Hawks Forward Ivan Johnson Greets Celtics Fan With Middle Finger
Atlanta Hawks 28-year-old rookie Ivan Johnson offered a heroic “Did Not Play — Coach’s Decision” for last night’s season-ending Game 6 in Boston. However, despite not stepping onto the court for official NBA minutes and, you know, actually contributing, Johnson did offer up an overwhelmingly direct flipping-of-the-bird to a lucky Celtics fan.
Tragically, this is the kind of effort it takes for the Atlanta Hawks to warrant a mention.
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May 11th, 2012 at 12:29 PM
We have a professional basketball team?
-Atlanta
May 11th, 2012 at 12:31 PM
NBA playoff ratings are down
lol
May 11th, 2012 at 12:32 PM
28 year old rookie? crazy
May 11th, 2012 at 12:37 PM
I like this guy’s style.
May 11th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
How old is that cop in the bottom corner? Six?
May 11th, 2012 at 12:41 PM
“Fry, wasn’t Atlanta an American city in your time?”
“I think it was an airport. It had a place where you could buy nuts.”
May 11th, 2012 at 12:47 PM
im guessing it’s a lesbian and she’s the one you don’t wanna fuck with.
May 11th, 2012 at 12:47 PM
Why is Atlanta such a shitty pro sports town? Braves, Hawks, and Falcons seem to be after thoughts, especially if they aren’t going well (and sometimes, even when they are). Houston is similar, but part of that is that the greater Houston area is a huge area with lots of other things to do. Is Atlanta the same – very spread out metropolis with lots of entertainment options? No beach for ATLians, but what about lakes? Seems like the weather is similar to Houston’s.
May 11th, 2012 at 12:49 PM
I don’t think we’ve had enough arguing today so here’s this.
/could’ve been in Roundup links, don’t care.
May 11th, 2012 at 12:50 PM
you gotta yell “IT’S COMIN RIGHT FOR US” first.
May 11th, 2012 at 12:51 PM
basketball basketball basketball
May 11th, 2012 at 12:52 PM
sorry about josh beckett cj…but please, don’t take your anger out on golf.
May 11th, 2012 at 12:54 PM
Petty capitalists strike again.
May 11th, 2012 at 12:56 PM
SEC Football.
May 11th, 2012 at 12:57 PM
Well….
The Falcons have been around for 46 years. Of those 46, they’ve been an abortion for 38. The past 4 years have been by far the longest stretch the franchise has ever gone without flat out sucking. Show me a team with absolutely no history of winning for nearly 1/2 a century and I’ll show you a skeptical fanbase.
The Hawks are the one that makes no sense in that this is a great NBA town. Yes, the ownership in ATL is fucking laughable, but they have talent and should be a better draw. Having said that, go ahead and watch ATL play for an entire season, and you’ll see why Hawks hate the team. They are so damn inconsistant it makes me nauseous. They have two mentally weak guys (J-Smith, J-Johnson) that are the team leaders/go-to guys, so the team is a reflection of that.
The Braves are a baseball team, and we don’t much give a fuck about baseball down here.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:00 PM
Missed this, but yes, it’s insanely spread out. It’s also a transient town. So many people are from out of the area and come and go within 5 years or so due to work.
We golf and play tennis like mad down here. And we do have lakes. But it has more to do with terrible ownership and people having a rooting interest in others teams.
And this. As bland as we may find the Hawks or the Braves, we go batshit crazy for CFB. There are so many AUB, TENN, Bama, Florida, FSU, Clemson, SC, etc… fans that live in Atlanta. Add those to the UGA and GT fans and CFB runs this town like crazy.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:02 PM
Also, SHIT LOAD of transplants in the A. I’m not really sure about other races, but I do know there are tons of black transplants from up and down the Eastern Seaboard in Atlanta. I’d be one of them if I could deal with all the effing trees. The Highlight Factory organist is by far the best in the NBA. He/she plays some crazy shit.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:04 PM
Allergies?
May 11th, 2012 at 1:04 PM
Seriously? What a New Yorky thing to say.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:04 PM
Show me a team with absolutely no history of winning for nearly 1/2 a century and I’ll show you a skeptical fanbase.
