LamarHampton

9 minutes ago, kg01 said:

You just needed time to get your binoculars outta the basement ....

@LamarHampton and his pet human checkin in ...

 

Uncanny resemblance

That's actually not a bad idea. Somebody should do that for real for real. (Not me, I dont have 2k)

My wife has some friends that were out in downtown Decatur and they said it was like a snow day, restaurants and stores packed, people at the parks with their snotty little kids coughing on everything. For all the talk and fuss it seemed like business as usual. Out in Podunkville where @Vol4ever lives I'd expect that more than in downtown Decatur. That kind of crap is how @TheNorthCydeRises got that 'Rona. 

4 hours ago, Eddielives said:

https://samharris.org/podcasts/191-early-thoughts-pandemic/

 

If you are confused, scared, curious, etc., give this a listen.

Interesting listen. Also check out this Michael Osterholm guy on the Joe Rogan podcast from a day or two ago.  

http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/michael-osterholm

I was initially excited about the Teague signing but more and more I get the impression he won't be brought back. He's too hesitant. There have been so many times that he has the ball wide open behind the 3 pt line where he clearly just doesn't want to take the shot. He's got to be more aggressive; he's in a contract year and a trial with this team if he truly wants to resign here. History favors the bold, my friend. I don't know if he's playing with a nagging injury or still just trying to get used to everyone or what, but he has to make a better showing or he's going to get replaced by Goodwin and or one of these PGs in the draft. 

I keep thinking about that Erickson guy. Would love to see him at least come over in SL and see how he fares. His catch and release is so fast and so high, it could be a really dangerous weapon for us. Some of those catches are at head height and it never comes down. Very nice form. We need shooting off the bench.

Is that right that Heurter has 25% ft ?? 

Otherwise looking good young guns!!!

15 hours ago, Spud2nique said:

Nice. Safe travels lw3 and the rest of the squawkers. I went to a Friendsgiving tonight and it was raining and my car spun out of control basically doing a 210 degree donut . Almost hit some railings and hit some crazy bushes. That was freaky. 
 

Be safe everyone! Happy Thanksgiving. Go Hawks!

 

Yo Spudz glad you're good. Had that happen to me awhile back during some ice On the very tip top bridge Of spaghetti junction, spun Around and almost smashed into the wall. Crazy losing control like that. Mighta pooped a little?

anyways I have no great hopes for this one, mostly just watching for Trae and to see if Hunter or cam shows up. Don't care if we win or lose I just want to see signs of improvement and no blow out.

I just want more of these loud ass John Foy commercials during free throws. Gimme more of that type of stuff. 

11 hours ago, Atlantaholic said:

Getting Cousins for cheap/short term is about putting the Hawks on the map for good. If we sign him to a one or two year deal we are putting ourselves in the position of making the playoffs and maybe even winning a playoff series. I agree with your concerns, but at our current situation making a splash next year could pay off significant dividends long term. If the move can help us make the playoffs and give all of our young guys some extremely valuable experience, plus putting us in the top free agent rader for 2020 and 2021 it would be well worth doing. I agree Cousins isn't a championship guy, but by the time Trae and Collins are peaking Cousins will be long gone and it won't matter. 

Exactly. This dude gets it. You do it because it's a splash and can hopefully get the attention of other, better players in the future and put us on their map. It also has very little downside and could be a crazy steal of a deal for the production. Could be really fun to watch and get us farther into a modest PO run. And if not, meh, we tried but weren't really aiming to get max players for a dynasty right now anyway. History favors the bold. Do it and then run like you stole something. 

3 hours ago, Spud2nique said:

@LamarHampton ? Oh wait, that’s another burner of @kg01. No wait Lamar did it before. No?  

@kg01 meanwhile is making up Hassan Whiteside jokes in his head in the middle of the day to use on the BIL during Thanksgiving dinner in the sac. Speaking of Sac, does Vlade think he’s on the verge of a championship or something? He’s adding super vets Hey buddy, don’t mean to burst ur bubble there but how bout making it to the dance first.By the way, I’ve always been pro Kings anti Scrubs. Go Mitch go L train go Causwell go Peja Webber. Robbed in 2002. #leaguecheated #lookpasttheref #thereugo #sternsmilin

Nope. Twasnt me. Too busy for all that with having to keep track of all these chi'rens and such. 

