TheTruth

I have no words. Hawks need to get healthy and play some dang defense. These 4th quarter meltdowns are what bad teams are made of - not ones hoping for playoff glory. 

2 hours ago, terrell said:

Solo should never see the floor again.....

OH MY GOD YES, YES, YES - SO MUCH THIS...

ALL OF THIS!!!!!

6 minutes ago, ATLHawks3 said:

This move tells me that they won't be afraid to pay the tax in years to come.

I would assume so as well.

On 8/15/2021 at 4:20 PM, marco102 said:

Nailed it! 

11 hours ago, HawksNWaffles said:

DELETE!

One of the best anime, ever.  Period.

28 minutes ago, Alex said:

Let’s hope he doesn’t have to play more than mop up duty.

Yeah, really hoping for a ton of DNP-CD's for him...

Meh... 

22 hours ago, TRW said:

I believe we resign John Collins regardless. The kid is too valuable and can't be let go for nothing. Hopefully we will find a way to sign him without paying max money. If all else fails, we would be foolish to not give him the max. If things don't work put in a year or too I'm sure their would be other suitors who would love to trade for him. Trust In Travis Schlenk.

Agreed. In my mind at least, it's a foregone conclusion that Collins re-signs with us - it's merely a matter of it will be for max money or not. I don't believe it will be for max, but it will likely be close. Max or not, I don't think for a second he won't be lacing up his sneakers for the "A" come the start of next season in our rightful quest for the title.

30 minutes ago, sturt said:

I'm all for unique perspectives, and I'm not immune to the occasional one.

But I just can't buy-in to any perspective/theory that doesn't embrace the idea that (a) having a healthy Trae would have been the difference for us, and (b) having a healthy Dre might have been the difference for us, and (c) having both would have made us impossible for MIL to stop.

I think it's a combination of your take and Diesel's. We were constantly overmatched by Milwaukee's Giannis-less lineups. Even without Trae due to AnkleGate, OO's emergence defensively on him in Game 4, along with Cam's defensively play, gave me hope to pull it out in 7.

There is no doubt in my mind, however, that had we had a fully healthy Trae and Hunter all series going against a fully healthy Bucks team, we would have gotten past the Bucks. 

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

For anyone interested in this guy:

He's out of his got dam mind if he thinks he's getting that. 

1 hour ago, RandomFan said:

Looks like Trae and especially Cam are probably glad he's gone,  lol.

 

I guess Nate got his hands on that police report after all...

*Ring ring*

This is 911 - what is your emergency?

???: I'd like to report a crime - assault and battery.

911: Can you describe what happened?

???: Yes, I was minding my own business watching the game when all of a sudden I heard loud yelling. Next thing I know, I'm getting wailed on and thrown halfway across the arena. I think one of my legs is broken.

911: Can you describe who did this?

???: Yes, it was a tall black man on the Atlanta Hawks coaching staff. His name is Melvin Hunt.

911: What is your location? 

???: State Farm Arena.

911: We are contacting the arena's security now - the police are on their way. So they know who to look for, can you describe yourself?

???: I'm about a foot tall, black, and am apparently good for sitting on - although I'm not quite sure how that keeps happening...

911: Excuse me, what? I don't think I heard you right. Can you repeat that?

???: I'm a chair, sir.

911:

Bucks are a great rebounding team, but we have to address that somehow in the offseason.

So...

We score 29 in the 3rd quarter - that's normally pretty good. Most of the game for us.

But, we surrendered 44 - 44!!! to the Giannis-less Bucks?! 

Sigh...

Terrible response by our beloved team in an elimination game at home.

Really disappointed in how we're playing in an elimination game AT HOME! Better pull it together - because this was supposed to largely be the "gimmie" game compared to if this goes 7...

Our healthy starting lineup of Trae/Bogi/Hunter/Collins/Capela played how many minutes - not games - together in the regular season? Now take that number and compare it to the playoffs. Still tiny? Yeah, Broussard can go screw himself.

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

....Hawks them in the mouth and kept at it.

No doubt. We were throwing so many punches and haymakers out there that the Hawks were looking like a bunch of Machamps and Hitmonchans out there.

This is escalating quickly!