Official Game Thread: Warriors at Hawks

[AUhawksfan]

9 hours ago, Spud2nique said:

They went to the Warriors board!!!! 

You have two opportunities a season for a chance to really celebrate a win against your arch nemesis. Soak it in my friend, soak it in. 
 

[Gray Mule]

NATE:  I stuck to my guns.  Nine man rotation.  All veterans.  No rooks for me.  I messed up and let JJ play meaningful minutes and we lost the game.  He stays on the pine and we win.  End of conversation.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 hour ago, benhillboy said:

Y’all don’t give me a break huh lol?  Y’all know I go in depth praising the great parts of his game just as much if not more than anyone.  What we need to do is get on the floor and settle this.  Cubes vs Traeters once and for all lol.

Only heard parts on the radio but Steve was hooping and hollering about Trae and Kevin most of the time.  I know Payton tried to press but judging by 33 with a 5:1 assist to turnover he didn’t get the results he hoped.

Just watched Trae’s two steals on the box score clips (God those are awesome). The second one was a gimme but the first one Draymond tried to punk him and lob to Payton.  Trae intercepted it, got thrown to the ground by Poole, but it still led to a Gallo three (love how they extended the clip to show that). That’s all I ask is some grit more times than not.

Good to see Kevin bookend that bad game with two great ones.  I just can never get too mad at him with that beautiful stroke.  “I be stroking, that’s what I be doing.”

9-11, no bunnies missed for Capela I’m guessing?  Not sure why Looney didn’t start but he still surpassed his minutes average.  I like dude and all but they tripping if they think they can compete for a ship with him beside Draymond scoring 14 points between them.  They know Wiseman gives up as many as he scores so they’re just stuck at C.

Not sure who was guarding Kuminga but they did a great job.  It takes a team to guard Klay when he’s on, not out strong suit obviously.

Leggo tho.  And why am I the only poster online right now with @Phunkabilly?

 

Here you go

 

 

[Spud2nique]

2 hours ago, benhillboy said:

And why am I the only poster online right now with @Phunkabilly?

Is that your cousin? The non analytical one?  

[Atlantaholic]

Something that hasn't gotten mentioned is that Trae has actually been playing some defense lately. I actually liked the way he played on that end in Detroit until the 4th when the game was out of hand. He's been averaging around 2stls the last five games and yesterday against the warriors he was often matched against Pool and did a great job of staying with him and contesting for the most part. 

[Spud2nique]

Good morning my queen  

[kg01]

1 hour ago, Spud2nique said:

Is that your cousin? The non analytical one?  

Almost sounds like @benhillboy wants us to give him a break.   Haha, not happenin', chief.

He made a good point w.r.t. Payton.  GS folks seemed to be suggesting he gave Trae a hard time.  Well, if that's a hard time, gimme the hard one all day, everyday. 

[Spud2nique]

We can’t forget about our superstar and his mittens He had 2 steals, one was a gimme off a casual bonehead play by Klay, the second though was a tougher knock away on a pass from Jamal Green Sr. Aka rAYMOND.

https://www.nba.com/stats/events/?CFID=&CFPARAMS=&ContextMeasure=STL&EndPeriod=0&EndRange=28800&GameID=0022101102&PlayerID=1629027&RangeType=0&Season=2021-22&SeasonType=Regular Season&StartPeriod=0&StartRange=0&TeamID=1610612737&flag=1&sct=plot&section=game

@kg01 Where we you last night I was poppin bottles (Martinelli’s finest apple )

I’m smitten over our mitten. Just envisioning some Zeke steals and GP from the past… day dreamin ..

[Spud2nique]

4 minutes ago, kg01 said:

He made a good point w.r.t. Payton.  GS folks seemed to be suggesting he gave Trae a hard time.  Well, if that's a hard time, gimme the hard one all day, everyday. 

The II got the biz from Trae but what do you think about bringing him on next year as a 7th or 8th man in our rotation? He’s a free agent. I’m not good with numbers but maybe a 2 year 15 mill type deal? 
 

