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I was listening to Eddie Johnson on SiriusXM and he called this to the T.  Milwaukee' s other starters showed up with more opportunities.  Our starters save Bogie didn't.  We can win this series without Trae, but guys have to excel at their roles. 

This Hawks season>Any season of the Wire, Sopranos, GOT, House

These are like the anti-Joe, Josh, and Horf's    Trae, Collins, and Capela(Say it with your chest!))

Shock and Awe offense.  The stress of continuous lobs and threes along with Trae's fouls merchandising.... it's psychology breaking.

Pass.  We may very well get the best Ben can offer us out of Cam for way less.  Not to mention he would be a MAX 4th option when Hunter is healthy.  No deal!

Get better Dre.  Start Huerter and give Snell more burn

7 minutes ago, AHF said:

Reggie was a master of off-ball movement.  I'd love for Trae to study that and pick up some of his game.  Given how far Trae has to go, however, I don't know that in the middle of a playoff series is the right time to do it.  Seems to be asking for too much in too short a period of time.

I'd like to see us run Huerter like that when he is the game with Bogi and Trae

Make or miss league.  We missed too many bunnies and open 3's.  They hit their shots and finished well.  Simple.

1 minute ago, REHawksFan said:

Per NBA/com/stats.....

Hawks Pace from Game 1 though February 28 when LP was fired:  99.67 (16th in the NBA)

Hawks Pace from March 1 through end of season:  97.80 (22nd in NBA)

Hawks Pace in Playoffs:  97.00 (8th among PO teams)

 

Either the TNT dudes were wrong or you heard them wrong.  Nate definitely slowed the pace down in general.  Now, I know they did say that they got too slow in Game 1 and needed to play faster, but the data is clear that the overall PACE is slower under Nate than LP.  

I wish I had a transcript, but yeah they definitely said increased the pace.  And I think they had that number reversed.  I recorded the game, so maybe I will upload that portion.(probably won't though lol)

9 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

I don't know if you are joking but it's pretty clear Nate slowed the pace for the Hawks.   TNT saying otherwise probably only further proves the point they don't know what they are talking about half the time.

No, Sir they had facts and numbers.  Talked how our pace increased and Nate himself telling them he in the past slowed down the pace, but looked at our personnel and sped it up. 

On 6/4/2021 at 9:02 AM, NBASupes said:

LP wasn't a loser as a HC. A  big part of Nate's success is the fact that he's an elite gameday coach whereas LP is a major WIP but LP did a lot of things the coaches felt was exceptional, Nate included. 

Nate's success with this squad is kinda luck more than anything. 

Trae hasn't been that much more productive with Nate than with LP. The difference is by slowing the pace significantly, what we consider shot quality has gone up exponentially which is what happens when you opt for slow pace compared to fast pace and Nate runs a lot more plays for individual players.

When Nate took over, we instantly saw improvement from Kevin and Gallo just due to the pace difference. Also, we saw our defense improve as turnovers drops and we were quicker to get set on defense under Nate than LP. The real change took place in April when we inserted Bogi into the starting 5. We all knew he was a good player in SAC and struggle with health early this year which really limited him on the court but we didn't know he was this damn good. No one did. Bogi impact stats have been in the top 10 since April of all NBA players. Clint's been our Trae for defense impact wise so we knew Clint was our most impactful player even if that's mainly due to Trae's presence. We did not know Bogi was this good. He's like a better Klay Thompson. When we signed him, we just thought he would be a more consistent Kevin Huerter with aggressiveness. He was much better than that. 

The coaching change helped the others more due to the pace change and him running plays for others. We still run LP's playbook and system. We added a few wrinkles but the pace change really slows down Trae and he's more likely to run the offense and less likely to dribble, dribble, dribble. LP ran a hybrid D'Antoni system with Spurs actions. Nate kept the offense but instead of turning up the heat to high, he lowered it to low. I will say, he doesn't get in his own way as much as LP does. LP loves his sub matters too much. LP doesn't believe in situational sub patterns. Nate does. I do feel that was worth maybe 2-3 more wins but truth is, Nate kinda got lucky. No one knew that this pace change would turn them into the Warriors. No one knew the system change would turn the Warriors into the Warriors. 

Coaches tend to do stuff like that. Nate doesn't. He doesn't have a whipping boy like LP had with Cam and he doesn't tell other coaches this guy is not ready yet for the USA team because he hasn't improved this and that when that player didn't get a chance to tryout and show the coaches for himself. 

The TNT broadcast completely debunked your arguments on what Nate did with the pace.  Any thoughts?

I'm fine seeing him go.  Ridley is ready.

Knee jerk yes.  But, thinking about how GA would fit I have to say no.  Trav has me sold on this 4 out spread the floor game.  Unless he learns to play 5 or develops a consistent 3, he impedes our guys more than he helps.  He is a Super Ben Simmons.  Se what we did with him on offense?

Just now, JayBirdHawk said:

I think we needed ISO Joe since we lacked the requisit  ball handlers.  

Yeah, but even when Bibby got here it was a little too much Joe.

1 minute ago, Spud2nique said:

Ya tough one here, JJ has a better looking resume but Smitty was a baller  

1 minute ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

I just like JJ's defense better next to Trae.

No wrong answer here(except for JR Rider)  Smitty, for me because he had a better flow to his game.  Didn't need to ISO as much as JJ.

PG- Trae

SG- Smith

SF- Nique

PF- Horf

C- Dikembe

I think the 76er's are shook and shot their shot to make that game close.  What else can they do?  Yes, we shot well; as a team, but many of our better shooters did not.  I'm not discounting them and their seeding, but this squad is different.

Man Mookie's trade was a robbery,  Got my vote.

It's up there with beating Orlando(Dwightmare) and Miami(Thugs).  Nique team had some good series, but always seemed to under achieve.