 2008 11:37AM EST we need to sign josh smith back and josh childress.then release speedy trade zaza for cash.then sign jr smith or monte ellis. sign andris beindris and channing fry heres your team C BEINDRIS/SOLO PF HORFORD/CHANNING FRY/MARVIN SF JOSH SMITH/MARVIN/JEREMY RICHARDSON SG JOE JOHNSON/JR SMITH OR MONTE ELLIS PG MIKE BIBBY/ACI LAW/SILIM STORDIMIER HOW ABOUT THAT

Posted by: Damario Leathers on July 7, 2008 1:53PM EST I think that singing our Joshes should be the top proprity for the club right now.They were a vital part of our success this year and if we're able to keep them and bring in at least two or three more players then look for my Hawks to replace Boston as the eastern conference representatives in the Finals next year.It's obvious that Smith has the ability to dominate defensively, I mean look at what he's done throughout the season and to Garnett in the playoffs.His offensense is going to come so letting him go will be terrible for the Hawks since they let Stacey Augmon get away. Childress is more offensive minded and that energy that he brings to our team is enough to lift our spirits even if we're down 20.He's nonstop effort on the court and we need that sparkplug if we're going to make our stronger playoff run next year.If we're able to get at least two more big men (Brand and someone) and another swingman then the glory days of the Hawks will return sooner than we think. Let's take care of business at home first and then we'll go bring in the other family members we need real soon!

Posted by: TYLER on July 7, 2008 2:09PM EST EVERYONE SAYING GET OKAFOR AND BRAND. THATS NONSENSE. WE HAVE THE TEAM TO MAKE IT IN THE PLAYOFFS. WE TOKE BOSTON TO GAME SEVEN. WE NEED TO RESIGN THE TEAM WE HAVE. WITH SPEEDY MAKING THE MONEY HE IS TO JUST RIDE THE BENCH I WOULD GET RID OF HIM. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS KEEP THE JOSH'S AND TRY TO SIGN K BROWN TO PLAY CENTER. YEA HES A BUST BUT WHEN HE STARTED WITH THE LAKERS A FEW GAMES THIS SEASON HE AVG ABOUT6 REBOUNDS A GAME WHEN STARTING. TRADING ZAZA WOULD BE STUPID. WHAT THE HAWKS NEED IS A PLAYER WHO WANTS TO PLAY FOR THIS TEAM AND HE DOES. HE ABOUT THREW DOWN WITH KG. I DIDNT SEE BRAND, OKAFOR OR ANY OTHER BIG MAN STAND FOR HIS TEAM THIS YEAR LIKE HE DID. MY LINE UP........... MIKE BIBBY/SALIEM STAUDIMIRE...... JOE JOHNSON/JOSH CHILDRESS......... JOSH SMITH/JOSH CHILDRESS....... AL HORFORD/ SOLOMAN JONES...... KWAME BROWN/ZAZA....

Posted by: Anonymous on July 7, 2008 2:36PM EST I read a lot of comments on Marvin Williams and to be honest about it Marvin just haven't been able to get it done. Personnally I have nothing against him but he is not the player the hawks need resigning Josh Smith and Josh Childress is a most but after that the organization need to look at Marvin,Speedy and ZaZa and ask themselves will these guys get it done for us this year and then think about all the times this past year after a game the look Joe and Josh had on their face when the two of them gave it their all. I truly believe Management will do the right thing. Good luck this year Hawks and may God Bless

Posted by: someone on July 7, 2008 4:05PM EST AGAIN!!SIGN J-SMITH AND CHILDRESS... SOME OF YOU FORGOT HOW SMITH MADE RONDO'S LIFE A LIVING HELL DURING THE PLAYOFFS..RONDO COULDNT FINISH A LAYUP W/O SMITH IN HIS FACE..AND LOOK AT HOW THE LAKERS FARE WITH NO DEFENDER OF SMITHS CALIBER??????RONDO JUST BURNED EM' EASILY AND KEPT MAKING PLAYS IN THE PAINT....THE CELTS COULDNT DO IT TO EITHER THE PISTONS OR CLEVLAND BECAUSE THEY HAD PRINCE AND LEBRON CHASING THEM DOWN... THATS WHY WE NEED SMITH AND CHILLDRESS BADLY....PERSONALLY, I THINK SMITH IS THE BEST THING THATS HAPPEND TO THE HAWKS SINCE D-WILK AND SPUD WEBB....I'M NOT SAYING HE IS AT THEIR LEVEL,,SOON HE WILL, BUT HE BRINGS THE SAME INTENSITY THEY DID..NOW WE HAVE LAW AN HORFORD W/ CHILDRESS AND JJ...WE SHOULD BUILT AROUND DAT....JST BRING IN A LEGIT CENTER (LIKE ALDRIDGE OR BIEDRINS) AND ADD MORE DEPTH TO THE BENCH...EVEN IF IT MEANS TRADING AWAY MARVIN AND SPEEDY..I AGREE WITH "anonymous"..I BELIEVE MANAGEMENT WILL DO THE RIGHT THING..

