Vote for Trae, Clint, JC, and De'Andre for the All Star game

[kg01]

14 hours ago, Atlantaholic said:

And what defensive contributions was Trae making last year when he started the All-Star game? Trae was the worst rated defender in the entire NBA.

We're talking about Beal, not Trae.

Just because Trae was a bad defender, and was rightfully criticized for it, doesn't mean Beal isn't as well.  If Trae was worst, Beal wasn't far behind.  And that's despite having the size and athleticism to be better, which is a far, far worse offense in my book.

I'm not some fanboy ignoring our guys' faults.  That's just not what this discussion is about.  My comments were in regards to why I think Beal's selection was questionable.   We've already had the discussion on why it could be argued Trae's inclusion was bad as well.

[macdaddy]

Yeah.  I don't get where Beal doesn't get blame for the Wizards sucking.   Trae got so much blame for the Hawks sucking and he was only in his second year and playing with a lot of rookies.   Beal is a vet who's supposed to be a top 10 player in the league but can't even get his team out of the basement. 

[Atlantaholic]

5 hours ago, kg01 said:

We're talking about Beal, not Trae.

Just because Trae was a bad defender, and was rightfully criticized for it, doesn't mean Beal isn't as well.  If Trae was worst, Beal wasn't far behind.  And that's despite having the size and athleticism to be better, which is a far, far worse offense in my book.

I'm not some fanboy ignoring our guys' faults.  That's just not what this discussion is about.  My comments were in regards to why I think Beal's selection was questionable.   We've already had the discussion on why it could be argued Trae's inclusion was bad as well.

Ok, but what player should take Beal's place? Kyrie, who is an equally bad defender... Trae? Harden who was purposefully putting on weight to get traded? Only one you could say deserves it is maybe Jaylen Brown. Beal is Averaging 33 points per game on 48% shooting, that's definitely All Star worthy.

Just now, macdaddy said:

Yeah.  I don't get where Beal doesn't get blame for the Wizards sucking.   Trae got so much blame for the Hawks sucking and he was only in his second year and playing with a lot of rookies.   Beal is a vet who's supposed to be a top 10 player in the league but can't even get his team out of the basement. 

Trae was voted in as starter last year.

[macdaddy]

16 hours ago, Atlantaholic said:

Trae was voted in as starter last year.

Exactly.   And tons of people went crazy because he was 'putting up empty stats on a losing team'

[JayBirdHawk]

We find out at 7PM tonight if the Hawks will be represented.

[kg01]

15 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

We find out at 7PM tonight if the Hawks will be represented.

Anybody wanna assume we get no one and pre-meltdown early?

Heh, heh.  Yeah, me either. 

[JayBirdHawk]

1 minute ago, kg01 said:

Anybody wanna assume we get no one and pre-meltdown early?

Heh, heh.  Yeah, me either. 

I can start 

[NBASupes]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

We find out at 7PM tonight if the Hawks will be represented.

Here's a big tip, it's not Trae. 

[Wretch]

Word on the street is snub...

 

 

[Atlantaholic]

8 minutes ago, Wretch said:

Word on the street is snub...

 

 

Ben Simmons over Trae: 

[JayBirdHawk]

Sabonis over Brown or Simmons or Vucevic

Booker over Zion.

[kg01]

#RevengeTour

[JayBirdHawk]

1 minute ago, kg01 said:

#RevengeTour

[Atlantaholic]

2 minutes ago, kg01 said:

#RevengeTour

Plus he'll get some much needed rest. We are gonna need him as fresh as possible to carry us while we wait for Hunter and co to get back.

[hawkman]

I have no reason to watch the All Star game this season. It's probably going to be lame as usual anyway.

[capstone21]

He gets extra rest during the break and will play with a chip on his shoulder

[Sothron]

What a f***ing joke. I can't believe Trae didn't make the AS team a year after being VOTED IN as a starter. He's 8th in scoring and 3rd in assists on a team that's had half the team hurt for the entire season. The fact the game is IN Atlanta and they snub Trae is unreal.

I hope he has the revenge genes deeply embedded.

[GameTime]

The Trae hate is real.....

 

[EazyRoc]

WTF. Jayson Tatum ?!? Jaylen Brown ?!? TF!!

[benhillboy]

On 2/21/2021 at 1:18 PM, kg01 said:

We're talking about Beal, not Trae.

Just because Trae was a bad defender, and was rightfully criticized for it, doesn't mean Beal isn't as well.  If Trae was worst, Beal wasn't far behind.  And that's despite having the size and athleticism to be better, which is a far, far worse offense in my book.

I'm not some fanboy ignoring our guys' faults.  That's just not what this discussion is about.  My comments were in regards to why I think Beal's selection was questionable.   We've already had the discussion on why it could be argued Trae's inclusion was bad as well.

Agree totally.  Beals arms are long as sh!t, good center of gravity, and has awesome start/ stop ability on offense.  None of it translates to the other end.  Trae ain’t got Nathan.