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6 hours ago, Spud2nique said:

I’m gonna heckle him this year. Really hard. @akay you down for a game? We will talk $hit and get kicked out together then go visit the parking crew and see what we can get up to with them?

hell yeah, im definitely going to all the hawks games - we can heckle steph and bron every time

My list

1. Carmelo Anthony - gets so much praise for not doing anything

2. Allen Iverson - feels like his basketball rating gets raised because of his cultural impact, inefficient offensive player, not a playmaker, not good on defense doesn't get him in the conversations I hear him in

3. Steph Curry - see people putting him in top 10, top 15 all time lists, everyone else there is an elite 2 way player who have also won a lot of chips and have longevity. Steph ain't there.

4. Can't think of other historical players atm, so ill say SGA 

5. Ja

4 hours ago, NBASupes said:

Guys just aren't freelancing it. The team provided roles for each player

How is this not the standard for every team??

Don't think he plays more than 10 min a game max, most likely will be in the g league and filling in for injuries this season.

On 8/11/2023 at 7:43 PM, Diesel said:

Who in the hell wants Trae off Ball?

I need you to really go back and look at how that worked with DJ.   Betcha we won't see a lot of Trae off ball.  It doesn't make any sense.   You have a league leading assist guy and now you want to try to convert him to Steph freakin Curry???  This is the Lunacy that trying to make Siakam brings.    Let's think of other league leading assist guys playing off ball...

Did John Stockton play off ball?

Did Isiah Thomas play off ball?

Did Oscar Robertson play off ball?

 

Playing off ball is something that you do when your OG is more of a shooter than a passer.   Trae is not an OG.   He's as pure a PG as the league has ever had.  He just happens to score a lot.   He's a unicorn.   Trae averaged 26.4 ppg this past season.   Ask yourself, how many of his points were assisted?  Let me help you... 21%.  Most of those were him scoring on the break or in a catch and shoot deal.  That means that 79% of his scores came from something he created.   So I went searching... Haliburton 33%.  Mitchell 34%.  CP3 29%.    And you want to put Trae off ball.....

NO.

 

 

 

I can think of 2 reasons for getting Trae off ball more 

1. Saves him energy so he can try more on defense

2. Trae is one of the best shooters in the league when open, so if someone can dish him a quality look, it's a great play. 

Our team had trouble setting up easy baskets last season, and if someone else can drive and kick to an open player, and that player happens to be a shooter like Trae, it's a great look.

Also, Trae can probably make some cool creative plays after getting the ball from someone else while a play is in motion, dude reads the game so well even if he's not the one initiating the action, he can be the reason it ends with another pass to an open guy.

Trae should be on ball most of the time, but when we got so many options for cooking, we should see what meals can get served. 

Nice,

My top 10 would be something like

1. Kareem

2. MJ

3. Wilt

4. Bron

5. Kobe

6. Duncan

7. Magic

8. Shaq

9. Bird

10. O Rob

7 hours ago, Diesel said:

If he spent most of his time on nude beaches and he was a swinger would you care?

That's a personal choice that doesn't affect anyone, talking about how if you enjoy beyonce makes you a fake Christian is judging other people and that's not ok in any way. 

15 minutes ago, shakes said:

this 100%.  There's no room for religious nutjobs in a functioning locker room.

 

 

He seems like a nice kid, but damn, if any of my coworkers were posting stuff like that or anything it would make the environment hella awkward.

Who wants to work alongside people you know are judging tf out of you in a negative way?

Last statement is just conjecture, but how often are people who are this vocal about their pretty out-there beliefs really going to let other people live their lives without being judgy? 

If we gotta trade AJ to get Siakam, pull that trigger - we good on offense at this point even though I wanted to see mans blossom into another ATL star

50 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

DID WE???  Why are we yelling?  It’s Friday put on that kimono and chill  

I HAD SOMETHING in my ear, it's gone now  and idk why you're putting things on on a Friday, it's time to take that ish off and hit the beach 

2 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

@akay   we did this already!

SHOOOT, THANKS!

