bleachkit Posted April 26, 2021 Report Share Posted April 26, 2021 1 minute ago, JayBirdHawk said: SOLOOOOO! Dunn must have major butterflies. Heck, I'm getting butterflies. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunt91 Posted April 26, 2021 Report Share Posted April 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Atlantaholic said: Bg is not exactly a lights out shooter either. BG is still more reliable than Solo from 3 point range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleachkit Posted April 26, 2021 Report Share Posted April 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Blunt91 said: BG is still more reliable than Solo from 3 point range. We wont have to worry about that with Dunn. He shot .259 from three last year. I doubt he takes any, teams were leaving him wide open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud2nique Posted April 26, 2021 Report Share Posted April 26, 2021 1 hour ago, kg01 said: Everybody did a gif so kg had to step up his game. I had to go telenovela style and react to Dunn being "probable" ..... @Spud2nique, check the injury report. There's .... something new? What? What is it, man? What did you see?! Wake up! Whaddyou mean Dunn is ... probable?! OMG!!! Clutch your pearls! No .... no, it can't be .... they said he was ... was dead? aaaand scene .... (hold for applause) ... Save these reactions in case we acquire Grayson Allen, also add some burning buildings too if that ever happens! Dunn!!!!!!!! I was see Dunn suffocate some guards and get all up in their grills and annoy them like he did Trae and everyone else. Lets not forget this guy was the 5th pick in his draft. Schlenk is working some serious magic. I know he was the main cog for drafting Draymond but did he run their whole damn organization too? Is that why they made the finals for half a freakin decade. Geez. Sign Schlenk to a lifer, sign Nate to 5 years, keep the core. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Atlantaholic Posted April 26, 2021 Premium Member Report Share Posted April 26, 2021 2 hours ago, AHF said: Really excited about this. I was big on the Dunn signing and think he could be a difference maker if he can get anywhere close to where he has been on D the last few years. Of course, you need to give him time to adjust. A lot of people dumped on Bogi when he took time to get back to speed and it would be a mistake to look at Dunn after 5 games and think he is a waste just because he has terrible offensive numbers and hasn't been himself yet on defense. It takes time after this long of a layoff. (But would be exciting if he came back strong). He just needs to get back to 90% of what he was on defense by the time the playoffs roll around, and he'll be a big asset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RandomFan Posted April 26, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 26, 2021 In before Dunn comes out raining 3s after secretly working on his jumper for the last 15 months. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post REHawksFan Posted April 27, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 Not sure what thread this fits best in, but it's about injuries so....... https://theathletic.com/2543848/2021/04/26/hawks-soar-despite-slew-of-injuries-sizing-up-pistons-rookie-killian-hayes-hollingers-week-that-was/ By John Hollinger Apr 26, 2021 32 Every NBA season, we have surprise teams and disappointing teams, but here’s the thing: Usually you can look at one chart and tell quickly which teams will be in which camp. That chart is called “games lost to injury,” and it’s especially true once you combine it with the quality of the absent players. For instance, Phoenix’s surprise ascension in the West is perhaps less surprising when one considers the Suns’ lack of significant absences this season; ditto for teams such as Utah and San Antonio. Meanwhile, the Lakers’ plummet to the fifth seed in the West can rather obviously be laid at the feet of two hugely significant injuries, and a combination of repeated absences and shaky depth also has helped stymie last year’s Eastern Conference finalists, Boston and Miami. And then there are the Atlanta Hawks. By all rights, they should be deeply locked into the “disappointments” bin by now. Atlanta went 20-47 last season and has arguably had the biggest injury burden of any team in the NBA; moreover, the Hawks didn’t enter the season as a team that seemed to have the terrifying depth to make up for it. Instead, the Hawks keep shrugging off injuries (the latest to All-Star guard Trae Young) and winning. Sunday night’s rousing comeback win over Milwaukee, which featured Bogdan Bogdanovic and Lou Williams taking turns raining 3-point bombs on the Bucks during a 41-point fourth-quarter eruption, was Atlanta’s 20th in its last 27 games. In other words, the Hawks have gone from 20-47 last season to 20-7 since a midseason coaching change put Nate McMillan on the sideline. They are tied for fourth in the Eastern Conference and project to finish with home-court advantage for the first round of the playoffs. This isn’t some fluke borne out of