Posted by: shawn on July 7, 2008 4:14PM EST Kwame brown is fat

Posted by: Kwame Brown on July 7, 2008 4:38PM EST He's Right I'm Really Fat

Posted by: Antonio on July 7, 2008 7:09PM EST May be Kwame can produce with the likes of Big All-star Al Horford,He's physical,but need to stay with Kwame game,He's decent at best!!!Everybody said Athelitic big!What shooter we going to sign,prehaps a 3 point specialist!!!!!HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!Good luck Atlanta Hawks,and work together as One!!!!!!!!

Posted by: hawkfan on July 7, 2008 8:43PM EST yeahhh go atlanta dream!!! i knew they would win on saturday, now i have a dream that one day the atlanta ownership team can reconcile and join together in one, and that the hawks will go for a winning season this year for the first time in a decade, and appear on national tv throughout the regular season, and have a bigger fan base letting others see how underrated our players are, i think not having a rookie this time around is the best thing for us, because it lets us not waste time on teaching a player the nba level game but more time on improving everyone else which is why in years past we have seem inconsistent at times, also with this playoff experience, the guys no what they are up against and they will feel hungrier in the season to win more games so we can get home court advantage in the playoffs, which to me helped the celtics win the championship this year, go hawks!

Posted by: dwade on July 7, 2008 9:58PM EST da only thing is missing from da puzzle is a center

Posted by: John on July 7, 2008 10:28PM EST Hawk Hunter.....lmao yea right. Dude....you do realize that you just admitted to atleast two hundred people on this blog that you have mulitple STD's.....right? Real smooth.....

Posted by: John on July 7, 2008 10:36PM EST I agree with most of you that say we should package marvin, speedy, and zaza for a decent BIG (7'O) man. I also agree that we need to move Horford to his natural position as PF. I DON'T AGREE that we should let J. Smith go, though. He's our best defender!! WE should start Solo in Marvin's place. That's my idea, but I leave it to our GM Mr. Sund to make the right calls.

Posted by: Sund's New Assistant on July 7, 2008 11:13PM EST We don't have enough money to sign Elton Brand and Josh Smith. Don't kid yourself. Even if we don't sign Childress. Maybe we could swap signing Smith for Brand, but that's it. Try to keep Smith and use common sense to realize that we could only get a mid-level center. Some of you people are saying that we should go sign this guy and that guy... one person's line-up even had us getting Okafor, OJ Mayo, Conley, Ellis, Diop, Brook Lopez, Brandan Rush, and Chris D Roberts (whoever that is) in THE SAME OFF-SEASON?! SERIOUSLY even the Lakers, Celtics, etc. couldn't pull that off. And the only big assets we could give up are JJ and Horford, which we wouldn't do. IDK if Solomon Jones is as good as some of you are hoping he would be... The only off-season moves I think we should make: 1. Try like heck to get rid of Marvin. He isn't getting any better... 2. Get Speedy to retire. Think up some severance package or something. He is sucking away all our money. He ain't getting no better (injury-wise) neither... Thanks Billy for your lasting legacy. 3. Sign Josh Smith (definately) and Josh Childress (maybe). Childress is expendable if it means you can throw some extra cash to Smith. 4. Bring in our prospect from Australia. Add depth to the center position.

Posted by: hawkfan on July 7, 2008 11:57PM EST well, sund's new assistant, u can pretty much scratch off #2 and #4 from ur list cuz anderson already declared he will play for spain next season and speedy is going to play in the summer league in salt lake city so he wont be retiring yet

Posted by: Hawks #1 on July 8, 2008 1:30AM EST What the Hawks need to do is sign Josh Smith and Josh Chilldress, get J.R Smith from Denver, and a good center like Emeka Okafor.

