Kevin is back!

[NBASupes]

 

[bleachkit]

The dislocated finger kinda worries me. Those can take a while to heal.

[NBASupes]

Just now, bleachkit said:

The dislocated finger kinda worries me. Those can take a while to heal.

You can play with it but do the Hawks really need to risk Hunter for this type of injury 

[bleachkit]

4 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

You can play with it but do the Hawks really need to risk Hunter for this type of injury 

Where it really is a problem is shooting because it's his dominant hand.

[Gray Mule]

Can the Hawks really be dealt a decent hand?  They get one starter back from injury in the same game that they lose one of their starters due to injury.

[PSSSHHHRRR87]

Good to see. We've been Huerting while he's been out. ba dum tiss

[NBASupes]

Looks like Brooklyn has an injured squad too 

[macdaddy]

that's great news.  I'm going to the game so i don't under stand why Hunter can't play.  I mean I'm going to the game.  I want to see him play.  come on man.  Tape that thing up.

[Spud2nique]

34 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

that's great news.  I'm going to the game so i don't under stand why Hunter can't play.  I mean I'm going to the game.  I want to see him play.  come on man.  Tape that thing up.

He must not know you’re coming. He would suit up otherwise I’m sure.

Enjoy the game! 
 

Welcome back Kev! We need you badly.

[terrell]

Bembry is starting. ugg. Guess Ill watch another game until he comes out. lol

[terrell]

Bembry and Cam starting means NO SHOOTING at the 2 and 3 spot. Hope Cam finds his stroke, because we know what Bembry is.......

[Spud2nique]

6 minutes ago, terrell said:

Bembry is starting. ugg. Guess Ill watch another game until he comes out. lol

Hold up! You don’t know which Bembry is coming out? Is it the good, the bad or Pierre?  

Ps I’m not calling him ugly, it just landed that way. His game can be quite ugly at times but here’s hoping the good comes out!

[enrique]

Finally got some sense of Huerter’s return and minute restrictions. 

 

[turnermx]

43 minutes ago, enrique said:

Finally got some sense of Huerter’s return and minute restrictions. 

 

Hopefully he gets some good looks without having to worry about re-injuring the shoulder.  

[JayBirdHawk]

Didn't think a new thread was needed!

 

 

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"We don't have a quote-unquote natural backup point guard on our roster," Pierce said. "Trae is our point guard, and then we've done it by committee. That's a position that we talked about last year with Kevin: getting him the ball a little more and allowing him to play that backup point spot."

Time to give Goodwin the chance! He may never score 21 again this season but I liked what I saw of him running the offense, setting up guys and playing defense at the PG spot.

 

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....when Young is not on the court, the Hawks have scored much better with Huerter in the mix: the offense has been +12.8 points per 100 possessions better with Kevin than without him

 

[Gray Mule]

And then, "Here comes Goodwin!"

[JayBirdHawk]

No Jinx, No Jinx! Please.

 

Baby steps!

[AHF]

He always takes a little while to get back on form after returning from injury.

[GameTime]

Very impressed with Huerter since the LP debacle. I think he can a Mike Miller-like player for us playing off Trae if he stays this aggressive. We definitely need his shooting.

[JayBirdHawk]

 

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Since John Collins’ return from suspension on Dec. 23, Huerter has shot 47 percent from 3-point range in his past seven games and has been the guy the Hawks expected him to be this season.

“Without a doubt. Without a doubt,” head coach Lloyd Pierce said. “We know the shooting. I think he’s going to end up at 40 percent (from 3) by the time the year ends. I think he’s going to be right in that range of where he should have been. We watched film (of the Denver game) and saw that they were taking a body off of Trae, so we started going into dribble handoffs with Kevin, and he’s now coming off the dribble. That’s a way of getting the ball into his hands and not just being a spot-up shooter. That’s what I want to avoid. I don’t want Kevin to just be a spot-up shooter because I think that takes away a ton from his game.”

 

Huerter admits that it can be hard sometimes to stay engaged in the game with how ball-dominant Young is. Young is fourth in the league in usage rate, but that’s how the best teams and players excel. The top teams’ players know their role and how to thrive in it. With how the Hawks’ offense is engineered, Young is going to have the ball in his hands, and it’s up to everyone else to figure out how to fit in with him. But Huerter is the kind of player who the Hawks want to play alongside Young in the backcourt — someone who can space the floor, make shots when Young gets off the ball and be a secondary playmaker.

 

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The Hawks have changed their primary offensive action a few times this year so Huerter’s role has changed. They started the season running lots of high ball screens and then changed to getting him the ball down low off of pin-downs, and now they are using lots of dribble handoffs so Huerter can come down and get the ball on his right hand. The Hawks have been running more plays for Huerter lately, and it has resulted in the best stretch of the season for him so far.