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AJ has been great and has a bright future but dont take him being good out the gate to ding our other players. AJ is probably the most polished complete rookie to come around in a longtime. Also his BB IQ and instincts are off the charts.

I wish this would stop. John is a professional that adds alot to the team ge us a swiss army knife every yeam needs. Must suck to have gotten that long term contract and trade rumors still follow him around.

Very lame

Well we just played the 2 best teams in the NBA back to back and we won one and lost one and the one we lost we could have won. While Bogi is still out our team is having a shooting slump and we are still building chemistry with many new players we are still in the mix with the best teams in the NBA.

I'd say it's been a good start to the season and it is encouraging how well we are doing while still working through some very obvious issues right now.

When we are clicking we can be the best team in the NBA, even right now on any given night we are in the mix for that.

1 hour ago, bleachkit said:

Because the draft is how you get good young players, like AJ Griffin. You always have to keep an eye on the future. 

Yea but we already have a backlog, lets maybe let them develop before we go trading solid depth for crap shoots

Bummer that Trae is out. I just hope we do not get blown out

He's been way better then advertised and him and Trae have the making of the best back court in the NBA. We need to lock him up long long term even he he needs a max contract.

I'm not worried, seems the team as a whole is just having a shooting slump which given the skills of our players won't last long. If our shooting gets back to normal we will be pretty deadly.

We have alot of new players on the team so it should not surprise anyone that we are still working out a few issues

10 hours ago, NBASupes said:

Capela offense isn't what's passing me off the most. His defense hasn't been good this year. He's an elite rim and paint protector. I haven't seen either this year from him. I've seen better defense from JC. Clint needs to get it together. I know these are tough matchups for him with the athletes these younger teams have at the 5 but damn, you gotta protect the damn paint. That's what you do.

Yea he needs to STOP missing from 1 ft away from the goal. The whole team is not shooting very well right now

That was a bad game, looks like we are just not shooting well in the early part of the season but this is the first game to do us in for that. I hope when bogi gets back his shooting catches among the team

1 hour ago, ShooterSays said:

 

He's going to be great for us and be a legit star in his own right

Houston would have come back and won if it weren't fir DJs defense at the end if the game. Something we did not have before.

Hope he stays healthy

Hope for 50 wins and a good solid seed. IF we suffer crazy injuries like we seem to every year then should be another wild ride but hopefully we get hot around the playoffs.

No way would I trade for him with anything from our current roster. If we can get him another way fine but our young core and newest additions this year need to stay put.

5 minutes ago, AtLaS said:

Which is why we need to resign Hunter now.  There is zero upside for the Hawks in waiting out the season.  There is only potential his price goes up and we can't afford him.  Only way his price drops is if he has a career altering injury, which can happen to any player.  

It's just not worth the risk.  We have no backup plan at the 3.  He is our only legitimate option there.

Na, if Hunter has another injury riddled season we just need to move on from him. His skills are great but he needs to prove we can depend on him for a season.

I like the fact that Star from " The Lost Boys" is our most visible owner.

I missed the game so did we look pretty good?

I got the last 2 for my Series X but this one is 150GB which is just way to much for a single game so probably going to pass this year. 

Think it is time to lock this thread, JC is not going anywhere

On 8/31/2022 at 1:19 PM, JeffS17 said:

See, I feel the opposite.  I think our covid situation exposed why Nate doesn't deserve a ton of leeway.  IMO, he did not manage the roster and rotations well and was exposed for his lack of creativity, adjustments, and ability to manage a quickly changing environment.  All of those are skills that make a coach successful in the post season, which frankly has been Nate's biggest criticism over the years.  I just don't think Nate is the guy that's going to get the most out of the roster and talent come May and June.  I think we could still win a chip under Nate but it definitely won't be because of him.

Yea that's BS, we had a major portion of our roster signed off the street for a crucial time in the season, the league failed us not Nate.

I would like 2 more full years of Nate before we think about doing anything.

Last year the covid BS put us in a huge whole. The league should have stepped in to help us but they did nothing. 

We just made the ECF not even two years ago and made some serious tweaks in the off season to address our weaknesses, why wouldn't we be considered a contender?