Today marked the end of the Hawks season, which started tragically and nearly ended triumphantly. I told myself if we won a single game against Boston, I’d be happy. Here I sit, after losing by more than 30 points and managing just over 60, and I’m upset. We went to Game 7. We almost did it. We came just short (only after watching today’s game, it feels almost as if we were never in this series).

There’s a lot of people that feel Boston’s going to be in trouble against the Cavs, but I feel it’s a similar matchup as the Hawks, who they absolutely destroyed at home. You’re going to see a lot of double teams on LeBron, and it’s going to be up to the rest of the Cleveland players to step up and try and win one. The Hawks did just that at home, and just the opposite on the road.

Congrats, Atlanta. I can truly say for the first time in nine years that I’m proud to be a Hawk. Our main focus now is re-signing Josh Smith, and then hopefully getting Childress as well, though I think it’s unlikely; he’ll probably want way too much, and you can only justify giving so many dollars to a guy that’s gonna be your sixth man.