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A win woulda been nice but wouldn't have changed the lessons from this game. Just like the first game, couldn't get any stops. IDK what you can do when KD Kyrie and Harden are playing well, because one of them is gonna be going at Trae every possession.

33 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

I dont understand the 15 minute restriction on Gallo. We need his shooting. With Bogi out, he should be getting no less than 25 minutes a night, even 30. 

I imagine that comes from the medical staff.

It's harder for Trae to take over late in games because he hasn't mastered the midrange yet. He's really reliant on that floater and just drawing fouls atm.

Well.. we know what we need to improve on lmao. This is probably the only team in the East that could match us when we are that hot on offense though.

2 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

Turnovers are part of his game. Bad turnover nights are going to happen. It is what it is.

Yeah, I think they will be less frequent now that he has better teammates though. Won't be forced to do too much, should have more space to operate etc.

At this point, there is no one left for the megatrade to include

This 'Westbrook wants to come to Atlanta' noise started on a tweet from a fake account 

well the 5 teamer is dead

I heard Sacramento is very disappointed in Marvin Bagley's work ethic/development and would rather move on at this point.

is this a blockbuster for the hawks or a blockbuster with the hawks facilitating to an extent.

what happened to 3 team deal

22 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Maybe this @DBac.......lol.

Guilty

Lamelo is too high usage/weak defensively to pair next to Trae I think. Haliburton is the cleaner fit even if his talent level is lower. Want to unlock Trae's catch and shoot goodness, but he's ultimately too weak defensively to return good value in a significantly lesser role.

The idea of having two elite passers who are also elite offball shooters in Trae/Haliburton is very interesting. Only holdup for me is Hali's self creation ability. Doesn't get to the line at all and not a pull up threat.

Hunter thinks he's better than he is on offense. Problem that plagues a lot of Hawks wings recently it seems.

This sounds like an amazing deal for us as long as we don't end up with Wiggins or (to a lesser extent) Love

44 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

Update: 

This is getting good. 

MIN offered Kevin Love instead of Wiggins to GS and still got declined. 

MIN is looking for a 3rd team who can take on Wiggins. MIN is not inclined to trade a 1st and are looking at opportunities to see if they can without trading a 1st. MIN wants to keep HOU 1st which is different then what I got earlier. 

Atlanta, Phoenix, New York, Cleveland, Charlotte, OKC, Toronto, and Detroit have all been reached for Wiggins that he is aware of. 

I can confirm O'Connor take about Atlanta and Houston willingness to leave Minny out of the Capela talks if they can't strike a deal. Still, I can confirm that the Collins piece was BS. 

Atlanta goals haven't changed. They want to win, compete, get a starting center, and add a lot of shooting. 

OKC might hold on to Gallo till the off-season if the value isn't there. 

Golden State is giving mix signals and it's confusing people. 

There is a strong feeling that these five teams will make a deal during the deadline: 

Detroit, Atlanta, Minny, Houston, and New York. He said NY is just too active and they are motivated to improve the roster this year. 

You said Gallo was 95% to Miami yesterday

Minnesota needs to stop being thirsty for DLo and just make the trade smh.

Capela better, cheaper, signed longer. No brainer.

This is Chris Kirschner, not Shams.

25 minutes ago, Plainview1981 said:

Trae is the worst defender in the NBA.

I’m not sure you can maintain a good defense with him on the team.

He is really, really bad. 

But he is not the reason why this team doesn't have good defense. Our bigs don't do a good job of contesting shots. The amount of times the Pacers got to the paint without a contest from our bigs was ridiculous (f***ing Jabari). And when they are there, the contest is really weak. Our defensive rebounding is atrocious. Trae could be the Glove and our defense would be bad (obviously better than it is, but still bad) right now.