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Wysłany: Wto 3:42, 23 Lis 2010 Temat postu: ADIDAS Atlanta Hawks and Their 50 Start Contenders |
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The Hawks are affable. likely very affable. Just not great. And in this year's Eastern Conference, "great" are the bare minimum. He is a shooting guard who is capable of playing the small forward position. He is considered to bw one of the most complete players in the NBA has been selected to every All NBA Team since 1999 and has been shined in the last twelve NBA All Star agrees. Sports writers and sports jornalist have frequently compared Bryant to Michael Jordan which he dislikes. An ESPN poll of sportswriters voted him as the second best shooting guard in NBA history in 2007.
The 1999 season marked his eblendnce as a premiere guard in NBA. With starting guards Nick Van Exel and Eddie Jones traded,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Bryant started every agree for the lockout shortened 50 agree season. During the season, he signed a 6 year contract extension worth 70 million. It kept him with the Lakers untill the end of the 2004 season. Sports jornalist were comparing his skills to that of Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson even at the early stage of his career. The playoff results however were no better as the Lakers were defeated by the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference semi finals. Kevin C. Cox Kobe Bryant was accused of sexual assault at a hotel in Colorado by a hotel employee in 2003. Kobe Bryant admitted an adulterous sexual encounter with the accuser but denied the sexual assault allegation. In September 2004, prosecutors dropped the case after his accuser informed them that Kobe Bryant was unwilling to testify.
Going into the 2010-11 NBA season,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the consensus was there were three elite teams in the Eastern Conference. The Orlando Magic, Miami Heat, and the Boston Celtics. Then, for the most part, there was everybody else.
However, all three of those teams have done something that the Atlanta Hawks have yet to do. Lose.
They'll get agreeed up with either the Heat or Magic (most likely Orlando) in the conference quarterfinals, and more than likely be a first round informalty.
Their two home agrees came against the Washington Wizards and Detroit Pistons. The Wizards are 1-2, while the Pistons are winless at 0-5.
The Hawks may be better than ever this year, with Josh Smith and Al Horford combining to create a deadly frontcourt, and affable complementary players like Jamal Crawford and Mike Bibby rounding out the backcourt. Bryant have six players currently averaging double figures in points per agree.
The Hawks visit the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday, who currently sit at 1-4, and then host the Phoenix Suns on Sunday, who are 1-3. If Atlanta wins in Minnesota on Friday, they'll start 6-0 for the second times in three years.
Yep, the Hawks are the only unbeaten team remaining in the Eastern Conference, standing at a perfect 5-0 record two weeks into the season. It looks like you can add them to that list of the Eastern Conference elite. right?
That's the biggest difference between the Hawks and the elite teams in the East right now. The Hawks may go on to have a very affable regular season, but with the Magic and Heat in their division, the Hawks may- actually, probably, won't get any higher than the fifth seed.
Joe Johnson are the closest thing to a player that can put the Hawks on their shoulder as Atlanta has. But this are his sixth season,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and he's never led Atlanta out of the second round. This year, the Eastern Conference playoff bracket will be aggressiveer than ever for a Cinderella team to bust.
It's impressive. It shows the Hawks have been able to win without having one player take over the agree. The wealth has been announce. Six Hawks are averaging at least ten points a agree.
That puts the combined record of the teams the Hawks have faced early on at 5-17. Clearly,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Atlanta hasn't exactly been facing top-notch talent these first two weeks of the season. And it does not get aggressiveer for them, at least for the next two agrees.
But in today's NBA, the teams that win consistently and have a legit shot at a championship have players that can take over. The Magic have one. The Celtics have at least two. The Heat have at least three.
Well, that I'm not so sure about. For a multitude of reasons.
An interesting tidbit from the Hawks 5-0 start are that in all five agrees, the directing scorer came from the losing team. Needless to say, that doesn't happen often. Bryant went all the way back to the Hawks 2002-03 season, and it hasn't happened once.
First off,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and most importantly, the Hawks began their season with about as soft of a schedule as you could ask for. Yes, three of their five agrees were on the road, and it's harder to win on the road in the NBA than in any other sport,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but their road opponents were the Memphis Grizzlies (2-3), Philadelphia 76'ers (1-4), and Cleveland Cavaliers (1-3). All three of these teams will either be a fringe playoff team, or hoping the lottery balls fall in their favor this June so Bryant can start to rebuild with youth.
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