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20 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Who starts in place of Huerter? Bembry or Cam.

I'mma go Bembry. 

Cam played well off the bench last game, if Crabbe plays, he'll be a good shooting outlet for Cam running the PnR.

 

 

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State of the Hawks: Thoughts and observations through 11 games

 

Young is a no-doubt All-Star candidate

 

I don’t know what else we can say about how incredible Young has been. He ranks in the top 10 in points and assists per game and has almost single-handedly willed the Hawks to a 4-6 record. Young has played at an All-Star level so far and almost certainly will be there if he continues the tear he has been on.

 

The Hawks need a reliable center

 

Imagine how good the Hawks would be if they had a center who could ease the pressure on Young when opposing teams blitz him. Instead, the Hawks have Alex Len, Damian Jones and Bruno Fernando.

 

Len has been horrible on offense. Jones has been fine on offense but has been a liability on defense. Fernando has looked lost more times than not and just isn’t ready to contribute at a high level. Especially in John Collins’ absence, the Hawks just don’t have a go-to option at the 5 right now, and it shows.

 

One of the quickest ways the Hawks can take a leap is to have a force at the 5, and that option isn’t currently on the roster.

 

A secondary initiator would do wonders

 

Imagine what this team could look like if Young had another initiator on the floor with him so he could run around and create catch-and-shoot opportunities for himself. If you want to talk about spacing and the dynamics of what the future Hawks offense looks like, it’s scary to think about when this happens.

 

The Hawks do have Huerter and Cam Reddish, who can grow into that role of secondary playmaker, but neither is at that level yet.

 

Reddish is a work in progress

 

It shouldn’t have been surprising to see Reddish struggle offensively after his only year at Duke, where he also struggled offensively to get anything going, but it has been disastrous on that end of the floor. Synergy ranks Reddish in the third percentile in points per possession. Out of 365 qualified players, Reddish ranks 355th.

 

On the positive side, Reddish has been great defensively. He ranks in the 75th percentile on that end of the floor and has been an excellent spot-up defender.

 

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Against the Lakers, the Hawks were in a 30-6 hole with 4:22 left to play in the first quarter, and against the Clippers, they got down 25-8 with 6:34 left in the first. 

“That was a knock on us last year,” Pierce said of falling behind early. “We were really bad the first six minutes of every first quarter, for about three months. I mean, really bad. And we got a glimmer of that on this road trip. The road trip in and of itself was brutal. We faced four of the top seven teams out west. Maybe four of the top seven teams in the league.” 

Hopefully we start games better and have a fighting chance.

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