Official Game Thread: Raptors at Hawks (Happy MLK Day!)

[AHF]

Just now, Bonkers said:

I've said it time and time again. The root of all of the Hawks' problems is Lloyd Pierce

 

He puts his players into bad situations constantly and expects them to make magic happen

 

It's funny how everybody indirectly criticizes LP on here lol

I don't think everything he does is terrible and I do acknowledge he has faced a roster with limitations this year that left him choosing between only bad options....but I agree he has plenty of improving to come if he is going to be a good coach.  Some of the rotation decisions make no sense even with the players who have disappointed and the ones who have been missing.  So I'm not going to stump for LP for life or anything but I would like to see him with a more competent roster before making a call to boot him as well.  This could happen still this season if we make an upgrade at C and don't lose key players for an extended period of time.

[DS5]

I think it's more about the horrible bench than LP's fault. 

[Bonkers]

Just now, terrell said:

Id start Cam at the 2 and Bruno at the 5. Its not like Kevs shot is consistent right now.  And Cams defense is light years better..

Exactly!!!

 

But let everybody on here tell it. LP is a talented coach and knows what he's doing lmaooo

[bleachkit]

1 minute ago, hawkman said:

Jabari Parker.

Is he really hurt, or this a waiting for a trade thing.

[Bonkers]

Just now, DS5 said:

I think it's more about the horrible bench than LP's fault. 

Yea becuz the Knicks had such a great bench when we played them right???

 

[JTB]

Folks need to open their eyes...I was blind too until our young core actually started getting on the court together More and what I’m saying is that we don’t just need a traditional good center throughout the game at certain moments...we ALSO CLEARLY NEED A GOOD BENCH!!!!

we need a bench over the center position In my opinion ....this young core can hang and they can win games if they got some kind of production from the veteran bench !

open your eyes folks it’s more than just center...our bench need to be better. Bruno did good things today , Teague is still adjusting but that’s about it!....I’m ready to get Jabari back or make some trades to get better quality when the young guys need to sit.

 

when we get a better bench I truly believe leads will be built more often  and contained for wins.

[Spud2nique]

Man, we fought hard. I’m really proud of this team. Trae is an absolutely ridiculous superstar. 42,15,6 is just nutty. We fought hard as a team and just came up short.

The NBA isn’t used to the old full court trap. At least the Raptors eh? We should do it more often.

Horrible sequence on offense and defense by Damian Jones, he made up later with a block but momentum killers.

Trae megging another for a Huerter 3 was nice but airball .

Deandre Hunter played with some attitude and brought offense and swatted Lowry nicely, then Vince got Fred later with a swat.

John Collins needs to continue to attack and be around the rim, good things happen for us when he does that.

Almost had this one ☝, we are getting a lot better, lot of live active bodies.

Lets get ready for the Clipps.

Happy MLK day everyone! #ATL  

 

[Thomas]

A 2025 second for Bembry and just cut Jones because....everyone in the league knows why.

[Atlantaholic]

Another thing I'm no fan of is the Teague, Trae backcourt. I understand that with the amount of minutes Trae has to play that if we want to play Teague minutes he is going to have to share the backcourt at times, but it should be the minority of his minutes.

[NBASupes]

Hard to win when you are down by 21 with 5 mins to go. Look at this shit right here

 

[Spud2nique]

Just now, Thomas said:

A 2025 second for Bembry and just cut Jones because....everyone in the league knows why.

Damian absolutely killed the momentum late 3rd.  

[Bonkers]

There is 0 reason Huerter should be in the starting lineup...THAT'S ON LP

There is 0 reason for Vince to be playing backup PF... THAT'S ON LP

There is 0 reason to have Bumbry bringing up the ball with 2 other PGs on the floor...THAT'S ON LP

[Buzzard]

6 minutes ago, terrell said:

Id start Cam at the 2 and Bruno at the 5. Its not like Kevs shot is consistent right now.  And Cams defense is light years better..

I don't care if its Huerter or Cam starting but LP cannot keep treating Bembry like he is some sort of a great 6th man.

[bleachkit]

John needs to attack the basket more. He's too good not to. Bruno had maybe his best game as a Hawk.

[Thomas]

The refs being so damn bias in Atlanta on this day. The NBA man.

[NBASupes]

The NBA hates us. 

They have us an insane schedule with the most B2B. 

They always screw us in close games with the refs. Man f*** ya'll!

[Gray Mule]

23 terrible turnovers.  Hawks lose by 5 as they leave 10 points at the free throw line.

Powell, singlehanded put the Atlanta team in deep do do in the 4th.  Hawks truly fight to the finish but come up short.

[bleachkit]

The Fernando era has finally begun in earnest.

[JTB]

4 minutes ago, AHF said:

I don't think everything he does is terrible and I do acknowledge he has faced a roster with limitations this year that left him choosing between only bad options....but I agree he has plenty of improving to come if he is going to be a good coach.  Some of the rotation decisions make no sense even with the players who have disappointed and the ones who have been missing.  So I'm not going to stump for LP for life or anything but I would like to see him with a more competent roster before making a call to boot him as well.  This could happen still this season if we make an upgrade at C and don't lose key players for an extended period of time.

Thanks!

we can criticize LP all day but this damn bench is so pathetic it’s not even fair to place all blame on LP and that’s not to say LP don’t make mistakes but what exactly is he supposed to do with this trash bench ????

people need to face reality and realize Schlenk did not put together even a solid bench unit! Not going to blame LP before blaming Schlenk first .

[Thomas]

1 minute ago, NBASupes said:

The NBA hates us. 

They have us an insane schedule with the most B2B. 

They always screw us in close games with the refs. Man f*** ya'll!

Between the NBA refs and the SEC pigskin refs I will never make it to Medicare don't think. Man.... 

1 minute ago, bleachkit said:

The Fernando era has finally begun in earnest.

Please tell LP that.