Official Game Thread: Pistons at Hawks

[Atlantaholic]

4 minutes ago, benhillboy said:

Blake backed John down 10 feet to score a baby hook in the first half.  He misses an 18 foot turnaround fadeaway against Trae in the fourth.  Somebody’s tired lol

To be fair there was 2 seconds left on the clock. Still, Blake has 0 dunks this year. I find that kind of amazing.

[aali34]

Just now, TheNorthCydeRises said:

LOL . . I'm going to say it until the Hawks start to win again.  Hate it if you want.

 

Bruno Fernando needs to be back into this lineup. 

Play him at the 5.  Let him take up space on both ends.  And let him set screens for guys like Trae and Huerter.

You can still play Okongwu at the 4, alongside Bruno, if need be.

 

Bruno does not make so many mistakes for him not to see the floor as the 3rd center.  LP needs the team to be totally healthy, so that they can cover up for his deficiencies for putting proper rotations on the floor.

Yeah at this point Bruno should definitely be eating some of Solo's minutes. Aside from making a couple three's he don't provide much.

[terrell]

Trae said fk it..lol

[nathan2331]

7 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

He wouldn't get the touches here. He would be his inconsistent self

He'd get less, but he'd still get touches. Especially with the injuries we've had so far. He wouldn't be as good on offense as Gallo, but his defense would be night and day.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Solo

3 points . . . ( -20 )

[Atlantaholic]

3 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

LOL . . I'm going to say it until the Hawks start to win again.  Hate it if you want.

 

Bruno Fernando needs to be back into this lineup. 

Play him at the 5.  Let him take up space on both ends.  And let him set screens for guys like Trae and Huerter.

You can still play Okongwu at the 4, alongside Bruno, if need be.

 

Bruno does not make so many mistakes for him not to see the floor as the 3rd center.  LP needs the team to be totally healthy, so that they can cover up for his deficiencies for putting proper rotations on the floor.

Dude,  Bruno is garbage. He isn't going to change anything lmao. Might as well play Okonguw and develop him, he'll be 3 times the player Bruno is before the season is over. 

Edited January 21, 2021 by Atlantaholic

[NBASupes]

We winning this game with Dre

[hawkman]

This better go to the Hawks.

[benhillboy]

Can NBA officiating get any worse?

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Just now, Atlantaholic said:

Dude,  Bruno is garbage. He isn't going to change anything lmao. Might as well play Okonguw and develop him, he'll be 3 times the player Bruno is before the season is over. 

But it's dumb to try to develop Okongwu at the 5, when he'll get bullied and dominated.  Bruno will at least hold his own with contact.

You play Okongwu and Bruno beside each other, if need be.  You keep looking at stats and mistakes by Bruno, but don't see how his screens, rebounding, and his ability to body people on the boards, allows others to produce.

 

The COG in the system, is Solomon Hill . . every time LP opts to play him at the 4.  Offense and Defense suffers.

[hawkman]

Absolutely needed that 3 from Huerter. 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Just now, TheNorthCydeRises said:

But it's dumb to try to develop Okongwu at the 5, when he'll get bullied and dominated.  Bruno will at least hold his own with contact.

You play Okongwu and Bruno beside each other, if need be.  You keep looking at stats and mistakes by Bruno, but don't see how his screens, rebounding, and his ability to body people on the boards, allows others to produce.

 

The COG in the system, is Solomon Hill . . every time LP opts to play him at the 4.  Offense and Defense suffers.

 

All this may become moot, when Gallo comes back.  But he's injury prone.  We may have him for a month, only to lose him again for another month.  That's been his career.

[benhillboy]

5 minutes ago, Atlantaholic said:

To be fair there was 2 seconds left on the clock. Still, Blake has 0 dunks this year. I find that kind of amazing.

I feel like he caught it with ample time but I might be wrong.  But yeah, 354 minutes played, no dunks from an All Time leaper is crazy.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Did you see how Collins didn't make contact with Trae's man, allowing him to still be all over Trae?

Collins was too busy trying to roll so fast as to get a scoring opportunity, instead of setting up one for Trae.

Fortunately, Trae is smart as hell, and let his defender run all up his back to draw the foul.

[Atlantaholic]

1 minute ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

But it's dumb to try to develop Okongwu at the 5, when he'll get bullied and dominated.  Bruno will at least hold his own with contact.

You play Okongwu and Bruno beside each other, if need be.  You keep looking at stats and mistakes by Bruno, but don't see how his screens, rebounding, and his ability to body people on the boards, allows others to produce.

 

The COG in the system, is Solomon Hill . . every time LP opts to play him at the 4.  Offense and Defense suffers.

We have an offensive rating of 78 with Bruno on the floor. Get outta here. 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Set the damn screen Collins.  Stop looking for your own offense !!

[Dnice]

How about FFSE show a 3ed quarter rewind?  Damn the 4th.

 

Well never mind. 

Edited January 21, 2021 by Dnice

[benhillboy]

Uh oh y’all watch out Nique gotta new catchphrase.  Don’t worry you’re still gonna hear “Heat Check!” and “that was a terrible shot” 50 times a game.

Edited January 21, 2021 by benhillboy

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Just now, Atlantaholic said:

We have an offensive rating of 78 with Bruno on the floor. Get outta here. 

No.  Bruno has an offensive rating of 78, not the team.

Sort all of Bruno's lineups by pts per 100 possessions.  Look who is in the game with him when the lineups are overwhelmingly positive.

 

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/fernabr01/lineups/2021

Keep balling Trae.

 

OMG Blake.

[aali34]

Those missed free throws by Trae early came back to bite us.