5 Things We Know Right Now

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Solomon Jones is back at practice and if you?re not careful, he?ll dunk on you, too. This has to be the longest human being this side of Dikembe Mutombo. I mean, he?s all arms and legs right now. But once he catches up to his body, look out. And did I mention that he?s a dunking machine?
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Lorenzen Wright is worth every penny the Hawks are paying him. One of our most trusted FOB?s (Friends of the Blog) ?The Mad VP? gave him an excellent nickname ? The Vice President of Pain - after LoWright clobbered LeBron James on a drive to the basket during Saturday night?s game in Ohio. I love the toughness he adds to this team.
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Marvin Williams and Josh Smith are still just 20 years old. I have to remind myself of this every time I begin to criticize these young guys. Studying their stat lines alone isn?t enough. It?s what they do during crunch times during games this season that will be the best gauge of their growth. That?s something I think we all have to remember. They?re going to have their struggles this season.
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Speedy Claxton?s performance the past two days should calm any uneasiness you might have about the Hawks? status at the point guard position. Trust me when I tell you that this guy is better than you think. He?s a much better passer than I thought. I wasn?t sure what he added to this team until after watching him practice the past two days. It should be very interesting to see how the rest of these guys feed off of his energy.
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Josh Childress is immune to the AJC jinx. After I wrote about Andreas Glyniadakis last week he didn?t touch the floor in the very next exhibition game. Since writing about Childress from Birmingham last week he seems to have come alive (it has everything to do with his hamstrings finally healing and not anything that was written). But that won?t stop me from taking a little credit. Ha.</div>

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