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  7. The official start Jeremy Lin Thread

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    15 hours ago, GameTime said:

    I want to see Jeremy get Trae easier spot up jumpers so he can see the ball go in the hoop. So bench Baze or Prince and keep Trae starting.

    This is the one thing hurting Trae the most. I think it's the coaching staff's job to put out plays that will get him spot up jumpers. Dude is working his ass off to get his teammate open shots but no one is doing the same for him.

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  10. Trae Young: Reasons for Optimism & An Unexpected Concern

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    On 11/8/2018 at 11:54 AM, High5 said:

    He's been great at catch and shoot 3's. 43.5% on 2.1 attempts. Unfortunately he's shooting 19.1% on his 4.3 pull up 3's. I'm not worried about it yet. There's a lot that can and should happen that will improve the percentage. 

    This post hits it on the head. He is a very go 3pt shooter. It’s just that he doesn’t take the high % 3s, which is for him, the catch and shoot. I think most of this comes from not having another player the other team fears. So Trae is stuck with making his own shot. You rarely see the defense leave him in order to get a catch and shoot / pass from a team mate. 

    I think when John comes back it will help Trae’s shooting. Once his other 2 draft class members get comfortable in the game Trae is going to be deadly. They all are capable of shooting high percentage three-point shots.

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  11. Good article on Young

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    The one thing I was thinking is confirmed in this article... Trae takes a lot of pull-up jumpers. I bet his shooting % is much higher with him taking a jump shot but he is rarely left open to take jump shots. They guard him like a blanket. 

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    Good article on Young

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    https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2805033-rethinking-nba-offseason-moves-we-judged-too-quickly?src=rss#slide5

    I don’t know about the first paragraph thou lol

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    Trae Young has not surpassed Luka Doncic on the NBA's rookie ladder. Not even close. Doncic is still the better prospect. Years down the line, the Atlanta Hawks will probably look back at the 2018 draft and know they traded away the best player in the class.

    They just might not care.

    Having the Kings as a shield is part of it. They passed on Doncic for Marvin Bagley without nabbing any compensation for their decision. The Hawks snagged a top-five-protected pick from the Dallas Mavericks for moving down two spots. But Young needs to play well enough for that to be considered equal value. 

    Guess what? He's doing just that.

    Pay no mind to Young's offensive efficiency. He's shooting under 30 percent from distance, and Atlanta is scraping together fewer than 100 points per 100 possessions when he plays. Whatever. Learning curves are a real thing—especially at the point guard position.

    Rookies and sophomores deserve leeway, and Young is passing the eye test. His handles are sick, and he's comfortable manufacturing space from scratch. The level of difficulty on his shots is through the roof. Over 43 percent of his attempts are coming as pull-up jumpers, and more than 40 percent are contested looks. His passing makes up for the remaining gap in efficiency. 

    "Young doesn’t pound the ball or even have to penetrate in order to draw help and find an open man. Guys simply run the floor faster and cut into space harder, knowing he'll hit them on the money if/when they get open," Vice Sports' Michael Pina wrote. "His kick-aheads alone deserve to be nominated by the MacArthur Fellows Program."

    Right now, the Hawks have Young playing with two or more non-spacers at every turn. Surround him with more established shooters, and the numbers will rival his off-the-bounce pizzazz.

    Even amid choppy floor balance, Young's creativity is shining through. He's finishing close to 65 percent of his looks inside three feet andshooting 59.7 percent on drives—the second-best mark among 106 players averaging at least five downhill attacks per game. Not bad for someone whose height and length were supposed to crimp his accuracy around the rim, huh?

    Once more: Doncic should end up being the more transcendent player. But this idea the Hawks botched their rebuild by going in another direction is slowly, surely becoming borderline bonkers. Watch Trae Young go to work, and you'll see why.

     

     

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  15. Dallas and Cleveland 1st round picks

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    10 hours ago, AHF said:

    I am with bleachkit and KB on this right now.  Dallas pick is very much at risk.  

    Hope Spud is right and plenty of time for them to improve but current trajectory doesn’t look good.

    Lets hope the market value for Trae goes so well that the NBA Commish want to give him more help and throw of one of those David Stern (New York) lottery picks. wink wink lol

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  16. Hawks sign C Alex Len

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    11 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

     

    Well can we get him to be a little bit more ready for Young's passes? lol

    I really won't him to develop into our starting center but Steve Holman be like, "YOUNG PASS TO LEN FOR THA.... and Len misses another easy lay up, ....or... and again Len wasn't ready for the pass" lol smh

    Steve get so excited on some of Young's passes. Last night he said, If this team would make the open shoot from Young's passes, Young would have a ton of assists. 

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