[barnettej]

 Soul Bro, on 13 December 2012 - 11:43 AM, said:

Lol!!!!

I will say one of my favorite players in the entire league is Al Horford. Dude brings it every night.

Definitely... Al brings in 10+pts and 9+ rebounds per night, very smart player. Al is a hard worker and doesnt complain, just like Al Jefferson he just goes out and has complete games. And you can go to him in the stretch because he can make his free throws.

I think we will get there one day.... Our team having these guys who not only have it in their "will, but also in their "ability". We have a few of those but we also have a few that are mixed matched. And thats okay as well, as long as everyone can play within themselves and within the team.

Right now I think we are seeing a power vaccum in our team. We dont have that one person that we can say, "X" is going to score atleast 20 every night. That usually sets the tone for everyone else to worry about the other things... rebounding, defending, etc. Without that person, we have a collective group who now has to think about that as a whole. Okay who is going to score tonight.... what happens if my shots dont fall... will Glen Davis pick it up... etc. Leads to players playing uncharacteristically.

[CTMagicUK]

 barnettej, on 13 December 2012 - 11:12 AM, said:

Man what a very bad energy game last night. Clearly the Hawks had the momentum swinging and we just looked completely jet lagged. Our first quarter was an absolute bust, with no one doing well any where on the court. The 2nd Qtr, we clawed our back to a respectable margin but would get it any closer than 8pts for the rest of the night.


Tired Observation Stat:

Glen Davis getting his shot blocked (2 per game) - "Last night Glen Davis was rejected 4 times by a standing Josh Smith. "


Close Second:

Afflalo driving to the rim and leaving with no points.


And where is Moe Harkless and why is Andrew coming off the bench out playing him. I think im going to have to go look as some Youtube videos to remember why we wanted him and traded for him.... Moe has got to start showing some production on the offense, in the last 10 games Moe has been scoreless 6 times. His biggest night during that stretch was 10pts against Knicks.

Other than it was the same as we have seen before. Shots not falling, defense being forgotten, and players trying to take over when they cant. I expect more out of Davis than what we are getting, and i dont mean in terms of "Quantity".... I mean in terms of "Quality". Nelson looked old and stale for most the game. Arron seemed to be at 110mph again. Nik just was MIA. Drew missed some serious assignments. And JJ was cracked in the face to go along with his 6/14 shooting.

They are who we thought they were.... A better team from top to bottom and on a different path from the Orlando's. But atleast we didnt drop out like Dwight Howards Free Throws.

I wouldn't be so hard on Moe, he's 19 years old and is still growing both physically and as a person. He also missed all of training camp due to injury. He's not bad on defense most of the time and even most of the youtube highlight reels of him in college show mainly defensive plays or offensive rebounds (which he seems to be good at in the nba to be fair) and put backs I'm confident he'll figure it out.

[Emory889]

 jec, on 13 December 2012 - 08:49 AM, said:

The dancing zebra is mesmerizing.

I had a similar reaction when my wife emailed it to me.