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Johnson Unhappy in Atlanta

Joe Johnson opted to take Atlanta?s money in the offseason knowing that the Hawks are in a rebuilding mode and that he would probably lose more games during the first month of the season than Phoenix lost in all of last season. Roumors coming out of Atlanta are that Johnson isn?t happy. Who can blame him? In 16 games, the Hawks managed to accumulate only two victories. As oppose to last year, Johnson is in charged with leading the offense which is difficult to do when you spent most of your career as a spot up shooter.

The people that came in close contact with Johnson last year with the Suns have commented that the Johnson in Atlanta is not the Johnson from Phoenix, who can blame him. The Hawks are coming apart at the seams and Joe is roped into them for the next 5 years. Sources near the Hawks confess that things inside the locker room are bad, and getting worse, apparently several players do not get along, and the coaches are often seen bickering with players, who give poor performance in practice, and often freelance in games trying to get numbers, rather than play within the offense.

The same source also commented that as good as Mike Woodson and Herb Brown are as coaches, they clearly do not command the respect of the players and its believed a coaching change will have to be made this summer as this situation is clearly not working? Who can blame Joe Johnson for being unhappy, he?s in a dysfunctional home.