Official Game Thread: heat at Hawks -- GAME 3

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

@TheNorthCydeRises. You alive bruh??? 

What a win!

I was about to be highly pissed until Trae hit that floater. Felt so good after the game that I bought $300 worth of merchandise and gave a bum $20 who was shaking his change cup and yelling "let's go Hawks".

[JayBirdHawk]

Just now, TheNorthCydeRises said:

I was about to be highly pissed until Trae hit that floater. Felt so good after the game that I bought $300 worth of merchandise and gave a bum $20 who was shaking his change cup and yelling "let's go Hawks".

I'm glad you were there for this epic comeback!

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 hour ago, Plainview1981 said:

But you know he wasn't playing too good before the end... He was like 3-9 not too long before.

 

He was also getting to the line. He was 3 - 9 FG, but 5 - 6 FT.  That's 14 pts on 9 shots. He wasn't forcing the issue until late.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 hour ago, HawksNWaffles said:

Look a distraction......

 

Hilarious 

[terrell]

45 minutes ago, Diesel said:

He did.  He put hunter in for one play and Miami scored. 

Im saying in general.. Not tonight.. He was literally talking about taking him out of he rotation this season.

Edited April 23, 2022 by terrell

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 hour ago, NBASupes said:

Wright can't guard a big wing like Hunter can. 

Absolutely false.

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[Atlantaholic]

2 hours ago, terrell said:

Im rooting for Phoenix.. Fk the Pels.. I hate anything in New Orleans..

But........ If  he goes off and they win the title, do they still move on from him? lol

It's to our benefit if both Pheonix and Utah are taken out in the first round. Especially Utah. I was thinking there is no way they move Gobert but if they get taken out by the Mavs without Luka in the first? It might just make him available.

[Atlantaholic]

Imagine if we had Delon last year in that Bucks series guarding Jrue? Man, we gotta keep this guy around. 

[Atlantaholic]

2 hours ago, JTB said:

The way the heat are defending there SHOULD be someone else to step up throughout the whole game.

Heat is purposely telling us hey I’m leaving these guys open…do what you do…

I hope this team is studying the heck out of the film because that corner 3 is open every play damn near due to all the doubling and focus they are showing trae. Unfortunately hunter was missing that shot a lot this game and Bogi was hitting them in the 4th.

Problem with Hunter is not only does he miss those shots too often he also is terrible at swinging the ball or driving it. You need people to drive and dish with the Heat playing the way they are playing. Hunter is a massive liability on the floor for us offensively and a major source of stagnation. 

[terrell]

5 minutes ago, Atlantaholic said:

Problem with Hunter is not only does he miss those shots too often he also is terrible at swinging the ball or driving it. You need people to drive and dish with the Heat playing the way they are playing. Hunter is a massive liability on the floor for us offensively and a major source of stagnation. 

Plus No rebounds. No assists. No steals. No blocks. 17 points and 4 tos. The man plays PF, and SF. How does he not grab 1 single rebound or get 1 assist in 31 minutes?  Hunter made some big shots today, and guarded Butler , but 4 tos from him is unacceptable. 

[terrell]

16 minutes ago, Atlantaholic said:

Imagine if we had Delon last year in that Bucks series guarding Jrue? Man, we gotta keep this guy around. 

His energy, and defense are a beauty to watch. 36 minutes of Wright is needed. He is a perfect player to compete with the Heat. Thabk goodness Nate went away from JC, Hunter, and Gallo in the 4th..

How many times have we seen a lineup of Trae/Delon/Bogi/Huerter/OO this season? Props to Nate..

Edited April 23, 2022 by terrell

[RandomFan]

Lowry is such a punk b*tch. 

Yet people will complain about Trae being a foul merchant and baiter. GTFO. 

[NBASupes]

5 hours ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

Absolutely false.

You always say bullshit when you got bias against a player. Wright ain't in his career been tasked to lock up on big wings. Mainly PGs and smaller guards which makes sense looking at his measurements. 

 

You are a great poster but when you love a player you fib a lot. Like Trae defense is ass. You always try to make it seem like it's not that bad when it's awful most of the time. It's been awful most of this series outside of game 1.

Your latest love is Wright. Now you got this dude locking up like he can guard Jimmy or KD, stop the cap. You do this bullshit too much. I love you bro, for real, I do but I hate the cap. That's why I call you the President of Trae defense force. You will go out of your way to make it look like Trae got no flaws. Sothron do this at times on RealGM but f*** RealGM, I do it there too because its f*** everyone but the Hawks. But on here with your brothers and sisters just don't sit right with me.

Edited April 23, 2022 by NBASupes

[NBASupes]

4 hours ago, terrell said:

His energy, and defense are a beauty to watch. 36 minutes of Wright is needed. He is a perfect player to compete with the Heat. Thabk goodness Nate went away from JC, Hunter, and Gallo in the 4th..

How many times have we seen a lineup of Trae/Delon/Bogi/Huerter/OO this season? Props to Nate..

Miami has such a small ball crew that it calls for unique pairings that we wouldn't use otherwise 

[Final_quest]

4 hours ago, Atlantaholic said:

Problem with Hunter is not only does he miss those shots too often he also is terrible at swinging the ball or driving it. You need people to drive and dish with the Heat playing the way they are playing. Hunter is a massive liability on the floor for us offensively and a major source of stagnation. 

I would add for being a specialist on defense he doesn't disrupt the way Delon does with deflections and steals.  He is a net negative player at this point.  Too many turnovers, not enough rebounds, steals, and assists.  I don't see him making a positive impact on the game, and in this series he needs to step up with Trae being limited by Miami.  

[NBASupes]

11 minutes ago, Final_quest said:

I would add for being a specialist on defense he doesn't disrupt the way Delon does with deflections and steals.  He is a net negative player at this point.  Too many turnovers, not enough rebounds, steals, and assists.  I don't see him making a positive impact on the game, and in this series he needs to step up with Trae being limited by Miami.  

Net negative? LMAO. 

He always been bad at swinging the ball. He drives it just fine but there is no spacing as Miami is selling out to guard everything on the perimeter so dribble drives are hard to come by for anyone on our squad. 

Delon is a better defender than Hunter. No one has said otherwise but he's not a big wing defender. Those are extremely valuable and hard to find in the NBA. Everyone wants em, it's hard to get em and the teams with them barely want to move them.

He don't get that many touches. Ya'll really be doing the most when it comes to Dre. He's not even playing bad, he's just not meeting your personal expectations. He's playing decent.

My ideal personally replacement for Hunter is like a Herb Jones or young Solomon Hill. Big wing, good arms, excellent defensive player who can shoot 3s decently. Good at swinging the rock, cutting and moving off the ball, and just a role player. That's my ideal 3. Hunter is too good and doesn't fit what we do. Holds the ball too long, analyzes the defense like Kawhi and that works in a ball movement system but player movement systems or Heliocentric offenses, those types stagnant play. He's not an easy fit for a lot of teams because he doesn't just do things quickly. This has always been my complaint on Dre for awhile.

Edited April 23, 2022 by NBASupes

[Final_quest]

Stock rising this series:

Delon Wright
Bogi

I love seeing Bogi's confidence.  That snarl he gives after making his shot.  You don't have to worry about him being scared of the moment.  He's played in big games his whole life.  You see it with Luka, too. 

The Yugos get their teens playing like pros earlier than we do.  And those cities come out to watch the games where there are some serious rivalries.  There is less noise in NBA arenas for people like Bogi.