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    Which begs the statement and the question: Does it matter who the Hawks draft or get in free agency if that player, like Hunter, isn't allowed to play defense? I've been sitting on that statement and question for a while but I'm soo tired of the NBA at this point that I wanted to put it out there. The Hawks actually played a game where the other team scored 157 points. The Bulls scored 131 points in what was essentially a playoff game. That doesn't happen unless the rules and officiating is allowing it. The NBA cried about the high scoring allstar game. Well, the players were playing like they normally play. They wanted scoring and thats what they got.
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    The NBA ought to be ashamed of themselves.
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    One more thing that has to be said. Players like DeAndre Hunter are fantastic defenders. The problem is the NBA has gone out of its way to create more and more offense. Offensive players can carry the ball, walk with the ball, set moving screens, create contact on offense and get the call, the elimination of hand checking. The list goes on and on. Thats one reason the players don't pay attention to coaching. The NBA overall is a joke. There is no way a player like Hunter can play defense. He can stick his hands straight up in the air on a drive and the offensive player still gets a call.
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    You are correct. Miami has that culture where they play team basketball and lets the coaching staff do its job. You are correct about Houston as well. Indiana is another team that the head coach has a heavy influence on the team as a whole and they play hard for him (Rick Carlisle).
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    Its not just the Hawks either. I see too many NBA teams playing playground basketball on offense or offenses with players just standing there with no movement. The players run the NBA. Good coaches don't have the effect they used to have. Very few teams have a culture where they don't let the players run the coaching staff: Boston, Golden State, San Antonio, etc.( though you can make a solid case that even Golden State lets Green get away with too much). Giannis is the latest example in Milwaukee. They had a legit good head coach who had them playing defense but through all the hoopla it came down to him not wanting Giannis non playing, roster spot taking, brother on the team so Giannis had him fired. Of course Giannis denied it, lmao
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    Another elephant in the room: Quin Snyder put together one of the best coaching staffs that I can remember ever in the NBA, highlighted by Mark Brey, 13 NCAA tournament appearances, three sweet 16 appearances, two elite 8 appearances. Igor Kokoskov, 23 years NBA experience, worked under Alvin Gentry as his lead assistant in Phoenix. I mean they are stacked in the coaching department. The result of that is a team with Trae and Murray running a ( Its your turn, no its my turn) offense and zero defense for most part of the season. It can't be coaching.
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    Edey is the most overrated player to come out of college in a long time. The college game is tailor made for a guy his size who can dominate at that level. The NBA is a different beast. He HAS to be able to play in space at that level and can't. Edey might be a career bench player in the NBA at most. In fact, not only is he not a space player either offensively or defensively, I noticed that if you go straight AT him on offense, he freezes and you can shoot over him. He is at best a weakside help defender who can block your shots when you ain't looking for him in the paint. He also got the Lebron treatment (can't touch him but he can run straight thru you without a call). Who else you gonna go get?
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    I agree with the first part. As far as length and athleticism, they already got that with Johnson and MAYBE with a healthy Okongwu. 6' 8" is tall enough in today's NBA. Very few teams present a problem for you if you deploy that (Milwaukee, etc.). Since most likely they will attempt to move Murray and keep Trae, they need a defense ONLY shooting guard to rotate out with Bogi. Teams get the ball into the paint too easily with the combo of Murray and Trae. The last part of this is the most amazing part: Capela is garbage as a athletic scoring big but IS one of the best fits on this team for Young as highlighted by what Quin did yesterday. Outside of Murray freelancing, Capela was the team's best offensive option with Johnson out. They went back to Young and Capela's bread and butter pick and roll. I need to see game film but it even looked like they were working backside screens for Capela to get them lobs also.
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    I guess Stephen A. Smith was lying too when he repeated what I said earlier: "the Hawks came back with Trae on the bench."
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    "Murray upset with Trae." Thats not a good look.
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    As soon as they benched Trae, the defense came alive and turned into offense.
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    Trae trying to set a turnover record in the playoffs.
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    Vucevic making Capela looks like Joel Embiid on offense...lmao
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    Three losts in a row including this blowout fiasco since Trae been back. This team...
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    Capela just had to be the only Hawk on that side of the court that could have received a pass from Dejuante in transistion after that steal of the ball.
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    Looks up at the tv in time to see Capela fumble a uncontested pass to him at the front of the rim.
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    His entire tournament has been like that. The refs and media are ACTIVELY trying to make this guy be great. I mean he is hooking players like you said, jumping over folks backs for rebounds and setting moving screens and the whistle is silent. You barely touch HIM and its free throws. All this for a bench player in the NBA who might give you a few minutes.
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    All this hype for a bench player in the NBA. Edy can't play in space, can't shoot further than 5 feet from the basket. You go straight at him on offense because he is more of a help blocker on defense. The refs are helping him look like a allstar in college by letting him throw players around in the paint without calling fouls on him, letting him go over the back of players without calling fouls on him, but you can't touch HIM and its free throws. I've never seen anything like this.
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    That might have worked. Playing Matthews against Giannis for even one possession was laughable.
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    This defense was horrible in January. If you said he changed it in January, the only change SINCE is Trae being out.
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    Quinn is the same guy he was 2 months ago when he looked horrible. The difference is he HAD to open up the offense when Trae went down and the defense is now operating at full capacity.
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    Shoutout to giving Hunter the opportunity to be a 1st option. The guy BEEN developed.
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    The Hawks have found OPTIONS and it didn't take a trade.
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