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  1. MarylandHawk
    I think you are on to something but not because Trae isn’t scrappy or takes defense seriously. I think the ball movement piece is more realistic as a reason why the team may get stagnant on defense. The NBA had proved time and time again that when players feel involved in the offense and there is good ball movement, the defense tends to follow. What our team needs to realize is that Trae is a once in a lifetime type player who can get everyone involved in the game every time down court if they just hustle to get open and keep playing through the possession on offense. Things like cutting at the last minute even though Trae is driving, wings going after offensive rebounds on long threes, not leaving John, Gallo and Clint hanging when they feed the post by standing around watching them even when they are double teamed. If they do those things, they will notice that Trae will not miss them no matter where they are on the court and he will feed them the ball for an open shot. He sees everything and will make the pass if you hustle to get open. This should translate to consistent high/multiple effort defense on every possession.
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    He finally played a game the way he was expected to. Geesh, what are these guys waiting on? He is on a one year deal playing timid and trying to fit in. He only gets 18 mins a game, go balls to the wall doing what you do. It will help the team and him. There is no time to waste trying to fit in. Clint said it best in his postgame interview after the Portland game, multiple efforts defensively. They have have multiple efforts defensively and close out each defensive possession hard. This is what we thought we were getting from Delon but he hadn’t showed that until last night.
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    Delon Wright has to go. He is playing like he is on a tanking team with no urgency or purpose. It is like he doesn't understand why he is here. High motor defensive effort while going hard in the 18 minutes he gets a game. Push the pace for fast breaks and be ready to hit open shots when they come. 9 mil should get us that.
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    So true. Lazy is the perfect word for our team defense. It is so apparent after watching a bunch of gleaguers come up and give consistent effort on defense and win games. Our starters come back and think we can just layoff guys and hope they miss. Fake defensive effort is ridiculous.
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    1. 10-10 2. Tre, Cam, Dre, JBap, CC with a shortened bench rotation of Bogi, Kev, Gallo and OO17. 3. Using the halfway mark, a. 20-22 b. 22-20 c. 18-24 4. Delon Wright for PJ Tucker
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    This is why I want to see Trae, Cam, Dre, JBap, and CC start together. Theoretically, they should compliment each other very well. With Dre and CC solid defense, Cam can cheat more over to Trae’s man or they can just switch. Dre and Cam’s arm length will take away simple passing lanes. CC is a rim protector and John is great weak side help. All Trae has to do is give great effort and use his basketball IQ to gum up the other teams offense. This is what I believe Schlenk envisioned. Defense wins championships.
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    That’s the thing he has been doing parts of this all season. The games where his numbers were off was when Gallo came back and messed up his rhythm because the bench offense wasn’t running through him. The other few games due to injury in that game or trying to play through an injury.
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    I would love to know. Nothing baffles me more than when Bogi is wide open and he misses the shot. It’s like 3 a game. Then he will come back and make a highly contested 3.
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    The Magic game was the first complete game I have seen from him in his entire career including college. His patience was great when driving to the basket, he had confidence in his jump shot, his physical strength was there, he had an aggressive mindset, and he had an array of moves. He is ready. I would really love to see a starting line up of: Trae Cam Dre JBap CC that is our path to a championship if we are going to win one with this team.
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    I love John. But when talking championship, he would be best as our third option. We need a true second option to step up or we need to go get one.
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    Delon needs to go. McMillan needs to coach better especially on defense. John is a third option not second. Free Cam. Jalen and Sharife missed an opportunity. Bogi is is a ? Schlenk is going to be forced to do something.
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    McMillan’s new coaching staff sucks.
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    I just want to say that it is absolutely unacceptable that anybody misses a WIDE OPEN three point shot generated by Trae Young. His passes are so good that defenders are often times not even in the screen when his teammates shoot it. These are NBA wings that are known for their jump shot, yet they miss these shots at an unacceptable rate. They should be between 75 and 90% on these shots because they are essentially practice shots. His teammates need to stop being surprised by getting such wide open shots. That is all.
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    Baptism by Ice!!!!
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    Bring on Duece Coop and JJ!
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    I would do it in a heart beat. We would have to take back more salary to get Bol though.
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    R-E-L-A-X

    MarylandHawk replied to Diesel's topic in Homecourt

    I am starting to worry a little bit. I am concerned about who on this squad has the sense of urgency and energy to get us back to a winning position during the season. It should have been eye opening to to our young team that Steph Curry came ready to play like his hair was on fire in the 10th game of the regular “boring”season. This is a MVP champion playing like this game was the last one he will ever play. Guys on our team are acting like other teams should just lay down because we made the ECF last year.
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    All other teams are playing like their hair is on fire defensively while we trot around thinking they will let up. They aren't. Every team thinks they can do what the Hawks did last season and they are playing like it. There should be no excuse as to why all of our guys aren’t playing with a more urgent pace on both sides of the court.
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    Gallo coming back into the rotation has thrown him off. Gallo is clearly the first option off the bench and Cam is not being aggressive looking for his shot.
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    Long season. Perfection won't ever happen. But he has the green light to shoot and that shot is better than a 24 second violation.
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    Yeah. I wish they would run more set plays for him where he gets off the ball early runs through a couple of screens and gets a catch and shoot.
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    I would like to see extended minutes with them together and set plays for each. We could potentially become a better fast break team to if that squad can generate more missed shots and steals.
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    John and Bogi won this game with their energy, effort, urgency, and quick decision making. Cam is for real. It rubbed off on the rest if the team. This is the type of play I love watching. Trae was settled and not worried about the refs. And they rewarded him by calling actual fouls. Dre’s urgency went up a notch, a step in the right direction for him. Clint got more mins and produced. Lou and Gallo are starting to get that rhythm back together.
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    He needs to make small adjustments to make everything work. I still think inserting Cam into the starting lineup and bringing Bogi off the bench is the best balance for the team. Cam would make up for what Dre doesn't do well and vice versa.
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    The one thing that worries me about these “rule changes” is that it gives referees too much discretion on contact plays. With betting being allowed, refs can easily swing games. They should apply the news rules like the NFL did pass interference replay. It needs to be clear and obvious an offensive player is creating the contact when the defender has an established position. The reason I put rule changes in quotes is because the calls the Trae is not getting are not a part of the rules changes. They just decided they aren't going to call fouls against him.
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