From Bankhead to Brooklyn: The Official Hawks vs Nets Thread

[The G.O.D II]

Breh you're better than this. One just got a statue and is a living legend in Atlanta, the other is Joe Johnson. And again I like Joe, but your showing your basketball ignorance



See the above post...Wilkins impact and Joe Johnson's impact in this city isn't even comparable.

This isn't about popularity or status. Simple fact is both those guys were star players who never could get over that hurdle. I'm just not understanding the pure dislike for someone like Joe

 

[AJtheOne]

I have a feeling this game might go like the last time we played

 

[JordanwiththeWiz]

we were trash before joe and subpar with him, now we are a 60 win contender without him

we don't owe joe shyt, especially not any love in the playoffs

Yall acting like he was trash

He was a top 5 SG while he was with the Hawks

He was just a good player making great player money

 

[Alaafin]

Why are Hawks fans booing Joe? Don't they realize they made out like bandits in that transaction? Did Joe bad mouth them on his way out of town? What am I missing?

this motherfukker was getting paid a mountain ton and he didn't even attempt to play
especially back when we was dealing with Al being out and fukkboy didn't even care
fukk him

 

[Big Boss]

Breh you're better than this. One just got a statue and is a living legend in Atlanta, the other is Joe Johnson. And again I like Joe, but your showing your basketball ignorance



See the above post...Wilkins impact and Joe Johnson's impact in this city isn't even comparable.

What was wilkins impact?

 

[AVXL]

ATL really booing Joe Johnson before him they was horrible best players was Joe Smith and Josh Childress yall went 13-69 before him
Yall niqqas owe me a golf clap

Yeah they overpaid him but who was checking for the Hawks nobody was going over there unless they overpaid be real

You acting like we weren't a combined 64 games under .500 during his first three years...he was a good player, y'all acting like he was some franchise changing talent. He wasn't

 

[Rekkapryde]

So were supposed to cheer him every time he touches the ball or stay silent? A video tribute before every game? A statue on Peachtree? I don't understand how you expect us as fans to react?

ti

I just don't agree that he should be booed or cheered. Just treat him like a regular cat

 

[AVXL]

What was wilkins impact?

Nique was a bona fide superstar arguably a top 50 player all time, he lifted the Hawks from being a sub .500, punch line to being considered one of the East's best teams in the 80s. Yea they didn't win it all, but he raised standards in the city when the Falcons & Braves both sucked for years. Nique WAS Atlanta sports and he singlehandedly made the Hawks the hottest ticket in Atlanta for a decade until the Braves got hot. What's Joe Johnson's impact? He had none. He was a good player, quiet yet effective but there was no huge impact from him. Again, Joe was a good player, made several All Star teams, played on some good Hawks teams, but this comparison is insulting

 

[charmander]

Yall acting like he was trash

He was a top 5 SG while he was with the Hawks

He was just a good player making great player money

I never said he was trash, but what do you want hawk fans to do? salute him like a war veteran every possession? fukk that nikka

What was wilkins impact?

nique is the greatest player to ever put on a hawks jersey

joe is the most overpaid player to ever put on a hawks jersey

 

[Pesci]

Anyone else watching the halftime show? Kenny Smith just went on possibly the dumbest rant about 2 pointers and 3 pointers I have ever heard.

 

[Steezy]

You acting like we weren't a combined 64 games under .500 during his first three years...he was a good player, y'all acting like he was some franchise changing talent. He wasn't

Exactly.. It took horford to nearly steal the ROY from Durant for us to even make the playoffs

 

[AVXL]

ti

I just don't agree that he should be booed or cheered. Just treat him like a regular cat

After 7 years and everything we went through with Joe (good & bad)...you're not being realistic breh

 

[The War Report]

this motherfukker was getting paid a mountain ton and he didn't even attempt to play
especially back when we was dealing with Al being out and fukkboy didn't even care
fukk him

Last time I checked The Hawks gave him that ridiculous contract.

 

[#1 pick]

Joe should get booed for not giving us that lotto pick. fukk him

 

[AVXL]

Exactly.. It took horford to nearly steal the ROY from Durant for us to even make the playoffs

And the corpse of Mike Bibby down the stretch...that 07-08 team had no business making the playoffs and we limped into the playoffs at that. 1 50 win team in 7 years yet these dudes caping for Joe Johnson.

Unbelievable