Trae Young: Sprained Ankle (Reportedly back for SA gm TUE)

[Spud2nique]

4 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

I'm not saying you didn't trash him, I'm just disagreeing with your point regarding Monday morning QBing because of Trae's injury.

He's a Hawks, I'm rooting for his success, but I still want a different back PG - Trae injury or not.

 

That’s fair. I’m just wondering how many viable options we had at backup point guard as far as free agency to go and get one? Surely we didn’t want to include any young players or prospects as we build for the future.

I agree though Turner isn’t the guy at pg. Not sure but in the predictions of players who play fewest minutes I think I took Turner. 
 

I kinda want an Earl Watson type of 10 years ago to be my backup to Trae. Somebody that is solid, can get the team into sets and shoot from The perimeter. That’s it.

Oh, I wil say Earl baby Wat wasn’t my prototypical backup pg as far as outside shooting but he held his own late in his career as he got much better.

[hawkman]

3 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

That’s fair. I’m just wondering how many viable options we had at backup point guard as far as free agency to go and get one? Surely we didn’t want to include any young players or prospects as we build for the future.

I agree though Turner isn’t the guy at pg. Not sure but in the predictions of players who play fewest minutes I think I took Turner. 
 

I kinda want an Earl Watson type of 10 years ago to be my backup to Trae. Somebody that is solid, can get the team into sets and shoot from The perimeter. That’s it.

Oh, I wil say Earl baby Wat wasn’t my prototypical backup pg as far as outside shooting but he held his own late in his career as he got much better.

We shoulda kept Isaiah Taylor. 

[kg01]

1 hour ago, AHF said:

C'mon.  It is just rude to Turner to point out @kg01 "calls" on Turner's mom every day.  Have some courtesy, man!

{channels grade school, kg}

Guys, let's get off mommas ..... 'cause I jus' got off yers.  Ohhhhh

[Vol4ever]

2 hours ago, Spud2nique said:

It’s easy to play Monday morning QB soth Comon now. And how do the Nuggs lose to the Mavs. Damnit Soth have a talk with ur boy Yolk!

Mavs are much better.  Nuggs are not that good.

[Spud2nique]

34 minutes ago, Vol4ever said:

Mavs are much better.  Nuggs are not that good.

Stahhhhp it. Ur better than that and the Nuggs would kill the Mavs. Mavs are fluff. Wonder boy going down!

[Vol4ever]

1 hour ago, Spud2nique said:

Stahhhhp it. Ur better than that and the Nuggs would kill the Mavs. Mavs are fluff. Wonder boy going down!

Im just spelling out the Mavs won IN Denver 109-106.   I don't like the Mavs or their stupid owner.  

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

 

 

 

[Spud2nique]

7 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

 

 

 

Love that lil bugger Trae! Always wants in!  

[Thomas]

21 hours ago, Vol4ever said:

I don't like the Mavs or their stupid owner.  

Or those ever so "not quite right" fans over there.

[Gray Mule]

Could it be - - Maybe - - That the Hawks have found a gem in the rough to be our back up PG?  With the peak preview that we've had, Wallace looked pretty good.  And, he's already a Hawk!

Cam played PG in high school, we've been told.  Then, he played one on TV for the Hawks.  That's two chances to make good.  Maybe they split the back up minutes.  Our "other" PG was unable to go.

Growing!  Growing!  Growing!  When all our current Hawks play together long enough to really get to know each other, look out!  Get well soon to all our injured Hawks! 

[JayBirdHawk]

34 minutes ago, Gray Mule said:

Could it be - - Maybe - - That the Hawks have found a gem in the rough to be our back up PG?  With the peak preview that we've had, Wallace looked pretty good.  And, he's already a Hawk!

Cam played PG in high school, we've been told.  Then, he played one on TV for the Hawks.  That's two chances to make good.  Maybe they split the back up minutes.  Our "other" PG was unable to go.

