bleachkit

Hawksquawk members are not big fans of the win share stat.

It's thats how you feel then place a bet my friend. Put 10k on the Hawks.

Trae is tweeting about Reed Shepard. I knew we were gonna regret passing on him.

He's there to hit the casino and the clubs. Don't got time for Hawks.

Shepard was the one I wanted. Hope we don't end up regretting passing on him. He was excellent last night.

Bufkin hurt again? He's had a lot of injuries so far.

Why mess with perfection? The core is always perfect.

I mean it's a strange thing to say if he's your guy going forward. I think Trae asked out, but we couldn't find a partner. Seems like there may be some tension there.

Yea but two shots at it would be nice.

If we just had our 2025 1st we could do a soft tank and get in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes.

Well the NBA has a strange system. The true superstars are actually worth than a max, so teams end up paying their second rate star the max because what else are they gonna do? They dont want to alienate their young star by playing hard ball. It's tough, maybe the NBA needs to take a closer look at the system they have. There needs to be a stronger middle class. Too many maxes and low salary guys.

We just aren't in a position to spend draft capital. Quite frankly, we barely have any. Our only hope is finding hidden gems the way Miami does.

Career 43.6% from the field. Would you consider that a strong number?

I was disproven by the 23/24 "in the clutch" stats? Here's a stat for you. Outside of the ECF season, we have basically been a .500 team with Trae.

Perhaps "close" is not the right terminology. But we aren't winning games, not enough games to be taken seriously. We brought DJ in, he put up numbers, but it's been decided by the board now that DJ was/is not a winning player. Well what exactly makes Trae a winning player? That ECF appearance is getting further and further in the rear view mirror. This is starting to look like Bradley Beal and Wizards situation. If we have another 35 to 40 win season, that's exactly what it's going to like to everyone but Trae loyalists, who continue singing his praises seemingly no matter what.