Posted by: kyle on July 8, 2008 2:59PM EST i think that j.r smith has to big of ego for the hawks and if we want to make it to the playoffs just move josh childress to small foward when we sign him back and get elton brand thats wat we need a good center that way al horford doesnt have to play out of position and marvin williams could also play small foward again

Posted by: GA.BOY72 on July 8, 2008 5:18PM EST Before we over pay #5 look back at Game7 the kid was lost!! There should not be a BIG difference in Smooves pay compared to Chills. Basketball IQ has to count for something. Louis Williams would be great off the bench.

Posted by: ultimate and dedicated hawks fan on July 8, 2008 6:40PM EST I believe all the hating sorry a** sixers fans need to keep off this HAWKS blog and find something better to do with their time. Anyway, everyone should stay and I understand that speedy seems worthless but i have to admit that after watching him a few years ago he is an ok player if he can just get well. Please dont seperate our hawks. if you do it will be the worst thing ever.

Posted by: ultimate and dedicated hawks fan on July 8, 2008 6:44PM EST And if josh accepts what the sixers throw at him then it will show his true selfish colors. Him and mike woodson need to suck it up because this is bigger than both of them. I would love for josh smith to stay but if he prefers to leave where he basically is the spotlight to where he is second best then so be it. Although i would hate watching the hawks play against him.

Posted by: Ultimate and dedicated hawks fan on July 8, 2008 7:16PM EST First of all i think these non hawks fans need to get out of this blog. Im talking to these sixers fans. Dont get glad cause your team had its first good season. It wont last. Anyway, I believe our team should stay together. Josh smith is very important to the ATL fans. I he leaves he would seem selfish and it would show his true intentions. Also, here he has the spotlight on him already. There he would be second best if, as the sixers say, their precious Iguodala is not being signed elsewhere. The front office will be smart and try to match offers but if josh doesnt accept any then let him go and about three seasons later he will wish he didnt make the deal anyway.

Posted by: Sund's New Assistant on July 8, 2008 7:33PM EST Unfortunately, hawkfan is right. Speedy reported to the summer camp. Everyone must agree that that has been a complete disaster. Even if he was at full speed, he wouldn't be worth what we're paying him. Elton Brand is more likely to sign with the 76ers than Josh Smith is. Brand is (unfortunately) a little better than Smith and would be more enticing. Didn't know that Anderson from Australia had committed elsewhere. It seems odd that he can declare he will play somewhere else when we own his signing rights. I would love it if we could get Monta Ellis.

Posted by: Atlplayer on July 8, 2008 10:31PM EST Oh my god! this is great! I just read on espn.com that elton brand as agreed to sign with the 76ers which means they aint going to get Josh smith! That means J smoove is staying with the HAWKS!Oh wait... we still have to worry about the Golden State Warriors...

Posted by: Sund's New Assistant on July 8, 2008 10:55PM EST Brand to 76ers. Wait... check 2 posts up. That's exactly what I said three hours ago. Brilliant. I guess the Warriors could make a move, but they just spent a bunch of money to keep Arenas and Jamison. I'm surprised their even being talked about for the Hawks since I figure they would be low on the dinero...

Posted by: Sund's New Assistant on July 8, 2008 11:03PM EST Oops... got the Warriors and Wizards confused. Sorry!

Posted by: hawkfan on July 8, 2008 11:18PM EST well the warriors just got magette, wat does this leave for the haws?

Posted by: Atlplayer on July 8, 2008 11:29PM EST Well if the Warrior take maggete maybe the clippers could for Smoove? I doubt it though

Posted by: Atlplayer on July 8, 2008 11:35PM EST Wait i was wrong... They will offer Smith an ofer sheet... OH NO! THIS ISNT GOOD! DAMN now we gonna get some annoying ass Clipper fans in this blog!

Posted by: Anonymous on July 8, 2008 11:37PM EST josh smith is coming back but i still would like atlant ato mack a move for monte ellis beindris and jr smith or ben gordan or luol deng sign chilldres back to

Posted by: Warren on July 8, 2008 11:44PM EST Atlplayer i doubt the Clips r gonna do anythng in regards to Smith. You need to worry about the Warriors. even with maggette they can still offer a cool 11-12 million

Posted by: hawkfan on July 9, 2008 12:13AM EST this whole free agency thing is like a drama or soap opera, brand leaves the clippers to sixers for more money after saying that he will stay with the clippers, baron davis leaves warriors for the clippers to play with brand then gets rejected, josh smith goes to philly and is impressed by their courtship to him only to be dropped only hours before signing free agents starts, maggette goes to the warriors, now the warriors and clippers now have more money, and the hawks dodge a bullet without lifting a finger, sixers fans now thinking that they are the second best team in the east and that they should go back to red, white, and blue uniforms; if i was josh smith i wouldnt go to the west especially to the clippers or warriors because the west is still tough and his market will go down, all this just crazy and its only beginning

Posted by: Atlplayer on July 9, 2008 12:48AM EST If this is a soap operah i hope it ends with a good thing for the hawks

Posted by: ultimate and dedicated fan on July 9, 2008 6:45AM EST this free agency "soap opera" (atlplayer)has me all on my toes and stuff. Could not wait to see what happened. I'm still skeptic about Josh but I still believe if he is a true atlantian(not a word i know) then he will stay.

