It's the All-Star break and time to asses where the season is at. There are roughly 30 games left and the trading deadline is looming. Here is a look at the playoffs if they were today.
Hawks
14 February 2010
24 June 2009
The Hawks appear to be sending both backup point guards to Golden State for Jamal Crawford. This brings makes signing Mike Bibby more imperative. To do so, they may not match offers that Marvin Williams receives. Acie Law and Speedy Claxton both are being shipped. Neither really played much last year. Joe Johnson lead the team in assist even though he isn't a point guard. I doubt they will use him as one. Andre Miller and Jason Kidd are both available on the market. My bet is on Bibby returning. Crawford could play the point, but he would be better off as the 2 guard. He did average 4.4 assist along wth 19.7 points.
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23 June 2009
The Atlanta Hawks had another good year. They keep taking steps closer to the Eastern finals. To do so this year, they will have to deal with a lot of free agents. Mike Bibby is the only starter that is a free agent and a very big key to this team. Ronald Murray and Zach Pachulia were two key players off the bench that are also free agents. Marvin Williams is a restricted free agent and will probably get a pretty good offer that Atlanta can match. To keep things moving in the right direction, the
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18 June 2009
As a math major, I'm always fascinated by numbers. I took this years NBA stats and have started tinkering around with them. One major stat stands out so far---offensive rebounds. If you compare offensive rebounds to the wins a team has, you will find that it produces a slightly negative correlation. Meaning, the MORE offensive rebounds a team has, the FEWER wins it will produce. The reason is this: teams with lower field goal percrentages lose more games and have more opportunities for offensive rebounds. When determining the value of a player through statisics, offensive rebounds can be very misleading.
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17 June 2009
The Hawks continue to improve and will continue to improve providing the resign Mike Bibby. The most important move they can make this summer is to retain the 31 year old point guard. Last year he made 14million and they will have to be close to that to keep him. If someone manages to lure him away, there is no viable option on the team. They have the 19th pick in the draft. However, that won't yield them a player that is ready to step in. There are three other options:
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