Official Playoff Game Thread: heat at Hawks -- GAME 4

[Diesel]

4 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

That's not even 1% accurate but if you want to put that in the atmosphere in hopes that he comes to Atlanta, have at it.

There's several things.. Team Chemistry... But more importantly COST.

[Watchman]

2 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

OO has the hops, it's the body control, JC can do some nice shit with his body. Even that layup he missed for the and 1. That shit was beautiful and flashed the JC we all know.

Capela did clear up a lot of space but once he got tired, he was useless and Miami dominated us since. 

 

Maybe we could lure Mutombo out of retirement.

[JayBirdHawk]

 

Shut up Nate! 

[terrell]

7 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

We got game 5 coming on Tuesday but it almost feels like the series is over. We just could never quite find our groove this year. Gotta try to shake things up game 5. 

At least go with Trae/Delon/Bogi in the backcourt, OR Trae/Bogi/Huerter like last season playoffs and we might have a chance...HUerter seems to play better at the 3 with Bogi at the 2 for whatever reason...

Shake things up or its over.... Trae/Huerter/Hunter/JC aint it

Edited April 25, 2022 by terrell

[JTB]

8 minutes ago, Diesel said:

Dantoni would turn Trae into Harden.. and this would be Houston part 2. 

 

Maybe not he may try to do a recreation of Steve Nash….harden wanted to iso just like he wanted to iso in Brooklyn.

[JayBirdHawk]

8 minutes ago, Watchman said:

And OO routinely is not able to handle the lobs, so we need some help up front.

Practice and Chemistry. Nate and his rotations rarely played OO significant minutes with Trae. He has played most of minutes with Lou, he can roll with Lou but it's rarely a lob, it's a chest pass.

[terrell]

3 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

Shut up Nate!!

[Watchman]

2 minutes ago, terrell said:

At least go with Trae/Delon/Bogi in the backcourt, OR Trae/Bogi/Huerter line last season playoffs and we might have a chance...

Shake things up or its over.... Trae/Huerter/Hunter/JC aint it

I'd recommend Delon, Mays, JJ, Diang, and Knox.

[JayBirdHawk]

Just now, terrell said:

Shut up Nate!!

Hey...that's my line ...gotta go back and edit my post.

[Plainview1981]

10 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

We got game 5 coming on Tuesday but it almost feels like the series is over. We just could never quite find our groove this year. Gotta try to shake things up game 5. 

People are actually going to watch game 5?

[JayBirdHawk]

Just now, Plainview1981 said:

People are actually going to watch game 5?

I will be....going down with Hawks just like the band on the Titanic. I'm all in win or lose.

[NBASupes]

Miami is an exceptional team. I was wrong about them. I always respected them but I underestimated how elite they are at adjustments especially with Butler on the floor. They are the real deal and Atlanta has work to do to be their level 

[Peoriabird]

This is my 2 cents

I don't know why the Hawks can't rebound the ball!!!  The team will need to have at least one 7 footer on it in the future who can rebound the freaking ball when Capela get hurt which he does on a regular basis.

Teams are running pick and roll with Trae's man all game long!  The coaching staff will have to figure something out this offseason otherwise this defense will never be even average.

Trae can't play 36 minutes per game if he isn't scoring or facilitating the offense!  5 assist and 5 turnovers are just ridiculous.  He is unplayable if he isn't collapsing the defense

The Hawks take stupid shots and are encourage to continue because they go in from time to time but you can't win consistently with that kind of offensive philosophy. 

This team needs to find a way to rebound the ball better and find a way to get consistent paint offense outside of lobs and put backs.  And the hawks need to stop playing small ball period.  Its stupid for this team because of Trae and should never be used against a good rebounding team in the playoffs.

[terrell]

3 minutes ago, Plainview1981 said:

People are actually going to watch game 5?

Completely outmatched... Not sure how we won game 3, but we did. This  team needs a complete overhaul. Bunch of soft dudes that can't make outside shots. Terrible draft picks over the years have this team in a really bad spot. Travis needs to take an L on this and fire Nate or else the "talent" we have on this team won't grow.

Edited April 25, 2022 by terrell

[NBASupes]

2 minutes ago, Peoriabird said:

This is my 2 cents

I don't know why the Hawks can't rebound the ball!!!  The team will need to have at least one 7 footer on it in the future who can rebound the freaking ball when Capela get hurt which he does on a regular basis.

Teams are running pick and roll with Trae's man all game long!  The coaching staff will have to figure something out this offseason otherwise this defense will never be even average.

Trae can't play 36 minutes per game if he isn't scoring or facilitating the offense!  5 assist and 5 turnovers are just ridiculous.  He is unplayable if he isn't collapsing the defense

The Hawks take stupid shots and are encourage to continue because they go in from time to time but you can's win consistently with that kind of offensive philosophy. 

This team needs to find a way to rebound the ball better and find a way to get consistent paint offense outside of lobs and put backs.  And the hawks need to stop playing small ball period.  Its stupid for this team because of Trae and should never be used against a good rebounding team in the playoffs.

His defense this series has been WOAT status. But that's expected when you can't hide him. We couldn't hide him and when we tired. Tucker cooked him. Trae is a killer when you got a weaklink but when you don't like Miami. Trae will be in trouble unless you can overwhelm his opponent with the talent of our bigs where they gotta sell out to guard the paint and we can sniper them. 

Edited April 25, 2022 by NBASupes

[TheNorthCydeRises]

7 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Hey...that's my line ...gotta go back and edit my post.

 

Entire promo, if anyone are interested.  Funny stuff right here.

 

[NekiEcko]

@Plainview1981 I got a serious question for you, you talk so much trash about this team but why are you still a fan if you hate this team

[Peoriabird]

6 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

His defense this series has been WOAT status. But that's expected when you can't hide him. We couldn't hide him and when we tired. Tucker cooked him. Trae is a killer when you got a weaklink but when you don't like Miami. Trae will be in trouble unless you can overwhelm his opponent with the talent of our bigs where they gotta sell out to guard the paint and we can sniper them. 

There is a way to get him to be better at pick and roll defense especially against the guards on the Heat.

[terrell]

28 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

JC is versatile as hell. When healthy, can play the PnR, PnP, switch, communicate, has great range, elite movement skills and can defend at a good level. You underrating him because he's hurt right now so you probably forgot about what he does well. JC is worth his contract. He's just too small even when he was healthy. 

Yeah but Every time Dre or Collins puts the ball on the floor it's like watching a raggedy shopping cart with one loose wheel, roll down a hill with its contents bouncing all over the place…neither one of them are good ball handlers and that is why they deflect to shooting jumpers most of the time. If they ain’t hitting their jumpers you can forget about any other aspects of their game.

[NBASupes]

Just now, Peoriabird said:

There is a way to get him to be better at pick and roll defense especially against the guards on the Heat.

The issue is, against Milwaukee, New York, and Philadelphia, when he got screened, he ran like hell from the screen and quickly recovered. His recovery time been off so even when he avoids the screen, he's out of position and Miami is a quick action team, they see it, they take it. They play such good basketball