Posted by: Warren on July 9, 2008 12:18PM EST LMAO hawkfan hit it rite on the nose with that 1 lol. ima sixers fan from the ATL and ill tell you that im shocked at what going on. im on espn's website every hour lol. i hope Smith stays in the ATL too. he's a great player and at 22, he'll only get better

Posted by: hahahahahahahahahah!!!!! on July 9, 2008 12:42PM EST Here's a REAL Line-Up B*TCHEZ PG- Allen Iverson '01 verson (improving) SG- Michael Jordan '96 version (he's aight) SF- Brett Favre (I heard he's makin a comeback) PF- Me (Cuz I'm The Sh*t!) C- Kwame Brown (MVP) Let that one marinate for a lil bit

Posted by: Warren on July 9, 2008 1:24PM EST Posted by: hahahahahahahahahah!!!!! on July 9, 2008 12:42PM EST Here's a REAL Line-Up B*TCHEZ PG- Allen Iverson '01 verson (improving) SG- Michael Jordan '96 version (he's aight) SF- Brett Favre (I heard he's makin a comeback) PF- Me (Cuz I'm The Sh*t!) C- Kwame Brown (MVP) Let that one marinate for a lil bit LMFABO!!!!!! the funniest thing ive ever read lol!!!!!!! kwame brown MVP lol!!! i cant be laughing like this i just got a tooth pulled....

Posted by: Anonymous on July 9, 2008 3:57PM EST this whole free agency thing is like a drama or soap opera, brand leaves the clippers to sixers for more money after saying that he will stay with the clippers, baron davis leaves warriors for the clippers to play with brand then gets rejected, josh smith goes to philly and is impressed by their courtship to him only to be dropped only hours before signing free agents starts, maggette goes to the warriors, now the warriors and clippers now have more money, and the hawks dodge a bullet without lifting a finger, sixers fans now thinking that they are the second best team in the east and that they should go back to red, white, and blue uniforms; if i was josh smith i wouldnt go to the west especially to the clippers or warriors because the west is still tough and his market will go down, all this just crazy and its only beginning Posted by: Atlplayer on July 9, 2008 12:48AM EST If this is a soap operah i hope it ends with a good thing for the hawks Posted by: ultimate and dedicated fan on July 9, 2008 6:45AM EST this free agency "soap opera" (atlplayer)has me all on my toes and stuff. Could not wait to see what happened. I'm still skeptic about Josh but I still believe if he is a true atlantian(not a word i know) then he will stay. Posted by: Warren on July 9, 2008 12:18PM EST LMAO hawkfan hit it rite on the nose with that 1 lol. ima sixers fan from the ATL and ill tell you that im shocked at what going on. im on espn's website every hour lol. i hope Smith stays in the ATL too. he's a great player and at 22, he'll only get better Posted by: hahahahahahahahahah!!!!! on July 9, 2008 12:42PM EST Here's a REAL Line-Up B*TCHEZ PG- Allen Iverson '01 verson (improving) SG- Michael Jordan '96 version (he's aight) SF- Brett Favre (I heard he's makin a comeback) PF- Me (Cuz I'm The Sh*t!) C- Kwame Brown (MVP)

