Official Game Thread: Hardly-Hawks at Bulls

[lethalweapon3]

“Erm, methinks you misspelled, OMICRON.”

 

Had a whole thing about how the Doughboys of Detroit’s Pershing High have been a cradle of NBA stars including Atlanta Hawks greats, from Kevin Willis to Steve Smith, and now to Justin Tillman.

But I’d rather not jinx the Collipark Skyhawk, or anyone else suiting up for today’s scheduled rematch with the Bulls in Chicago (8 PM Eastern, Bally Sports Southeast and 92.9 FM in ATL, NBC Sports Chicago), by mentioning him much further. So, nah. Just hoping someone, anyone, who’s active can get back on D and closeout at the three-point lines as Atlanta (15-18) kicks off this trip of a six-game road trip.

We won’t have Ersan Ilyasova to kick us around today. Turkish Thunder caught The Case and joins Lonzo Ball, Tony Bradley and Alfonzo McKinnie in Protocols. Alex Caruso remains sidelined with a foot sprain, while Derrick Jones’ strained hammy leaves him questionable. Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan, and Nik Vucevic will have to muddle through, somehow.

We’re told, from C-Viv, that Chris Jent is assistant #3 in Proto-hell for the Hawks. Who’s healthy, or at worst available, among the players for coach Nate McMillan’s side, as of this particular moment:

 

Trae Young, Cat Barber

Chaundee Brown, Skylar Mays, Chris Clemons

Cam Reddish, Born Ready, Wes Iwundu (the latter exited Protocols today)

Malcom Hill, Cameron Oliver

Clint Capela, Tillman

 

You don’t need me to tell you, that pregame roster is Subject to Change. Hopefully, for the better.

 

Let’s Go “Hawks”!

~lw3

[Sothron]

Another NBA mandated loss. Such fun. The NBA is fantASStic!

[bleachkit]

Tonight is for sure loss. Hopefully we get some reinforcements for the Cavs game. 

[hawkman]

1 minute ago, Sothron said:

Another NBA mandated loss. Such fun. The NBA is fantASStic!

This is an automatic loss. Maybe the Hawks surprise us and steal this one, but it's going to take some career highs in scoring because the defense is either injured or in health and safety protocols. Go get your 40 apiece Cam and Trae. 

[marco102]

Woj didn't think this through.

 

[bleachkit]

1 minute ago, marco102 said:

Woj didn't think this through.

 

Iwandu is back? Vegas line just moved 7 points. 

[macdaddy]

28 minutes ago, Sothron said:

Another NBA mandated loss. Such fun. The NBA is fantASStic!

yep.  i know it's probably not possible but not sure why we are even showing up for this one

 

[kg01]

10 minutes ago, marco102 said:

Woj didn't think this through.

 

Ok so, first of all, many people know I literally can't stand Woj or Shams.  Can't stand 'em.  Making a living off telling us stuff we'll all learn for free in a matter of minutes.  Stahhp.

And, to that point, can these attention-hounds (I wanted to use another word) stop posting which guys are out.  Like they're racing each other to tell the world friggin Hassani gravett is in or out for the Magic.  That ain't worthwhile news, mayne.

So the next step is these dudes gettin' their twit numbers up by re-tellin' us when replacement guys are "back"?  Again, that ain't worthwhile news mayne!  I don't need to hear how Lumidee 'n them are "back" for the Hawks.

Them dudes ain't doing a thang for the Hawks.  The only thing they're passin' is covid.  The only thing they're shootin' is our playoff hopes outta the air.  The only thing they're boxing out is the idea that we'll regain form and look like a good team again.

How 'bout you, Woj/Shams, use your platform to figure out what in the actual F Adam Sliver is gonna do to make up for the competitive imbalance he's created for ... certain teams.

But I guess if you do that ... the 'that' being act like an actual journalist ...  the league'll stop passing draft names to you literally 6 seconds before the rest of us learn about them .. as if that's something to hang your hat on.

[bleachkit]

In theory there is still time for Kevin and Gallo to test out and fly commercial to Chicago, but that ship has probably sailed.

[Dynamo]

Adam Silver/NBA decide who is in and who’s left out.

[lethalweapon3]

It's a steady 35 degrees in the Windy City, so Chicago might turn up the AC.

~lw3

[JayBirdHawk]

 

Please note that Mays is a two way player.. sigh

[macdaddy]

This is really just absurd.  The reporters keep saying this is 'league wide' but i'd love to see another example of a team playing with only 3 NBA roster players.  I don't believe there is one.

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[ATLHawks3]

Only silver lining I see in this is that we get to see Cam get more reps as the second option. 

[hawkman]

18 minutes ago, ATLHawks3 said:

Only silver lining I see in this is that we get to see Cam get more reps as the second option. 

I thought I'd never have to say this again, but this is strictly a player development game. Hopefully, Cam continues to prove he's the second option the Hawks need so the path forward is clearer when everyone gets back. I'm already on board with him being a much larger part of the offense whether he remains a starter or not. Personally, I've seen enough to keep him as a starter.

[Lurker]

I watched parts of the last game, but I refuse to watch this game.

Ridiculous that the Hawks will only have 3 rotational players. The good is from what I saw last time, Cam really caught my eye.

Would be big if he can start bringing that consistently. Huge.

[Sothron]

So the Heat/Spurs game got postponed but WE have to play with only THREE real NBA players on the entire active roster. What is this shit?

[AtLaS]

33 minutes ago, Sothron said:

So the Heat/Spurs game got postponed but WE have to play with only THREE real NBA players on the entire active roster. What is this shit?

Some bs

[macdaddy]

I lost the thread it was in but i like the idea of just not playing Trae/Cam/Capela.  Or at least sit Trae for some made up reason.   Why should Bulls fans get to watch Trae go for 50 while the Bulls still win big.   Screw em.