Official Game Thread: Hawks at Wizards

[benhillboy]

I stopped listening to the game after the deficit got to 19.  I did see Cam have 2 awful lost dribble turnovers back to back in the 2nd quarter.  That could’ve been the difference.  Still balled the hell out and on a steady incline.
 

I think we under-appreciate John.  To be consistent with a rugged 20 and 10 at his age with shorter arms ain’t common. The .810 at the line is huge.

[Jody23]

1 minute ago, bleachkit said:

Only complaint are those 7 turnovers and the missed dunk. But he had like 3 near steals that wont show in the box score.

Yeah, he's still learning so I'm not really concerned about the turnovers.  Some of those turnovers were because he wasn't strong with the ball.  That should continue to improve as he gets stronger.

[nathan2331]

4 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

We will ever be in a hurry to win games? When do you finally flip the switch?

This off-season. If Schlenk does his job, he'll sign or trade for some vets that can contribute. Which will mean less reliance on the trio of Huerter, Reddish, and Hunter to contribute every night. If they take a step forward in their development great. If not, we won't have to play them starter minutes any given night.

New addition along with having Capela and Dedmon should have us in the playoffs. If not, then I'm wrong about Pierce.

[benhillboy]

Damn another ridiculous assist to turnover game from Kev.  

[gHost83]

4 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

Only complaint are those 7 turnovers and the missed dunk. But he had like 3 near steals that wont show in the box score.

Yea he was pressing because of lack of point guard play. Teague was the worst player in this game. Again he was a turnstile, he can't pass or provide drive and kick opportunities. At least Goodwin can play D and drive and kick. LPs rotations are absolutely awful.

[bleachkit]

2 minutes ago, nathan2331 said:

This off-season. If Schlenk does his job, he'll sign or trade for some vets that can contribute. Which will mean less reliance on the trio of Huerter, Reddish, and Hunter to contribute every night. If they take a step forward in their development great. If not, we won't have to play them starter minutes any given night.

New addition along with having Capela and Dedmon should have us in the playoffs. If not, then I'm wrong about Pierce.

I don't know if he's the right coach. But I like his personality and his thoughtfulness, I'm rooting for him to be the guy.

[gHost83]

1 minute ago, benhillboy said:

Damn another ridiculous assist to turnover game from Kev.  

Did you watch the game? His piss poor effort on defense and rebounding was one of the main reasons we lost...

[Cwell]

20 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

You dont care about 11 assists? lol, ok then. 

nope, not even a little bit. You wouldn't even know he had close to that many if you didn't look at the box score. He wasn't putting any pressure on the defense.

So he had the ball enough to get 11 assists but still another goose egg at the FT line? Charmin soft

Edited March 7, 2020 by Cwell

[NBASupes]

Honestly, Harrell, Okoro, and another PDS wing with experience should turn us into a 50-55 win team. I want to keep Treveon Graham as the 6th wing. He plays really hard and I like his defense a lot. 

Edited March 7, 2020 by NBASupes

[gHost83]

2 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

Honestly, Harrell, Okoro, and another PDS wing with experience should turn us into a 50-55 win team.

IMHO, Toppin, Malik Beasley and a solid backup wing and we in the playoffs easily

[KB21]

22 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

We will ever be in a hurry to win games? When do you finally flip the switch?

Considering how the Hawks have done this, there is no switch that can be flipped.  When they decide to start trying to win games, they then have to overcome the curve of learning how to win.  

[gHost83]

Y'all do realize if Trae played, we win by 15 to 20 right lol.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Didn't see the game, but was listening to it on the radio on and off.

If Cam's go to offensive move becomes the midrange step back, the sky may be the limit for him offensively.   The most impressive thing about him recently, is that he's getting anywhere he wants to on the floor.

 

 

[KB21]

6 minutes ago, gHost83 said:

IMHO, Toppin, Malik Beasley and a solid backup wing and we in the playoffs easily

This isn’t a playoff team unless they are able to pull off a massive deal to get someone like Bradley Beal or Joel Embiid to Atlanta.  Toppin and Beasley do not make this a playoff team.

[gHost83]

9 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

Honestly, Harrell, Okoro, and another PDS wing with experience should turn us into a 50-55 win team. I want to keep Treveon Graham as the 6th wing. He plays really hard and I like his defense a lot. 

I do like Graham. He can stick if he can work on his 3 and shoot around 36% from 3 next year. His defense, rebounding and overall effort is what this team needs off the bench.

[bleachkit]

1 minute ago, gHost83 said:

Y'all do realize if Trae played, we win by 15 to 20 right lol.

Not if he's going 1-9 from three, which turn into easy points for the opponent. Good Trae is really good, but bad Trae is really bad.

[gHost83]

Just now, KB21 said:

This isn’t a playoff team unless they are able to pull off a massive deal to get someone like Bradley Beal or Joel Embiid to Atlanta.  Toppin and Beasley do not make this a playoff team.

You do realize we are in the East right? Overtaking Orlando would have been done this year if Collins wasn't suspended. Orlando is ass.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 minute ago, gHost83 said:

Y'all do realize if Trae played, we win by 15 to 20 right lol.

Maybe not by 15 or 20, but I think we do win.   The big thing is that Trae draws a ton of fouls.  Tonight, we only shot 9 FTs  . . . made 5 of them.

[gHost83]

1 minute ago, bleachkit said:

Not if he's going 1-9 from three, which turn into easy points for the opponent. Good Trae is really good, but bad Trae is really bad.

You don't think he had the flu for like a week? The game before our horrendous Memphis game he was showing signs of illness. Sweating profusely but still dropping like 26 at the half.

[nathan2331]

I'd like to see us get Millsap and Torrey Craig from the Nuggets. Millsap is still productive in the minutes he gets and Craig is a great defender. If we could somehow get Edwards in the draft, that'd be the perfect off-season for me.