Bo Churney of Hawks Hoop: “After taking crippling losses to the Cavaliers and Lakers in the past week, the Hawks finally got back on the right track with a 99-89 win over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night. Jeff Teague was magnificent, particularly in the second half. Teague scored 19 of his 28 points in the second half and absolutely dominated Brandon Jennings and DJ Augustin on both ends of the floor. “His defense on the other end of the court [was good],” said head coach Mike Budenholzer on his starting point guard. “A lot of people talk about his points and his offense, but I thought his defense was very good on the ball. They run a ton of pick-and-rolls. I’m really please with Jeff’s effort, particularly on the defensive end of the court.”
Dov Seidman of the New York Times: “This is the fourth apology in our Apology Metrics series in which we present apologies for readers to assess. Our goal is not to evaluate apologies as theatrical performances but to evaluate the apologizer’s behavior over time to see whether there has been genuine change. The survey for this apology will be predictive rather than retrospective. We will follow up with a retrospective evaluation after at least a year.The Apology On Sept. 13, Steve Koonin, the chief executive of the Atlanta Hawks, the NBA basketball team, wrote an open letter to the team, fans and the city of Atlanta apologizing for “inflammatory words, phrases, inferences and innuendos about race” within the organization over a number of years.”
Chris Vivlamore of the AJC: “Kent Bazemore loves social media. The Hawks guard is active on Twitter, Vine, Instagram and Facebook. He interacts with fans, does ticket and apparel giveaways, posts photos of his dogs. Bazemore once even conversed with his favorite author after mentioning him in a tweet. This summer when he discussed upgrades to his website, his agent had a better idea. The gregarious Bazemore needed his own app.”