He’s got really genetically given fast twitch and he’s strong, unpolished but a hustler no doubt that can bring a certain defensive identity to our bench and club overall. 
 

Too bad his dad has a gig, otherwise bring him on as a assistant. GP I, II and Trae in practice. Mitten would only get better.

Plus, he’s got nice calves. Strong  

Spud’s gf: 
 

  

[Spud2nique]

1 minute ago, Spud2nique said:

Plus, he’s got nice calves. Strong  

Marcus Smartish type body.  

[terrell]

13 hours ago, Atlantaholic said:

This was a masterpiece by Trae. Not gonna find a PG play better than this.

No turnovers in the second half, and only 3 on the entire game.  When he takes care of the ball and makes more then half of his shots he is pretty much unstoppable on offense.  And he's been giving more effort on defense lately, which is a plus for us..  Thats all I ever ask of Trae is more effort defensively.. We need some dog defenders around him...And a BIG that can score in the post and shoot a lil bit like Ayton..KAT would be perfect but he aint going anywhere now for sure...

 

 

[terrell]

12 hours ago, Atlantaholic said:

And big ups to Clint. He was awesome snatching those passes and actually finishing. I know some have said Clint hasn't taken a step back, but these type of games were much, much more common last year. Feels like they happen once in a blue moon this season.

He was playing against little kids last night, and played like it. He finished hooks. He finished left handed tips. Made and 1’s. Wtf?? lol...........

Capela played well... 19 point games were a thing of last year. Last night he was last year Capela. Defensively he was solid also.

Edited March 26, 2022 by terrell

[NBASupes]

16 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

@TheNorthCydeRises. Come get your boy and tell him stop:

 

....shut up Nate!

Payton actually deserves it. NC was trippin the minute he said it to stan Trae on defense as if he's not the WOAT on that end. I've been on record for saying Jr might be more versatile on that end than his pops due to his athleticism. 

[NBASupes]

15 hours ago, Atlantaholic said:

This was a masterpiece by Trae. Not gonna find a PG play better than this.

When he's offensively on, he might even be worth an extremely rare 55 offensive wins. Yes, that's peak of the prime LeBron and MJ offensive territory. I truly believe Trae can be the GOAT offensive player. Like MJ, I just think you must get the right supporting cast. Because of Trae defense, its gonna be tough. Kinda like building a contender around Dirk but even tougher than that. 

[NBASupes]

15 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

Me and @Diesel on the same page. We really can't afford to let Gallo go. He's just too versatile offensively and he might be our 4th most valuable player right now even over Bogi and Hunter to our overall ability. Not saying he's the value of either because he's not. 

[NBASupes]

15 hours ago, Atlantaholic said:

And big ups to Clint. He was awesome snatching those passes and actually finishing. I know some have said Clint hasn't taken a step back, but these type of games were much, much more common last year. Feels like they happen once in a blue moon this season.

He hasn't taken a step back. The game plans of other teams have taken a step forward in game planning Capela. Without a legible big, GS was just too small and Clint unlike the Houston game, rose to the occasion. 

[JTB]

10 hours ago, NBASupes said:

When he's offensively on, he might even be worth an extremely rare 55 offensive wins. Yes, that's peak of the prime LeBron and MJ offensive territory. I truly believe Trae can be the GOAT offensive player. Like MJ, I just think you must get the right supporting cast. Because of Trae defense, its gonna be tough. Kinda like building a contender around Dirk but even tougher than that. 

We are going to get there and find the right pieces 

[Final_quest]

20 hours ago, terrell said:

No turnovers in the second half, and only 3 on the entire game.  When he takes care of the ball and makes more then half of his shots he is pretty much unstoppable on offense.  And he's been giving more effort on defense lately, which is a plus for us..  Thats all I ever ask of Trae is more effort defensively.. We need some dog defenders around him...And a BIG that can score in the post and shoot a lil bit like Ayton..KAT would be perfect but he aint going anywhere now for sure...

 

 

He is on pace to be the first person with 2000 points, 700 assists, and fewer than 300 turnovers in a season.  Turnovers are not his problem.  He can improve, but not a major area of concern.