A burner of @kg01? Ouch, brah. Thought we were like squawk bros. hurts. Right here in my chest.

12 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

It's not my money. But signing aging players to monster deals is a fast track to mediocrity.

Aging players with a history a titty tears. Could you imagine that happening again at 39M/yr??? Yikers.

21 hours ago, Spud2nique said:

Whoa ? I gotta look out for this!

I can't let it go, and I should. But back in the day it was a thing that for real made me cringe. 

23 hours ago, marco102 said:

I like "the stinger" personally a bit more than Nique. 

I wouldn't replace Nique by any means.  Just saying.   Nique's like that old uncle that will say anything at the family reunions, you cringe at some of the things he says, but because he fam, you just ignore.

I love Nique, I hear he is a genuinely good person, but he does wear on me every season. By the ASB I'll be ready to choke him for repeating "that's a bad shot there" or "that was a heat check."

Also, when Stinger fills in it's so refreshing because he is so intelligent and articulate, and I actually walk away from each segment feeling like he imparted knowledge to me. I rarely hear Nique reference statistics or anything other than just a bare surface level discussion of how the play was drawn up and supposed to work. Stinger will drop some knowledge bombs regularly, making me go "damn, I didn't see that."

Love Nique but I'd go Stinger all day. Dude is solid. Even with his sometimes gross patchy moist head situation. Much love for that guy.

The crazy long 3s worried me at first but it's just by design. It's how he likes to play; it's an (a) intentional trade off of an (often) early shot clock low percentage shot for (b) keeping defenses honest and more open for him to create better passes and shot situations for his teammates since it draws out other defenders as well. Is his % going to improve with time? Sure. You practice making long ass shots for a long ass time and your percentage should increase. Is a 38-footer ever going to be a "high" percentage shot? No. But if it has the impact of opening up movement and passing/driving lanes then it starts to make more sense, especially when your team leads the league in pace. Then a few extra, seemingly stupid, long distance shots from 35-38 feet might pay off. Sacrifice your 3pt % for more scoring and assist opportunities. Not sure exactly how it plays out, but I get it with a guy that has his court vision, so if it helps him find more open guys, then fine. And it's thrilling and fun to watch. 

21 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

R u having realgm issues? I wanna tell Jamaal Wendy sucks but I can’t due to all the pop ups.ugh

Sounds like you got a porn infection bruh

32 minutes ago, mcleitsy said:

If you do, sections 117-119 are what's up. 

I thought section 116 was the (un)official Hawksquawk section. Used to be right behind Hawks bench, but seems like they switched it up during the Mavs game. 

Josh Smith must have also been deaf, because every game I went to where he jacked up those long twos or ill-advised threes, the entire arena would let out a very audible groan or just straight up shout "No!" But he just kept doing it, and then acted dumbfounded when he was 'Let go.'

Had a decent game otherwise, not sure why he insisted on those low percentage shots (especially low for him). Should have stuck to his strengths, might still be in the NBA instead of Bulgaria or China or Lichtenstein or wherever he is now.

1 hour ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

Do ya'll really want the mods to start banning people, for simply stating their opinion?   

I think the mods do a good job in letting the board flow freely, as long as people are staying on topic, talking basketball, and most important, not attacking others.   Attacking others personally seems to be what draws a warning and/or a ban.  Anything basketball related, no matter how unpopular the opinion is, seems to be in bounds.

Now, if you guys don't like what certain people are saying, the mods have always encouraged you to use your ignore feature.  Even when "the artist formerly known as Hotlanta" was the main "Debbie Downer" on the board, it's not like he was completely wrong in all of his opinions.   The same goes for KB, or anybody else on this site.   We all believe and cite a certain amount of truth about this team and how management runs it.   

Not everyone agrees with each other on this site.  In my eyes, that's perfectly OK.  

 

 

If 95% of what someone posts for I don't know, a year?, amounts to various forms of saying "I'm mad, Hawks suck and will suck indefinitely" at some point I think even you would agree that enough is enough. Especially when there is specifically a "Hawks suck and you are mad about it" thread where those posts should go, but instead of confining said posts to the "I'm mad" thread they infect every other thread as well. Standards of decency have been violated. Excessively.

15 minutes ago, kg01 said:

You're darn right the answer is 'yes'.

Also, the game is in NYK so I have a feeling most of us can't make it either.

Oh snap! Duh... Good call... Mea culpa