Archive for June, 2011

The Atlanta Hawks only have a second round pick (Pick #48) in this year’s NBA Draft, but it’s still somewhat intriguing which new young prospect the Hawks will acquire. Today, we look back at the past #48 picks and see how they did or are doing in their NBA career. I’m only going as far as 1989, the year the NBA decided to only have 2 rounds in Draft Night. Past #48 NBA Draft Picks: 1989, Junie Lewis: Junie Lewis (Eugene Lewis) is a 6’1 PG who played for the University of South Alabama. In his three seasons in South [...]

Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that there have been chatters about trading Josh Smith, and that both parties (Smith & the Atlanta Hawks organization) have entertained the idea of it: The Atlanta Hawks have started to gauge trade interest on forward Josh Smith, and Smith isn’t adverse to ending his seven-year stay with his hometown team, league sources told Yahoo! Sports on Monday. Smith hasn’t requested a trade, but has privately told league friends that the Boston Celtics, New Jersey Nets,Houston Rockets and Orlando Magic are his preferred destinations should the Hawks decide to move him. Nothing new here [...]

I remember so many people on Facebook & Twitter asking “Why is Joe Johnson wearing a headband?” when they were watching the Hawks in the playoffs. What they didn’t know was that Joe Johnson has been wearing that headband (not the same one, that would be disgusting…) for a pretty long time. March 15th, 2011. That was the date Joe Johnson started wearing the headband to protect an infected wound over his right ear, and that was the date #HeadBandJoe* was born. *For those unfamiliar with #HeadBandJoe, it’s a Twitter hashtag that was started by @JamalCrawFans. That hashtag became popular [...]

Top Ten Moments in 10 Days!   Long time no see there blog peeps! So I wanted to start this “series” earlier, but I figured that, like myself, everyone was too caught up with what was going on in the NBA Playoffs and NBA Finals to even care about recaps of the Atlanta Hawks season. But since the NBA Finals and the NBA season is finally over , we can start talking/writing/reading Hawks basketball once again. I think a good way to start the “off-season/lockout” coverage/blogging is to reminisce on the good moments the Hawks had this season.  Even though I can probably [...]