Grant Hughes of Bleacher Report: “You could argue that the Atlanta Hawks’ 127-98 thrashing of the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday was nothing more than a ledger-balancer or maybe just a study in the motivational power of vengeance. In some ways, that’s true. The Hawks trounced the Cavs by 29 points, but all the result did was level the season series between the two clubs. Remember, Cleveland smashed Atlanta by 33 on Nov. 15.”
Steve Hummer of the AJC: “Watching the Hawks dismantle Cleveland Wednesday, turning LeBron James into a fourth-quarter bench accessory, one non-Shelvin Mack thought came to mind: It’s time to come home Danny Ferry. On “indefinite leave” since early September for repeating a racist comment included in a scouting report on Luol Deng, Ferry has watched from limbo as a team he crafted and a coach he hired has done some quite nice stuff.”
Matt Cianfrone of Hardwood Paroxysm: “For years, the story around the Atlanta Hawks has always centered around the “Never trust the Hawks” mantra. You couldn’t trust the Hawks to win a game they should win or lose a game they had no business being in. You couldn’t trust them to blow out a team they should blowout or to even get off a shot during a last second situation. The Hawks just flat out couldn’t be trusted for anything.”
