2022-23 Hawks Training Camp News and Notes - 09/24/22

[macdaddy]

9 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

I listened live, but I don't remember verbatum at the moment, but this sounds right ^.....as well as this

 

 

 

Luxury tax decision is a day to day thing?  

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Rowland's words... "with the luxury tax"... as I take them, are more indicative of the itchy-trigger-finger premise. The Athletic's guy (evidently just a stand-in, not a permanent Kirschner replacement, btw) chose words similar to Rowland.

That's why I wanted to see how Williams reported it (... and Chouinard for that matter, but he didn't bother).

[MaceCase]

The media didn’t ask the relevant questions…

”AJ, HawkSquawk News here.  What is the significance behind your number choice?  Were you a big Dewayne Dedmon fan?”

[JayBirdHawk]

 

With Bogi limited, I can see AJ and/or Martin getting the bulk of the playing time at SG until Bogi is a full go.

[ShooterSays]

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

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Hawks-Hunter negotiations still a work in progress

The Hawks have until Oct. 17 to make a decision on De’Andre Hunter’s rookie extension. If they do not pick up the extension, Hunter will become a restricted free agent in July, which leaves the option for the Hawks to extend an offer sheet. Hunter can explore his options, and should he receive something more favorable from another team, the Hawks will have to match the offer. If they don’t, Hunter will be able to move on.

Fields said he hoped that both sides would be able to reach an agreement before the deadline, while Hunter said that he left that up to his agent.

Both McMillan and Fields talked of how Hunter fits into the Hawks’ plans for the future as the team aims to compete deep into the playoffs.

For the first time since Hunter was drafted in 2019, he has not had a traditional offseason. So, he took advantage of the time to improve his skill set on offense and defense. Hunter said that he spent the offseason working on his ballhandling to give the team another option.

But Hunter said he aimed to take another step on defense, especially because that was one of the team’s weaker areas last season. Now after seeing his team in action in workouts, he has confidence that they have gotten better.

“We’ve been in the gym for about two or three weeks, just working out and playing pick up things like that, just learning each other’s games, and I feel like that’s big because, you know, we haven’t done that prior to this year,” Hunter said. “So just having that stuff going into training camp helps a lot.”

 

[JayBirdHawk]

Check the NBA twitter feeds for short video clips from Media Day:

 

[Spud2nique]

1 hour ago, MaceCase said:

The media didn’t ask the relevant questions…

”AJ, HawkSquawk News here.  What is the significance behind your number choice?  Were you a big Dewayne Dedmon fan?”

Drobnjak 

[JayBirdHawk]

@Spud2nique....no more baby fat for your boy!

 

[Gray Mule]

JayBirdHawk  Thanks for all your posts.  Good stuff.  

[JayBirdHawk]

 

I have not listened as yet.

[RedDawg#8]

Love Trae talking about championships. If you can’t speak it out loud, you can’t achieve it in real life. Doesn’t mean it WILL happen. But no team accidentally wins a championship. It’s either a goal, a mindset and focus, or nothing at all.

[MarylandHawk]

I love how Dejounte shifted the question about how good him, Dre and Clint could be on defense. He said we all could be…will be good on defense. That is what he expects and he loves defense. 

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What's this? ESPN social media smiling on the Hawks???

 

 

[Diesel]

18 hours ago, ShooterSays said:

DId Hunter hit a growth spurt??  or is Clint just getting smaller?

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3 hours ago, Diesel said:

DId Hunter hit a growth spurt??  or is Clint just getting smaller?

Clint, you see now why I say you need to make it a point to stand shoulder to shoulder w/ your teammates in these pics? People gonna talk if you don't.

[JayBirdHawk]

Does JHol still have the defensive chops?