<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Raise your hand if you thought the Hawks would be 7-8 on Dec. 5. Go ahead, stick those hands in the air. Come on now. I can think of at least two people I know, Slang Whitaker and perhaps a few other Hawksville die-hards who would have dared to believe in these Hawks. But 7-8 without so much as a point from Marvin Williams? How about 7-8 with Josh Childress, who had emerged in the first two weeks of the season as the Hawks swing player (the guy whose performance, if positive, could swing a game in the Hawks favor on any given night), chillin? in a walking boot for eight games? Let?s try 7-8 with Speedy Claxton struggling to regain his form (and for all you Speedy haters out there, dude is coming around. I can see his jets coming back in nice little bursts)? Few people would have expected this kind of steady competitiveness from the Hawks. I watch them up close everyday and wasn?t sure if they had this kind of toughness, this kind of collective intestinal fortitude (I love that stupid phrase). Before anyone starts accusing me of touting the Hawks as a playoff team, remember that I?m the 30-win man (and remain entrenched in that neighborhood until the Hawks finish the first half of the season in the neighborhood of .500).</div> Source
<div class="quote_poster">CLos Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I've never heard of a team being excited they are below .500</div> Well being barely below .500 means means your playoff bound in the East if you haven't noticed
