mcleitsy

Yeah, I'm pretty high on Anderson. I mean the Hawks have sent him to LA and all sorts of stuff for injury rehab this offseason (A friend of mine chatted him up on a flight from PHI > ATL), so it seems like they have a lot invested in him. I also noticed Anderson was out the end of last season with Philly, not sure the extent of his injuries/how long he is going to be out for. Size wise, Anderson is a bit more muscular than Prince and seems like a natural back up to him. Needs to get healthy ASAP along with Collins and everyone else. VC can't keep playing heavy minutes, Poythress might be out now, and Bembry isn't really a SF to me at this point as Lin hasn't been a serviceable PG.

Eh. KAT plays no defense. He's a revolving door in the paint. Somebody has to play defense on this team. Unless Coach LP can find a way to hide everyone on defense and that seems impossible.

I read this morning. Gives a breakdown of Trae's strengths and weaknesses. I think the defense thing is a bit overblown. GS hides Steph on defense. Portland hides Lillard. It's not the end of the world if he isn't an elite defender. I mean even Luka had some v questionable defensive plays last night (someone pull the clip of Baze dunking on him. Looks just like a clip of Trae getting dunked on in the article).

So there is an endgame for the O. Jack 3's.

I think it's gonna a become a spot soon. Ownership needs to (and hopefully is going to) maintain fan interest. I swear I've seen more people in Hawks gear and even non-bball fans talking about the team and the arena then I have at any point living in Atlanta, including 60 win season. Whether or not this is short lived.....? We need to become winners to hold the attention.

This is why I think he would be an outstanding 6th man on a contender. Prince got it all!

Since started tearing into some of the rooks at the end of Q1. Pierce wasn't even in the huddle, it was just VC going off. His leadership has been outstanding so far. I don't think 26 pt comeback are flukes. And if Trae wasn't relegated to the bench for a quarter bc of the bullshit fouls, he has another 22-25 pt night. So excited for this year's team, there's a lot of "right" happening.

That's an awesome stat.

He's got that deer in headlights look whenever he gets the ball. Nah they def booing Luka. At least I am anyway....

That last call was so f***in lame.

He was getting worked on up until the first time he went in. Literally left the locker room and checked in. No way he was warmed up or ready to go. He looks slow, and can't shoot. Totally kills the offense. I like Lin but it's tough to watch.

A lot of extra security tonight. Bomb dogs, lots of extra suits, etc. And a 5k going on right in the middle of rush hour.

Yeah. I think we are raw enough we lose plenty this year. Plus, with as many minutes the rooks are getting, I want them out there trying to get W's. There's gonna be plenty of L's this year to out us in the lottery.

Nice write up! Let's go Hawks~~~~

Yeah. Len is a great big backup to have. I thought he was going to be good in his first couple years with PHX. And I dont think he's gotten any worse, he justdidn't get any better. And I think the game has just changed. Dedmon has a skill set more suited to today's game.

Just made it to the CNN center entrance. Beyond stoked!

Nice af. I'm still not sure how they mounted up that big ass scoreboard.

PG play outside of Young has been abysmal. Lin has been bad, Bembry has the potential to get better and is bad. And outside of a TBD Trae Young, they're injury prone. So yeah, I think Poythress is good insurance but idk where he falls in terms of minutes/rotation without injuries taking place. All that being said, I think we end up running Prince a lot of minutes at a point-forward if it came down to a shortage, and then it makes more sense. But he's gotten a lot of run during pre-season and reg, looks good, so who knows what the long term plans are with him.

Really? Len has looked abysmal when he isn't being fed the ball right under the hoop. Dedmon has the better shot. Also, Len on defense has not been good at all. So glad to be getting Dedmon back.

I think its hard to make that argument for him getting any real minutes when Dedmon, Collins, and Anderson are all healthy. I haven't looked at any advanced stats, but that being said, he does pass the eye test.

Didn't Musky miss the opener this year with an ankle issue? Hope its nothing chronic going forward.

Dedmon plays and we can shut him down. Any bigger guy would tear us up with the lineups we were rolling out the first few games.

That's not that bad...if he can somehow go then. It must be a pretty nasty sprain. Not sure what kind of ankle injury requires non-surgical procedures and missing a month.

What a twist of events...it isn't JC but should certainly help!

I hate cherrypicking stats....but the fact that every player mentioned having a stat line like this has gone on to have some level of success is very encouraging. Watching him develop this season is going to be super exciting. Also, pretty sure Charlie Scott already had a couple of ABA years prior to being a 'rookie'.