Toronto Maple Leafs.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:05 PM
Never been to the ATL, but I hear their airport is one of the worst in the country. Which is a shame because I love airports for some weird reason.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:07 PM
Like whoa. It’s not even funny. And I love being outside.
Not shocked you found a jackassey retort. Must be a Maine thing.
I don’t hate trees. Trees hate me.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:07 PM
So you rooted for the smoke monster in Ferngully?
May 11th, 2012 at 1:08 PM
I mean to say, show me a team that has never been any good for their entire existence.
I laugh at this every time I hear it. There is a plane landing every 3-5 seconds or some shit like that in ATL. It’s the busiest airport in the world. Any airport that had to deal with their volume would have issues. What most people hate are the connections, which since I live here, I never have to worry about.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:08 PM
It reeks of piss and cigarettes, but on the plus side, there are several hot nut stands and tons of Popeye’s chicken.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:09 PM
If you think ‘New Yorky’ is a negative adjective, that sounds like a you problem.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:09 PM
I’ve never found transferring there a problem, it’s a SHITLOAD better than Philly.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:10 PM
You should really stay inside.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:10 PM
No, but I am considering a move to a more arid location in the US.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:11 PM
Aren’t there a ton of trees in NY? Or is it the inch-thick layer of yellow pollen that would be an issue?
May 11th, 2012 at 1:11 PM
“Where did you learn to climb trees like that?”
“The Pacific Northwest.”
/hyena’d
May 11th, 2012 at 1:11 PM
Coming from you, it does sound like it. So it’s more of a “you” problem.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:14 PM
I’ve flown into, out of, and connected through Atlanta many times. I’ve never considered the airport to be bad by any means. it is huge, but they have a freaking subway-like train that gets you close to anywhere you need relatively quickly so that’s not really a valid complaint.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:14 PM
Isn’t “New Yorky” just a nice way of saying “Jewey”?
May 11th, 2012 at 1:14 PM
The pollen. Fuck pollen. Plus just being around a very woody area sucks for me. The place I live now has so many trees. When I go for a run it gets adventurous.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:15 PM
Plus the ATL airport has a lot of charging stations for computers and phones. No free wi-fi though, sadly.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Not me
/coop
May 11th, 2012 at 1:17 PM
But, anywho, Atlanta is still awesome as hell. The state of Georgia is a real fun time.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:17 PM
Damn…living down here would kill you then.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:19 PM
/high fives the senator.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:19 PM
Only time I’ve ever been to the ATL airport –or the city at all– was right after 9/11 and there were guys in full body armor walking the concourses with M-16s.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:20 PM
What were the police carrying?
/we love guns down here
May 11th, 2012 at 1:20 PM
It still seems crazy to me that Atlanta got the Olympics. Nowadays there is now way in hell that would ever happen thanks to how corrupt the IOC became.
/whatzit
May 11th, 2012 at 1:22 PM
Billy Payne gets what Billy Payne wants.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:22 PM
Going down to see ND play Tech in 06 is still one of the best weekends/road trips of my life. Athens on the Friday night before UGA’s home opener still appears as a dream sequence when I sleep.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:23 PM
What a game winning drive by Quinn.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:27 PM
Sorry I had to step away Mr Senator, but I certainly did not mean to say anything in a mean tone so I’m sorry you took it that way. U mad?
May 11th, 2012 at 1:27 PM
Darius Walker and Rhema doing work that night. It was also clear to me that night that Calvin Johnson was no one to be fucked with.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:30 PM
Sorry I took it the wrong way. And no, I’m not mad.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:30 PM
I read stuff like this and realize how lucky I was to go to UGA. The best season opener I can remember was Clemson. It was a night game my soph year and we were so pumped for that game. Drank all day and had a huge tailgate with a friend’s family who brought out the smokers and the whole 9. So much fun.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:31 PM
fatty.
May 11th, 2012 at 2:08 PM
Atlanta looks nice when I drive through it to get to Florida.
/all I got
May 11th, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Why is Atlanta such a shitty pro sports town? Braves, Hawks, and Falcons seem to be after thoughts, especially if they aren’t going well (and sometimes, even when they are).
This rhetoric is so tired.