Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Robson: Hawks hang tough without
Horford  Britt Robson bucks the trend of ranking the Hawks on
the basis of what is expected to happen in Al Horford's absence
rather than on their body of work: The Atlanta Hawks should be
folding any day now.  That's been the dismissive conventional
wisdom about the team from the "Highlight Factory" for more than
a year. It's not fashionable to like Atlanta's chances, or even
to respect its identity. The Hawks are the bickering team that
was annihilated by Orlando in the 2010 playoffs (except they
came back and beat the Magic in 2011). They are the team that
overpaid for Joe Johnson, preventing them from making upgrades
that can get them to the next level (except they have upgraded
at point guard with the emergence of Jeff Teague and the
imminent return of Kirk Hinrich).  The Hawks are also the team
widely regarded as having more talent than maturity, and not
enough of either to be a real factor in the postseason, a notion
that was reinforced by th