Stotts Era

Unbelievable win by the Hawks last night.  The Hawks won 100-93 and stopped the Utah Jazz streak at 12.  I have to say I though the Jazz would of been too much especially with the performance we gave at their place a few weeks ago.  The Hawks came to play though with Joe Johnson leading the team with 31 points and 9assists.  Joe has really stepped it up on this current home stand.  I have to say that the first two weeks after the all-star break Joe looked tired.  It seemed as if he had Rosie O’donnell tied to his shoes.   Starting on Monday, Joe looks like an all-star and is playing like he is one of the best players in the league.

He will have to continue to do that because starting forward Marvin Williams may be out for the season.  Marvin went up to Duke University in Durham, North Carolina to see a back specialist.   He saw the specialist yesterday and we are waiting to get word on what the Doctor’s prognosis is.  We can only hope that Marvin will be back in a few weeks or sooner.  Losing Marvin would be a huge blow, but it looks like the team is prepared to for the worst-case scenario.

Players just have to step up.  A case and point was Josh Smith last night at the Highlight Factory.  I have been dogging Smith the past two months, but the benching Woodsen gave him at the Charlotte game turned out to be a good move.  Josh is playing with a lot of fire and actually seems like he cares.  My good friend Tyler Wakefield who I was talking on phone during game last night said, “Look at Josh dude he actually seems like he cares.”  I saw the same thing last night and I hope we see more of that to come.  Josh Smith is not a jump shooter and as soon as he realizes that the better.  He has taken the ball to the rack on offense and he is crashing the boards.  This is where J-Smooth is at his best.  Other players that I am impressed with are Acie Law IV, Flip Murray, ZA ZA, and Mario West.  Mario West gave us 17 minutes against the Jazz last night.  If Mario can give us just even 10 minutes a game, and the Hawks win we are going to be pretty Damm tough to beat.

Finally, lets hope and pray that Marvin is going to be alright regardless if he plays this season or not.  Back injuries are very serious and I hope that his is just something minor.  I have not decided yet, but I am thinking about going to the Highlight Factory for the Trail Blazers game.  The game is this Sunday at 1pm.  Honestly I wish ABC would have stepped it up and picked up this game.  They could of made it a 3:30 nationally televised game.  Come on ABC give the Hawks a little bit of credit I am sure the avid basketball fans like myself are tired of seeing LA, Boston, Phoenix, and Cleveland’s every Sunday.  What about even a Warriors game? They are pretty damm exciting to watch especially with my boy Monta Ellis being back.  Alright as Jim Rome would say, PEACE I AM OUT!!

I have been absent the past few weeks because of a lot of different circumstance, however I am back.  Just got back from a bachelor party and I can barely breathe or complete a sentence.  Please bare with me.  As I have said before Dennis Scott is a radio analyist for 790 zone and announces Hawks games with play by play man Steve Holeman.  Most of you probably do not listen to Hawks games on the radio, but I sometimes do.  Steve Holeman is an unbelievable announcer, and yes I am biased.  My parents used to have season tickets in the late eighties through the mid ninties.  My dad is the kind of person who likes to leave early fourth quarter to miss the traffic.

Needless to say Steve Holeman is a smash in my opinion and his voice has been a lasting impression for years.  However 3D needs a lot of work.  I remember when he was on the ESPN show the next Sportscenter anchor.  Actually it was called something else, but I am too lazy to look it up.  When he was on the ESPN show he was absolutely brutal and he still is.  I am actually a big 3D guy cause I used to be a Georgia Tech basketball fanatic.  The guy was one of the best pure shooters in Tech history.  He needs a lot of work in the booth.  Please look at this attached video of him and ZA ZA.  3D is a host of a show called Shooters Paradise.