Travis Schlenk interview

[bleachkit]

Here it is if anyone wants to hear it.

https://omny.fm/shows/92-9-the-game-morning-show-w-john-and-hugh/travis-schlenk-with-john-and-hugh-46

[bleachkit]

@kg01 @MarylandHawk @JayBirdHawk @marco102@Buzzard@northcyde

https://omny.fm/shows/92-9-the-game-morning-show-w-john-and-hugh/travis-schlenk-with-john-and-hugh-46

at 5:45 mark interview, mentions Trae being benched for Lue Williams

Edited April 6, 2021 by bleachkit

[marco102]

14 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

@kg01 @MarylandHawk @JayBirdHawk @marco102@Buzzard@northcyde

https://omny.fm/shows/92-9-the-game-morning-show-w-john-and-hugh/travis-schlenk-with-john-and-hugh-46

at 5:45 mark interview, mentions Trae being benched for Lue Williams

lol..okay.  What this because I liked a comment that Trae was benched because he was injured? If so, I pass out likes like pennies..lol

Appears you were right though Bleachy.

[bleachkit]

Just now, marco102 said:

lol..okay.  What this because I liked a comment that Trae was benched because he was injured? If so, I pass out likes like pennies..lol

Appears you were right though Bleachy.

Yes, if someone likes a comment i'd assume they are agreeing with the remark. So I wanted to provide clarity that Trae was in fact benched, not taken out for injury. If it was injury, Travis would not have made that remark.

[cam1218]

I think we all know at this point Lou was playing better and Trae was benched because of that. 

It is also possible Trae wasn’t playing well because he was hurt. So was Trae available? Yes, but that version of Trae wasn’t as good as what we had going with Lou, so I’m glad our coach made the right decision.

[MarylandHawk]

2 hours ago, bleachkit said:

@kg01 @MarylandHawk @JayBirdHawk @marco102@Buzzard@northcyde

https://omny.fm/shows/92-9-the-game-morning-show-w-john-and-hugh/travis-schlenk-with-john-and-hugh-46

at 5:45 mark interview, mentions Trae being benched for Lue Williams

Man you guys are relentless trying to prove a point.  Lol. A dip on minutes because Lou had it going is just good coaching. Nate knows it begins and ends with Trae. 

[bleachkit]

19 minutes ago, MarylandHawk said:

Man you guys are relentless trying to prove a point.  Lol. A dip on minutes because Lou had it going is just good coaching. Nate knows it begins and ends with Trae. 

Agreed, but it wasn't due to injury as you suggested. It was because Lou had it going. 

[MarylandHawk]

7 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

Agreed, but it wasn't due to injury as you suggested. It was because Lou had it going. 

I yield, I yield. Lol. 

[macdaddy]

12 hours ago, MarylandHawk said:

A dip on minutes because Lou had it going is just good coaching. Nate knows it begins and ends with Trae. 

I'm with you.   Seems a stretch to say Trae was benched other than i guess the literal sense.   Trae had no issue with it it seems and came back and dropped 30/10.   Good coaching.   Great talent.  

[JayBirdHawk]

Can someone post the higlights, Please and Thanks.

 

 

[marco102]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Can someone post the higlights, Please and Thanks.

 

 

WOW this interview was very informative.  I did not post the entire article.

Quote

“I really do think it was as simple as players just believing in the messaging,” Schlenk said. “Not that it necessarily changed that much, but I think they started to believe. We’ve won a couple games where we came back, we’ve won a couple games on last-second shots, and I think the confidence just started climbing from there where they started to believe. … Once they started to have a little bit of success, they started to believe. And they became confident. And any time you’re confident, that’s when you start to have success.”

 

Having veterans around was helpful on this journey, with Danilo Gallinari often telling the team they’d be fine, as long as they stuck with it, Schlenk remembered. But he also gave McMillan credit for the messaging behind the belief that the Hawks have embraced.

 

“I think one of the big things that he’s done is just be unbelievably consistent with his messaging with the guys,” Schlenk said. “We still play a lot of young guys, a lot of guys new to our team this year, and since Day 1 he’s been unbelievably consistent about what we’re going to do every single day. And the guys took to that. I think one of the other things that he does, he started changing some of the plays to fit some of our players’ skill sets a little bit better. Just little tweaks here and there, and it really got guys confident, got guys believing in what we were trying to do.”

As far as McMillan’s future in Atlanta, Schlenk reiterated that they don’t plan to discuss that until the season is truly over. But he’s very happy with the job McMillan has done so far.

