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6 hours ago, RedDawg#8 said:

Ahem…..

Pulling for the kid. He is a basketball player. Stay aggressive.

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

1 minute ago, HawkingAwesome said:

Lol yeah it's not great apparently dm is actually a really level headed dude. But he aint gonna let that sly stuff they do trae slide.

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

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.

2 hours ago, Ropadope said:

I’m sure he’s a great addition. But really, just he and Capela in the starting unit are defensive minded. And who other than Capela has a physical presence?  

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.

10 minutes ago, Ropadope said:

My biggest concern at this point for this team is physicality. I feel like we’re missing the presence and toughness that Miami and Boston showed. Is that just because of how Miami manhandled us in the playoffs? Or is it something this team needs to address in terms of personnel. I just wish Hunter was a better rebounder and had some dog in him. 

You're gonna love Murray then.

2 minutes ago, Peoriabird said:

What's wrong with Griffin again?

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

2 hours ago, Peoriabird said:

JC didn't get the max

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.

3 minutes ago, Peoriabird said:

if he blows up, he'll get the max from somebody...Team already like him as is.

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.

If you look how well Jaylen Brown is playing, a big part of it is how well he plays off Tatum and attacks the holes in the GSW defense that is scrambling because their committing to Tatum so hard. You need a slasher who likes getting into the paint.

No-one on this team can do that consistently. The 2 memorable times this has happened for us was game 7 Kevin and Deandre in our elimination loss. 

Luka's numbers will look good, but because he plays at a slow pace his teams won't score a ton.

If the opposition can take 2-3 shot attempts in the time it takes for you to take one, your margin for error on offense and defense is slim.

24 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

 

Trae/Delon/Cooper 

Bogi/Bouknight/Agbaji

Hunter/Hayward/Brown

Okongwu/JJ. - See above 

Gobert/McGee/Dieng

 

Kinda banking on OO coming back with a reliable jumper.

12 minutes ago, hylndr11 said:

But we get the hit with Hunter on Def, how are we expecting to fill that already not even great void since hes our best defender

Would they even need Hunter? They have Mikal Bridges, Crowder, and Cam Johnson.

I'm okay with standing pat unless a star is available. 

Trae is special, OO looks like he will be special, Dre and JC have potential to be special but are lacking in areas that prevent them from doing it.

I don't mind standing pat. I want to see Hunter after fully recovering, its's obvious his bounce and burst aren't back yet and it's holding him back on his drives; I want to see OO with an offseason of improvements, and I want to see if JC has another level of growth he can get to.

JJ and Sharife are icing on the cake for me.

Today is wild. Wonder what the Hawks expectations are now. The top teams have been shifted a bit with Philly and Brooklyn establishing their hold with the most high end talent.

We need to draft another star or make a trade down the line. Trae ain't cutting it by himself.

1 hour ago, kg01 said:

This guy gets it.

My guy Legler speaking on the Hawks rn.

Said he labeled Trae as a legit star after last year.  Legit star = you can do your thing despite the defense being geared to stop you.  It's hard to dominate a game at that size and he's doing it.  And in what's probably the biggest game of their season.

Says they (Hawks) don't necessarily need to get to the ECF to legitimize last year's run.

We weren't playing well early but are clicking now.  "If people aren't paying attention, keep an eye on them."

Recognized we're 8-0 in Trae's last 8 games.  Were so fun to watch last year so he was disappointed they weren't in the top teams this year.  But "they're here now".

Few guys as entertaining as Trae, shooting/passing - it's unique to him.  Must see team.

I might marry Timmay.  That's my guy.

Legler is the best guy at ESPN hands down. I thought he would be a controversial hot take type because I've been geared to think that way, but I love his analysis and lack of bias or need to be right. He just calls it like he sees it.

Nailbiter for sure.

Praying for JC

21 hours ago, Diesel said:

I think we pigeon hole ourselves with talk of a 2nd and 3rd guy. 

At any given time, anybody can step up and be the 2nd guy.

It can be Kev.  It can Be Bogi.  It can be Hunter.   It can be JC.  It can Be Gallo.  It can be Clint.  It can be OO. It can be Lou...

and over the past couple of years, we have seen just that.  It's fools gold to fall into the thinking that we will somehow or even need to have a Jordan/Pippen thing.   Let's just develop players naturally with no pressure to be the 2nd guy... and play based on what the matchup gives us. 

Yeah, but when money gets involved you want a level of production or play on a consistent basis. JC isn't paid like a second best player so people who consistently get mad at him when does bad probably don't want him on the team anyway.

I agree that currently it's by committee, but I'd prefer someone you can always count on though.

We need consistent high level scoring from the wing, specifically at getting downhill. Dre is the best fit to be the second best player, he just needs to get his bounce back and tighten that handle. Next season I expect another jump.

JC does alot of things well that most players don't do, but he's bad at the things needed to be a second star. I think he can still improve, but I've always thought he was best as a 3rd guy and he was paid as one. 

6 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZdHB-bO99y/?utm_medium=copy_link

He's solidified himself as my favorite player on the team.

It's a tie between him, Trae, Dre, Kev and JC...