I am going in to this preview somewhat blind, because I don't know what the Hawks' record is at this point in the season. Since they are the Hawks, I am going to guess they are 1-3.
(Googling...)
Ok, so they're 2-2. Bill Simmons mentioned that he thought that the Hawks were a dark horse team. The reason being that they have a ton of young talent and they can't help but be better than horrendous, which is what they always are. Every season. Well, I'm not buying the hype.
Take a look at their roster. Their whole team is undersized 4's and slow 3's. Oh, they also have the only player in the NBA that has a turkey gobbler neck now that Vin Baker spends his game nights in the drunk tank- Anthony Johnson. While I will admit that the Al Horford and AC Law picks in this years' draft were surprisingly lucid for a franchise hellbent on failure, it's still not enough to build a quality team. Perhaps I'll be wrong on the season and they will be decent, but I won't be wrong in the game tonight. Just look at the matchups.
Joe Johnson versus Ray Allen: Joe Johnson shot 3-17 in their last game, whereas Ray Allen has been lights out all season. Advantage- Celtics.
AC Law versus Rajon Rondo: Two young, promising, and (so far) foul-prone guards go head to head. Now, AC Law has a size advantage. However, he shoots the ball with absolutely no rotation, baffling to everyone not named Toni Kukoc. Rondo has a speed advantage. Also, and this goes largely undocumented, but he has an intelligence advantage. Sure, he only went to two years of college at Kentucky. But AC Law spent four years at Texas A&M, which is about as good of an education as eating lead pant and huffing gasoline for four years. Advantage- Celtics.
Josh Smith versus Paul Pierce: Please. Advantage- Celtics.
Marcus Williams versus KG: Laughable. Advantage- Celtics.
Al Horford versus Perk: We have to be subjective here. Horford may be 6'9" and a rookie, but he's got the advantage here. As much as I love Perk, his offensive game makes Ben Wallace look like Hakeem the Dream. The good news is that KG will provide some help defense and he's also used to getting double-teamed, because you KNOW they're not going to be guarding Perk on the offensive end. If the Hawks can exploit this mismatch to make up for all their other deficiencies on the floor, Al Horford will score 85 points.
Bench: The Hawks basically use a two-man bench- Josh Childress and Salim Stoudamire. Scals matches Childress' afro puffs with his cheese puffs, and Eddie House can out-jack-threes Salim any damn day of the week. This is a clear advantage for the Celtics.
Coaching: Mike Woodson versus Doc Rivers. Choosing the better coach is like choosing between a sledgehammer to the testicles or getting your toenails ripped out in a Turkish prison. However, the Celtics are actually getting coached by KG, so this again is a Celtics advantage.
Prediction: KG exploits his size advantage to dominate the post, opening up the perimeter for Jesus to start raining threes like my boy Ross Jacobson up in the Breadbox.
CELTICS WIN 115-99. Book it!Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2007/11/celtics-versus-atlanta-air-force.html
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