eking out close wins either: Atlanta has the NBA’s ninth-best point differential. In a recently upside-down NBA where the Knicks and Wizards are a combined 16-0 since April 11 (no, seriously), the long-term significance of the Hawks’ surge isn’t getting enough attention. If they can be this good while being this injured, what might Atlanta accomplish with a full roster? I’m not sure the Hawks’ injuries this season have received enough attention. Based on this chart by mangameslost.com, the Hawks’ injury burden has been the most significant of any team except Brooklyn’s. This one accounts for quality as well as quantity, so that losing a two-way player for the season doesn’t really matter but losing, say, James Harden or Kevin Durant does. Usually, a team so dented by injuries will land much farther down in the standings, especially if it doesn’t have overwhelming top-end talent (hi, Brooklyn) to offset it. Nonetheless, Atlanta has emerged even though every relevant player except Kevin Huerter (who somehow has played all 61 games despite weighing four ounces) has missed at least seven games. Young, out with an ankle sprain, has missed seven, and amazingly the Hawks are 5-2 in those games. Historically, Atlanta’s offense has cratered with Young off the court, but since acquiring Williams, that’s no longer been the case: Atlanta’s offensive rating has been a survivable 112.2 points per 100 possessions in the 14 games with Williams. Free agency was supposed to vault Atlanta toward the playoffs this season, but Atlanta’s prized offseason acquisitions were particularly hard hit. Bogdanovic has missed 25 games with an avulsion fracture in his right knee. Danilo Gallinari has missed 20 games over two different stretches. Tony Snell wasn’t supposed to play, got pressed into service as a starter and then went out again, missing the last seven games. Lottery pick Onyeka Okongwu had a broken foot and missed the first 10 games; without any training camp, he didn’t get into the regular mix until late March. Finally, remember Kris Dunn? He still hasn’t played a minute. That’s not all. The two lottery picks from 2019, De’Andre Hunter and Cam Reddish, have played just 46 games combined. Reddish wasn’t helping much, but Hunter was arguably the league’s most improved player over the first 20 games, and his potential return could give this team yet another boost. Young, John Collins and Clint Capela — Atlanta’s triumvirate of elite talent — have combined to miss another 24 contests. So injured have the Hawks been at the forward spots that veteran Solomon Hill — originally signed to a non-guaranteed minimum as an end-of-the-bench guy — has played all but one game and started 12 of them. My point in regaling you with all of Atlanta’s injury woes is to make the related point that the full-strength version of this team looks strong. Maybe not strong enough to threaten the three kingpins in the East, but not that far away. A starting five of Young, Bogdanovic, Hunter, Collins and Capela seems unguardable, especially if “Bombdan” keeps shooting 99.9 percent on 3s. Alas, that quintet started one game together, sharing the court for a total of seven minutes before Bogdanovic hurt his knee. The second group of Williams, Huerter, Gallinari and Okonwgu seems equally potent, especially at the offensive end. Throwing a defensive stopper like Dunn into that mix offsets the team’s biggest weakness, perimeter D. (Atlanta is still just 22nd in defensive efficiency). Carrying a top 10 like that into a playoff series, while having assorted Snells, Reddishes and Hills around in reserve, makes Atlanta a scary opponent for anyone. It also makes the Hawks a likely permanent resident in the East playoff picture. Look at the birth certificates on this roster: Young and Huerter are 22, Collins and Hunter are 23, Capela is 26 and Bogdanovic 28. Look deeper, and it’s more of the same: Okonwngu is 20, Reddish 21 and tantalizing two-way Nathan Knight is 23. Dunn, should he ever play in a game, is 26. Yes, there are questions about his roster, but they’re mostly the good kind of questions. Re-signing Collins, for instance, could present a tough offseason decision, but the Hawks have kept their books clean even after this summer’s free agency spree, and Collins has demonstrated he can coexist with Capela. Building an elite defense around Young will be a challenge, but historically that’s more easily done than finding a pick-and-roll maestro to run the offense. We haven’t even talked about trades, but the Hawks have kept all their draft equity and could easily throw picks and contracts into a deal to get another star this offseason. The Hawks are 20-7 with an impressive plus-5.4 margin since McMillan took over, and it seems inevitable he’ll be retained on a longer team deal. As good as he’s been in churning out regular-season wins over his career, his playoff history has been … rocky. But the mere fact we’re looking at this is a huge win; going from 20-47 to 20-7 is a massive U-turn. One also can strongly argue McMillan has been at a talent deficit in virtually every playoff series he’s coached. All in all, this is the most optimistic time to be a Hawks fan since the 2015 Eastern Conference finals. The injuries, to an extent, have masked just how successful this season has been and how bright the future now looks for the Hawks. 