Posted by: Anonymous on July 9, 2008 4:02PM EST I hope we can keep both Joshs & add some nice free agent pieces. I'd take Posey if it meant not signing Chill. And we need a big man (NOT Kwame Brown) Nevertheless, all this won't matter because we kept that sorry ass coach Woodson for 2 more years. He doesn't have a mind for the game, and he can't manage and develop talent. Example(s): Salim Stoudamire could be a starter or 6th man on any other team, but Woodson can't find a place in the lineup for him. Zaza averaged 11 ppg last season....he never gave consistent production from the bench (avg 4.5 ppg). Solomon has not shown an ounce of progress since we drafted him. Lets face it, if Boston had swept us, our season would have been deemed a failure & we would be in a better position because Woodson would be fired. The fact that we won 3 games in the playoffs should have sealed Woodson's fate. If I were the GM, I'd say, "How can a team with this much talent go 37-45? Why didn't you have these guys playing with that intensity & consistency in the regular season?....you're FIRED." We could have gotten Terry Porter, Avery Johnson, Mike D'Antoni etc. Posted by: mack J on July 6, 2008 1:00AM EST A) The team wouldnt be playin if we exceed the salary cap... there are certain rules you need to follow. B) You are getting way to personal you act like a kid with downs when someone blogs about your ethics. C) Pheonix isn't going to give a away former NBA MVP especially one that is still in his prime. D)You cant have a 5 man team..... you wouldnt survive. I would like to see you play a whole NBA season without getting injured or being tired. E) These allstars that you want on the team aren't going to want to leave their team. Go for people that are free agents and have talent. Posted by: chris on July 6, 2008 3:42AM EST I'm a philly guy!!! we are going to offer josh smith alot of money and he loves philly more than altlanta...he does not wanna be in a losing franchise at this point of his year when he comes to philly he iguodala and lou williams are going to be the story..So i suggest that you let smith go resign childress and posey and both franchises should be happy!!hawks fan hate on it!! Posted by: sixers fan!! on July 6, 2008 4:02AM EST I really think we should let go of Josh Smith even with his talent! We are all going to miss him but with him we are not going no were....He couldn't play D on k.g so that helped us lose but by release him or letting him go we can have alot of money let go of bibby and johnson and pic up a strong player like dywane wade or james in the future ps. letting josh smith is for the hawks good hahaha Posted by: ahmed on July 6, 2008 10:24AM EST keep your whole hawks team just sign free agents and after dat trade speedy claxton salim stoudamire salomone jones for someone like rondo j.r u kno some one kind of good and do not add any draft picks. Posted by: Anonymous on July 6, 2008 11:09AM EST you chris is the stupidest person ever u know that atlanta is josh smith home town so shut up u wont be able to sgin andre igudala. so shutup Posted by: hawks beat celtics! on July 6, 2008 11:45AM EST i want the hawks management to resign the joshes(keeping the team's core). also, it would be better if the team can get a decent center(a rebounder, a shot blocker, one who have some post play in him). if the team cannot resign one of the josh then the team can use the salary space for a perimeter shooter(one who can help joe-cool and mike). i hope the best for this team. Posted by: Anonymous on July 6, 2008 12:43PM EST who cares about igoudala. 76ers are messed up!!!!! and josh smith iz a restricted free agent so the hawks are obviously going to resign him. So keep dreaming about getting any hawks players. If u guys want u can have speedy and zaza for Dalembert but forget about getting any o fthe joshs Posted by: AntCam on July 6, 2008 3:22PM EST I think we should try and get PG. Crittdendon from Memphis. Then make a play for C. P. O'Bryant, who is sitting on the bench in Golden State. He is the 7' footer that lead Western Kentucky to the Elite 8 a couple years back. If we cant acquire him, then see about the availability of C. Jerome James, who had success under GM Sund in Seattle before going to NY and doing next to nothing. I think these are real possibilty and could truly happen. Posted by: Anonymous on July 6, 2008 4:01PM EST what we need to do is sign back the joshes.then trade marivin and speedy for bradon wrigth and cash.then sign andris beindris and channig fry and get silim back and morio west heres your hawk team!!!!!!!! C / BEINDRIS / BRADON WRIGTH /ZAZA PF /HOEFORD / CHANNING FRY / SOLO SF /J-SMOOTH /J-CHILLZ /JERMY RICHARSON SG /JOE JOHNSON / SILIM /MRIO WEST PG /MIKE BIBBY /ACI LAW STILL YOUNG ATHLETIC GOT THE BIG GUYS Posted by: Jack on July 6, 2008 5:29PM EST Im a 76ers fan, I want both of the Joshes to go to Philadelphia (Smith and Childress). Smith has said he would like to play for us because of our young talent. Hopefully, next season there will be a Josh on the 76ers. JOSH SMITH IS AWESOME!!! Posted by: mack J on July 6, 2008 6:10PM EST JOSH SMITH IS AWSOME... To bad you guys didnt care about him at all this season. These Philly fans are the same as the celtics fans. You guys only got excited because he said he wanted to play for you guys. He wants to be the star of the team. If you guys sign Igi back Smith would want to sign with the hawks. Good luck with his allstar performance next year when he is sharing the spot light with Igi. Philly Chumps... Psh Waste of time Posted by: Anonymous on July 6, 2008 7:06PM EST sign the joshes know or it will be to late Posted by: ace on July 6, 2008 7:26PM EST keep em both! if you let them go and keep speedy I'm going back to being a falcons fan! How many games has speedy played in? A hand full! also I don't even think it will be a question when this time comes around for Marvin Williams.....Bye bye. Keep Bibby no question, It's going to be nice having him for a full year. He better show up this season I know that much. We need a center and then move Al to the 4 spot. Posted by: The Number One Fan on July 6, 2008 8:32PM EST I think the HAWK'S need to keep Joe,Smith,Bibby,HartFord,Salamon Jones,Law,west. The rest of the team they can let go and i think that we could make a move at a big time CENTER BABBY!!!!!!!!! Posted by: Atlplayer on July 6, 2008 9:11PM EST Lmao you call yourself the #1 fan and you cant even spell the guys name right... Its Horford not Hartford, its Solomon not Salamon dummy. ANyway they should keep both of the Joshes because those were the 2 that Improved the most this season. Marvin is not all that bad of a player he just needs to build up more body strength and play some better defense. I say dont trade anyone but speedy to get a center. Now if you have to trade Marvin for a center then do it if not let him come off the bench. Dont really care what you do with Zaza he can stay in my book. All of you sixers fans in this blog get out before i shove a cheese steak up yalls ass! Posted by: THE NUMBER ONE FAN on July 6, 2008 10:12PM EST Speedy can't be traded this year if you no what you are talking about he still have one more year on his contract plus he down in the dump no team well give you 20 dollars for speedy Posted by: Anonymous on July 6, 2008 10:12PM EST the hawks will b good with elton brand chick dis lineup out mike bibby joe johnson josh smith al horford elton brand now tell dis not no dynasty team Posted by: Anonymous on July 6, 2008 10:18PM EST That's a great line up with Brand in the middle