Official Game Thread: Hawks at Spurs

[High5]

I love how easy that game was for Trae. That's the dream. Someone else goes off throughout the game to help shoulder the load and then when we need the clutch bucket Trae simply passes out of the double team and someone else makes the open shot. We should see more and more of that if everyone can stay on the court. 

[Thomas]

Clutch shooting and sealing wins has not been our MO this year but it has started to become that recently. Naysayers on Cam really are going to be eating some crow as we move forward. May be up and down on offense right now but man he is starting to have quite the impact for us and not just on the D side. Here is a fun comment by him after the game.

Atlanta won in San Antonio for the first time since Feb. 15, 1997, when the Hawks beat the Spurs 109-89. "It's crazy, I hadn't even been born yet," Hawks rookie Cam Reddish said.

[BudBall]

Who would have thought coming into the season that Cam would be a better defender than Hunter. I love Cam man, hopefully he puts it all together. As usual I am super down on Hunter, I would have thought he would be way better given his age and being 4th pick. Just get a competent center and we are in business! Go hawks!

Edited January 18, 2020 by BudBall

[NBASupes]

14 minutes ago, BudBall said:

Who would have thought coming into the season that Cam would be a better defender than Hunter. I love Cam man, hopefully he puts it all together. As usual I am super down on Hunter, I would have thought he would be way better given his age and being 4th pick. Just get a competent center and we are in business! Go hawks!

Me, as a perimeter defender. I watched the games. As an overall defender, no but Cam just learns faster is all.

[JayBirdHawk]

19 minutes ago, BudBall said:

Who would have thought coming into the season that Cam would be a better defender than Hunter. I love Cam man, hopefully he puts it all together. As usual I am super down on Hunter, I would have thought he would be way better given his age and being 4th pick. Just get a competent center and we are in business! Go hawks!

Only Supes.

[JayBirdHawk]

8 hours ago, marco102 said:

Please guys, go spam this thread.

https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1930944 

The Trae Young disrespect is unreal!  It's why I took a small sabactical from realgm. 

In the 'Cam is the worse' thread, idiot compared him to RJ Hunter.....they just make you wonder why they're on a bbal forum. with crazy hot takes.

[marco102]

1 minute ago, JayBirdHawk said:

In the 'Cam is the worse' thread, idiot compared him to RJ Hunter.....they just make you wonder why they're on a bbal forum. with crazy hot takes.

I saw that foolishness...lol

[NBASupes]

1 minute ago, JayBirdHawk said:

In the 'Cam is the worse' thread, idiot compared him to RJ Hunter.....they just make you wonder why they're on a bbal forum. with crazy hot takes.

RealGM is full of idiots

[NBASupes]

Cam Reddish defensive goals:

 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

 

Let's make it 3 straight wins tonights!

Another NBA screwy schedule - home, away, home on a back to back, smh.

[Gray Mule]

Watched the entire game last night.  Reading the posts in the third quarter and early in the 4th, our head coach got fired by the posters because he, and he alone, had lost the game for Atlanta.

Yet, in spite of having the worst coach in NBA history, somehow he made the right moves late in the 4th quarter and the Hawks won for the first time in the Spurs home in 23 years.

Our young players AND their young coach are still learning.  Finally, Atlanta has 10 wins and, I believe, for the first time in a while, a 2 game winning streak.  Two new Hawks tonight as we go for three in a row!

All our young Hawks shining like new money!  Spur fouling out late in the game was one of the keys.  On their final play, Octopus arms up as three defenders closed out the pathway!  Wow!

One third of our baby Hawks had not been born when the Hawks last won in Spurs home!  That has to be some kind of NBA record that Atlanta just broke.

While all this was going on, Detroit was resting and waiting for the Hawks to come home for tonight's game.  At least, the Hawks will be on a high after the win last night..

GO ATL HAWKS !!

 

[benhillboy]

9 hours ago, Atlantaholic said:

Honestly Trae has been pretty efficient all year. His Ts% has been around 59% which is exceptionally good for someone his size. His 3pt % at 37% with extremely high volume and his great free throw rate keep him scoring at a great pace even when his floater is not dropping. 

His numbers are just stupid.  Who puts up 29, 9, and 5?  Peak Isaiah and Tiny Archibald?  I’m sure their efg wasn’t .531.  
 

I always knock Trae’s floor game but I absolutely respect his minutes played, rebounding, and he’s at least cognizant of defensive positioning even if he isn’t able to apply any pressure to drives, passing lanes, or shots.   I’m anxious to see Trae’s career comparisons on The Reference, I think it starts at year 3.  This type of raw production on a team with a .314 winning percentage seems quite rare.

[supermariowest]

Scrolled through and haven’t seen anybody post updated splits for Cam. Last night obviously helped. Looking good!

Month: FG% / 3P% / TS%

Oct: 0.209 / 0.056 / 0.279

Nov: 0.320 / 0.279 / 0.428

Dec: 0.359 / 0.310 / 0.467

Jan: 0.391 / 0.400 / 0.527

 

[Thomas]

7 minutes ago, benhillboy said:

His numbers are just stupid.  Who puts up 29, 9, and 5?  Peak Isaiah and Tiny Archibald?  I’m sure their efg wasn’t .531.

All this with other kids around him, injuries around him and some acquired vets not even getting minutes. What are the odds of his numbers being so good. Pretty unreal.

[JayBirdHawk]

I must commend Hunter on the last assist to Huerter for the game winner. Not many rookies would have passed the ball, he took a hard enough step into the paint to draw the defense off Huerter for the open look. Execution down the stretch. 

 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

 

What might have been, 

[JayBirdHawk]

9 hours ago, marco102 said:

Please guys, go spam this thread.

https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1930944 

The Trae Young disrespect is unreal!  It's why I took a small sabactical from realgm. 

Today has gotta be 'prove you know nothing about the Hawks day'....Another says.......Damian Jones is the Hawks 2nd best player, JC is 3rd. 

[marco102]

12 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Today has gotta be 'prove you know nothing about the Hawks day'....Another says.......Damian Jones is the Hawks 2nd best player, JC is 3rd. 

So sad! Why do they speak on things they don't know?  I wouldn't dare go on there talking about the Cavs because they don't interest me enough to pay attention to them. 

[NBASupes]

If you see Luka in someone's avi, Dallas Mav emblem on their teams list or you see Stillwater or the hater, just know a low IQ post warning should appear before every post. Dumbass central on that site. 

Edited January 18, 2020 by NBASupes

[Spud2nique]

Just now, NBASupes said:

If you see Luka in someone's avi, Dallas Mav emblem on their teams list or you see Stillwater or the hater, just know low IQ posting warning should appear before every post. 

oh no what happened. Realgm?