Empire of the South

After last night’s disaster the Hawks faithful gets some news that could perhaps lift the spirits of those who watched the Hawks get completely outplayed by the Cleveland Cavaliers last night.

RealGM is reporting that Mike Bibby, the Hawks big free agent point guard acquired in the middle of last season, wants to remain in Atlanta.

As great as this is, this is also really shakes up the Hawks draft thoughts. Flynn appeared the be the Hawks target if Bibby ended up leaving this offseason. Well, now that he wants to stay with Atlanta who do the Hawks look to build with in this summers draft? Could this mean they go center or power forward? Perhaps, but only time will tell.

The relationship between Josh Smith and Mike Woodson over the last couple of days could best be described as dissappointing. The Hawks are 20 games away from the playoffs and it appears that they’re fading rather then building with each game as a team.

The Hawks know what’s at stake and with the Heat, Pistons, and Sixers only a few games back the Hawks can’t be having problems in the locker room that leads to problems on the court.

The Hawks have the opportunity to secure the fourth spot in the next couple of weeks and need to gather themselves as a team and get on the same page. Whatever problems Smith and Woodson are having behind the scenes has to be reconciled sooner rather then later.