we will dust the floor off with BOSTN Posted by: mike stack on July 6, 2008 10:52PM EST people if you knew anything you would know that the hawks need more scoring. ok the have Joe, and AL, Josh when it fits and a little bibby. if you peoiple look at the real problem, they need a bench. all they need to do is open their eyes to one or two american guards that played in europe and one big american big that played in europe. you don't need to try and add player that cost millions or players that come from the d-league, they get sent back anyway. people, get real. Posted by: Mack J on July 6, 2008 10:56PM EST To bad brand is staying in L.A. now that Baron is going there. That would have been sick though. Great Line-Up What about Kurt Thomas, Andris Biedrins, Emeka Okafor. For another post player. Brand is gone. Posted by: hawk fan on July 7, 2008 12:09AM EST lol, atlplayer u took the words right out of my mouth, oh these comments are so funny, why would j-smoove go to philly to play for a young, talented team when he is already playing for one, we already had theo ratliff and to bring back mutombo in the atl will not even make sense, by the time we get him, he'll be thinking about retirement and winning a ring not just making the playoffs, and how u can a 5 man team? how if one player gets ejected or fouled out, what do u do? forfeit the game? lol, thats worst than being blownout by 34 pts, kg or pierce will laugh if they saw that someone actually thinks they will leave boston for the hawks, i mean after our altercations with them in the first round with horford vs pierce, joe vs sam cassell, zaza vs kg, marvin and j-smoove vs rondo, i dont see that happening, boston fans will think they are traitors, finally, since its july 7 we'll see what happens in a couple of days, hope the anticipation works out for us, until then be grateful for what u got before its gone, and that goes for both hawks and sixers fans Posted by: go_hawks on July 7, 2008 1:22AM EST there's no way we can bring brand into atlanta. we already have a crisis on how are we going to re-sign both joshes and here u are talking about brand joining our team. we don't have enough cap space. unless we go for a sign and trade but we don't have much players to offer to catch the interest of other teams unless we include some of our core players and that will be a stupid decision. our top priority is to resign both joshes then focus more on how we're going to strenghen our bench. there are lots of players our there who can be a solid bench player who's not asking for much money. all we need to do is to make the right decision and give them enough playing time in order for them to improve and increase their confidence. Posted by: hawks fan7 on July 7, 2008 1:42AM EST i think the best possible big man that we can land is okafor...he's got all we need for a center. a defensive and rebounding big man who can also score and run. he's not much of post player but rather a banger. i believe that he fits well with our system. we don't really need him to score points for us coz we already have a post player in horford. i've always thought that we bring brand or o'neal in our team but there's no way in hell that it will happen. we should just stick with okafor and hope that we can sign him. we should also get rid of claxton that scab is earning 6M per season. we need to use his contract to get a better bench players. if only we could trade a coach...he sucks. Posted by: Anonymous on July 7, 2008 11:37AM EST we need to sign josh smith back and josh childress.then release speedy trade zaza for cash.then sign jr smith or monte ellis. sign andris beindris and channing fry heres your team C BEINDRIS/SOLO PF HORFORD/CHANNING FRY/MARVIN SF JOSH SMITH/MARVIN/JEREMY RICHARDSON SG JOE JOHNSON/JR SMITH OR MONTE ELLIS PG MIKE BIBBY/ACI LAW/SILIM STORDIMIER HOW ABOUT THAT Posted by: Damario Leathers on July 7, 2008 1:53PM EST I think that singing our Joshes should be the top proprity for the club right now.They were a vital part of our success this year and if we're able to keep them and bring in at least two or three more players then look for my Hawks to replace Boston as the eastern conference representatives in the Finals next year.It's obvious that Smith has the ability to dominate defensively, I mean look at what he's done throughout the season and to Garnett in the playoffs.His offensense is going to come so letting him go will be terrible for the Hawks since they let Stacey Augmon get away. Childress is more offensive minded and that energy that he brings to our team is enough to lift our spirits even if we're down 20.He's nonstop effort on the court and we need that sparkplug if we're going to make our stronger playoff run next year.If we're able to get at least two more big men (Brand and someone) and another swingman then the glory days of the Hawks will return sooner than we think. Let's take care of business at home first and then we'll go bring in the other family members we need real soon! Posted by: TYLER on July 7, 2008 2:09PM EST EVERYONE SAYING GET OKAFOR AND BRAND. THATS NONSENSE. WE HAVE THE TEAM TO MAKE IT IN THE PLAYOFFS. WE TOKE BOSTON TO GAME SEVEN. WE NEED TO RESIGN THE TEAM WE HAVE. WITH SPEEDY MAKING THE MONEY HE IS TO JUST RIDE THE BENCH I WOULD GET RID OF HIM. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS KEEP THE JOSH'S AND TRY TO SIGN K BROWN TO PLAY CENTER. YEA HES A BUST BUT WHEN HE STARTED WITH THE LAKERS A FEW GAMES THIS SEASON HE AVG ABOUT6 REBOUNDS A GAME WHEN STARTING. TRADING ZAZA WOULD BE STUPID. WHAT THE HAWKS NEED IS A PLAYER WHO WANTS TO PLAY FOR THIS TEAM AND HE DOES. HE ABOUT THREW DOWN WITH KG. I DIDNT SEE BRAND, OKAFOR OR ANY OTHER BIG MAN STAND FOR HIS TEAM THIS YEAR LIKE HE DID. MY LINE UP........... MIKE BIBBY/SALIEM STAUDIMIRE...... JOE JOHNSON/JOSH CHILDRESS......... JOSH SMITH/JOSH CHILDRESS....... AL HORFORD/ SOLOMAN JONES...... KWAME BROWN/ZAZA.... Posted by: Anonymous on July 7, 2008 2:36PM EST I read a lot of comments on Marvin Williams and to be honest about it Marvin just haven't been able to get it done. Personnally I have nothing against him but he is not the player the hawks need resigning Josh Smith and Josh Childress is a most but after that the organization need to look at Marvin,Speedy and ZaZa and ask themselves will these guys get it done for us this year and then think about all the times this past year after a game the look Joe and Josh had on their face when the two of them gave it their all. I truly believe Management will do the right thing. Good luck this year Hawks and may God Bless Posted by: someone on July 7, 2008 4:05PM EST AGAIN!!SIGN J-SMITH AND CHILDRESS... SOME OF YOU FORGOT HOW SMITH MADE RONDO'S LIFE A LIVING HELL DURING THE PLAYOFFS..RONDO COULDNT FINISH A LAYUP W/O SMITH IN HIS FACE..AND LOOK AT HOW THE LAKERS FARE WITH NO DEFENDER OF SMITHS CALIBER??????RONDO JUST BURNED EM' EASILY AND KEPT MAKING PLAYS IN THE PAINT....THE CELTS COULDNT DO IT TO EITHER THE PISTONS OR CLEVLAND BECAUSE THEY HAD PRINCE AND LEBRON CHASING THEM DOWN... THATS WHY WE NEED SMITH AND CHILLDRESS BADLY....PERSONALLY, I THINK SMITH IS THE BEST THING THATS HAPPEND TO THE HAWKS SINCE D-WILK AND SPUD WEBB....I'M NOT SAYING HE IS AT THEIR LEVEL,,SOON HE WILL, BUT HE BRINGS THE SAME INTENSITY THEY DID..NOW WE HAVE LAW AN HORFORD W/ CHILDRESS AND JJ...WE SHOULD BUILT AROUND DAT....JST BRING IN A LEGIT CENTER (LIKE ALDRIDGE OR BIEDRINS) AND ADD MORE DEPTH TO THE BENCH...EVEN IF IT MEANS TRADING AWAY MARVIN AND SPEEDY..I AGREE WITH "anonymous"..I BELIEVE MANAGEMENT WILL DO THE RIGHT THING..

