Watchman

1 minute ago, akay said:

Being a good dad and staying home to care for your kids is a positive yes, way to completely misconstrue what I said

Come on, lighten up.  I was just teasing you.

Trae is not a happy camper if he can't get his man, Steve Nash, at the helm.  If Trae stays, I give Quin 3 years max.

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Trae Young Sends Message on His Preferred Coach (msn.com)

Trae wants Steve Nash as new coach

Trae Young Sends Message on His Preferred Coach (msn.com)

Trae wants Steve Nash as new coach

We have a defensive coordinator?

I'm gonna punt on Prunty.

3 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Snyder's comments:

So, is that Snyder's way of saying, "I'm tired of you guys.  I quit.  This will sound nice and rosy though."?

27 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

But there is so much more. Players are back at practice tomorrow.

What's gonna be your name for Prunty. Gonna miss the iRobot nickname, lol.

Punt

20 minutes ago, sturt said:

I'll start.

Avery Johnson.

David Fizdale.

 

And I'm going to say it...

Becky Hammon.

 

If there's an owner out there who would be entirely bought-in to offering Becky Hammon her first NBA head coaching gig, it is ours.

I'd be good with any of those candidates, especially Becky and Avery.

2 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

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I hear you.  I'm gonna say this, then I'm gonna try to shut up.  Other guys moving off ball around Trae is meaningless.  Hence, people like Collins get 4 to 6 shots in a game on a regular basis.  "Go stand in the corner, and if I absolutely have to, I might throw a pass to you" does not build team comradery.  

1 minute ago, kg01 said:

It's hilarious how people (here and abroad) are using this to impeach Trae.

But, if you ask them if they want Nate or Lloyd coaching their team ...... crickets. 

If it was up to me we'd still have Bud.   I would not want Lloyd or Nate.  Bud moved on because he didn't want to tank.  I don't blame him.  Supposedly Trae was looking forward to playing off the ball when we got Murray.  That didn't even last half a season.  Trae is a very good talent, but he views himself as All Universe.  He isn't a Jordan, LeBron or Kobe though.

6 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

Hire Synder to play Bud Ball

Hawks trade Trae for Anthony Edwards and Conley

Trade Capela, Bogi, and assets for Siakam or AD

Trade JC for role players

Gives us

Murray

man

Hunter

Siakam or AD

Okongwu

 

Play Bud ball. Got a #1 option with , #2 with Siakam or AD, #3 with Murray, Hunter at 4 and Okongwu being the garbage/energy man

AD is a permanent resident of the injured reserve list.

3 minutes ago, akay said:

I suppose that's one way to look at things, but I feel like the coaching search is gonna be deeper than hiring the offense Trae would prefer 

Then we'll be repeating this process whenever Trae gets tired of the coach.

2 minutes ago, akay said:

Only confirmation we have is Hawks are interested in certain people, and that's the info we have to go off of until we hear otherwise.

Not sure why Trae's opinions on motion offense would have anything to do with interviewing people like Snyder

Because they come from the Coach Bud (Popovich motion offense) tree, and are not "heliocentric" one on one oriented.  Since Trae prefers one on one, he might not be interested in alternative philosophies.

3 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

They all play Bud Ball and run the motion offense. This is gonna be a portal to trading Trae.

Trae can't play Bud ball. That's the biggest issue unless we got trade Trae ideas. 

Can't play or won't play?  Are you saying he won't be content unless the world rotates around him?

2 hours ago, akay said:

If Hawks have such a potent coach killer on their team, why would established and sought-after head coaching candidates even be willing to interview for our team?

 

No confirmation that they are interested, especially if Trae is not interested in motion offense coaches, which several folks on here have indicated.

On 2/20/2023 at 10:28 AM, bird_dirt said:

I’m guessing it either had something to do with the KC Chiefs winning the SB, or finally getting his kid to go to sleep. 

Maybe he got early notification that they were going to fire Nate during the break.

On 2/20/2023 at 10:28 AM, bird_dirt said:

I’m guessing it either had something to do with the KC Chiefs winning the SB, or finally getting his kid to go to sleep. 

I think maybe he was glad he got some time off and didn't have to go to the All Star Weekend, so he could spend some time with the family.

9 hours ago, kg01 said:

Im picking up what youre puttin down but this is a results based bidness.  Saying Cooper has more talent is like saying Yi Jianlian was more talented than Kobe.

And yes, if you're playing from home, I just compared Jose Baller-ado to Kobe. 

 Cam Reddish?

They didn't include a category for ball boy/gatorade dispenser.

2 minutes ago, terrell said:

I'm on the fire Nate bandwagon, but this ain't all on him. Dudes that got paid need to show up consistently. Everyone keeps talking about the bench and how it's terrible(it is), but what's really holding this team back is Trae, Murray, Dre, and Collins don't consistently show up. If those four guys played solid consistently, we'd be better than we are....

And CC, OO, Bogi, JJ and even AJ are all inconsistent.  It looks like we can probably add Bey to that list too.

Yeah, the way they're playing is giving us all fits.

35 minutes ago, kg01 said:

Any last words then?  'Cause you know it's happening.

#WeGonMissYouBurd

Since SlInky's  still under contract, let him be the interim coach for the rest of the season.  He couldn't be worse than any of our current assistant coaches.

Just now, NBASupes said:

I like Bey better than Matisse so I am happy. We needed a backup for Hunter extremely bad

I thought that was supposed to be AJ.