<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The numbers just don?t add up. The Hawks have too many guys for too few spots, right?. Maybe not. I?m talking about all the forwards the Hawks have currently on the roster, as well as the fleet of point guards (though, contract situations will dictate the fates of at least a couple of those smaller guys). Study the roster of most of the league?s best teams, nearly all of them in fact, and it?s obvious that you need at least five quality players at the forward spots. Not all of them will be Tim Duncan or Kevin Garnett, obviously, but they?ll be guys that can play major minutes, if need be. The Hawks have Josh Smith and Marvin Williams as starters and Shelden Williams, Al Horford and Solomon Jones as the reserves. But we can all agree that Josh and Marvin would probably fit best at the same spot (while each is fully capable of playing other positions). If we break it down even further, there really needs to be a six-man rotation of big men that play the minutes. And if we go that route we?re including the centers and power forwards only - the small forwards are interchangeable on most teams with the shooting guards). In that set-up the Hawks would have a six-man crew (with four guys playing major minutes and two guys as situational reserves) of Smith, Shelden Williams, Al Horford and Zaza Pachulia as the main four guys and Lorenzen Wright and Jones as the situational guys. They?re not the biggest crew, but as a whole they?d be more than serviceable (wouldn?t we all take a shot-swatting 7-footer who rebounds like Rodman and throws bows and intimidates like Dikembe but this is the real world, not a video game). Are you willing to go to training camp with that crew?</div> Source: AJC.com
