atlanta hawks

Every month, I join some of the finest NBA bloggers around for what we like to call The 8th Seed Podcast.  This month, Rey from The No Look Pass played host to all of us.  That's about an hour and a half of great NBA debate, utter rants, and ball busting.  Rey was kind enough [...]

How many times have you seen one team knocking the crap out of another the entire game… and get away with it?  Turns out, there's a reason.  Human nature. A study done by Indiana University finds that teams are knocking you around early can get away with doing it later in the game. "The team [...]

Every Sunday, we go back over the past week and count down the best plays.  Disagree with the order?  Let us know in the comments. #5: Rajon Rondo goes coast-to-coast in 3.8 seconds against Utah #4: Rajon Rondo finds Kevin Garnett for the alley oop in traffic #3: Paul Pierce finishes the fast break with [...]

The Atlanta Hawks outworked the Celtics in the Gardent tonight and won the game, 97-86. The rebounding and second chance statistics were ugly. Atlanta had 47 rebounds to Boston's 29. 16 offensive rebounds to Boston's 6. 22 second chance points to Boston's 4. Maybe we shouldn't be surprised. Prior to this game, the Celtics were [...]

The quote in the headline?  That belongs to Al Horford… and he's talking about the Celtics. After yesterday’s practice, Kevin Garnett was asked if he considers the Atlanta Hawks a rival. The Celtics forward responded, “Not at all.” That comment didn’t surprise Al Horford, though the Hawks forward believes the C’s know they’ll have a [...]

Does he have something to prove to the Hawks? “Not anymore,’’ Williams said. “The first couple times I played against them, I would tell you so. But now, I approach them just like another team. “I don’t need those type of things to get me going. I have other personal things that get me going.’’ [...]

Here’s how I think things went down a couple of days ago after Al Horford told the story about Paul Pierce owing him $10 grand. Horford (in the morning):  Hey funny story:  Paul Pierce bet me a couple of years ago that we wouldn’t win a game.  We won 3… so we essentially bet on [...]

So in all the yapping during the 2008 Celtics-Hawks series, Paul Pierce apparently bet Al Horford $10 K that the Hawks wouldn't win a single game.  At least… that's what Al Horford is saying Today, on 790 the zone, Al Horford told a story that happened sometime during the first two games of 2008 playoff [...]

I know training camp just started and we're all pumped about grabbing the title back from the Lakers, but indulge me for a moment and jump ahead to 2010. If the Celtics are unable to pull off a blockbuster move and get D-Wade (am I the only one who finds this realistic?), Joe Johnson will [...]

The Atlanta Hawks are a young, athletic, exciting team.  But they don't seem to be on a championship path.  So now they're apparently starting to think of pieces they can trade… in an effort to bring in some more stable players that might be able to help them move forward.  One of those players:  Josh [...]