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lol Bazemore is part of the problem. Teams with big 3's are exploiting him HARD on offense. Its the reason for the first two losses (him letting big wings go off big time) and in the last game he let Crowder get 8 rebounds which is inexcusable.

To better put it, teams are going to let Bazemore shoot jumpers and double down on coverage on Korver, and if Bazemore beats them, they tip their cap.

Schröder is at 8 AST/3 TO in the past six games. His assists game was low to start the season but it's picking up. Make it in per 36. Sorry.

If Atlanta isn't going to start Sefolosha at SF they really need to start looking for alternatives because they're going to be constantly exploited there due to lack of size. This is the third time already in 11 games, at least this time it wasn't due to scoring. Letting Crowder beat you on the boards is inexcusable and purely due to size issues.

Need to just trade Teheran, Freeman, and Miller and go all the way. Go full on purposely tank for 3 straight seasons.

I’ll take the win and run. Maybe in Boston the Hawks will play better since they’ve been better on the road than at home so far this season.

I think Teague did want to stop play but it was to make it a #refsshow. As he was not happy with the refs late last night.

It isn’t completely disastrous though. Three things I learned when looking at the +/- for lineups: 1. The starting lineup is not the answer. Early but what DOES look like the best of both worlds answer so far would shock people. It’s either go big or bench Horford. 2. The normal plan for using both PGs on the court is a bad idea, but I found one that actually does work for those that hate the 2 PG lineup. It’s go small in the backcourt and big in the frontcourt. 3. Scott shouldn’t see minutes without Sefolosha and Splitter on the court to hide his defensive issues.

Most of it was effort. Defensive rotations were very poor and the team just didn't look like they cared at all in the first half. The only thing that could've been changed is maybe if the 6'7" or less lineup isn't used it isn't as big of a deficit at halftime.

Yes.

Against Detroit the Morris twin constantly shot over him and Detroit overall fiercely attacked him.

If you exclude the AD explosion game, both of the worst defensive performances and losses this season has come with teams fiercely attacking Bazemore on offense. You’d think teams would eventually connect the dots and start to exploit him enough that it becomes a major issue.

Overall I’m not too concerned but it’s pretty funny that both of the losses that the Hawks have are not ones that I would have thought of before the season. If it was 7-2 I would have thought it came due to splitting the 4 in 5 they wrapped up. I actually though 11-3 in this early stretch and it’s still possible, 10-4 wouldn’t be bad either but with how it started out it’d be a slight disappointment. Then it gets real for a couple weeks, as that stretch is really going to tell me a lot.

Saw exactly what I was afraid with with Bazemore without even watching the second half. He is not going to be able to guard the big wings in the game. He may be a Matthews/Green type but at SG, not SF. Teague likely is going to get the ban hammer for a game but I don’t think he was trying to be dirty, just trying to foul and got frustrated and threw a punch. Hopefully Schröder is in control on Wednesday.

Do not start the second half with the starters, need to send a direct message for this performance.

I agree, if they had to lose one this weekend I'd actually be okay with it being New Orleans, don't want to fuel the fire for those at Washington who think certain things.

This is actually a depleted Pelicans team. It's a trap game though despite them being depleted. Evans is out until later this month and if Asik plays at all he'll be very limited (not a good offensive player but has given Horford trouble in the past). Jrue Holiday may still be on a minutes restriction.

Splitter isn't playing full minutes if he starts, just 18-21 minutes. Sefolosha apparently wouldn't either.

For the record: The 2 PG lineup isn’t great, however if Korver is sitting on back to backs, the thing is any of Atlanta’s options to start instead of him is going to kill the spacing just like the 2 PG lineup unless Patterson starts. Sefolosha and Holiday’s jumpers aren’t going to be respected. That’s not taking away from how Holiday played tonight. Didn’t score much but he had 4 blocks so he was very active on defense.

It wouldn't take long for Edy to get in foul trouble if he played. He'd be able to play for just 5-10 minutes a game if he did play, maybe 15 max. Needs to learn how to defend without fouling.

It’s really just one, maybe two players out. Korver and Sefolosha won’t play back to backs until later this season just as a precautionary.

Didn’t watch the game, but two thoughts from it: 1. How do you attack the paint a lot in a half and get no shooting fouls called? 2. The game plan that worked for Charlotte defensively in the 2nd half shows that another near 40 percent 3 point shooter on the wings is going to need to emerge or there’s going to be a lot of ugly games like that (Bazemore is the most likely possibility). What Charlotte did was collapse on the inside, and Atlanta didn’t make them pay for it.

Mostly awful shots that were made by Jeremy Lamb got Charlotte back in the game the first time. The 2nd time was just bad and lax perimeter defense. However if the wanted timeout was granted before Bazemore's erratic play that caused a turnover and led to a Lin 3 I don't know if whether it gets as too close for comfort as it did.

I was for the 2 PG lineup but now I don't think so after seeing a full game of it. I think it clogs the lanes because neither of the PGs jumpers are respected. I hope Patterson gets the SG starts from here on as Sefolosha wouldn't be the answer to that.

I got my wish to see the dual PG lineup in more action and it hasn't been great. I hope Patterson gets the SG starts when Korver is out from here on.