shakes

He needs to get better soon.  At this point I’d rather back up Capela with a bottle of Gochujang instead of Gorjui Dieng.

21 minutes ago, kg01 said:

Some nice comments on radio this am.  Scalabrine expects us to be a tough team.  Says we're better than our record, which is depressed due to strength of schedule and all the road games.

Says he thought they did a good job on Trae.  Other guys hit shots.  Is not worried about Trae come playoff time.

On Cam, says he had a monster game.  Thinks he's gonna be a good player.   Isola days he called that when Cam was in college.  Both think he needs to stop taking 3s.  Stop going away from what's working.

Wanted to offer that unbiased opinion on Cam for those who think only homers see something there.

I watched the BOS telecast and Scali had nothing but good things to say about the Hawks all game.

Gonna watch the Celtics feed since they don’t have a sports ticker on the screen.   I hate Bally’s!

7 minutes ago, Sothron said:

Am I still on mandatory LJ jersey and Converse Aero Jam watch? Or can I come off the wall?

Don't make me beat you like I beat my wife when she made the mistake of washing her Huerter shirt after wearing it during game 7 of the Philly series.   

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

So when the Hawks and Bulls are in the ECF - how exactly does this work  

This discussion has been had a lot recently.

It's not an issue for me, I am fully committed to my Hawks fandom.  It was easier for me since I already disavowed the Bulls during the Derek Rose injury fiasco and the terrible reign of Pax and Gar Forman.    When I became a Hawks fan I was already without a team for a number of years.

Now that the Bulls are good I'm slowly embracing them again.  helps that they have my favorite player in the league not named Trae Young in Lonzo.   Lonzo is actually the reason I started following the NBA again after basically taking the previous 15 years off (aside from a couple early Derek Rose years in Chicago).

So if Hawks and Bulls meet I will definitely  be rooting for the Hawks.  Besides I am 52 years old, I already lived through 6 Bulls titles during my sports fan prime.  Time for ATL to feel that love.

17 minutes ago, marco102 said:

That's the terrible thing about cancer, he could have been. 

True, but still always shocking when someone young dies from it.     Lost a buddy/hockey teammate 7 years ago yesterday to stage 4 lung cancer.    He was 38 with 3 kids under 6 and a non smoker.  Went to the ER for a ankle fracture, while he was there he coughed up blood so they did some tests and told him he had stage 4 and it was terminal.   He was gone a year and a half later.

wow, that sucks.  Hated his posts, but this is very surprising because I also assumed he was a young guy in his 30s based on his opinions.

  RIP

36 minutes ago, Sothron said:

She's thinking I need to wear it for Chicago Blackhawks games now. I'm trying to keep this karma but she's determined to spread the love.

What’s the Chicago connection?    Why are we watching the same exact basketball games lol?     I’m a Chicagoan, was a Bulls fan, became a Hawks fan and this year the Bulls have piqued my interest again.      Was a diehards Blackhawks fan, but quit on them cold turkey when they traded Panarin.  

probably because Cam can't be trusted to play team ball on offense and not shoot every time he touches it.   Solo is terrible, but if you tell Solo he isn't allowed to shoot he will listen for the most part and only air ball 2 shots all game.

Yesterday I said we would lose by 20+.  Today I'm going to say the Jazz feel sorry for us and we only lose 18.

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

this is a great look at the initial foul

 

 

yea, the only person in danger of getting hurt on that play was Jokic who could've easily had a rib broken by that cheapshot.  Two hand shoving a guy in the middle/top of his back is not going to result in an injury unless he is standing on a ledge.

10 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Oh boy. I'm glad Morris is OK but I can't say he didn't deserve what he got.

 

That was amazing!  I'm a hockey player so I look at like Morris got exactly what he deserved and maybe now he'll think twice before acting like a POS on the court.   I cheered out loud when Jokic cracked him.  Dumbass should know that if you're gonna act like that don't turn your back on your opponent.  He felt too comfortable being a goon out there, glad he paid the price for it.  Now someone get his brother next!

8 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

So much of this.

 

 

JC showing without a doubt why he is the #2 guy on this team.  He's the only player on the team that doesn't care if he gets shots or not.  As a result he's also the only player on the team who will move the ball within half a second of touching it.  Notice all the tic tac toe plays this year already between Trae-JC-Capela.   No other support player on the team plays that unselfishly.  Everyone else gets the ball and first looks for his own offense before even considering passing it.

I am so sick of this shit f-ing garbage team.   They completely suck.

Anyone here who thought we were going to win when we were up 12 in the 3rd is a delusional homer.   This outcome was obvious.  Trae was the only person who could do anything.  You knew as soon as he got pulled for his rest we would lose most of the lead and then Trae would come back in and force a bunch of bad 3s because he was hot in the 3rd, the other team’s defense would intensify while ours did not.

And oh yea, I am so sick of Clint Capela.  It would be easier to make than miss 90% of the bunnies he screws up.

ok so I guess Can sucks again.  back to taking terrible shots.   Dude should never take a step back.  Just stop already Cam, you look like a friggen moron when you attempt that nonsense.   

22 hours ago, shakes said:

If Collins is out will Nate move Hunter over to PF and then start Cam at SF?  Or does Huerter get the nod?

 

If Hill starts I might skip the game and watch Dune.

Should've listened to myself and watched Dune instead.    

Maybe it's because of the heightened expectations this year, but I'm not even enjoying watching the games this season.  Aside from the very first game vs Dallas and the game we won with a great final 3 quarters I've found every other game to be painful to watch, even the wins.

Right now this team not only sucks but there isn't any joy in watching them.  the total lack of effort on defense + the parade of bad shots is just making this a terrible team to watch.

As for Clint, I haven't seen him miss this many bunnies since last season's entire playoff run.    I told my wife before the game that Clint is basically a slightly worse and shorter version of Gobert.  Halfway through the game I corrected that statement and said he's actually a massively worse player than Gobert.

so far he's 100% right.

If Collins is out will Nate move Hunter over to PF and then start Cam at SF?  Or does Huerter get the nod?

If Hill starts I might skip the game and watch Dune.

I'll remember this game as the game we were right in it and then Cam decided to trade shot for shot with Kevin Durant.

I'll also remember this as the game we lost because we decided to give the best 3pt shooter in the NBA SEVERAL wide open uncontested corner 3s.

Seriously, our team defense is atrocious.  Not just Trae, but literally every single player on the team.  none of them know how to play team defense.  We have some good individual defenders, but that's about it.    Doris Burke pointed it out on one play where we had 4 defenders standing all alone in the paint, teh ball goes to Harris all along in the corner and everyone in the paint just points at Harris asking each other to go out there and guard him.  Pathetic effort from the whole team.   

This team is hot garbage now.  I fully expect us to be in last place by Thanksgiving if not sooner.