Many said that Shelden Williams was just a banger that could rebound and play a little defense and that’s exactly the way he has performed for them.  He has now played in 70 games and he has averaged only 4.8 points and 4.8 rebounds in 17.3 minutes per game this season.  Look for the Hawks to consider trading him to try to acquire a real point guard in the off season.

Reserve center Solomon Jones is finally starting to get some playing time and I’m wondering what took them so long.  Zaza Pachulia is a decent starter at center, but Lorenzen Wright is a waste so why not let Jones play those minutes.  Jones has played in 48 games this season and he’s only averaged 9.4 minutes, 2.5 points and 2.0 rebounds per game.  What can it hurt to let Jones play and see what they have in him over the last couple of weeks?

The Hawks have fallen on hard times lately as they’ve lost 4 games in a row and have fallen to 27-45 on the season.  It would take a miracle for the Hawks to get on a hot streak and make a run for the #8 spot in the Eastern Conference Playoffs without Joe Johnson.  They are currently 6 games behind the New Jersey Nets with only 10 games to play.  The Hawks will use the last three weeks of the NBA season to evalutate their young players and the players they have at their two weak spots which are currently the center and point guard positions.

Speedy Claxton’s knee is bothering him again and this time it could end his season. The Hawks gave Claxton a lot of money in free agency and he’s been a complete bust!  He played in 42 games and he averaged 25.1 minutes, 5.3 points, 1.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.7 steals per game.  He also shot an embarrassing 32.7% from the floor.  The Hawks will likely be looking to upgrade at point guard in either the draft or free agency this off season.

The Hawks played hard last night but it just wasn’t enough to win.  Salim Stoudamire had the best game of his NBA career with 37 points off of the bench.  Josh Childress also was very busy with 22 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 steals.  Josh Smith also had a good game with 17 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 blocked shots.

The Hawks fell to 27-43 on the season with this loss.  http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2007032301

The Hawks allowed the Heat to shoot 50% from the floor and that’s why they lost the game last night.  Josh Smith had a solid all-around game with 27 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 4 blocked shots.  Marvin Williams also had a very solid game with 16 points and 12 rebounds.

THe Hawks fell to 27-42 on the season with this loss.  http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore;_ylt=Atzfp7J7T2GSwQOcHXBsUkg5nYcB?gid=2007032101