15 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

Kerr is a vindictive, manipulative lil bitch and I hope more people would see that

Dude named his kid Nick... don't know if decision-making is his best strength lol

5 hours ago, Spud2nique said:

JJ vs workouts against a chair in the off-season

Ik Obi isn't a star, but he's an aight player older and bigger than JJ lol

Also, Lonzo and Lamelo been practicing against chairs their whole lives and it got em to stardom in the NBA, don't be hating on the humble 4-legged trainer 

1 hour ago, JustSomeGuy said:

I don’t think Capela is as done as people here make him sound. I think he is definitely nearing the decline but that doesn’t mean we HAVE to trade him. Especially with no equal talent available to come back to us. We can always just let him expire or hold him until closer to the deadline. 

I personally really like our lineup with Bey at the 4 and CC at the 5. Gives Clint the room to be a lob threat and rebounder. Covers for the deficiency of Bey/Hunter as rebounding wings and opens up the floor for DJ and Trae. 

We don't HAVE to trade him, but he only has 2 years left on his deal and we want OO to start - makes sense on paper to trade him for a FRP to recoup some assets and let our young guy shine while CC still has good trade value

2 hours ago, Spud2nique said:

I voted for Mathues!  

 

That dude should start at PF over JJ!!!

 

@kg01 @JayBirdHawk @warcore @akay @AHF @Gray Mule @Diesel @Sothron 

COME AT ME!!!  I’ll take on the entire room I don’t give a ..

Issok Spud, you've backed yourself into a corner and gotta fight to survive now - I understand.

Jalen going through his rocky training montage though so you better be prepared to say sorry in a couple months 

On 8/1/2023 at 10:56 PM, Phunkabilly said:

just shows he sees the floor well at all times.  That's the kind of thing JC or Hunter could never give us

Honestly got so annoyed when I heard JC say he was practicing his playmaking all summer last year, like Im glad he was able to dish a few passes out to CC over the year, but his time could've been better spent elsewhere.

For playmaking like Jalen does, you gotta just have that vision and the ability to execute on it, and JC and Hunter just don't got the eyes or the passing ability to do it consistently enough to help our team in a significant way.

Fingers crossed Hunter gets traded for Pascal, or that Quin drills into his head about making an extra pass - the tunnel vision is insane from everyone not in our backcourt

5 minutes ago, Peoriabird said:

Yeah..Lets trade this guy!

Let's not act like this is a majority opinion lol 

5 minutes ago, HawksNWaffles said:

Being able to order from the senior menu at Waffle House.....

seniors like choco chip waffles and hot chocolate right? 

4 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

We did move it briefly to the 'Senior' section, but IIRC, some squawkers didn't meet the Senior qualifier.

What's the qualifier?

Keeping my expectations low so i can be happily surprised

Maybe the hang up is on Kobe and he'll be traded this week and we can celebrate having a true #2 on the team next to Trae this weekend 

2 hours ago, Spud2nique said:

I’m pretty sure JC is better than Jalen RIGHT NOW

JC played way more minutes so he has better counting stats, but Jalen had good impact in the small time he had on the court, and if you compare him and JC per 100 possessions or per 36, Jalen is scoring as much/a little more on slightly worse efficiency but is way better on the playmaking end.

Jalen also clears in BPM and VORP

Jalen being a guy that can make good secondary plays off of Trae is gonna show up way more in Snyders system than JC's efficient post game is gonna help IMO.

I bet you we're happy we didn't trade Jalen away based on his on-court production by December, dude is poised to break out and is gonna eat playing under Snyder and next to Trae.

14 minutes ago, thecampster said:

Messaged you on this.

Hmmm, more rumblings happen that may come to fruition but aren't solid enough yet to be public?

It would be great if we could get Josh Green for Clint, but I feel like Dallas values him too much and would rather throw in a FRP

3 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

Raptors fr gotta be the most annoying team to make deals with, like just take Hunter and CC and be happy 

13 minutes ago, theheroatl said:

Anyone want to trade for JB now?