2020-2021 Season News and Notes

[hawkzlova123]

 LeBron is now blaming the injury on Solomon. That's really pathetic, what do you want him to do, just look at the ball. 

This injury did not humble him. 

[macdaddy]

8 hours ago, hawkzlova123 said:

 LeBron is now blaming the injury on Solomon. That's really pathetic, what do you want him to do, just look at the ball. 

This injury did not humble him. 

I'll just put this here as a reminder.   What asshole Lebron is sometimes.

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James was thorough in explaining why he believed Dellavedova was in the right on both plays.

"Well, you just play the game the right way," James said. "At this point, you try to do whatever it takes to win. You don't want to hurt nobody. No one, I think, in our league goes around trying to hurt people. But you don't take the aggressive nature out of the game.

"I think in the case of [Dellavedova], ever since you were a kid, the ball on the floor, the first man to the floor usually gets the ball. There's no difference to what Delly did to Kyle Korver last game and 18 guys diving on the floor late in the game tonight. It was like six or seven guys diving on the floor for that loose ball. Delly was on the floor, J.J. [James Jones] was on the floor, Mike Scott was on the floor, Shump [Iman Shumpert] was on the floor, J.R. [Smith] was on the floor. Just no one got hurt."

 

[AHF]

14 hours ago, marco102 said:

No because all NBA is by position and MVP is positionless.

I don't follow.  All-NBA is basically guards and F/Cs, right?  His MVP top 5 is two guards and 3 F/Cs.  Who is the guard that pushed Paul to second team on his All-NBA list and why would that player rank above Paul for All-NBA but behind him for MVP?

[marco102]

33 minutes ago, AHF said:

I don't follow.  All-NBA is basically guards and F/Cs, right?  His MVP top 5 is two guards and 3 F/Cs.  Who is the guard that pushed Paul to second team on his All-NBA list and why would that player rank above Paul for All-NBA but behind him for MVP?

I'm saying. You can have five centers as your top five MVP.  However, All NBA is by position. So your top five MVP may not all be on your first team ALL NBA because ALL NBA has positions.

[marco102]

I'm really glad Monty won this. The NY Media was pushing Tom so hard, but Monty had his team playing top notch ball all season and no one expected them to be the 2nd seed in the West and have the second best record. 

You should see the NY Media's outrage about this. 

Tom did an excellent job though and any other year he'd probably win it. 

[terrell]

And just like that, the Hornets are going home..Seems like they were the 4th/5th seed not long ago.....Hayward and Melo injuries killed them I guess...Its a miracle the Hawks were able to stay afloat as we were injured all year too........

Edited May 19, 2021 by terrell

[JayBirdHawk]

2 minutes ago, terrell said:

And just like that, the Hornets are going home..Seems like they were the 4th/5th seed not long ago.....Hayward and Melo injuries killed them I guess...Its a miracle the Hawks were able to stay afloat as we were injured all year too........

Quality bench depth is king.

[AHF]

9 hours ago, marco102 said:

I'm saying. You can have five centers as your top five MVP.  However, All NBA is by position. So your top five MVP may not all be on your first team ALL NBA because ALL NBA has positions.

That makes sense in theory but doesn’t apply here.  I’m not following the logic between putting one of the two guards on your MVP ballot on second team All-NBA.

[aali34]

Anyone see what happened to Caleb Swannigan?

He was just on an NBA roster last season!?!?

[ATLHawks3]

8 minutes ago, aali34 said:

Anyone see what happened to Caleb Swannigan?

He was just on an NBA roster last season!?!?

No way.

[bleachkit]

11 minutes ago, aali34 said:

Anyone see what happened to Caleb Swannigan?

He was just on an NBA roster last season!?!?

Why are we still arresting and charging people over marijuana? Unbelievable. 

[kg01]

19 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

Why are we still arresting and charging people over marijuana? Unbelievable. 

Cause it's illegal depending where you are.  Until that changes, obey the law.

Speaking of rule changes, aint it grand how folks are celebrating Brad Beal?  The more his scoring avg increased, the lower their win total has gone.

Great how the eggsperts suspend that whole 'numbers are meaningless unless you win' rule just for him, amirite?

.... but I'm not bitter.

[Lurker]

53 minutes ago, aali34 said:

Anyone see what happened to Caleb Swannigan?

He was just on an NBA roster last season!?!?

That's a sad look, honestly.

[kg01]

Haha, Earth to Scotty (Brooks) ... Beal can't guard Tatum (or anyone else for that matter) on this planet.  Maybe try plan B.

Edited May 19, 2021 by kg01

[REHawksFan]

51 minutes ago, kg01 said:

Cause it's illegal depending where you are.  Until that changes, obey the law.

Speaking of rule changes, aint it grand how folks are celebrating Brad Beal?  The more his scoring avg increased, the lower their win total has gone.

Great how the eggsperts suspend that whole 'numbers are meaningless unless you win' rule just for him, amirite?

.... but I'm not bitter.

There's a ton of double standards in regards to Trae.

Empty stats on a losing team (hello Brad Beal)

Plays no defense (Dame anyone?)

Ballhog (usage less than Luka)

Takes too many FTs (still less than Embiid and similar to Luka)

Complains too much (ever watch LBJ or Luka?)

And the list goes on and on....

[bleachkit]

1 hour ago, kg01 said:

Cause it's illegal depending where you are.  Until that changes, obey the law.

Speaking of rule changes, aint it grand how folks are celebrating Brad Beal?  The more his scoring avg increased, the lower their win total has gone.

Great how the eggsperts suspend that whole 'numbers are meaningless unless you win' rule just for him, amirite?

.... but I'm not bitter.

So you're an "obey the law" guy? No matter how stupid or obsolete the laws might be? How obtuse.

[bleachkit]

1 hour ago, Lurker said:

That's a sad look, honestly.

That he got fat? It's not the end of the world, millions upon millions of people get fat. He didnt sever his spinal cord in an accident or anything.

[marco102]

9 hours ago, bleachkit said:

That he got fat? It's not the end of the world, millions upon millions of people get fat. He didnt sever his spinal cord in an accident or anything.

Being obese is one of the worst things for your health.  People who act like this is not a fact are part of the problem.  There's nothing wrong with telling or being concerned when someone is obese. 

[kg01]

9 hours ago, bleachkit said:

So you're an "obey the law" guy? No matter how stupid or obsolete the laws might be? How obtuse.

First of all, let's not pretend laws against marijuana are akin to laws that are actually robbing people of civil liberties or something.  It ain't that serious.

9 hours ago, bleachkit said:

That he got fat? It's not the end of the world, millions upon millions of people get fat. He didnt sever his spinal cord in an accident or anything.

Speaking of obtuse, you can't imagine how seeing a guy's life go from pretty darn good to pretty darn bad would illicit a sympathetic response?  Yikes.

[marco102]

20 hours ago, marco102 said:

I'm really glad Monty won this. The NY Media was pushing Tom so hard, but Monty had his team playing top notch ball all season and no one expected them to be the 2nd seed in the West and have the second best record. 

You should see the NY Media's outrage about this. 

Tom did an excellent job though and any other year he'd probably win it. 

Just realized this wasn't the official official award.  So let's see.