The old saying “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it” clearly doesn’t apply to Al Horford and how his new head coach, Larry Drew, wants to use his talented big man.

When Reggie Evans hurt his foot on Friday, most fans and members of the media assumed Amir Johnson would step into the role of starting power forward for the team. However, Jay Triano didn’t think the same way and had Joey Dorsey start instead.

We missed you on Thanksgiving, but we’re back on the Monday-Thursday schedule… Today’s podcast topics include teams on the come, trades in the works and Turkey Day taste-gasms.

This afternoon I was able to chat with Al Horford about the change in his style of play this season, the ups and downs the team has had so far and how big the players only meeting was last week.

This afternoon Larry Drew chatted with the media about Joe Johnson’s recent shooting woes, the growth of Al Horford and the team needing to be more consistent.

Part of the reason they were able to string together wins early in the season is because of a number of weak competitors. Its been a season of streaks as the Hawks ran off six games straight, dropped four in a row, won back-to-back games and then dropped three. With a number of weak opponents on the horizon the Hawks may look to put together another long win streak.

So you’ve focused on adding assets for your NBA team that are more finance-based than relevant to on-court performance, picking up a trade exception here and an expiring contract there. Seems like a sound business plan – the trade exception should help land a marquee name for little in return, while the expiring contract could also be a hot commodity on the trade market – and it has worked in the past. Just don’t expect it to be too effective this ti

Another game, another fourth-quarter collapse. The Oklahoma City Thunder’s growing trend of late-game miscues bit them for the first time Wednesday night, as they were dealt a 111-103 defeat courtesy of the Dallas Mavericks and their one-man Wehrmacht, Dirk Nowitzki.

No muss, no fuss – Episode 2 of Four Quarters on the Sidelines with Kolsky and D’Olier, our new twice-weekly NBA Podcast.

Paul Pierce chatted with the media after a tough loss to Toronto about the look he got at the end of the game, the second quarter woes the team is mired in, how bad habits are starting to creep into games and the frustration he has in the team not playing defense at a high level right now.