Posted by: Kofi on July 9, 2008 10:39PM EST First of all ive been saying this time and time again... Sign both of our Joshes now!!! Secondly... I could be wrong... but i saw PTI ( Pardon The Interruption) and i think i saw them talk about Michael Pietrus going to the Orlando Magic and the magic is letting J.J Reddick go? If it is then I think we found our shooter. Yea he sucks in size and defense but he is a a great shooter, he can make 3's and pretty much never misses a free throw! I say he would be perfect and not costly since he has been complaining about not getting no play time in Orlando which i don't blame him... So there is o reason why he should complain about the money we give him as long as he gets playing time and proves himself. Correct me if im wrong please.

Posted by: q on July 10, 2008 2:38AM EST marvin needs to stay he carried the hawks in a few games he is or was the youngest player on the team 3rd leading score midrange is money a pure 3 he will be fine if he gets stronger. both joshes is a yes . childress should have been 6th man of the yr. speedy is a waste cut him now and free up space and get a running center like BEINDRIS or see what jones can do play the kid he did good every time i see him play. funny thing jones got more run in the playoffs then the whole season. i like woodson more(this year) he runs good out of bounds plays and set play off timeouts. but we cant run like gsw or phx we dont have a pure shooter...oh we do but the coach dont like him. small teams run and dont grind it out woody you saw what happen game 7 boston run damnit run

