Day 3 Sept. 2005 Announcing the starting 5
After watching the trainings camps GM Rik Murray spend lots of time in his office to decide who will start at what position. Everytime a franchise experiences big changes in the upper positions there will be trades and with that comes a different starting 5. So the press conference was overcorwded and it tokk some minutes before getting quiet so Murray could start...
Murray
"Lets start with the PG position cause we don´t really got options there. Mo Williams will be starting there, which should be no suprise for you. Well, we sure got Atkins, who can deliver but is old (37 years), and Ivey, who seems to be a defensive player, but I guess Mo will do great."
Press
"No questions."
Murray
"Lets continue with the C position, where we´ll find the same thing. Haywood is our man, cause Willis is too old (40 years) however he also can deliver some rebounds and blocks."
Press
"What about Marcus Haislip ?"
Murray
"He accepted our contract offer some days ago, so he is a Hawk. Haislip is the same kind of player as Haywood, but Brendon´s height made the difference (7 feed). But I´m pretty sure Marcus will do good things for as coming from the bench."
"Lets go on. We got two great SFs on our roster, but as you know only one will start. However Smith is a great player, who can not only dunk but also block shots, this case was pretty easy to solve after we auired Pierce. Paul will start of course, because Smith needs do work on his jumpshot now that we got the rebounders - I think Pierce will be able to help him."
Press
"What do want from Pierce exactly ?"
Murray
"He will have to put decent numbers on the boards. We don`t need a rebounder so I expect him to be ready on outside defense. Leading the team is another big point of his game. He will have to gain controll over the younger players - once they accept him their stats will raise too."
"Next will be PF. No big suprises, I´ll go with Okafor. I was very happy to get Emeka, I mean look at his stats - he will do great things for us. After Pierce, Okafor will be our 2nd option on offense, he is a great inside scorer and still very young."
Press
"No questions."
Murray
"Last one is the SG position. Because of Stmith`s missing jumpshot and the presence of our rebounders we`ll need a shooter, só Davis will start. His jumpshot isn`t perfect of course but well work on that - way better than Josh`s though." (laughing)
Press
"Do you think Davis is able to step back after Okafor is your 2nd offensive option ?"
Murray
"Well thats a big question. The whole Hawks staff talked about it quiet a time, but we`ll have to wait for the first games to get an answer"
After the press conference Murray left fast to get to the his team again. He seems to have everything under control as far as this is possible under this conditions. The NBA report looked at his situation and besides Davis there is an even bigger question....
So don`t forget:
IT´S ALL BOUT THE FUN
Good luck with this!
Thanks I´ll need it cause the league is stronger than ever....
Oooooooooh, Nice magazine! Hurry up update!!!!! Lol good luck here.
Allright!!! Thanks. I will do more of them.....
Im going to put the monthly mag + pregame report (ATL@CHI) in next, maybe as flashlink, don´t know yet, so keep checking in...
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I might go the same route although I like Etan Thomas too. Ok, well keep this going.
