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?