Travis Schlenk on 92.9 after Rockets loss: "Good teams don't do that!"

[NineOhTheRino]

Sorry if this is a repo but I didn't see it in another thread and I thought that quote deserved some shine.

 

https://21143.mc.tritondigital.com/OMNY_929THEGAMEMORNINGSHOWWJOHNANDHUGH_P/media-session/8fdeb39d-59cb-425c-b7cc-fe608721c53c/d/clips/4b5f9d6d-9214-48cb-8455-a73200038129/0a2f02fa-71a7-44ce-b9b3-a78b00e2fc68/52147636-f85a-4ac0-9af7-adfe00e07a90/audio/direct/t1639489079/Travis_Schlenk_We_need_to_be_honest_about_where_we_are.mp3?t=1639489079

 

Good to hear him be honest about the product.  

Check this out from SPATL:

Hawks: Travis Schlenk comments on Atlanta's struggles and the possibility of seeing Jalen Johnson soon - SportsTalkATL.com

[Gray Mule]

Skylar Mays along with JJ and Cooper have recently had some good games at the G League level.  While we could not expect great things from them and 0017, they might bring new energy.  Something must be done.  The recent play at home is not right.  And, apparently the players on the current roster are unable to fix it.

Trading is now open in the NBA.  Hawks may find it necessary to go there.  Calling up G League players is quicker and much easier.  If that move doesn't work out, you can return them.  You can't do that with a trade.

Sadly, right now the Hawk team is not very good.  After our playoff run last season, were we expecting too much?  Was that just a freak?  Atlanta is paying out too much payroll to have these results.

[NineOhTheRino]

Going by the overall record, and the results versus the better teams, I have to say this is not a good team.

[Dynamo]

Ressler and Schlenk the ball is in  your court.

[JTB]

Yeah I listened to that interview when it was happening live.

that quote stood out like a sore thumb! As fan it makes me believe some trades are being considered.

[Dnice]

Right, what you gonna do about it TS?

[Hawkmoor]

But, but, the Hawks can't play Jalen Johnson because of his defense.  He might mess up that defense that gave up 44 fourth quarter points to the Rockets. 

[Wretch]

Travis is smart and has done well assembling talent. We all understand the impact that injuries have had on us and we can assume that Travis does too.  He's looking at what it's going to take to get this team to the next level and he's putting it out there in the public forum. Guys are going to get the message and/or other GMs will.

[JeffS17]

19 hours ago, Hawkmoor said:

But, but, the Hawks can't play Jalen Johnson because of his defense.  He might mess up that defense that gave up 44 fourth quarter points to the Rockets. 

Understand the sarcasm but we will have much less of a chance keeping teams under 30-40 points a quarter with Jalen out there.  Gallo is not a good defender but he does do SOME things well on that end.  Jalen ball watched from under the rim when his guy was laying it in lol

[Peoriabird]

I get the rookies not playing but what about Skyler Mays?

[Final_quest]

2 hours ago, Peoriabird said:

I get the rookies not playing but what about Skyler Mays?

I think that guy is a 3rd stringer or stop gap level player.  I liked Brandon Goodwin better.  

[Peoriabird]

7 minutes ago, Final_quest said:

I think that guy is a 3rd stringer or stop gap level player.  I liked Brandon Goodwin better.  

How do you know?  The guy has not played this year

[ATLHawks3]

There are so many areas of this defense that we need to fix, but to me, our transition defense is killing us the most. For example look at this play. Everyone is running back on defense, yet no one knows where there man is. What does that do? Lead to an easy bucket for Jokic.

 

 

Edited December 20, 2021 by ATLHawks3

[Final_quest]

11 hours ago, Peoriabird said:

How do you know?  The guy has not played this year

Well, I don't KNOW that.  I think it's true though.  He hasn't really ever had a moment to make you think he is an NBA rotation level player.  He was outplayed by our rookies during summer league.  The fact that he has not played more likely means he doesn't have the talent to contribute in a significant way than it means he is a hidden talent ready to make a big impact.  Second round picks who haven't played in 3 NBA seasons are more likely destined for China than a rotation spot. 

But none of us KNOW for sure.  I can think of 2nd round picks we traded away on draft night like Devonte Graham that we missed on, but I can't think of a guy that turned on the jets after 2 1/2 seasons on our roster.  Mike Scott made our rotation after one season.  So there isn't much history of this scenario playing out.  I'm going with the most likely odds, believing differently sounds like desperation to me.  

[mrhonline]

He's pretty much only played in blowouts, but he didn't seem to hurt the team:

[hylndr11]

Our players either don't care or refuse.to play def. They know how to do it. This isn't that complex .  Not sure why trea felt the need.tonsau the regular season is boring either.  Either way we haven't won shit yet , sucks to get rid of guys we drafted that have potential but if we start over the. We stet over we just did it not long ago, fk it.  All that need to be understood is if a champ team can be built around trea or not and if it can't be find that out asap and move on. Don't drag it out 

[Atlantaholic]

On 12/18/2021 at 8:37 PM, Hawkmoor said:

But, but, the Hawks can't play Jalen Johnson because of his defense.  He might mess up that defense that gave up 44 fourth quarter points to the Rockets. 

I get what you're saying but be careful what you ask for. Just because the defense sucks does not mean it can't get a lot, lot worse.

[AHF]

18 minutes ago, Atlantaholic said:

I get what you're saying but be careful what you ask for. Just because the defense sucks does not mean it can't get a lot, lot worse.

This is the truth.  It is especially true when people don't know where they need to be on defense and so it throws the whole scheme out of whack.  Bad but somewhat organized execution of a scheme is a lesser sin comparatively.  

[Peoriabird]

3 hours ago, Final_quest said:

Second round picks who haven't played in 3 NBA seasons are more likely destined for China than a rotation spot. 

but I can't think of a guy that turned on the jets after 2 1/2 seasons on our roster. 

Isn't this his 2nd year in the league?

[Peoriabird]

2 hours ago, mrhonline said:

He's pretty much only played in blowouts, but he didn't seem to hurt the team:

He played in 33 games last year and averaged over 8 minutes per games played exact number of minutes Dieng is averaging this year so he wasn't just getting minutes in blow outs