 

“When Nate decided to take the interim tag three months ago, whatever it was, we told him that let’s just get through the end of the year and see where things stand,” Schlenk said. “Obviously he’s done a great job, I’ve said that publicly. I’ve told Nate that, but our stance is still the same. We’re going to let the season play out and then once the season plays out, we’ll sit down and have conversations. But to this point, short of me telling him he’s doing a great job, we haven’t had anymore in-depth conversations. That’s quite frankly the way Nate likes it and wants to do it as well. We’re obviously extremely pleased with the job he has done; I have no problem saying that. ... But we haven’t had any conversations.”

In meeting with media, Schlenk shared his thoughts on a few different topics:

On what Cam Reddish, who hasn’t played since Feb. 21 with an Achilles injury, needs to focus on in his development:

“The big thing for Cam right now is to get back on the court right now and playing. I think that’s a big part of it is just playing basketball. He’s super eager right now. He’s able to get in some just shooting drills with the guys, but he’s still not up to full-speed running yet. But we’ve spoken with him. The plan is for him to participate on our Summer League team this year just so he can get those reps, to get him a little head start when we get to camp next year. But the biggest thing, and I sound like a broken record, is he just needs to slow down. Right now, everything is just moving too fast for him. He gets in too big of a rush. Just once the game slows down for him, especially on the offensive end, we’ve seen what he can do on the defensive end. But it’s really just about getting experience. I think we all see the potential, see the flashes. But we all have to remember, he’s 21 years old. So it’s really just getting him reps.”

On Young’s development this season with a better roster around him:

“I think we’re seeing growth, for sure. But I still think there’s room to grow in his development as well. I think we’ve seen growth in his ability to get his teammates more involved. But I think that he still has room to grow with game management. When a guy hits three shots in a row, to go back to him, things along those lines. When to push tempo, when to slow it down, even though I think we’ve seen growth from him in that situation as well, managing the game late in the game. Those are the kinds of things that we continually, he will improve at, but he continually needs to improve that, but I think we’ve seen growth in that. All of our guys, not just Trae, we have a very deep team, and all of them have taken hits statistically, for the betterment of the team. And I think that’s a big step for all our young guys, and older guys.”

 

 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

On 4/6/2021 at 6:31 PM, bleachkit said:

@kg01 @MarylandHawk @JayBirdHawk @marco102@Buzzard@northcyde

https://omny.fm/shows/92-9-the-game-morning-show-w-john-and-hugh/travis-schlenk-with-john-and-hugh-46

at 5:45 mark interview, mentions Trae being benched for Lue Williams

Why do you term it "being benched"?

We all saw that game.  Lou was red hot and had it going.  Nate opted to leave Lou in, and Trae willingly accepted it and cheered Lou on.   Trae wasn't tripping off of that at all.   If anything, it showing the maturity of the team.

Collins was done the same way in a later game, when Gallo had it going and John basically sat out most of the 4th quarter.

[bleachkit]

1 hour ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

Why do you term it "being benched"?

We all saw that game.  Lou was red hot and had it going.  Nate opted to leave Lou in, and Trae willingly accepted it and cheered Lou on.   Trae wasn't tripping off of that at all.   If anything, it showing the maturity of the team.

Collins was done the same way in a later game, when Gallo had it going and John basically sat out most of the 4th quarter.

Call it whatever you want, but many claimed Trae wasn't in because of injury. I was merely providing evidence to the contrary, in this case strait from our general manager. Im not sure why you are using a strawman argument here. If you don't like the lexicon of "being benched", then feel free to use an alternate terminology that you find less offensive. 

Edited May 20, 2021 by bleachkit

[TheNorthCydeRises]

2 hours ago, bleachkit said:

Call it whatever you want, but many claimed Trae wasn't in because of injury. I was merely providing evidence to the contrary, in this case strait from our general manager. Im not sure why you are using a strawman argument here. If you don't like the lexicon of "being benched", then feel free to use an alternate terminology that you find less offensive. 

 

But Trae DID get taken out of the game because he was shaken up a little bit.  When Trae was ready to go back in, Nate opted to stay with Lou . . and Trae was cool with it.

[hawkzlova123]

Not to make of his last name but doesn't shclenk sound like the noise the rim makes when cam bricks a three

[bleachkit]

53 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

But Trae DID get taken out of the game because he was shaken up a little bit.  When Trae was ready to go back in, Nate opted to stay with Lou . . and Trae was cool with it.

I wasnt trying to imply Trae was upset or disgruntled about it, Trae is a professional. 

[JayBirdHawk]