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Thursday, March 8, 2007
Tank you (for proving my point) and JJ
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
We’re not going to fight forever on this tanking thing. But when you have $100 million sitting on the bench and knock off the division leader (and I don’t care if Washington smirked when they heard Joe Johnson, Marvin Williams and Speedy Claxton were out and decided to try their AND1 Street ball offense), nobody’s tanking anything.
So can we please let this rest and move on to more important things.
I spent a little time with Joe Johnson today while he was getting treatment (the full story will be on ajc.com a little later and the in the Friday paper). Dude is actually entertaining the idea of returning from his calf injury before the season is out. Much like Heat star Dwyane Wade, JJ is of the belief that he can make a comeback before mid-April.
For the life of me I can’t see why he’d want to do that. Why risk further injury? Why put yourself in harm’s way if it’s not absolutely necessary? His reasoning is that the Hawks are just six games out of contention for a playoff spot and that if they can find a way to scrap together a few more wins while he recovers, he could come back for the final couple of weeks of the season and help them make a final charge. (Who says these guys aren’t competitive and don’t care?)
Coming back sounds like craziness to me. Heal up and come back for ready to go next season. That was my argument.
What’s yours (for him coming back or calling it a season)?