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member JayBirdHawk Posted April 27, 2021 Premium Member Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 It's gotta be something in the air and water in Atlanta! Sigh. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Popular Post JayBirdHawk Posted April 27, 2021 Premium Member Popular Post Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 Some good news! 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzard Posted April 27, 2021 Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 (edited) 20 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said: Some good news! No long term injury probably means no surgery for Huerter. I am still worried he will miss 5 to 10 games. Looks like a rough game on Wednesday against the 76ers. Williams is probably over his hang over now. Hoping Trae's minutes are not limited on Friday. Edited April 27, 2021 by Buzzard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member JayBirdHawk Posted April 27, 2021 Premium Member Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, Buzzard said: No long term injury probably means no surgery for Huerter. I am still worried he will miss 5 to 10 games. Looks like a rough game on Wednesday against the 76ers. Hoping Trae's minutes are not limited on Friday. Williams is probably over his hang over now. IF I had to take a guess, I would say that Trae and Hunter return for the Home game vs Bulls on Saturday May 1 and bypass the two Philly road games. Huerter is scheduled for an MRI today - praying and hoping it's nothing. Did he travel with the team to Philly or did he return to Atlanta? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzard Posted April 27, 2021 Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 1 minute ago, JayBirdHawk said: IF I had to take a guess, I would say that Trae and Hunter return for the Home game vs Bulls on Saturday May 1 and bypass the two Philly road games. Huerter is scheduled for an MRI today - praying and hoping it's nothing. Did he travel with the team to Philly or did he return to Atlanta? Boston and the Heat have easier remaining schedules than we do. I am worried we could slide into a play in with this Huerter injury. We need Trae back ASAP! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member JayBirdHawk Posted April 27, 2021 Premium Member Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Buzzard said: We need Trae back ASAP! No argument there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleachkit Posted April 27, 2021 Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 31 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said: IF I had to take a guess, I would say that Trae and Hunter return for the Home game vs Bulls on Saturday May 1 and bypass the two Philly road games. Huerter is scheduled for an MRI today - praying and hoping it's nothing. Did he travel with the team to Philly or did he return to Atlanta? I think they play Friday after we likely lose tomorrow. They came on the road trip, so the intention was to play them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member JayBirdHawk Posted April 27, 2021 Premium Member Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, bleachkit said: I think they play Friday after we likely lose tomorrow. They came on the road trip, so the intention was to play them. We have a back to back Friday and Saturday, that's why I said Saturday since they may not play in back to backs immediately after returning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleachkit Posted April 27, 2021 Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said: We have a back to back Friday and Saturday, that's why I said Saturday since they may not play in back to backs immediately after returning. Maybe they play Friday and not Saturday then. It would be nice to get one of the two against Philly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDawg#8 Posted April 27, 2021 Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 I dont believe any of it until I see an upgrade on the injury report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kg01 Posted April 27, 2021 Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, RedDawg#8 said: I dont believe any of it until I see them actually on the floor during a live game. Fixed 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleachkit Posted April 27, 2021 Report Share Posted April 27, 2021 1 hour ago, RedDawg#8 said: I dont believe any of it until I see an upgrade on the injury report. Believe. Trae's injury wasn't that bad, and Dre has already played since he surgery, he just needed some time for his knee to calm down from swelling. Dre was seen shooting the ball and doing drills before yesterdays's game, that means he's very close. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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