Growing!  Growing!  Growing!  When all our current Hawks play together long enough to really get to know each other, look out!  Get well soon to all our injured Hawks! 

He played one on TV . Good one Gramps

[Thomas]

44 minutes ago, Gray Mule said:

Could it be - - Maybe - - That the Hawks have found a gem in the rough to be our back up PG?  With the peak preview that we've had, Wallace looked pretty good.  And, he's already a Hawk!

Agree, think his defense gives him some extra room on the roster because he can play both guard spots on the defensive end. Like that Wallace kid a lot.

[JayBirdHawk]

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2. Trae Young, reject

Young is mastering crueler methods of exploiting all the attention he draws beyond the arc:

In dissecting pick-and-roll defense against long-range gunners, we tend to focus on the big guy guarding the screener. He has to scurry out of his comfort zone! Is he agile enough to trap and recover? We perhaps overlook the mental and physical strain on Young's defender. That guy feels the oncoming pick. He hears the footsteps. He knows if he runs into that screen, if he is even a beat late slithering over it, Young is going to unleash something bad. So he naturally girds himself before that pick arrives. He leans. Maybe he opens his hips.

Young senses that anxiety and preys on it by faking toward screens and then bolting the other way. He is rejecting about nine picks per 100 possessions, double his rate from last season, per Second Spectrum, and defenders are falling for the gambit over and over. Only Lou Williams, master of the right-to-left crossover fade, veered away from more screens before Young injured his ankle on Tuesday.

Atlanta has scored about 1.7 points per possession anytime Young rejects a pick, per Second Spectrum. Young zipping away from a screen has basically been the most profitable recurring play in the league so far. Atlanta has scored 110 points per 100 possessions with Young on the floor, and a Washington Generals-esque 92 when he sits, per NBA.com data. Yowza.

Young already had one anti-trap device: crouching low, splitting defenders and beelining into a 5-on-3. Mix in this reject trickery and Young is going to have defenses paralyzed with uncertainty.

From there, Young can start manipulating instead of reacting. He can scan the floor, then digest which four or five passing options might emerge depending on his plan of attack and choose one. He is a world-class passer with either hand.

It won't look pretty every night. That is the nature of a high-variance 3-point game. Philly's size smothered Young on Monday. He is averaging five turnovers per game, and he needs to make himself more of a moving threat when others have the ball.

But if Young maintains this -- and returns soon -- he will probably be an All-Star and keep Atlanta in the playoff race.

 

 

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27969493/ten-nba-things-like-including-karl-anthony-towns-superstar-push

[FrankWhite]

I’m always amazed ESPN employs Zach Lowe. Someone who understands the game and evaluates players objectively? A true unicorn in Bristol.

[warcore]

On 10/31/2019 at 10:48 AM, kg01 said:

{channels grade school, kg}

Guys, let's get off mommas ..... 'cause I jus' got off yers.  Ohhhhh

I see you, Sidney Dean.

[bleachkit]

1 hour ago, FrankWhite said:

I’m always amazed ESPN employs Zach Lowe. Someone who understands the game and evaluates players objectively? A true unicorn in Bristol.

He is the best NBA writer, no doubt. Most just give predictable analysis, or sanctimonious diatribes on some controversy du jour. Lowe actually talks about on the court subtleties. 

[JayBirdHawk]

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[Spud2nique]

4 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Update:

 

 

Wow, he might be back for Spurs. Nice! Go Trae!

[cam1218]

3 hours ago, Spud2nique said:

Wow, he might be back for Spurs. Nice! Go Trae!

Even if he isn’t, it looks like we dodged a huge bullet. 

[Atlantaholic]

On 11/2/2019 at 5:16 PM, cam1218 said:

Even if he isn’t, it looks like we dodged a huge bullet. 

Helped that we played a very lean part of our schedule. Crazy to think we've played just once in the last six nights.

Edited November 4, 2019 by Atlantaholic