05-06-2008, 10:56 AM
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And here we go!
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Hawks Playing The Wait & See Game
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Al Horford aced every test of his rookie season.
He was prepared for everything.
Everything except for what took place Monday at Philips Arena - the morning after.
The Hawks' season came to an abrupt end Sunday afternoon in Boston in a 99-65 Game 7 thumping at the hands of the Celtics.
Horford's previous two seasons ended with the afterglow of NCAA tournament championship runs at Florida, each one brimming with the promise of what was to come next year.
Now he and his Hawks teammates face a summer of uncertainty.
Two of their key players, Josh Smith and Josh Childress, are restricted free agents and must be re-signed; the price tag for both could be huge.
Hawks coach Mike Woodson and his staff have contracts that end June 30, and Hawks general manager Billy Knight is in a similar situation, with the team holding an option on his contract for next season.
"I don't know what to do with myself, man," Horford said Monday as he walked down a corridor to his car. "I know we lost, but I just don't know what to do with myself. You're just done.
"Obviously, you know the season is going to end at some point. But in school, you kind of knew what you had going on next. Here you're done and you're just ... done."
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http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/pr.../06/hawks.html
I wouldn't be shocked if the Hawks were only able to sign one of the two restricted free agents (most likely, Josh Smith). But it really must suck for the players right now, knowing that the regular season won't get underway for about six months. Hopefully they just dedicate their time to working on their game all summer and come back even stronger.
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The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion, spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never tasted victory or defeat.
Bleeding purple & gold...
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Hawks Playing The Wait & See Game
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