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    You can’t add if you have no money to spend. Losing JC is an obvious step back in the short term so that you have available space in the future. Trae has shown he is a star who is a facilitator and makes others better. Hopefully that’ll attract another player truly worthy of a max contract. Also you can’t call JC a 3 and D player because his D just isn’t there. The numbers are against him and stats say he’s a subpar defensive player. He’s really no bigger than Dre but he can’t guard small forwards and he certainly can’t guard big centers. The truth is if he doesn’t sign for 90 or less I highly doubt he’ll be a Hawk much longer.
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    The problem is the Hawks can’t afford to lose JC but we also can’t afford to overpay. I’ll say it again if John could create his own shot constantly and score 20 points a game then he’s a max player. But the truth is he rarely creates his own shot and is more of do it all clean up roll player. Imagine if JC was drafted to a Utah or Denver where there’s already players everywhere, then his numbers would be way down and you could sign him for a reasonable price. But he got drafted to us when we had nothing so he was the best player on a team with nothing. So his numbers were inflated but he also had plenty of court time to grow. And still never has consistently showed he can create his own shot. Signing JC to a max will hurt this team’s future more than help it.
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    Seems like for the first time this playoffs they felt the pressure to win and played tight. They were as nervous as I was to start. Horrible game overall. But at this point I expect the pressure to switch back to the Sixers. Gotta just forget about this one and on to the next one.
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    The Mavericks did it to us this year, if I can remember correctly it was a couple of games before we let LP go. They did it the whole game and LP made zero adjustments. I think it’s a big reason LP got let go. You have to make teams pay for trying. If playing full court press and trapping superstars worked over the course of a series or a game than teams would do it constantly. Well coached teams in the NBA brake the press.
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    100% this is what we have to expect. Let Bogi and others bring the ball up the court because if they full court press and trap Trae and we have no answers it’s over.
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    Yeah that’s probably it. I don’t want to get in stupid arguments with other Hawks fans. It doesn’t matter if LPs an anchor for NBA tv or an anchor holding the Hawks ship down. But seriously I’m just excited we handled our business and got a win.
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    They’re entertaining. I really don’t think LP has it when it comes to broadcasting or analysis. Look he’s a good guy and he’ll end up as an assistant coach somewhere. But give me a break.
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    He’s so talented as a broadcaster I’ve heard their going to replace Chuck on TNT... get the f*** outta here with that nonsense
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    NBA tv fired that clown Rick Kamla now they hire their 11th ex failure Hawks coach. Hubby Brown Mike Fratello ect. Hey you want to be a analyst fail coaching the Hawks for a couple seasons. I remember Mike Brown was on NBA tv for a bit also. Why can’t NBA tv figure it out like TNT. Horrible
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    Well I said in another thread I liked the matchup. They can’t guard Trea despite all the defensively minded guards and we would attack Embiid offensively and defensively. I thought Hunter would neutralize Simmons and we’d guard Harris like Randle. Obviously Hunter was out tonight so we’ll see how that goes. But I was right about the first two Trae and how we attacked Embiid but I was wrong about Harris we guarded Simmons like Randle. But overall it kinda played out how I thought, except the huge lead and almost collapse. We did what we needed to do and stole one on the road. We just need to play our game and we can win this series.
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    Oh and can someone find the clip of Solo shouldering up Noel after Noel gave Trae a little shoulder bump between half’s? Noel was honestly shocked to get something back after some high school tough guy shit and the Knicks as a whole just didn’t expect us to match their physicality. Guys are stepping up for Trae which proves his leadership.
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    I think Nate learned from game 2. He played Trae 41 minutes. At the end of the third start of the fourth he took Trae out saw some momentum leaving and quickly put Trae back in. Despite Trae not having his shot most the night he still dictated the game. And Okongwu had a huge impact. Great team win!
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    So if the Mavericks offer JC a max we should match? Or just persuade a sign and trade and get a second round pick. Then with all the saved money sign a Kelly Oubre for half the cost and get maybe Rose to replace Lou and try and keep Hill and Snell. Edit you could actually get Paul Milsap for probably next to nothing, replace some of JCs production not dip a whole lot and keep your options and money open for a difference maker in the future.
