RedDawg#8

Anyone else wonder if we could send our guards down to the Skyhawks to receive some defensive incubation?

1 hour ago, NBASupes said:

I wouldn't say it provides nothing but it's not like a sum gain against Murray. Maybe on defense because he's actually a SG/SF unlike Murray but Murray gives us a high end backup PG too. Without Murray, we need a backup PG better than Forrest 

Kobe isn’t quite ready but Im sure he is here as a future PG option. At least defensively for sure.

Sports talk radio was discussing the idea that it might be best to trade BOTH of Trae and DJ and just start a rebuild centered around JJ moving forward.

I do not hate this. I also think it may make sense to keep DJ since his contract is such a value deal.

Either way, we need to revisit this entire situation. We are too guard heavy and dependent on making tough outside shots. We need to get rid of ball dominant players who aren’t effective driving the basketball or posting up.

Our best basketball came when our role players got the most minutes. We need more of that. Guys who can star in their role. 

This draft is too deep in talented bigs WITH SIZE for us to walk away with more undersized guards, wing and forwards.

Gueye is going to be a really good player for us. I'd be interested to see if he gets a role for us in the postseason considering Jalen will be out and Vit is unavailable. Quin may opt for Wes Matthews experience instead, but there is something about MoGueye's game that is both effective and electrifying all at the same time.

Lost

As in, lost season, or as in we look lost as a franchise.

59 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton is the only player from the non-medalist 2023 FIBA World Cup team that was selected.

So we are just going to erase this from Anthony Edwards resume?

** sigh**
We not getting that damn pick

29 minutes ago, JeffS17 said:

Coaching.  You should know better than anyone what habits Quin and his staff can instill -- Murray's diet went from 23% of his attempts from 3 to 38% under Quin.

Facts. Murray was not a floor spacer either until he (a) was forced to play off ball, and (b) increased his shot diet under Quin.

8 hours ago, NBASupes said:

I hated Culver. He was the golden boy here though, KB swore by Culver being a star. I wrote on RealGM that he was an obvious bust. Same for Johnny Davis. I never liked players who's NBA comp was 20 pounds bigger than they were. Hard to play bully ball as a 6'6 guard at 195 in the NBA. At that size, you gotta be a dynamic, generational athlete. 

Size matters. The NBA is a game of measurements (inches) as well as a game of BBIQ and angles. 

I can respect that. I pay very close attention to that as well which is why Steph was always a bad Trae comp. (2) different builds that allows one to play the game a different way.

On 4/12/2024 at 9:44 PM, kg01 said:

Doo dah doot doot, doo dah doot doot ... JJMaxx

Knowing us, yes, and then we will be trying to trade him in 2-3 years like we do everyone we extend.

Remember when everyone was gushing over Jarrett Culver.

Good times

I hate that we can’t deactivate players who are unavailable for extended absences via injury.

Like, we still have to carry Bey, OO, and JJ who wont play but have to cut Forrest or Vit who can play.

I wish there was a DL to place active players on and keep available bodies on active roster.

I truthfully don’t even care anymore what people say against him. He’s proven that he is a consistently productive player. He has the stigma against him regarding winning or being selfish, cool, no other way to shut it down than to win. Been the same story his whole career.

If we win, he wins, and the “we” is all I care about at the end of the day.

“We lost because of Trae”

52 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

An overall better player than Smart that really fits what they have. Boston will continue to be a force in the East. Good for them.

I thinks Burns is going to out leverage Edey today and really bother him. I think Edey has another volume stats game potentially but he looks really bad in his matchup overall.

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

Mo Gueye sighting soon? 
One could only hope, but likely not until next season at this point.

2 minutes ago, terrell said:

12-8

I hear ya. 
Im just glad DJ’s at his natural position so we don’t have to watch PG’s kill us anymore. It’s like a guaranteed 50 piece anytime Trae’s out there. Amirite?! 

Just now, JayBirdHawk said:

Is Flynn the worse player to ever score 50 points?

Other Nominees: Our very own Saddiq Bey, Tony Delk, Brandon Jennings, JT Warren - I'm sure there are more.

I can’t put Jennings and Warren in that company.

And I only ever watched Delk when he was a Hawk. 

Bey though, yeah that’s a close one lol

We must actively root against the Pelicans and Suns to keep Sacramento out of the play in and guarantee our 1st rd pick from them.

The West playin field is  Sac, Phx, LaL, and GS. Sacramento doesn’t stand a chance against the refs, I mean Adam Silver, I mean the talent and experience of those other 3 teams in a single elimination scenario.

35 minutes ago, terrell said:

How many points will Luka score tomorrow night? lol

Hopefully the Hawks were preserving energy late for the back to back..

 

Smooth 50 piece probably.

4 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

All I see when I read this is Clint Capela leading the NBA in offensive rebounds… from his own misses smh

8 minutes ago, Jody23 said:

Dejounte Murray refused to make a simple pass while doubled at half court.  And turned it over.  YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE EVERY PLAY!  PASS THE BALL!

I think you meant Trae. DJ doesn’t play like that. Trae is the low BBIQ player. His teammates hate watching him dribble in to double teams and make stupid turnovers.

DJ, is too much of a team player to do that.

Sorry to correct you. I read your post and was like “Ooooo, whose gonna tell him…”

We just dominated one of the most talented teams in the NBA, wire to wire, and it’s all because of #5.

Bad Trae, Bad Trae