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    I'm very pumped for this game. I'm hoping our team D can make Kyrie/KD work hard for their buckets and they compensate on the defensive end where we take advantage. Also hoping to see another great night of Rondo leading the bench to a big positive deficit over the Nets bench. We need at least two of Hunter/Reddish/Collins to have a really good night.
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    Yeah, Vince was the opposite of an all-start -- basically our tank commander -- shooting like 35% or something last year. Watching him take a dribble and clank a contested 30 foot step back 3 over and over was something else. Still love that he came here and spent time with our guys though
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    John Collins

    JeffS17 replied to jmac54's topic in Homecourt

    yeah, +/- is probably the most misused and often cited stat. It's decent for judging different lineups over the course of a season but not much else imo
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    Yeah, I do hope Lloyd or Nate or whoever shamed the hell out of the team for the defensive effort last night. We are a brand new team so we really need make effort/intensity a part of our culture going forward
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    John Collins

    JeffS17 replied to jmac54's topic in Homecourt

    Yeah, to add to this -- if the way we're spreading minutes right now continues -- it makes a lot more sense to pay attention to per 36 stats than the per game stats.
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    John Collins

    JeffS17 replied to jmac54's topic in Homecourt

    I don't agree or disagree but I'll say this -- having a deep bench and a bunch of good players is amazing and it's going to lead to a lot of regular season success, but once you get to the playoffs, you want your BEST players getting a lot of minutes. The difference between having great players on the court and good or above average is what will win or lose you a series. If John keeps working like he has every single season and improves his defense/rebounding, we want to keep him. You want quality in the playoffs, not quantity. Look at all of your deep bench regular season warriors from the past decade and how they've fared, including our 2015 Hawks. I'm not advocating one way or another on John but I really just want to call out the fact our deep bench doesn't matter as much when there's 7-9 guys in the rotation come playoffs series. Also, we're spreading the ball out right now and getting everyone on the team some usage because we're still figuring out what works and doesn't work with the new roster. I imagine by the second half of the season we'll start to see more routine substitutions, guys settling into their roles, and a little more consistency
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    Hill won't hit at 50% clip normally... I think he's like a low 30%s shooter from 3, so I highly doubt this would or should be the norm, but hey -- very happy he drained those tonight because that game got a lot closer than it should have lol
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    Wooo another win. Like many have stated, not the prettiest of wins but W is all that matters at this stage. My takeaways: We had 7 guys in double digits (and Heurter had 9) which is awesome to see -- no selfishness on this team right now Bogi shot very well tonight and it was refreshing to see him in rhythm from behind the arc We need serious work on rebounding fundamentals Watching Rondo come out and deal 8 dimes in 15 minutes was something else -- hoping some of that can rub off on Trae as I think improving his assist/turnover ratio is the lowest hanging fruit in his game right now
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    I loved this play -- it wasn't the cleanest result (John 1v3 at the rim but did get foul) but the chemistry seemed to be there and I feel like Kevs passing has been getting better. He's never going to take over a game by himself but I think he can be a really solid rotation player who makes few mistakes.
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    How can you say this lol... you have no idea what decision was made and with what info. They very well could have known he was possibly going to need a minor surgery... that actually makes sense given how much PG depth we signed to our roster.
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    amazing what we can do when guys are doubling or cheating towards trae now... it feels surreal watching the offense with more than 1 scoring option
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    whoops! mixing my end of bench guys lol
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    Yeah, wish the Nets were at the tail end because the way they look right now that game is going to be very hard.
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    My biggest takeaways today: Our depth is real. Seeing Brandon Knight contribute in a meaningful way and the bench play as well as they did was really nice. Everyone that was giving up on Huerter needs to give him time. He had a great game and shot well, but I feel like he plays really well off ball and his gravity is underrated, which leads me to... Watching Trae work with the amount of space our shooters are providing him is amazing. He finishes so well at the rim with his layup touch and floaters, and I've noticed he's getting better at using his body to finish as well. Teams have to respect the rest of our guys this year, so I expect Trae's bad nights (shot not falling) to still be moderately efficient scoring and his good nights will be closer to game 1. Loving watching the offense this season.
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    I'm with you! I will be insufferable to anyone willing to listen to me talk Hawks
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    The cynical side of me really wonders if we're using nagging injuries right now as a way to try out different sets of rotation players. Obviously we could do that with everyone dressed out so idk why this would be the case but it feels suspicious.... I have not seen any of our guys suffer an injury on the court and all of these seems completely subjective day to day rulings from the medical staff. Like why is Gallo suddenly injured? Capela has history but looked 100% in the 4 preseason games and I didn't see him limping or anything like that...
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    Been debating on who to use in my flair, but I love this pic so much I'm going to use it for a while (even though it comes out a bit small) because I'm hoping this is a nice metaphor for where we go this season: guys trusting each other, Trae can lean on his teammates, no hero ball, good chemistry, team wins, etc... Spurs-like culture with a Warriors style offense + team effort on D
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    I'm sensitive to takes like this after Trae went through the gauntlet of "empty stats", "can't win", "not a team/winning player".... BUT I do think that might be true for Lavine. He doesn't really make his teammates better and it doesn't feel like he cares or tries to. It could definitely be a coaching/development gap but this is his 7th(?) year in the league now, so I do feel like he has to take responsibility at some point. I teeter back and forth on guys like Lavine though because some teams are just bad -- organization/coaching/drafting/talent -- and 1 guy can't change that, no matter how good they are. I'm just happy it feels like we're coming out of the other side of that tunnel and I'm grateful. A lot of games left but I definitely feel optimistic after that first game. 80+ in a half is insane but the defensive effort is what really makes me happy. Trae diving for balls, getting in the pass lanes, Cam getting steals, JC stripping for a steal (recorded as a block i guess), etc. You can tell the guys are truly much more engaged on that end of the floor, which is really encouraging.
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    I really liked Trae's answer to Kirschner's question: when do you know it's going to be one of those nights?? It was distinct to me because there's such a difference between media perception/narratives and reality. And the reality is Trae feels like he's going to have an amazing game every game, and I believe him when he said that. That's the type of mentality it takes to make it to the NBA and especially to become one of the top guys in the league.
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    Maybe I'm scarred from awful twitter comments but I got really sad for half a second because I thought you were about to say racist, not racing...
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    Good morning Hawks fans!! I had a dream the Hawks absolutely torched the Bulls in a blowout win (over by half time) and Trae looked like a hybrid of peak Curry/Nash, the sophomores played like NBA starters with a lot of room to get better, and the free agents we picked up were actual NBA players that contributed to our win. Did anyone catch the game last night?
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    If Heurter is bringing the ball up on half our possessions tonight I'm going to need a few drinks
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    so way better than last year already, especially when you conisder hunter/reddish are looking better
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    I should have consumed the news before making this post.... either way, still hyped to see us in win-mode
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