Posted by: q posted above on July 10, 2008 2:47AM EST oh i been a hawks fan when tree was playing and i am still pissed abot the niq / manning trade that was plain dumb. i stuck by i been getting the league pass for 5 years so i can watch your sorry behinds do right hawks spend the dollars and give me a reason to talk stuff to people plz

Posted by: mike on July 10, 2008 3:37AM EST this is what the Hawks need to win a NBA title! first they need to keep joe johnson, al horford, and josh smith! then thwy need to build a team featuring a star big man(someone like rasheed walace) and a star point guard(someone like stephon marbury)! please help our ATLANTA HAWKS

Posted by: Atlplayer on July 10, 2008 5:47PM EST STephon Marbury? hell no! HE would bring to many problems to our team and he clearly wont play for you if he doesnt do it his way! I would far better agree with keeping Bibby over Marbury!

Posted by: Anonymous on July 10, 2008 8:00PM EST all i want to know is why anyone would want to get rid of guys like marvin and the josh's...i realize that marvin isnt a super star and the josh's arnt great scorers...but williams could make for a good back up off the bench and both childress and smith are top notch defenders...and besides who doesnt like seein smiths high flying dunks

Posted by: Atlplayer on July 10, 2008 8:23PM EST I see sign both of our Joshes, and get Kwame brown as a center since we dont have much to spend, and get JJ reddick as our shooter.

Posted by: dwade on July 11, 2008 10:45AM EST this should be the hawks line up mike bibby/acie law joe jonson/j.r smith josh smith/marvin williams al horhord/solo emeka okafor/zaza

Posted by: Kofi on July 11, 2008 3:46PM EST Trade speedy claxton for J.J. Redick

Posted by: Dee on July 16, 2008 9:42AM EST Hi Hawks, PLEASE sign both the Joshes, J. Smoove & J. Chill. They worked hard and they deserve our love and respect!!! Both want a Championship. They are our babies. You don't throw away your babies. Do the right thing ATL. PAY THEM! Also, get that Brown fellow. Now you taking about a Champion Team!

Posted by: Anonymous on July 17, 2008 12:18AM EST first why do you guys not want marvin williams. He is young and he averaged almost 15 points per game thats not that bad.