Found October 28, 2009 on ajc.com:
Did you see enough of Hawks rookie point guard Jeff Teague in the season opener? Hawks coach Mike Woodson's rotation was 10-deep but as expected, the minutes were lopsided in favor of the starters. HAWKSVILLE – Did you see enough of Jamal Crawford and Joe Smith Wednesday night? How about Jeff Teague and Mo Evans? Zaza Pachulia and Jason Collins? I didn’t think so. Sure, the Hawks did what they had to do in dispatching the Indiana Pacers in their season opener. But I expected more, namely in minutes for the reserves. We’ve heard for weeks about all this improved depth and how much deeper this team is going to be this season. We saw it in the preseason. But it wasn’t on display against the Pacers. Sure, everyone played a minimum of 10 minutes and no one played more than 40 (though Joe Johnson was knocking on the door at 39:23). And they did win the game doing it this way. But 13 minutes and 36 seconds for Crawford and 10:48 for Smith seems a bit light to me, particular...
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