Hawk hire Nick Van Exel as assistant

[Spud2nique]

 

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Welcome back Nick the quick! 

[MarylandHawk]

Nick the quick!!  Doesn’t he have championship experience as an assistant coach?

[ATLHawks3]

Welcome back!

[MarylandHawk]

11 minutes ago, MarylandHawk said:

Nick the quick!!  Doesn’t he have championship experience as an assistant coach?

I looked it up and he doesn’t. 

[Dynamo]

Great addition.

[lethalweapon3]

~mrburn5

[Wretch]

Am totally feeling this hire.

[terrell]

1 hour ago, Dynamo said:

Great addition.

Taking him from the Mavs makes it even better..lol

[Diesel]

He going teach these young guys how to have that DAWG in em... :)

[sturt]

Sounds like a personal coach for The Villain. No? Nick had a bit of that villain to him, too, as I recall.

[RandomFan]

 

[ATLHawks3]

I hope he and Sharife spend a lot of time together this season. I think he could benefit the most from this addition.

[hazer]

Hazey likey, Hazey want winny

[Spud2nique]

1 hour ago, hazer said:

Hazey likey, Hazey want winny

1 hour ago, hazer said:

Hazey likey, Hazey want winny

Get guap!

[Diesel]

4 hours ago, Diesel said:

He going teach these young guys how to have that DAWG in em...

We call it ‘the dog’ in the NBA,” Van Exel said. “We are trying to bring that dog out of him.”

“He’s kind of a quiet kid,” Van Exel said. “He likes to joke around and have fun. But there are times when somebody makes him mad, and he is just blowing by guys. And we are like, ‘Man, you’ve got to do that all the time.’ He can do it. He has those skills. We are thinking about maybe going up to him and making him mad before every game, making up stuff just to get him going.”

[RedDawg#8]

1 hour ago, Diesel said:

We call it ‘the dog’ in the NBA,” Van Exel said. “We are trying to bring that dog out of him.”

“He’s kind of a quiet kid,” Van Exel said. “He likes to joke around and have fun. But there are times when somebody makes him mad, and he is just blowing by guys. And we are like, ‘Man, you’ve got to do that all the time.’ He can do it. He has those skills. We are thinking about maybe going up to him and making him mad before every game, making up stuff just to get him going.”

Teague still hasn't found that dog, but he has managed to last 12+ years now in the NBA. If he was aggressive he could be one of those Lowry types, a sometimes All Star player, instead of a one-time All Star 

[Diesel]

7 hours ago, RedDawg#8 said:

Teague still hasn't found that dog, but he has managed to last 12+ years now in the NBA. If he was aggressive he could be one of those Lowry types, a sometimes All Star player, instead of a one-time All Star 

While Teague was definitely no Trae... I think in a few of those years between Atl and Minny.. he did become very serviceable. 

[benhillboy]

I don’t value much of what a career .405 shooter and non-defender has to say too tough.  We don’t need Trae going backwards.  My dream lead assistant to Nate is The Glove hands down.

[kg01]

15 minutes ago, benhillboy said:

I don’t value much of what a career .405 shooter and non-defender has to say too tough.  We don’t need Trae going backwards.  My dream lead assistant to Nate is The Glove hands down.

This isn't fair.  Great players typically (typically) make bad head coaches, which tells me the quality of player has nothing to do with quality of the coach.

[Spud2nique]

I preferred the glove but I think Trae is smart enough to pick and choose from Nick’s style and career. He’s just gonna take in the lil tricks not micic Nick’s career FG percentage by any means and become a volume guy.