Official Game Thread: Rockets at Hawks

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Delaney on the bench over there saying . . . "See? Ya'll thought it was me, huh?"

Taylor ( -7 ) for the game right now.

[KB21]

1 minute ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

Delaney on the bench over there saying . . . "See? Ya'll thought it was me, huh?"

Taylor ( -7 ) for the game right now.

This is legitimately a sub replacement level team.

[aali34]

Finally, Collins and Dedmon play togethor

[TheNorthCydeRises]

7 minutes ago, KB21 said:

This is legitimately a sub replacement level team.

When you get rid of the defensive anchors of the team, this is what you get.  Millsap was the do it all guy.  Howard prevented the offensive rebound domination by the other team.  I just hope Dennis keeps his sanity through all of this, and don't have a meltdown at some point in the season.  When guys who aren't used to losing, start losing in bunches, it definitely affects them.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 minute ago, aali34 said:

Finally, Collins and Dedmon play togethor

Honestly, it's stupid NOT to play them together.  They're the 2 best all around bigs on the team, who can play both the 4 and the 5.  Go ahead and play them together, and see if it just may work.  I'm tired of watching Moose's nothingness.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Bud couldn't stand it.  2 minutes of Collins - Dedmon was long enough.

[noble]

Wait...do we really only have 2 offensive rebounds this late into the game?

1 minute ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

Bud couldn't stand it.  2 minutes of Collins - Dedmon was long enough.

Haha.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

6 minutes ago, noble said:

Wait...do we really only have 2 offensive rebounds this late into the game?

Haha.

4 now . . . . and Collins has 3 of them.

[noble]

Just now, TheNorthCydeRises said:

4 now . . . . and Collins has 3 of them.

Ouch....just ouch

[TheNorthCydeRises]

The other sad thing about all of this, was that the Hawks over the past 4 - 5 years, had FINALLY gained back some sort of home court advantage vs those popular teams.  Very seldom did the opposing fans take over Philips, not even when Lebron came to town.  But with the Hawks not even being competitive at home, that will change in a hurry.

Give the damn ball to Collins so that he can get his double-double.

[Marvin24Williams]

Dorsey finally showing some signs of life. good for him

[lethalweapon3]

29 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

Delaney on the bench over there saying . . . "See? Ya'll thought it was me, huh?"

Taylor ( -7 ) for the game right now.

+8 now, babayyyyyyyy!

All Praise Due to Zhou Qi!

~lw3

[GameTime]

Just now, Marvin24Williams said:

Dorsey finally showing some signs of life. good for him

See what happens when he plays more than a minute in a game?

[noble]

Hey look at that Babbitt was 4-4 from 3.

[StephenHawking]

Very pleased with the Dorsey sighting! 

Looked really good out there! You can see he needs confidence to play his game. 

Another thing that caught my eye: JC is having real trouble with dribbling the ball. He gets stripped every time he makes a dribble. I think it's mostly because he's overthinking. 

In the end the score doesn't look as bad as the game actually was. We really suck. And we have to embrace it. For the tank. 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

2 minutes ago, GameTime said:

See what happens when he plays more than a minute in a game?

If we're going to lose like this, Bud may as well put all of the young guys in the main rotation.  Quit wasting minutes on guys who may only be here one year.  

[noble]

Just now, TheNorthCydeRises said:

If we're going to lose like this, Bud may as well put all of the young guys in the main rotation.  Quit wasting minutes on guys who may only be here one year.  

Yeah, not sure why this isn't happening. Tank or not this team wasn't going to be very good. Why not get them minutes?

[GameTime]

1 minute ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

If we're going to lose like this, Bud may as well put all of the young guys in the main rotation.  Quit wasting minutes on guys who may only be here one year.  

With the way Taylor and Dorsey are playing, I see ZERO reason Delaney should be on the court.

[StephenHawking]

vor 1 Minute, TheNorthCydeRises sagte:

If we're going to lose like this, Bud may as well put all of the young guys in the main rotation.  Quit wasting minutes on guys who may only be here one year.  

No there's a tricky twist to it. You actually need to play the one year guys too because you want to turn them into picks down the stretch. Very difficult to find a balance there.

[KB21]

35 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

When you get rid of the defensive anchors of the team, this is what you get.  Millsap was the do it all guy.  Howard prevented the offensive rebound domination by the other team.  I just hope Dennis keeps his sanity through all of this, and don't have a meltdown at some point in the season.  When guys who aren't used to losing, start losing in bunches, it definitely affects them.

Dennis is going to get traded before the deadline.  I'm about 95% certain of it.