MarylandHawk

16 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

I think if it happens - his first game coaching will be next Friday. We play tonight, Sunday and next Tuesday....then we don't plays until Friday, that will give him 2 days.

I don’t know how I feel about bringing snyder in this quick. I hope they are not foregoing an opportunity to interview all of the current assistant coaches in the NBA to rush this hire. Also, from a resume standpoint, the two top coaches on this current staff have more championship experience.  Lastly, how could Snyder assemble his staff?  Everybody is currently working but him. I think is a good option, but why rush it?

1 hour ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

Name a PG not named Steph Curry that you would like to see Trae mimic his off ball movement after?

People keep saying that he needs to move without the ball.  I need a PG example of what people are talking about.

I don’t think that clip is suggesting Trae change his entire playing style but it suggesting the next step in an elite players growth. Quite frankly the entire team needs to move without the ball with more intention even if they know the ball is not coming to them. It creates more opportunity for entire team to benefit from space and angles. I have seen Trae do this over the last 10 or so games and it works. AJ is a natural at it. Dre is the worst at it. There is no bigger advocate for Trae than me and everybody has got to look within and try to get 1% better every day. Jrue Holiday does this pretty good. I would still rather have Trae a thousand over because he is much more talented. 

On 2/22/2023 at 1:25 PM, shakes said:

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/hawks-star-trae-young-needs-to-alter-his-game-following-nate-mcmillans-firing-or-he-could-be-next-to-go/

 

Great article about how Trae needs to change the way he plays.  Something that became obvious after the Miami series.  Something we were all confident he would come back this season and be doing it non stop.  Yet it turns out we were all wrong an Trae has continued to refuse to imrpove his off ball game.

 

The Hawks want this to work with Young. Firing McMillan is their first step in trying to make that happen. If Young doesn't change, however, and the next coach produces the same disappointing results, what then? Will Young ever buy into a role that asks him not just to concede some control (which he has proven willing to do with Murray), but actually to do something other than spatially spectate in these moments? 

It takes real commitment to put the energy in to move, consistently and at full speed, off the ball without a guarantee that you'll get it back. At most, what Young does is fan out and wait for either a kick-out pass or his chance to run back toward the ball for a dribble handoff. 

Does Young possess the kind of humility required to run away from the ball, if only for the purpose of taking defenders with him? That kind of genuine interest in winning on someone else's terms is a rare trait in such exceedingly talented players who have every right to believe they are always the best option. It's hard for a player like Young to see, especially when the Hawks were the second-best offense in the league just a year ago.

@JayBirdHawk  interested in why you laughed at this. I know Shakes typically has the negative view if Trae, but that snippet above may have some merit. 

1 hour ago, NBASupes said:

Nash sucks. I doubt it would be Nash but Atlanta will meet half way. Someone Trae loves but someone Korver, Landry, and the Resslers believe in

I can see Nash as an assistant. 

On 2/18/2023 at 2:35 PM, StonedDogs said:

I honestly believe there are a list of things the league didn't like about Trae that got around.

Houston game

Sit out game

The interview 

The private planes

 

That is ridiculous. That is literally targeting and blacklisting. You can’t try to control someones personal life by punishing on the court where he has earned them.  This just makes my respect for him grow. 

There goes his first ballot hall of fame bid…

I am boycotting the All Star weekend this year. 

17 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

No. You just flat out wrong.

That’s cool. 

1 hour ago, NBASupes said:

This is a really bad post. CP3 and Harden played 30 years combined 22 combined All Stars. Trae and Murray 9 years, 3 all stars. Come on man.

 

That's 74% to 33% 

What has me flabbergasted is that if those guys were considered elite the year that old boy played with them and you are comparing those years to what Trae and Murray are doing this year, then that would mean they are elite too. Or conversely, Harden and Paul were not elite those particular years either.  Splitting hairs here, just trying to understand the logic. For the record I think Paul and Harden have elite skill sets and so do Trae and Dejounte. 

5 hours ago, shakes said:

I would hope that he was more motivated by how crappy he's played and how he's failed to lead his team into a playoff spot, but that's just how I'm wired.

Stfu

13 hours ago, NBASupes said:

I had season tickets. MDA was terrible that season. They were winning games in spite of him. He just was tired. Those Rockets had elite players like CP3 and Harden. No disrespect to us but no one on this team is elite overall.

Umm excuse me?  CP3 and Harden were elite then but Trae and Murray aren’t now?  

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Damn! 

 

 

Love it. If he (Nate) is going to go out, he should go it with some passion. Lol. 

Good to see us starting bury teams we ate supposed to beat. Good sign. 

33 minutes ago, Final_quest said:

There's not going to be another opportunity to move up like this.  Now or never.  In parallel Brooklyn has a TOUGH schedule the next 10 games.  

I think it will take all season for a slow climb out of the play-in into the playoffs. But I think that steady climb will continue into the playoffs. It is all about peaking at the right time. 

Maybe Trae’s prayer was to keep Capella

On 2/8/2023 at 12:27 AM, TheNorthCydeRises said:

It's that time of the year folks. After seeing our Hawks flounder and be inconsistent all year, the schedule has finally opened up for us to make the big run we've all been waiting for.

17 of the last 25 games are at HOME!  That's right!  Good ol Phili . . . err . . . State Farm Arena!

Despite the Hawks being 13 - 11 at home so far this year, now is the time that the run happens.  And the run ALWAYS happens after the All-Star break.

• Whether it be a team that should tank, but they win 6 of their final 11 games ( led by Bobby Sura )
• Or a team that should tank, but Woody wants his young team to taste the playoffs, so they win 11 out of 15 from Mid March - Mid April to face Boston as an 8th seed
• Or its that same team 2 years later, that go on a magical run in March by seeing buzzer beater winners by J-Craw, JJ, and even a tip slam buzzer beater by Smoove
• Or it's a 60 win team that actually "cooled off", but still won 17 of their final 27 games.
• Or it's the run the Hawks have made the past 2 seasons, going on big runs ( 27 - 11 in 2021 . . . 24 - 12 in 2022 ) that got them into the playoffs/play-in.

This season, the Hawks are poised to do what those other teams have done.  Finish strong and get into the playoffs.

So let's break it down in the next post.

I say 17 and 10. 

39 minutes ago, sturt said:

*gasp*

 

Ah Kevin replacement indeed. 

Do you think obtaining Bey was Fields way of “getting Huerter back”?  Similar size, build and game. Average around the same points too. 

1 hour ago, sturt said:

Maybe most importantly, we created some room beneath the LT. I haven't done the math yet, but I suspect we're probably able to be legitimate players for a buyout, and me, I'd especially like to see that be a legit PF.
From Hoops Rumors:

 

Dedmond, come on down. 

Doesn’t have the same ring as Kevin Durant to Atlanta. 

59 minutes ago, Phunkabilly said:

Thanks for the response, Sothron.  As others have said (including yourself), I don't see how Bey is considered a positive on the defensive end, and looks to be a rather mediocre three-point shooter.  But I guess if I squint real hard, I can see the rationale for being more expensive due to being a "big-ish wing".  Still feels like an overpay, though.

I don’t think it is an over pay. But why trade for him. I think he was part of a lager deal that was moving Bogi but that fell through and we are just stuck with half the deal. SMH. 

I gotta say. Pretty disappointing action for us. At minimum, we needed length and veteran leadership. We got younger and smaller.  I do like Saddiq, but how does he fit?