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I don't know the guy so I can't say how he truly feels, but based on how he covers sports I can assume that he doesn't hate Trae, but is disinterested to the point that he doesn't do research so he just spouts basic talking points. He runs a debate show that is unapologetic sensationalism and has contributed to the devolution of sports conversation. I don't really care about his opinion honestly. He proved he either doesn't know much or doesn't actually study the sport he covers when Marc Cuban embarrassed him on live television.

Mostly surface level analysis if we're being honest. Too many long bombs, bad defense, and turnovers. What Trae can really do to improve the offense is stop reseting the flow other guys create and give the ball up quicker when he can't get something. He gets in the way of Deandre, Aaron and Jalen by always coming back for the ball instead of playing off of them. I think it's growing pains and he'll be better as the season progresses.

Skip doesn't like Trae so don't be surprised to hear him make narratives that Dejounte is the true #1 on this team. Especially in the playoffs.

Those 14 hour flights ain't no joke

Murray is getting killed off of screens

Cap management. The team at the time was ready for a playoff push while JC and Trae were still on cheap deals. They paid Gallo a non guaranteed contract that coincided with that cause they wanted vet talent. As long as they were under the cap it didn't matter. Once they got over the cap, bye bye Gallo and Kevin Huerter. Capela is probably gone once Deandre gets paid, unless the play on the court leads Ressler into paying the luxury tax.

For sure. Some dudes are crazy and don't let your guard down around crazy.

I get what you're saying, but it's still a 33 year old man knocking out a 23 year old kid. There's a line you don't cross with friends and family. Verbally and physically. I'm never going to expect my brother to try and knock me out if I don't deserve it. These aren't street dudes in a rough environment, they're multi millionaires. In a vacuum you're right, but the context surrounding this makes it shocking that it happened. Especially since Green is trying to become a respected media member in the future. That wasn't even a "let's fight" push, more like a get off of me push. If Poole did this I'd get it.

These guys always refer to each other as "brothers" though. I have 5 brothers and the last time we ever put hands on each other was when we were just out of high school, never as adults. Poole didn't expect his "brother" to try and knock him out, thats why his guard wasn't up. If it was someone on another team or a stranger, I believe he would. NBA players in game have shoving matches and don't react like this.

https://www.instagram.com/p/ChsIrSvu2PX/ I've been saying for the longest Dre needs a turn-around J in his package. With Gallo gone he's now our best source for mid-post offense. Glad to see him grinding.

Oof I have patella issues. Sucks when you try to apply force or explosion or land. Hope it goes well.

Need to see how he defends the perimeter and how his shooting looks. He's probably gonna play the 4 most likely.

Stream link https://www.nba.com/watch/event/0092290008-Week-7-in-the-Drew-League

DeJohnTrae since that looks to be the big 3

Why'd he drop so low again? Not saying this performance is the norm for him, just curious.

Thats a good point. It's weird to title it about his fights and majority of the video be about hypotheticals though lol.

This whole video could be a yoga workout the way it stretches everything.

Not gonna lie, KD kinda scares me now. What's to say he wouldn't jump ship again?

The hardest road my ass. GSW winning must have reaally cut him deep.

Dejounte averaged 8 rebounds as a guard, thats extremely impressive and makes up for Dre's lack of rebounding. JC and Clint are elite rebounders for their position so on that front we're golden. Dre Dejounte and Clint are all defensive minded, JC isn't at their level, but he's no slouch and solid as a help defender. He might even get better since he won't have to worry about protecting both Trae and Huerter at the same time. OO off the bench is also physical, I'm not too worried.

You're gonna love Murray then.

Kinda stiff on the perimeter, not super athletic, raw.

Because no-one wanted to jeopardize their free agency window because they were convinced the Hawks would match if they offered him one. If you give a restricted free agent an offer sheet and they sign it, your capspace is now locked into that player until the team that has their bird-rights opts to match. The thing is, the team with the bird-rights has no incentive to immediately match, their more likely to use their remaining cap-space on other free-agents and then go over the cap to retain a max level talent close to the deadline. Because of this, a team has to have extreme confidence that a restricted free agent they are targeting is not likely to be resigned by their team similar to the Bogi and Lonzo Ball situations and what now looks like the Ayton situation. Imagine tying in your capspace to a max level player and then finding out their original team matched the offer right before the deadline, you essentially wasted your free-agency.

Probably gonna be a JC situation where all the teams didn't bother giving him an offer because they were convinced the Hawks were gonna match.

Hunter's only question mark is health. If he is healthy I'm confident he'll average around 18ppg next season easy. This offseason is key, if he comes back with a reliable handle and a fade-away J(his release point is so high that it would be almost impossible to block) I can see the team running all the actions they had for Gallo for him.