On Friday night, the Hawks held off the Jazz in Salt Lake City to move to a surprising and wonderful 24-8 record on the season. Hours later, the Raptors fell to the Warriors in Oakland, dropping Toronto to 24-9. That means that the Atlanta Hawks are No. 1 in the Eastern Conference ... for the first time since December 1997.

According to Basketball-Reference.com's records, the Hawks held No. 1 in the East for the first two months of the 1997-98 season, finally conceding that place on December 27, 1997, when Michael Jordan dropped 47 points on them. That Hawks team featured Steve Smith, Mookie Blaylock, Dikembe Mutombo and Christian Laettner.

The No. 1 single in the United States when the Hawks were last No. 1 was Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" remake. The No. 1 film at the box office was Titanic. On TV, South Park and Buffy the Vampire Slayer both premiered in 1997 while Married ... With Children and Roseanne were still on the air. It's been a while.

opa, vidi ti Kobea, čovjek popljuvao američki odgoj košarkaša 

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/12114523/kobe-bryant-says-european-players-more-skilled-americans-blames-aau?ex_cid=espnFB

Pogledao snimku GSW od jucer i Raptorsi su me razocarali, zabavna su ekipa, ali jednostavno ne vidim u njims nista vise od nekog polufinala istoka, cak po meni nisu top4 trenutno na istoku, tako da mozds ni polufinale istoka.

Pistonsi na 4-0 otkada je otišao Smith  Rocketsi na 2-2 otkada je došao 

Carmelo Anthony’s season could be over. Finished before he or the New York Knicks could even get started basically. At 5-30 and staring at one of the worst seasons in franchise history, word has surfaced that a lingering knee injury could require surgery and that Melo could be potentially be done for the season. That’s brutal news for a Knicks team that has yet to acclimate  itself to coach Derek Fisher‘s system. But as Filip Bondy of the New York Daily News suggests, perhaps it’s time to do the right thing and shut ‘Melo down.

Po meni vrlo vjerojatno da će tako i napraviti što zbog stvarne ozljede što zbog dodatnog tankiranja

vidjet ćemo jeli sezona za njega gotova ili nije, ali kako god siguran sam da će u najmanju ruku propustiti dosta utakmica. volio bi znati jeli ozljeda stvarno tako ozbiljna ili Melo jednostavno više ne želi gubiti utakmicu za utakmicom

međutim, to sa sobom povlači i neke druge stvari...kako ćeš na ljeto privući free agente ako ti najveća zvijezda (i zapravo jedini ozbiljan igrač) u ekipi ima takvih problema sa koljenom da je propustio pola sezone. ekipa i sa njim u sastavu uredno gubi utakmice jednu za drugom i igra sasvim negledljivu košarku (ako se to uopće može nazvati košarkom). sve se bojim kako bi to izgledalo bez njega...

možda će skor biti isti/gori ali vjerojatno će igrati manje izopačenu košarku bez njega. još da se ozljedi smith počeo bih i navijati za njih  

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