Atlanta is coming off an impressive regular season, which unfortunately concluded with a very unimpressive postseason.
The Hawks athletic wildcat-type style worked well for them over the course of the year, but the team needed to make sufficient roster moves to improve on last year and ensure at least a more competitive postseason run in 2011.
Marvin Williams should have been traded by now, and the Hawks needed to improve their point guard slot and depth overall.
The offseason additions of Jason Collins and Josh Powell really won’t help much.
The team also had a chance at snagging Shaquille O’Neal, who could have worked well within the lineup and could even allow Al Horford to play his natural power forward position. Instead, the Hawks shied away from giving O’Neal anything more than the minimum, and now he’s on a direct competitor.
Atlanta shouldn’t be as heavily criticized, as many believe they should, for shelling out max money to their franchise guy, Joe Johnson. The fact is, if Atlanta had not given th ...
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