Official Game Thread: Hawks at Bucks (The Big Payback!)

[Lurker]

This team is 20-7 since Pierce got fired and is probably going to win 40 games. It'd be one thing if it was more .500 type stuff and then suddenly Trae sits down and the team is better, but it's not.

[Spud2nique]

5 minutes ago, benhillboy said:

You mean against teams that aren’t rated Top 6 and 8 in defense.  Oh.

I know it sounds stupid and radical bruh.  But say it with me: TRAE IS EXPENDABLE!  Two-way play wins games and championships, I wouldn’t lie to you.  The difference in limiting Trae’s low-quality turnovers and the surefire scoring transition opportunities that result from having a defender so tiny is huge for point differential alone, let alone the ability of Bogi, Lou, and Kevin to make the high-risk high-reward overhead passes from the top of the key that Trae can’t make along with the other dozens of strains he puts on the team that I’ve mentioned many times.
 

Swap Trae with (a healthy) SGA and we’re stomping a mud hole in the East by now.

Don’t you dare get booted before I turn your avatar! You stay put young man.

Edited April 26, 2021 by Spud2nique

[cam1218]

Just now, NBASupes said:

Naw, it's you. I seen enough against the Knicks that tells me Trae is critical for our long term success. People will see when the playoffs come. 

Considering we aren’t supposed to be playing to win a championship this year, some of the injuries have been blessings of sorts. We have so many new players who have had time to get comfortable having the offense run through them because of injuries.

Moving forward..we are going to need Trae to be the guy we know he can be to make the next step. He’s struggled some, but he’s learning how to play with good players too.

[Sothron]

Real talk:

If Travis had listened to his gut and made Nate the head coach to start the season we'd be the number one seed in the East. 

[Marvin24Williams]

Guys are fooling themselves if they think this team is better without Trae

Edited April 26, 2021 by Marvin24Williams

[NBASupes]

Just now, Sothron said:

Real talk:

If Travis had listened to his gut and made Nate the head coach to start the season we'd be the number one seed in the East. 

I can't blame him. LP deserved a realistic chance. He got it, thank goodness we had Nate in clip and one in the hole. 

[NekiEcko]

Just now, Sothron said:

Real talk:

If Travis had listened to his gut and made Nate the head coach to start the season we'd be the number one seed in the East. 

I have to agreed with you on this one but I know that Nate was a last minute addition after that crap that the Pacers did (I have no idea why they let him go).

[REHawksFan]

8 minutes ago, benhillboy said:

You mean against teams that aren’t rated Top 6 and 8 in defense.  Oh.

I know it sounds stupid and radical bruh.  But say it with me: TRAE IS EXPENDABLE!  Two-way play wins games and championships, I wouldn’t lie to you.  The difference in limiting Trae’s low-quality turnovers and the surefire scoring transition opportunities that result from having a defender so tiny is huge for point differential alone, let alone the ability of Bogi, Lou, and Kevin to make the high-risk high-reward overhead passes from the top of the key that Trae can’t make along with the other dozens of strains he puts on the team that I’ve mentioned many times.
 

Swap Trae with (a healthy) SGA and we’re stomping a mud hole in the East by now.

Proof positive that haters are here too. Your take isn't rational. It's idiotic. 

[MarylandHawk]

5 minutes ago, Hawkmoor said:

Hot take? Heck, I said last week that the Trae Young was hampering Bogi's game and that he should ask his agent for a trade after the season and got clowned on this forum.   Fans on other teams see the obvious.  Trae needs to play OFF the ball.  The offense runs waaaaaay better without him controlling the action.  Let Bogi and Lou keep running the point and play Trae off the ball or trade him during the off season if he starts whining.

Can we trade you in the offseason?

[cam1218]

Just now, Sothron said:

Real talk:

If Travis had listened to his gut and made Nate the head coach to start the season we'd be the number one seed in the East. 

Maybe, maybe not. It might have been good for the team to have this type of change happen midseason. Our journey got us Lou instead of Rondo too (we all felt dirty rooting for the former Celtic).

[MarylandHawk]

56 minutes ago, MarylandHawk said:

Bobby Portis can’t outplay Lou!

He heard me!

[gHost83]

Yea I'm here...

Bogi was an overpay... Riiiiiight...  

Pulling out the dinner plate and placing the crow on it...

[aali34]

14 minutes ago, Bonkers said:

I'm seeing a REALLY interesting hot take being talked about on different forums and twitter right now

 

It's about how the Hawks look without a certain player on the floor. I didn't even know this was such a popular sentiment 

Not really. The sports news cycle is slow churning. Narratives are manufactured whenever possible. Don't forget the team blew an 8 point lead when Trae went down against NY. 

[Sothron]

I'm honestly not even responding to anyone saying the Hawks are better without Trae. That is so frankly stupid I think it falls under blatant trolling. I know, I know, not supposed to say that but I'm being straight up. 

[terrell]

[marco102]

Bud rested his starters yesterday to get obliterated in the 4th. You love to see it!

[REHawksFan]

6 minutes ago, Hawkmoor said:

I see the offense being horrible with Trae hot dog running the show.

I guess if you call top 6 in NBA since Nate took over "horrible" then sure. You keep making yourself look foolish. 

[NBASupes]

I want to slap the shit out of the hater on realgm. I hate that clown ass pos. 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

3 minutes ago, Hawkmoor said:

I see the offense being horrible with Trae hot dog running the show.

 

But we're a top 10 offense in the league.  #8 actually

So how is the offense horrible, when the guy who think should be playing off the ball, is 2nd in the league in assists, averaging almost 10 a game?

 

Make it make sense.

[RedDawg#8]

2 minutes ago, cam1218 said:

Maybe, maybe not. It might have been good for the team to have this type of change happen midseason. Our journey got us Lou instead of Rondo too (we all felt dirty rooting for the former Celtic).

Facts. And to be honest we don't win a lot of these 4th quarter comebacks without Lou getting buckets.

Everything happened for a reason and got us to this point.