RedDawg#8 Posted May 9, 2021 Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 13 hours ago, Spud2nique said: Oooh that’s a tough assignment. Hunter is a darn good defender but wouldn’t we need a big bigger defender on Randle? Stick King Kongwu in him he’s ready. Give that Kang 25 minutes! I dunno I'm going to keep preaching the gospel. Randle burned us from the outside. Im not saying he isn't physical, Im not saying he isn't big and strong. But he killed us because our bigs respected his driving, sagged off of him and let him get clean looks shooting from the perimeter. Capela and JC both did this against him. Once Randle gets in to the paint he is reading and searching for the open man to pass to or shooting mid post. He doesn't have the footwork to dominate low post, he just makes you respect his jumper to where a pump fake gets you in the air and him to the line. The same way we would guard Lebron is how we should guard Randle because that is his play style. Athletic combo forward with playmaking ability, perimeter shooting and a strong dribble drive and finish. If you keep him from getting hot from the outside, and stay down on the pump fakes, you can live with tough shots over defenders in the paint. Stay in front of him is the name of the game, not banging with him. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member MarylandHawk Posted May 9, 2021 Premium Member Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 I know it is not one of our guys but Bradley Beal didn’t look too good after their pacers game. They say he has a hip/hamstring issue on a night where he dropped 50. I wonder if he will be available when they play us Monday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Spud2nique Posted May 9, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 30 minutes ago, RedDawg#8 said: Randle burned us from the outside. Yup said this is the last post to JTB. His new game is hitting outside shots on and playing a small man PF game on slower PF defenders. Get up in his grill and make him become a playmaker. More than likely it’s a turnover. If nothing else it makes him less comfy and more likely to miss that jumper in the clutch due to less reps during the game. Still think putting a hungry you Okongwu on him for some minutes would be an advantageous matchup for us. He hasn’t seen much of Okongwu and our rookie can defend both perimeter and the inside game well. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud2nique Posted May 9, 2021 Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 16 minutes ago, MarylandHawk said: I know it is not one of our guys but Bradley Beal didn’t look too good after their pacers game. They say he has a hip/hamstring issue on a night where he dropped 50. I wonder if he will be available when they play us Monday. I saw that. He’s .5 away from Scurry for the scoring title. I think he’s gonna want to do all he can to go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member MarylandHawk Posted May 9, 2021 Premium Member Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 It might be wise to let Steph keep playing and he sits out to recover. It is more likely Steph drops .5 percentage points than Beal gaining .6. Only risk is they may not make the play in tournament if they lose out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDawg#8 Posted May 9, 2021 Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, MarylandHawk said: Only risk is they may not make the play in tournament if they lose out. Nah Wizards are pretty safe if you ask me. If anything they are gunning for the 8 seed at this point Bulls are 3.5 games back with 5 to go and they have a brutal schedule remaining with Nets twice and the Bucks. Anything can happen and obviously they are still alive but I think the Wiz can rest him a few games and still make the tourney. They are closer to getting 8 (1.5 games) than they are of missing the play in (3.5 games) right now, so if anything they may play him to make a push for a higher seed. Getting 8 is a prize because you have 2 chances to win 1 game. 9 or 10 have to win 2 games to advance. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Popular Post sturt Posted May 9, 2021 Premium Member Popular Post Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 20 hours ago, sturt said: History teaches us to presume nothing until they see how his knee feels 24 hours later. Having said that, I'll be optimistic until advised otherwise. As I will be for Cam when he's re-evaluated next weekend. 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post RedDawg#8 Posted May 9, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 Im just happy they have the opportunity to practice finally. Great on Deandre's progress too. But really happy for everyone right now 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member MarylandHawk Posted May 9, 2021 Premium Member Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 5 hours ago, RedDawg#8 said: Nah Wizards are pretty safe if you ask me. If anything they are gunning for the 8 seed at this point Bulls are 3.5 games back with 5 to go and they have a brutal schedule remaining with Nets twice and the Bucks. Anything can happen and obviously they are still alive but I think the Wiz can rest him a few games and still make the tourney. They are closer to getting 8 (1.5 games) than they are of missing the play in (3.5 games) right now, so if anything they may play him to make a push for a higher seed. Getting 8 is a prize because you have 2 chances to win 1 game. 9 or 10 have to win 2 games to advance. That’s great. I hope they rest him for our two games. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post terrell Posted May 9, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 6 hours ago, MarylandHawk said: I know it is not one of our guys but Bradley Beal didn’t look too good after their pacers game. They say he has a hip/hamstring issue on a night where he dropped 50. I wonder if he will be available when they play us Monday. Per Shams Wizards star Bradley Beal is out Monday vs. Hawks with left hamstring strain. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Popular Post JayBirdHawk Posted May 9, 2021 Premium Member Popular Post Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 Finally, Hunter no longer listed as out. 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member MarylandHawk Posted May 9, 2021 Premium Member Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 15 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said: Finally, Hunter no longer listed as out. Wow unbelievable. Let’s work! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member MarylandHawk Posted May 9, 2021 Premium Member Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 1 hour ago, terrell said: Per Shams Wizards star Bradley Beal is out Monday vs. Hawks with left hamstring strain. Good for us but I hope he recovers for the play in game. I feel like the are going to upset a lot of folks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrell Posted May 9, 2021 Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 (edited) 50 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said: Finally, Hunter no longer listed as out. What happened to Tony Snell? Dont recall him getting injured...Oh well. Please let Hunter play....... Edited May 9, 2021 by terrell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member sturt Posted May 10, 2021 Premium Member Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 Injury update of note that's not our own (for a change)... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDawg#8 Posted May 10, 2021 Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 17 minutes ago, sturt said: Injury update of note that's not our own (for a change)... Oh wow, both games now. Not saying they can't still win but we need to handle our business, contain Russ, and try to get back to that 4th seed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post marco102 Posted May 10, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 I wish him a speedy recovery after the Hawks games. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member MarylandHawk Posted May 10, 2021 Premium Member Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 11 minutes ago, marco102 said: I wish him a speedy recovery after the Hawks games. Met too. Our destiny is in our hands. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member sturt Posted May 10, 2021 Premium Member Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 I seem to recall IND was missing at least one key player the other night. Just sayin. Would like to think that loss had more to do with the physical implications of the back-to-back than any mental letdown, of course. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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