StephenHawking

I understand that Kyle and Baze are unbelievabely bad at the moment but we have to look at the bigger picture. Number one problem is Bud!! Kyle and Baze have bad nights? So what! You could easily replace them by i.e. THJ and Thabo or Bembry and Prince. But Bud did NOTHING Oddly he even chose KORV3R to take the last shot. I mean come on. You dont have to be a nba coach to see that bud made questionable decisions tonight and moreover against the Lakers too.

And can someone please tell me what kind of playcall bud made in that last timeout ? He mustve said something like "Just hand it to white chocolate KORV3R. He gon make it from everywhere. If hes d'd tightly doesnt matter. One two shifty moves and he'll drop it down EASILY. "

Man i hate Kyle. He cant d up. He cant make a simple pass. ALWAYS tries to do some stylish passes which end up in turnovers. He chucks from everywhere. No matter if hes cold or not he still goes for contested shots 5ft behind the 3 point lane. I hate him.

I disagree with that. Dennis was terrible but DRussel made maybe 6-10 points on him in the game. That was not on Dennis but on Delaney who got cooked by EVERYONE or on the switching player i.e. Kyle. Defensively Dennis was alright. Offensively he wasnt clicking tonight. Many mistakes. Many forced shots. Many boneheaded plays

Excuse me but your post is garbage at best. How can you be that negative after one bad game? Its his first starting season. Get your act together. Everybody knew that Dennis would have bad games. Hes young and has to learn. And yes tonight his shooting and decisionmaking was way off. But thats it. Lets wait another 20 games to be as harsh as you are.

My personal opinion: S5: Dennis: Worst game so far. The old Dennis came to play tonight. Awful decisionmaking in many plays. I hate when he just penetrates straight into the opp. center and you can see the block coming from a mile away. Defensively solid. Kyle: Defensively bad. Offensively he was meh. Stretched the floor but was always guarded. Baze: I dont understand what he and Dennis think when they start to take walk-in threes with 22 secs left on the clock from 5ft behind the three point line. Baze leaves his head behind when he goes to Phillips Arena. Defensively bad. Couldnt keep the pace and lost his player often which ended in a three. Sap:Quite game from him tonight. Bad from the 3pt-line. Good in the post. Defensively not able to make stops. D8: Best S5 player by far tonight. Made his shots. Many Putbacks. Made his FTs. Defensively the best tonight. Without his boards and putbacks it wouldve looked a lot worse tonight. Moose: Pretty good game again. One of the better players tonight. Thabo: No good game from Thabo tonight. Couldnt hit a shot and made a couple of wild passes. Defensively bad in comparison to his usual self THJ: Atl JR Smith. Tonight he was on fire. All around good game. Best Hawk tonight. Hump: Quiet game. Played to his strengths as usual. Nothing to critizise really. Malcolm: Bad Game tonight. Especially defensively DRussel could go for any shot he wanted. Offensively solid but nothing more.

Yes I am german and yes Im a Hawksfan due to Dennis' Draft. Honestly my overall interest in basketball started with Dennis.

Overall I think the off ball movement is way better in the 2nd unit. Thats the number one reason why DS looks bad. Second reason is that Howard and Sap not been able yet to play the pick and roll with DS. Often DS waits for someone to set a pick but they both sit back in the paint for too long. We just have to set picks for DS to play to his strengths. You guys wonder why he isnt sticking to his midrange jumper more often. Well because there's no screen he can hide behind

I'm so pleased with how we handled those dirty kings. I mean we would've never won a game like that last year if we're being honest. Just the thoughness in the post D8, Moose and Hump displayed is totally new to us. That game totally encouraged me as in there's no specific playstyle which works against us. Last year such teams simply outmuscled us and won games on the boards.

Hey I'm the new guy! I've started to read this forum two years ago and always been quiet but I think now its time to take the big stage. Here i am!