Lost Identity?

[Gray Mule]

On 3/11/2022 at 9:51 PM, Atlantaholic said:

Then how were we top 12 in defensive rating under Nate for 40 games last year?

Because Hawks were running Lloyd Pierce's offense and defense with LP"s assistant coaches.

[JayBirdHawk]

Look at that, Nate drew up a creative play.

 

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A case in point: With the Hawks holding a 5-point lead coming out of a timeout with 48 seconds left against Portland, Trae inbounded the ball to De'Andre Hunter. Trae ran at Hunter to get the ball back, but Hunter didn't give it to him. 

Instead, Hunter pantomimed the pass, kept the ball and drove toward the rim as both defenders leaned in toward Trae. 

"That was how we drew it up because we knew they were probably going to help off me and go to Trae," Hunter said of the fake handoff. 

Hunter, who finished the game with 20 points, lofted up a floater over the help defense to clinch the win.

 

https://www.nba.com/stats/events/?CFID=&CFPARAMS=&GameEventID=690&GameID=0022101021&Season=2021-22&flag=1&title=Hunter 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot (20 PTS) (Young 12 AST)&sct=plot

 

 

[Diesel]

The reason why fans scream for the Hawks to get a player who can get his own score is because we know that if  you had that with Trae... it would equal... NBA Finals.