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    I’d love to bring everyone back but JC turned down 4 years 90 million. That’s 22.5 a year for a possible 28 a year. It hurts but he should’ve taken the offer it was and is fair. It’s really hard to pay 28 million to what you’re fifth best player. Trae Bogi Clint Hunter. And JC does things that can be replaced. You can’t replace what Trae does. JC will sign for less than max maybe for what we originally offered and we’ll keep it rolling. If he wants max then there’s options out there that won’t restrict the team long term.
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    Embiid is a problem period I think Clint will definitely be in foul trouble if we don’t attack Embiid and make him work defensively. Look they got everything inside and out. But kinda so do we. It’s an interesting matchup and honestly I think Philadelphia is better top to bottom than Milwaukee and the Nets. If Clint and whoever else can hold Embiid to 25 a game we can beat the Sixers.
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    In head to head games Trae averaged 27 4 and 9 assist to Simmons 20 9 and 8. And Trae has a 4-3 record against Ben. Trae will eat Simmons lunch.
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    Well first despite the Sixers having a bunch of guards Simmons Curry Hill Thybulle none of them can guard Trae. I’m guessing we guard Harris similar to how we are Randle. We have Hunter to neutralize Simmons and we have to attack Embiid offensively with our bigs and make him work on both sides of the floor. Let’s take care of game 5 but yeah I like the matchup with the Sixers.
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    I’m not looking for easy thumbs and what not just remember what city you live in. Braves last year up 3-1 in the NLCS and lost. Atlanta doesn’t lose.. we lose dramatically and embarrassed. 28-3 ect. We need to be aggressive and with it and not okay with what we’ve done. We should’ve swept this series period. Game two was on Nate. Sixers are going to sweep Washington and we need to finish the Knicks in five. I like the match up against the Sixers.
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    If we won the championship this year it would 100% be part of the narrative. That’s a ridiculous statement seeing as how they’ve already talked about the coaching change during every game on national television this series. What are you thinking.
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    It took huge balls from Schlenk to do the right thing and fire LP mid season. Something I and many fans were calling for despite LP being a “good” guy. He is a horrible HC. He has no clue about NBA rotations. Remember all the head coaches Rick Carlisle and Gregg Popovich saying Atlanta was a sorry franchise for firing LP for not winning games we had no chance to win. Yeah right LP had no belief in this team and Nate believes in them and know how to actually coach. Past that Schlenk has put together an incredibly deep team that is perfectly suited for Trae’s game.
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    I’m not tech savvy but I heard an interesting knicks podcast where they’re loving on the Hawks and just being real and happy losing to the better team. Google ringer Hawks idk. The NYC fans are realizing the Hawks are more talented and they had a good season despite losing this series. They’ve given up. Lol. It’s not over yet but they’re realizing we’re just more talented than them. New York New York podcast The ringer
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    Seeing as I threw shade on JC. I’ll give props to JC, good game tonight. This is what we need and what I expect from him. That being said I can’t keep myself from looking ahead to the off-season and him wanting a max. It wasn’t a max worthy performance. It was a ~18 million dollar performance. He’s a good player with room for growth but we can’t and won’t give him a max. Sorry I should just live in the moment and say good game JC.
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    Refs were horrible tonight. Clearly early in the game they were dictating the game over the players. It’s honestly disgusting. The NBA has always been a little corrupt and honestly somewhat fixed (as much as they can kill momentum ect). But they can only do so much. The Hawks are clearly the more talented team and the refs can’t save the Knicks in this series. But it is a shame to think in the next series we basically have no chance to beat the Sixers and the refs. You just have to go back to Sac vs LAL and see how a series is stolen from a more talented less star driven team in broad daylight. Yet we keep watching. We have to overcome poor, and that’s honestly be to nice, corrupt officiating the whole way.
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    The refs had damn neck braces on! Lol. Nick Patrick .. called the foul to early. Na na na. As a Hawks fan I can’t blame Neil Patrick refs. We know we have a superior squad and to overcome that shit. We have to be undeniable. It’s clear we have a better team. We can’t let these guys steal games. But we let this one slip through pour play from some of our guys and poor coaching. The refs were as bout as fair as we’ll see the rest of the series. Wait till the second round and see us give the sixers a scare then you’ll see some Nick Patrick shit.
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    I’m cool with Trea and the Hawks being the villain. Doesn’t really make sense but let’s go. Trae embraces it so I’m down.
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