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And that my man is why plus/minus is worthless. At least do on/off and compare to team overall. You will find Trae stand extremely tall.

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It's really anyone who presses their standards onto everyone around them. There are guys who push their political views, religious views, recreational drug views, etc. onto everyone else without regard for how others may think or feel about the situation. The only segment that tends to get called out will be the more religious extremist views. But it will create locker room issues if it is a deeply felt conviction that is thrown about regularly.

Sorry for leaving a like and then deleting it. Totally misread your response. So you don't care about Siakim signing with us long term? For me, that is the limit to any trade I'd send north for him. No way would I part with young talent for a one-season-hope-he-signs-lonterm situation. The minute difference you have between 1 &2 situation is definitely baffling to me.

A great article on Trae A shocking assessment of how Trae has been overlooked and underrated. Surprised to find an article like this anywhere. It seems whatever Trae does, the NBA has to change their metrics to explain why he isn’t good enough for the respect and honor due!!!

Stockton and Malone were on another plane. Stockton averaged over 1100 assists a year for 5 years in a row. He also busted 1000 a few more time. All in all his assists dwarf anyone else’s we will find. Trae has had an amazing (and increasingly efficient) assist rate. Just nowhere near the greatest set-up artist in history…Stockton.

Okay, took one more glance at passes per game (team) to see what it looked like over the past three years. Interestingly it isn't all bad at all. You can view the data at NBA.com. Click on "Stats" and "Teams." Then click from "General" to "Tracking" in the drop down. Next click the last drop down "Drives" and select "Passing." You can then sort by passes per game. Pretty simple stuff. The conclusions on this kind of statistical gnat straining is: 1) There is little correlation between passes per game and success. 2) The past few seasons have seen the best offenses have lower pass totals. 3) Basketball is not a monolithic system. It is a variety of systems that are designed to maximize the strengths of a roster while minimizing any deficiencies. For this reason, these kind of statistical observations should not be used to make a point. Rather they should be used to gain a better perspective on the overall offense or defense a team may be employing. I promise I am done with looking up stats on this arena. Hope the Hawks come out with a weekend sweep of our beloved Sixers

I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment. If we don't get our perimeter shooting moving above 35% we will find little to no space for any kind of penetration. That will not go well:(

To put this in context, Atlanta also has 5 of the top-50 assist combos in the league. Other than Phoenix (with 4), most teams have only 1 or 2. Currently Trae is on a historic assist per pass over 25%. Of the top-3 players in the NBA, Trae is #1 (was #2 last year and the year before behind Chris Paul) and DJM is #3. So although we aren't passing the ball as much as other teams, our passes are accomplishing more. And if you consider the truly awful 3pt % of our team, we could be doing so much better. Would we all like to see more ball movement? Yes...but not movement for movement sake. Movement for scoring sake.

Spud! Yes, I am (and have been) very, very busy with work and family... I scroll over here when I am able, but not nearly the amount of time I used to. Still love the Hawks and challenge the Traeters whenever they raise their heads:) Really hoping we can take a step forward this year...

I've been hyped before and let down...so as much as I loved what I saw vs Bucks in preseason, I will go 48 wins. We will make noise in the playoffs.

In reality, he has been our worst on/off starter for every year (other than Cam). He has great promise, but hasn't really shown consistency. I hope he bets on himself this year and delivers! If he does, we are going deep in the playoffs. We can't loose that way.

Just wanted to congratulate Trae for taking sole possession of second place in NBA history for players with 25/9 seasons. Oscar may be untouchable at 8, but our boy Trae just put up his most efficient season ever and now has 3 25/9 seasons in a row. Just passed Lebron and Tiny Archibald. Big props for Trae. He probably doesn't even know that...focusing on winning the ring!

Haha!!! I don't know your reputation. But when you are making several points and trying to connect the dots in a logical flow, you could have rambled on for several more paragraphs. So I think your argument was concise...it was just thorough too. And thoroughness doesn't mean brevity. But thoroughness can be concise. You were concise:)