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3 hours ago, JeffS17 said:

Yeah, not dogging the game at all, overall well played.  Just noting his efficiency was on par with what those three cited players are averaging this year.

Was @AHF arguing that Trae was as efficient as them for the season or someone calling a game where Trae had a true shooting percentage in the 60's inefficient?

It seems like you are debating him on something he did not say. 

3 hours ago, macdaddy said:

I feel like i've been defending Hunter some this off season.  his D is very good but he was awful last night on the offensive side of things.  Even made some bonehead defensive plays but boy he cannot pass or dribble in traffic at all.   I'm starting to get frustrated with that.  Hopefully he can return to early season form soon.  

Great win though.  DJ has been great all year.  hopefully things start clicking.  

I'll attribute that to the dislocated finger on his shooting hand. 

The dribble is what it is at this point.  I like that he is at least attacking the basket much more and making some cuts. I'll attribute that to Quinn.

Don't look now, but Jalen outplayed Mr. Banchero. 

4 minutes ago, StonedDogs said:

No one hates him man. He just plays hero ball too much and in reality some of us know he cannot lead us to a ring. This team just isnt built for it this year or next with the same roster. Thats a reality you will have to accept.

 

He's still a chucker, 5-15 3pt, 25 shots and we inched by a beat up Magic team with his best performance. Cmon man. And yes Trae thinks this whole Mexico trip was about him but he put on a show

W

lol I'm done with this trash ass media. I would say national media, but NBA gametime isn't big enough to be considered National.  All they are doing is talking about how Trae is basically selfish and can't get his teammates going when he has it going.  

Any other star drops 41 on good efficiency they'd be praised.  They also said he was doing cardio on defense, but tonight I thought he still showed more effort and played good positional basketball. He wasn't the main reason the defense was bad tonight.

7 minutes ago, shakes said:

on a scale of oh everyone look at me to really really stupid,  how moronic/grandstanding is it that the NBA doesn't schedule any games today?

 

oooooohhh we're sooooooooooo progressive we can't even have games today cause like everyone knows it takes hours upon hours to vote.  But hey, look how progressive we are!!!!      Go eat a bag of dicks NBA.

Is it that they are progressive or they've noticed their ratings dip on voting days and just do it for PR purposes? 

5 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

We just shot the ball poorly. Shit happens. Congrats to OKC. On to Mexico City

This is where I'm at.  The Hawks missed a ton of open looks. The three balls needs to get around 36% for this offense to truly take off.

1 minute ago, Spud2nique said:

Is nuts. DJ lockin peeps down.

Did you like the euro lay in  

Had to pick my mouth up off the floor.  

15 minutes ago, Diesel said:

These In-Season Tourney Floors are CRAZY!!!!

Yeah, I like them too.

Am I the only one not really excited about this? I guess the newness of it, but the format doesn't really make much sense to me. Maybe it's just me because I haven't read up on it. 

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

 

Is this supposed to make us feel better? Refund our money for not providing your service.

4 minutes ago, kg01 said:

Bro, didn't know you were try-lingual.

And this bally mess is completely embarrassing.  Folks are legitimately getting screwed for what they paid for.  This is essentially highway robbery. 

I'm about to write these mfers and tell them I want every cent of my money back for the days I do not have service.  This is completely unacceptable. 

Edit: In my rage, I didn't spell it correctly.  LMAO

I'd just sign him in the off season.  Did the Pistons pick up his option? If not, that would be a solid signing for back up center with some upside.   Trae would make him better than what we've seen with other teams, but I'm not sure of the cost of $12 million this year. I'd like to keep Patty around for his leadership. 

2 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

5 games into last season I was complaining. 

I'm aware...lol. 

It's not like Quin has eliminated the midrange either.  They still seem to be shooting a ton relative to other teams, but the player and ball movement is night and day.  It's probably because Quin let's anyone initiate the offense, but Nate's system always had the guards doing it.

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

The 8/9 man rotation is still learning Quin's offense and defense. When they've mastered it, our W/L record, we may see more players. It's a long season.

I was thinking about this last night.  I agree 100%.  Quin's playing the guys more early so they get comfortable in his system.  Once they do and hopefully the wins are piling up, he'll expand his rotation to keep everyone fresh for the playoffs.  I don't want to get too far ahead of myself with the playoff talk though.  

26 minutes ago, Sothron said:

Hawks lose first two games...17+ pages

Hawks win their third game in a row... 9 pages

Tell me we have "fans" without telling me we have "fans"...

Some of that has to do with the Bally app crashing the last two games for most of us.

That fourth quarter defensive effort was horrendous. The win was never in doubt though.

Seems like the Hawks put in two dominate quarters and then coast.  That's a big improvement from the past few seasons, but got to finish better. Quin is going to have a lot teach on in an otherwise blowout win.

Way to put these guys away!

5 minutes ago, RedDawg#8 said:

Hunter still can’t dribble against ball pressure I see.

Should have gave the ball up with the quickness..lol

They are still showing me something.  Last year, against clearly inferior teams, they'd be close going into the fourth quarter and find a way to lose. I'm loving the offensive and defensive scheme Quin is installing. 

Finish this fourth strong and get this dub.

The one thing I honestly need Trae to improve on is to not relax when we get 20 point leads.  Have that freaking killer instinct. If we're up 20, get it up to 30. Up 30 get it up to 40.

The one thing I'm loving this early season is the Hawks are starting to string together quarters where they are beating their opponents by 10+ points.  That is the key to winning a lot of regular season games and what good teams tend to do..