Official Game Thread: Hawks at heat

[marco102]

1 minute ago, bleachkit said:

Use Kevin as secondary ball handler more. He's really the only guy on the team up to the job.

 

Just now, JayBirdHawk said:

Damn the minutes restrictions.

Kevin has really impressed me with his improved ball handling.  Shot out to Hunter too he had an excellent game. This is the type of offense we need going forward.  The lane will unclog with a few more of these games!

[hawkzlova123]

Len quit hurling threes, like for eternity.

[bleachkit]

Just now, TheNorthCydeRises said:

I'm starting to despise Stinger and Jerome trying to justify these losses.

Hard hitting journalists.

[turnermx]

1 minute ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Damn the minutes restrictions.

Judging by the eye test, Heurter is at least 90% healthy.   Why couldn't he play the OT for 5 minutes? 

[macdaddy]

Man almost everybody who played 20+ minutes is double digit minus +/- except for Heurter who is +4.  Even Hunter was -17 and Trae -24.  Geez.

[Lurker]

Horrible start...great middle, and a horrible finish including OT.

Both rookies played well. At least early on, it felt like to me Young was taking a bit of a back seat and distributing or trying to create double teams to allow easy swing arounds (to those that have said that he's been trying to force too much) but he did struggle some with the double teams at times. 

Very questionable to not call a timeout to get Young back in after the first 3, and it was disappointing to allow 2 layup like 3's in a row.

Definitely one that ended up feeling like it should've been won until that horrible flurry.

I also was thinking to myself about how it was becoming apparent that Kevin was really missed.

Edited December 11, 2019 by Lurker

[bleachkit]

Just now, macdaddy said:

Man almost everybody who played 20+ minutes is double digit minus +/- except for Heurter who is +4.  Even Hunter was -17 and Trae -24.  Geez.

Trae did not have a good game by his standards.

[Bonkers]

Oh yea FYI this was a nationally televised game so a lot of people saw that massive coaching choke job

 

 

[marco102]

1 minute ago, turnermx said:

Judging by the eye test, Heurter is at least 90% healthy.   Why couldn't he play the OT for 5 minutes? 

Back to Back, I'm assuming.  Medical science is much improved and the plans they work out for these players are for the best outcomes this season and going forward. I know the loss stings, but Kevin's health is imperative going forward.  

With just Kevin's return the Hawks are much improved!  Come on back John Collins we need you!

[Cwell]

Bruno plays 7 minutes......Alex plays 22.....tell me why they had the same amount of rebounds? smh

[marco102]

Just now, bleachkit said:

Trae did not have a good game by his standards.

Probably that -13 or 15 run in over time for anyone playing during that time.

[macdaddy]

Let's shorten the rotation.  We played 11 guys and 10 of them double digit minutes.  

[JTB]

10 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Or maybe, just maybe he's a 2nd year coach learning the job. 

We've all gotta start somewhere. I'm sure Larry Brown was better as a coach the older he got...just saying.

Or maybe it wasn’t the brightest idea to place a young new coach (who clearly has just as much to learn as the young men he’s teaching) to coach these new young players coming into the league

 

.....just sayin 

Edited December 11, 2019 by JTB

[JayBirdHawk]

3 minutes ago, Lurker said:

Horrible start...great middle, and a horrible finish including OT.

Both rookies played well. At least early on, it felt like to me Young was taking a bit of a back seat and distributing or trying to create double teams to allow easy swing arounds (to those that have said that he's been trying to force too much) but he did struggle some with the double teams at times. 

Very questionable to not call a timeout to get Young back in after the first 3, and it was disappointing to allow 2 layup like 3's in a row.

Definitely one that ended up feeling like it should've been win until that horrible flurry.

I also was thinking to myself about how it was becoming apparent that Kevin was really missed.

This can't be said enough.

[bleachkit]

Call a time out there, not even so much to get Trae back in, but just to get Bembry out so he doesn't go for one of his patented missed running lay ups.

[Cwell]

giving up 70 points to two no name bums lol

[turnermx]

1 minute ago, marco102 said:

Back to Back, I'm assuming.  Medical science is much improved and the plans they work out for these players are for the best outcomes this season and going forward. I know the loss stings, but Kevin's health is imperative going forward.  

With just Kevin's return the Hawks are much improved!  Come on back John Collins we need you!

if he plays 25 again tomorrow thats 50 minutes in 2 nights..good point.. in the long run the restraint should pay off.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 minute ago, Cwell said:

Bruno plays 7 minutes......Alex plays 22.....tell me why they had the same amount of rebounds? smh

And then complain about the team being poor at rebounding.

And you compound that by consistently playing Vince at PF.

[NBASupes]

I was wrong, Kevin is better than Hunter. Hunter is better two way but Kevin PDS is super legit

[macdaddy]

1 minute ago, NBASupes said:

I was wrong, Kevin is better than Hunter. Hunter is better two way but Kevin PDS is super legit

The old out of sight, out of mind.