Brad Rowland

Brad Rowland is the co-editor of ATL All Day, the one-stop fix covering the Atlanta sports scene on the FanSided network, and he is a regular contributor to the FanSided.com front page. Brad is a life-long Atlanta Sports fan who is a realist and has a sacred mission to inform the basketball public of the error of Josh Smith's jump-shooting ways, while singing the praises of Frank Wren and Thomas Dimitroff.

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NBA Rumors: Is Larry Drew on His Way Out?

On the morning of Monday May 7, the writing was on the wall for the departure of coach Larry Drew and his staff from their employment with the Atlanta Hawks. Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports is reporting…Read More

Atlanta Hawks 2012-13 Season Review

As the Atlanta Hawks 2012-13 season came to a close, the emotions of the fanbase ran the full gamut. On one hand, the pure emotion of losing a brutal series (at home, no less) is never a pleasurable one.…Read More

Brad’s Beat: Hawks vs Pacers Series Bears Uncanny Resemblance to 2008 Against Celtics

Flash back to April of 2008. The #1-seed Boston Celtics were taken to the brink of elimination (i.e. 7 games) by the lowly, unproven #8-seed Atlanta Hawks in a first-round playoff series. Atlanta was…Read More

Brad’s Beat: Josh Smith’s Defense Keys Two Home Victories

When Larry Drew made the semi-controversial decision to “go big” before Game 3, I was one of the strong detractors from the move. Granted, my opposition stemmed directly from the use of Johan…Read More

Brad’s Beat: Atlanta Hawks Defense Keys Game 3 Win Against Indiana Pacers

For 48 minutes on Saturday night, the Atlanta Hawks were significantly better than the Indiana Pacers. This outcome seemed to be miles away when the two teams left the floor on Wednesday night in Indianapolis,…Read More

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Brad’s Beat: Style of Play, Not Officiating, To Blame for Foul Disparity in Hawks vs Pacers Series

In the hours and days after both of the Atlanta Hawks decisive losses to Indiana during their first-round…Read More

Brad’s Beat: Larry Drew Laments Lack of Physicality

We’ve all done it. We’ve all made fun of Larry Drew’s excessive references to “energy”…Read More

Brad’s Beat: Al Horford Sits, Fouls Skyrocket in Game 1 Loss

It isn’t often that you see an NBA playoff game where the losing team in a 17-point blowout shoots…Read More

NBA Playoffs 2013: First-Round Upset Probabilities for Each Series

Greetings! Now that the first round playoff schedule has been released, and we gave our take on the…Read More

Brad’s Beat: Atlanta Hawks Week in Review (4/15 – 4/19)

Greetings! As the regular season came to a close, it wasn’t exactly an uplifting end to the long,…Read More

Brad’s Beat: Momentum Not on the Side of Atlanta Hawks Entering Playoffs

As the regular season came to a close on Wednesday night, the Atlanta Hawks were staring directly into…Read More

Brad’s Beat: Atlanta Hawks Weekly Preview (4/15 – 4/21)

Greetings! The final week of the regular season is upon us, and the Hawks have two must-win games if…Read More

NBA Draft 2013: Potential 1st-Round Targets for Atlanta Hawks

Greetings! With the NBA draft on the horizon (June 27th), it’s about time to start digging on…Read More

Brad’s Beat: Atlanta Hawks Week in Review (4/8 – 4/14)

Greetings! With some help from the NCAA Title Game, the Hawks had some extra rest before a sparse, two-game…Read More

Brad’s Beat: 6’10 PG Known As The “Greek Freak” Turning Heads in NBA Draft

Raise your hand if you can name a 6-foot-10 point guard. I’ll wait…. That’s right.…Read More

Brad’s Beat: NBA Playoff Predictions

Greetings! The NBA playoffs are on the horizon as each team has between 3-5 games remaining in their…Read More

Brad’s Beat: Atlanta Hawks Weekly Preview (4/8 – 4/14)

Greetings! After a flurry of four-game weeks, the Hawks are blessed with three full days off (Sunday,…Read More

Brad’s Beat: Atlanta Hawks Week in Review (4/1 – 4/7)

Greetings! It was a rough week in Hawks land, as the injuries mounted, and the win-loss record suffered…Read More

NBA Rumors: A Decision on Zaza Pachulia This Week?

Atlanta Hawks backup big man Zaza Pachulia has been missing in action since March 3rd with an Achilles…Read More

Brad’s Beat: Atlanta Hawks Weekly Preview (3/25 – 3/31)

Greetings! Atlanta hits the road for three of the four games this week, and the road isn’t always…Read More