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  6. Official Game Thread: Hawks at Raptors (1 of 2)

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    24 minutes ago, TheBigETrain said:

    One of the first things Quin did when he took over was shorten the bench. He was his choice to play 8 players only. I blame this more on coaching not on player personnel.

     

    Quin has his favorites and is very stubborn to change it up.

    What are you suggesting here? You think the reason we're losing is because Quin didn't go deep enough into our awful bench? 

  9. I hope the Siakam deal fails to go through.

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    15 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

    Alright i have questions.

    If we are giving up Hunter isn't OG a better fit with JJ?

    How much better is Siakam than OG at this point?

    Is OG a big upgrade over Hunter?

    OG shoots a higher percentage from 3 and plays all-NBA defense. I think he is a more "pure" 3+d player, where Siakim is much better creating off the dribble but cant shoot a 3 to save his life. I personally feel like OG is a much better fit even if Siakim is a better player. 

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    Official Game Thread: Nuggets at Hawks

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    32 minutes ago, JeffS17 said:

    I understand you think this is a clever "gotcha" but it's really not.  How many times has calling the ref a motherf*cker rewarded the player?  I don't get why people think verbally abusing and disrespecting the ref is an entitlement players have after a bad call.  Surely you guys can see that being a complete ass towards the refs is not conducive to winning.

    There are plenty of players in the NBA that have good, positive, relationships with referees.  And it's not because they get favorable calls or the refs never miss calls on them -- it's because they have average or better emotional intelligence and self control.  It's not unreasonable to ask Trae to have some basketball maturity with regard to the refs in his sixth season.

    I get it. The refs have delicate sensibilities (especially this season) and can't hang with the language that everyone uses on the court. 

    But here's the thing, I don't buy 300 dollar tickets thinking "Omg I can't wait to see how the rookie ref is going to fare today!" I'm there to watch nba stars play basketball. If they're getting thrown out of the game consistently across the league, it means the league is putting a worse product on the floor, and inevitably disappointing the fans. 

    I understand there has to be a line somewhere, but that line should be getting in the refs face and barking, pushing the ref and stuff like that. Saying a mild insult in passing after a blatantly missed a call shouldn't be enough to get thrown out. Clapping and yelling "let's go Hawks" when across the court from the red shouldn't e enough to get you thrown out. 

    And with all of this talk about professionalism, what about professionalism from the refs? It's OK for them to have personal vendettas with Trae and not call the game evenly because if it? That's insane to me. 

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  11. Official Game Thread: Nuggets at Hawks

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    4 hours ago, kg01 said:

    And now watch all NBA fans go into the phone booth, put on the cape to defend Jokic against the hyper-sensitive, rabbit-ear having a** refs.

    But, for Trae, it's "well gee maybe he should be more respectful to the refs that are clearly trying to make a singular example out of him while letting everybody else mouth off and get rewarded." 

    @JeffS17 I wish Jokic, Tatum, Giannis, Trae, and Hunter had a modicum of professionalism and respect and then maybe they would *earn* the right to play well officiated basketball from the zebras. 

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  12. Hawks looking to trade

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    11 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

    Call it a day..

    Trae/Forrest

    Murray/Bogi

    OG/AJ

    Siakam/JJ

    OO/?G league

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    I don't hate it if they are both committed to resigning. Will OO step up as the starting center? I'd love him to get more comfy with the 3 point shot.

    We would have to pick up a center with the MLE or TPE. Any you have in mind? I wish we could get Zubac with the TPE.

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  13. Hawks looking to trade

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    I'm really nervous about Siakim's terrible 3pt shooting, hes shooting 21%(!!!) this season. If we trade Hunter for Siakim, we are going to have very poor spacing with he and Capella being complete non-shooters. I feel like this trade would make the game harder for Trae and Murray on many of our current actions since Siakim's defender will be able to sag way off of him.

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  14. Quin Snyder sucks

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    26 minutes ago, TheBigETrain said:

    He has had enough time to implement his system and the team is horribly underachieving.

    Atlanta have the talent to be a 4-5 seed in East and the team is trending to not even make the play-in.

    I'm not convinced he is the right coach for a rebuild given how horribly he has mismanaged AJ Griffin from day 1.

    The only good thing he has done is Jalen Johnson has taken off this season. But maybe that would of happen anyway regardless who was coach given the departure of John Collins.

    One thing I actually hate is the short bench he runs. He is too stubborn to change it up personnel wise.

    I dont understand how an NBA champion like Patty Mills that brings leadership and energy has only played twice this season.

    Maybe the roster is not quite right. Hunter is wildly inconsistent. I feel Oneyka hasnt improved much since he entered the league. I thought he had better upside than what he is showing and would be replacing Capela in the starting lineup. I just dont see Snyder unlocking the talent on the team.

    Our current roster + John Collins + Aaron Holliday was 50% last year. OO has taken a step back, AJ has taken a HUGE step back. Quin is a fantastic head coach, but he isn't Moses for crying out loud. What do you expect him to do with this roster?

    How many wins do you think playing over the hill Patty Mills and Bruno nets us over our current record?

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    Trae Young - The Man, The Viper, and The Prosecution aka The MVP aka Ice Trae

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    48 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

    Did anyone see that Trae showed up with Nique for an event at Norcross High School on Saturday.  Trae's my guy and I give these guys slack with the grueling schedule but out with illness friday night in philly and then at a public event saturday seemed weird.   Of course could have just been a stomach bug.  

    There's a lot of guys where I'd question their desire to play and accuse of "sandbagging", but Trae has been a veritable iron man every year of his career. 

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  24. Onyeka Signs Extension: 4yr/$62 million

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    On 12/7/2023 at 2:07 PM, JayBirdHawk said:

    It's still early - but what has happened to OO this season?

     

     

    One thing I've noticed is we seem to be asking our big to bump the ball handler on pick and rolls instead of dropping as a way to compensate for our awful point of attack defense. My guess is (and what I see) OO is still trying to figure out how to recover to the roll man in these more advanced actions.  I expected Clint to have a harder time with the higher movement expectations than OO. 

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  25. Official Game Thread: Hawks at 76ers

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    47 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

    Missed the game, just checked the boxscore. The 13 minutes of the Mat(t)hews going 0-4 for 3pts, 1rb, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 - can't be used to develop AJ?????

    I'm begging, please send him to the GL. They are apparently playing the Quin system there.

    The Matthew's experiment has to end. He isn't giving us anything. His defense looks like Kent Bazemore, he's all over the place but not stopping anybody. 

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