What Is Wrong With Atlanta Fans?

"Joe Johnson was asked if Atlanta's home-court advantage has gotten any better as the team improved and his answer was no.

"Don't get me wrong, it's the home team and I enjoy playing there and I enjoy when the fans do come out," Johnson told the Daily Herald. "But by no stretch of the imagination have we got one of the best home crowds. We don't. I can't really even say it's getting there. "In the playoffs, yeah, they're there. Throughout the regular season, it's not much of a big difference from what it was. It's different, but it's not that big of a difference than what is was when I first got there (ESPN)."

I honestly don't get Atlanta. Even when the Braves were one of the best teams in baseball year in and year out they had a hard time getting fans to the game. The Hawks are one of the best up and coming teams in the NBA, and the people of Atlanta barely make a whisper. It seems like it is every sport (other then maybe football), because I watched at the Bruins played the Thrashers and there was no one at that game either. I am sure there are other cities that would get behind a team better then this, and it seems to be that Atlanta doesn't deserve a lot of what it has...