Official Game Thread: 76ers at Hawks

[JayBirdHawk]

6 minutes ago, Atlantaholic said:

We're a legitimately good team. Today we saw what it looks like when Trae goes cold for the first time. We almost took out a lock to be a top 3 team. I'm not one for moral victories but we have looked good in every game so far overall. 

This. And it wasn't all bad.

Our defense is special...and it's just game 3. The defensive communication is coming along.

2 minutes ago, Atlantaholic said:

Exactly... also he is generally at least some sort of presence. I'm not saying he was the answer but Len is giving the wrong answer on purpose. 

[JayBirdHawk]

13 minutes ago, Dnice said:

Take better care of the ball and they might win next time.

We had some really bad TOs.

[NBASupes]

I can't give enough credit to Philly defense. Those guys are simply amazing on that end

[sillent]

Didn't see the game but overall I would say this is a great early lost for us.

1)We lost against the team that should be top one two of the East

2)Lost by only 2 

3) Didn't reach our 110/111 scoring average but neither did the opposing team

4) Sounded like alot of rookie mistakes (unfortunately even from non rookies) but that's what happens when you have 9 new players and are still developing chemistry.

5) Our best scorer struggled to score which should eventually enable others to start stepping up their games and contributions if we want to continue winning.

6) We almost beat this team playing nowhere near our best

I stated in another post we are winning right now with really no one but Trae playing close to his max potential. Imagine if just 3 other players on our squad started truly maxing out their talents. Then imagine when most of our players get it together and we're playing with maximum effort as a team not just getting carried by superstar efforts. I didn't see the game but again looking at the score and knowing it was atleast close thru and thru I'm very encouraged by these results and if this lost was as disappointing as some have stated hopefully that will ignite a fire under some of our under achievers. I could name names but I might end up calling everyone out in that department except Trae. Either way it's very early in the season and this lost will give us plenty of time to wake up and correct our mistakes.

[Atlantaholic]

1 minute ago, JayBirdHawk said:

This. And it wasn't all bad.

Our defense is special...and it's just game 3.

Our defense is legit. It's amazing how difficult it is for coach to take Cam out of the game despite his utter offensive ineptitude; his defensive presence is pretty amazing for such a young guy. It's not just his length either, he has good instincts, he's aggressive, he's physical... when he and Hunter are both in the game we can shut down the perimeter and it also makes Trae a viable and effective defender. 

[Atlantaholic]

1 minute ago, NBASupes said:

I can't give enough credit to Philly defense. Those guys are simply amazing on that end

For a team that expects to waltz into a top 3 seed to put that much detail and effort into that end on a road game this early on in the year screams great coaching. Impressive for sure. 

[sillent]

13 minutes ago, Atlantaholic said:

Truth is if we made some free throws we win this game comfortably. Also Len.

So far free throws has seemed to be our achilles heel these 1st 3 games. It just doesn't look as bad when we win. 

[NBASupes]

1 minute ago, Atlantaholic said:

Our defense is legit. It's amazing how difficult it is for coach to take Cam out of the game despite his utter offensive ineptitude; his defensive presence is pretty amazing for such a young guy. It's not just his length either, he has good instincts, he's aggressive, he's physical... when he and Hunter are both in the game we can shut down the perimeter and it also makes Trae a viable and effective defender. 

I felt Cam did a good job without the ball tonight on offense. I didn't think he was all that bad on that end. He even made a number of really nice secondary passes and spacing pluses that helped us. 

[marco102]

De'Andre Hunter has a minutes restriction per coach. Maybe they aren't playing the rookies more than 30 minutes on back to back.

[Dnice]

You see I got anxious and pissed and posted in the wrong place..lol

[Atlantaholic]

Just now, sillent said:

So far free throws has seemed to be our achilles heel these 1st 3 games. It just doesn't look as bad when we win. 

Yea, which is something I didn't expect, especially from Hunter and Collins and Trae who has struggled (for his standards) from the line since the preseason. Weren't we a top FT shooting team last year? I hope this is a fluke thing that will trend upwards because though we look good we still can't afford to give away points like that. 

[NBASupes]

Just now, Atlantaholic said:

Yea, which is something I didn't expect, especially from Hunter and Collins and Trae who has struggled (for his standards) from the line since the preseason. Weren't we a top FT shooting team last year? I hope this is a fluke thing that will trend upwards because though we look good we still can't afford to give away points like that. 

We had some great FT shooters on the team last year. Baze, Prince and of course Dedmon. 

[Atlantaholic]

1 minute ago, NBASupes said:

I felt Cam did a good job without the ball tonight on offense. I didn't think he was all that bad on that end. He even made a number of really nice secondary passes and spacing pluses that helped us. 

Off the ball, he may be doing a good job, but with the ball in his hands, he isn't close to NBA caliber so far. We really need him to eventually become viable on that end because his presence is so valuable on the other end. Heck I'd go as far to say that he is hands down our best defender. 

[terrell]

JUst bench Len already..lol

[nathan2331]

Another ball handler on this team needs to step up. It's early days so you can't be too critical but we need someone to take pressure off of Trae. Down the stretch our offense stalled since no one other than Trae could put pressure on the defense. And Len better be careful, if he can't hit open shots consistently he's gonna lose the starting job to Bruno. I like Len for what he is, but he's a backup with a limited game.

[Buzzard]

Sixers shut Trae down in the 2nd half and he was not a happy camper walking off the court. Lets get the Heat young fella, they are up next. Reddish's defense is stellar for a rookie. That three starts falling, Reddish will be something else. Hunter doing what Hunter does, super efficient basketball and added 9 boards with his 14 points. Fernando had his best game so far with 11 points, 4 boards and 2 blocks in just 15 minutes.

Hawks perimeter defense is night and day better holding the Sixers to 42.0 FG% and 26.8 % from downtown.

Edited October 29, 2019 by Buzzard

[Atlantaholic]

1 minute ago, NBASupes said:

We had some great FT shooters on the team last year. Baze, Prince and of course Dedmon. 

The players that have struggled the most are supposed to be good FT shooters though. Bruno, Collins, Hunter should all be around the 78% rate. Trae is like 7 points off his average last year though he did a better job today despite the potentially huge miss late. 

[bleachkit]

2 minutes ago, Atlantaholic said:

Off the ball, he may be doing a good job, but with the ball in his hands, he isn't close to NBA caliber so far. We really need him to eventually become viable on that end because his presence is so valuable on the other end. Heck I'd go as far to say that he is hands down our best defender. 

How could a guy with such a shaky offensive game have been a top 3 high school prospect? I don't get it.

[Atlantaholic]

6 minutes ago, marco102 said:

De'Andre Hunter has a minutes restriction per coach. Maybe they aren't playing the rookies more than 30 minutes on back to back.

As fans excited to start a new season and we forget how much of a marathon this thing is. For a team that will have to rely on rookies as starters down the stretch, it makes all the sense in the world to restrict their minutes early. The rookie wall is a very real thing and we can't afford our rookies to fall apart in the stretch run if we are jockeying for a playoff spot. 

[Plainview1981]

17 minutes ago, Atlantaholic said:

Lol wut?

Bruno was awesome. They shoulda just let him play it out. 

-Can’t create his own shot.

-Can’t defend.

-Fouls too much.

-Can’t shoot free throws.

-Below average passer.

-Inconsistent rebounding.