BrazilianHawk

No biggie. It's not like Ressler will ever want to spend the money for the Hawks to win anything.

Boredom

15 hours ago, Final_quest said:

Teams will regret passing on the opportunity to acquire DJM.  Price has gone up.  

He won't be traded. Unless our FO is filled with morons. Hawks would be better off trading the other guy.

Oh wait... 

16 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

I think it deserves its own thread, but I'm too lazy to learn how to embed tweets in here. Thanks!

Get well soon, @Sothron 

28 minutes ago, AtLaS said:

We are playing Garrison Mathews over him, who is 27 and will probably be out of the league in 2 years.  We aren't winning a championship this year and unlikely to make the playoffs, why wouldn't you develop your 20 year old.  

Did you AJ play last year?  How is he that bad?  

 

The few minutes I saw him play this season he's been horrendous on both sides. It's not to say Matheus is much better, but something is telling me his relationship with Quin is bad. I don't really know the answer, but his play gives me no reason to want him on the court.

10 hours ago, AtLaS said:

Can someone remind me again why we are playing Garrison Mathews over AJ?

AJ is that bad. Or perhaps he's uncoachable. Who knows? Who even cares, anyway? 

3 hours ago, Sothron said:

DJM and Hunter really played well tonight. it is so blatantly obvious how much better DJM is being a point guard than doing the combo guard routine with Trae.

Absolutely.

But I would trade Murray! 

23 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Some Additional questions:

1. Does OO continue to start?

2. Does Kobe consistently crack to rotation?  How many minutes for Kobe?

3. How many games does AJ play in the GL? They have 14 games left.

4. Does AJ get back into the NBA rotation after his GL stint?

5. Will we release any of the vets to create a roster spot?

6. What will the Hawks do with Trent Forrest? he has used his alloted 50 games.

 

1. OO should start. Our defense sucks CC or not CC so I'd go with someone that can score some at a fairly high efficiency

2. Kobe will play garbage minutes, a few of them because Hawks games are almost always close. I think Quin doesn't even think he's good enough at this point, IMHO he should be given more minutes, Hawks got nothing more to lose this season. 

3. 14. AJ should play in the GL as much as he can. 

4. Yes. As an end of the bench player, but yes.

5. They should be able to release Patty, but I don't think they'll do it.

6. Trent = GL. Not NBA material IMHO.  

11-16

#10

I want the playoffs, but I doubt they can reach them. 

15 hours ago, theheroatl said:

Yeah I don't get the trade Trae people..[] It's the same [as] Laker fans that say trading Lebron will solve their problems...[]

 

The only thing that has worked is Trae... we've had really poor defense surrounding him.

That's because building around Trae is really difficult. By the time someone comes with a player that could work with him he's probably already done with the Hawks and demanding a trade because he himself isn't able to make his team mates better.

Of course the front office has a lot to do with the Hawks being ridiculously bad, but I definitely don't agree that people who want to start over without Trae are morons because they're fed up with the team. 

6 hours ago, theheroatl said:

Wow I didn’t realize we’ve been rooting for such a mediocre team for so long…

 

Why do we keep on lying to ourselves? Quin might be a fraud, but certainly not the only one.

2 minutes ago, Packfill said:

The Hawks need to make a trade to fix this roster.  Trade deadline was an opportunity to do that.  Now they need to get something done this summer.

I am very skeptical as to whether there is a real plan in place or not to turn this team into a winner.

There's no plan. There. 

We need to make a trade to fix the problems that started with a trade. When will this end? 

1 minute ago, macdaddy said:

I"m glad we didn't sell Murray for peanuts but I also think we're going to soon realize that he's not really an all star player.  I hope he isn't lurking because i really like him.   But he's an undersized 2 and he's not a good passer as a 1.  

Hmmmm I think he's a PG. Not a 2.

Entertaining game, they fought to the end against a superior foe. No biggie, GO HAWKS!

Steph scored 60. 

Didn't matter. Ice Trae was on fire again, our centers did a hell of a job, Jalen flirted with a triple-double and Murray was as clutch as they come, he simply schooled that Podziemski boi in OT. 

Trae once said he didn't care much for regular season games, perhaps that is the reason he was snubbed again (of course he should be there, but yeah). If he played night in and night out like he's been playing after the snub we would probably be better in the standings. 

He's been playing at superstar level once again, too bad it might be a little too late, and one can see the team is playing harder than a couple weeks ago. I guess winning cures everything. GO HAWKS!

20 minutes ago, Diesel said:

One side... The other side... and the truth.

The truth is that the owner doesn't want to pay the luxury tax.. so somewhere between now and the offseason, somebody will be moved for a 20% off coupon for a bottle of Gain detergent. 

Fans want it to be based on a plan.  However, the truth says, the only plan is for the owner to make money. 

Sad... but so true. 

We're delusional if we think this messed up ownership and FO will ever lead us to a title. We'd better enjoy while we can.

Good win! It's not like the Lakers are world beaters nowadays but Hawks were solid last night. I like how Bey always give his all, and Hunter looked good. I hope it lasts and he doesn't get injured again, we need him in the worst way. 

I win is a win. This one was as sloppy as they get, but still a win. Thanks, Saddiq. 

10 hours ago, Bonkers said:

Congrats Hawks you picked the wrong damn guy!!!!

It's worse than that. They actually picked the right guy, then did away with him. 

ONLY THE HAWKS. 

10 hours ago, cam1218 said:

How in the world has Luka dropped 60+ on us?

I guess he's that good. 

8 hours ago, Jody23 said:

Why is Trent Forrest trying to create offense?

I don't remember seeing a player more useless in offense than him. Just terrible.

24 minutes ago, Diesel said:

OO fouled out.   Most of those fouls were shooting fouls.   As I was watching, I was thinking, if OO didn't foul these dudes.. and if he didn't just escort Sabonis to the front of the rim and let him get what.. 22 rebounds... we may have made this game more competitive.   Every foul was a foul created because he gave up too much position.  Do they not teach boxing out anymore? Do they not teach fighting for position before the ball goes up.   When OO came into the game, Sabonis said in his heart... There goes my meal ticket.  OO's very first defensive exchange of the game was Sabonis calling for the ball on the right block and scoring over OO in the low post.  I see his play and I'm so ashamed.   I wanted this dude to be much better.  I thought that as he got better, he would replace CC and CC would come off the bench as a top reserve.   But right now, we can't run that plan.  CC still does a lot of things better.    Quin is showing loyalty by letting OO finish games.  But it's not moving the needle.  He still Jumps at head fakes. 

I know he's a sacred cow around here... but he's either going to be a BU or a Center that gets taken advantage of.  Freaking JaVale McGee was doing rim pull ups on us.   IF OO can sweeten a trade package and get us a good player..  ship him out. 

 

It's been some time since I last agreed with your takes, but I think in this one you hit the nail on the head.