Trae Young - The Man, The Viper, and The Prosecution aka The MVP aka Ice Trae

[Final_quest]

1 hour ago, Wretch said:

I don't know why it's so hard for people to understand this...  We GOT one.  We finally got one and he's absolutely amazing.  We have to do what it takes to put the right team around him. 

You know GM's and fans around the league are salivating....just waiting for the door to crack open on his availability.

Totally agree. Kyrie never went to the playoffs until Lebron went back to Cleveland.  Kobe and Dwade were close to .500 without Shaq.  

[hawkman]

3 hours ago, Wretch said:

I don't know why it's so hard for people to understand this...  We GOT one.  We finally got one and he's absolutely amazing.  We have to do what it takes to put the right team around him. 

You know GM's and fans around the league are salivating....just waiting for the door to crack open on his availability.

100% agree with all of this. At one point, it was well understood that the Hawks were going to surround Trae with long defenders and shooters. I feel like the direction of the team is in flux without Schlenk. Love him or hate him, his vision for what pieces he wanted around Trae made sense. It feels like once the Hawks got out of the 'building through the Draft' phase and into the free agent and asset trading phase, things fell apart.

[Final_quest]

 

His slow start ended quick.  

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[Diesel]

6 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

What's amazing in this lineup to me... is Damian Lillard.  Dame Time is supposed to be all that and a bag of chips.  He played for a small market team where he was the top fish for years..  Yet, Trae has damn near 20 more 30/10 games than him.   10 more than Luka.

I pity those who don't recognize what we have.

 

[GameTime]

 

[Spud2nique]

3 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

That’s pretty incredible.  Trae and Luka are gonna hunt Big O (not Okongwu the other one, I mean the main one ) at some point.

[Spud2nique]

3 hours ago, Diesel said:

I pity those who don't recognize what we have.

Respect the Superstar- @TheNorthCydeRises  

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[RedDawg#8]

Trae is up to 37.9% shooting from 3, which is amazing considering how bad he was to start the season.

Idk how much longer he can keep up his positive shooting but his turnaround has been incredible.

[JayBirdHawk]

Poetry in motion.

 

 

[Dnice]

Also  on this day..

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2750182-trae-young-ties-ncaa-record-with-22-assists-vs-northwestern-state

Edited December 19, 2023 by Dnice

[Gray Mule]

On 12/15/2023 at 10:12 PM, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

The real Big 0 shows up here!  Now we can all see why there is only one of him!  

[JTB]

On 12/14/2023 at 6:35 PM, hawkman said:

100% agree with all of this. At one point, it was well understood that the Hawks were going to surround Trae with long defenders and shooters. I feel like the direction of the team is in flux without Schlenk. Love him or hate him, his vision for what pieces he wanted around Trae made sense. It feels like once the Hawks got out of the 'building through the Draft' phase and into the free agent and asset trading phase, things fell apart.

Yes the vision of putting long defenders and shooters around Trae has become an afterthought that’s is very unfortunate but that vision should have never left regardless of if we are in draft phase or asset trading phase….if that’s our identity then that’s our identity.

i think the identity has changed back to this however now that Quinn is a decision maker. I believe Quinn wants long defending shooters around Trae. I believe that’s the very reason Synder is so high on a Siakam trade.

i know folks hate when I say let’s start Hunter at the 2 but the recommendation comes from a need rather than a want….nevertheless if we are going to have a small backcourt then so be it however you need an absolute BEAST in the front court to balance things out.

 

Last I feel like if we could just get a big body center who can hit a 3…like Vucevic to go with a speedy backcourt of Trae and Murray and a forward pairing of Siakam and Jalen Johnson!….we would be heading in the right direction again.

[Wretch]

On 12/15/2023 at 10:12 PM, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

Year six just starting... 
The hate and disrespect our guy gets is just downright...bizarre.

[hylndr11]

On 12/14/2023 at 6:35 PM, hawkman said:

100% agree with all of this. At one point, it was well understood that the Hawks were going to surround Trae with long defenders and shooters. I feel like the direction of the team is in flux without Schlenk. Love him or hate him, his vision for what pieces he wanted around Trae made sense. It feels like once the Hawks got out of the 'building through the Draft' phase and into the free agent and asset trading phase, things fell apart.

Apparently they had to , Trae was tired of it, and maybe they thought they could get enough but it wasn't complete and we popped too soon, I think Trae knows this and probably understands we may have cut the rebuild too soon as he certainly has not rejected quin or not tried to get better and I'm sure he's heard from enough other ppl in the league about the type of players he needs around him and that just isn't really easy to execute. 

[JayBirdHawk]

[marco102]

@bleachkit

[Spud2nique]

MVP push!!!