HAWKS IN THE 2021 EASTERN FINALS !!

[Gray Mule]

These thing we have accomplished have only been a dream for us on the Squawk until now.  It's still hard to believe.  ESPN doesn't really believe, apparently.  As close as this series should be, they have our worthy opponent in a breeze.  % chances to win game one:

Milwaukee - - - 70.9%

Atlanta - - - - - 29.1%

History in round one and round two seems to mean nothing.  If the Hawks are this easily beaten, why didn't NY or Philadelphia do it?  We know that we aren't suppose to be here.  Are the Bud men this good?  Are the Hawks this bad?  We're still the Rodney Dangerfield of the NBA....

 

Edited June 21, 2021 by Gray Mule

[Sothron]

I honestly believe if we go out and win the championship this year we still won't get one drop of respect. It will be about how injuries were so bad even the HAWKS were able to win a title. 

[dalamchops]

1 hour ago, Sothron said:

I honestly believe if we go out and win the championship this year we still won't get one drop of respect. It will be about how injuries were so bad even the HAWKS were able to win a title. 

banners hang forever, who cares what the narrative is then.

[Dejay]

I'd rather let the chips fall with my team still playing at this point than us talk about pingpong balls, moving up in the lottery, what they should do with their draft pick, or what hairbrained trades we can come up with to get Durant, AD, or Giannis as we so often do here. 

So the Hawks are underdogs again. Sure, but just be careful out there. Knick and Sixer fans both thought that they'd advance in five and both are looking sick as Ebola right about now...

Edited June 21, 2021 by Dejay

[bird_dirt]

21 minutes ago, Dejay said:

I'd rather let the chips fall with my team still playing at this point than us talk about pingpong balls, moving up in the lottery, what they should do with their draft pick, or what hairbrained trades we can come up with to get Durant, AD, or Giannis as we so often do here. 

Amen

[kg01]

2 hours ago, Sothron said:

I honestly believe if we go out and win the championship this year we still won't get one drop of respect. It will be about how injuries were so bad even the HAWKS were able to win a title. 

And they can kiss our whole a** all the way to the trophy ceremony.

[kg01]

30 minutes ago, Dejay said:

I'd rather let the chips fall with my team still playing at this point than us talk about pingpong balls, moving up in the lottery, what they should do with their draft pick, or what hairbrained trades we can come up with to get Durant, AD, or Giannis as we so often do here. 

So the Hawks are underdogs again. Sure, but just be careful out there. Knick and Sixer fans both thought that they'd advance in five and both are looking sick as Ebola right about now...

Yup.  And I'm laughing at all these hatin a** fan bases of teams thatre sittin at home.

Them green-eyed suckas can say whatever they want about us.  Jealous ones envy.

[MarylandHawk]

Is it me or does it seem like we have been playing forever. Feels like this should be the championship round. Lol. We could be in for 14 more games. 

[AHF]

1 hour ago, dalamchops said:

banners hang forever, who cares what the narrative is then.

Well said.

[cam1218]

2 hours ago, Sothron said:

I honestly believe if we go out and win the championship this year we still won't get one drop of respect. It will be about how injuries were so bad even the HAWKS were able to win a title. 

As LeBron said, “this is the best time of the year but all of the fans are missing out watching their favorite players.” I think we are seeing some new teams enter the picture with the Hawks and Suns and I haven’t missed my favorite players at all.

It’s an old school “get off my lawn” narrative to me. Times change, players get old, new stars emerge..and injuries happen every year. Golden State probably beats Toronto if healthy. We probably beat LeBron and the Cavs if healthy. I’m only putting an asterisk on last years playoff because there were no fans. It was basically a long rest for older players and then a glorified scrimmage in Orlando in an open gym. This year was weird at times, but this is real playoff basketball.

[Thomas]

I know that the bias is more heavy handed against us than the example I want to present but feel a similarity. When the Spurs came on so strong few believed they could take it and don't remember eggheads giving them a good chance to get to the finals or take the title. Think at that time Avery Johnson at point guard had a lot to do with it. But feel we have a much shorter but maybe even greater someday Tim Duncan in a 6'1" package that writers love to disrespect. No one in the media can believe or wants to once again but we are here and they are gonna have to swallow that pill. Just have no idea when.

[Thomas]

13 hours ago, kg01 said:

And they can kiss our whole a** all the way to the trophy ceremony.

Will they say "The trophy was rigged and thrown by and to the Hawks."

[macdaddy]

They are definitely going to say 'injuries' but neither the knicks or the sixers had major injuries.   They had Robinson and Danny Green but we have injuries also.   Bucks don't have any significant ones either.   We've dispatched the #4 and #1 seeds.   No one in this playoffs has beaten 2 top 4 seeds.   So making the case that our road was easy is bunk and it's revisionist.   'experts' almost unanimously picked our opponents to win both series and neither lost a player to injury after the series started.