Official Game Thread: Rockets at Hawks -- The Season Opener!

[Guest]

You need to sneak in early and swap out Harry's big flag with one that says "Hawksquawk!"

 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, shakes said:

wait...are you my father?    

Are you Luke Skywalker?

Agree on the second part...maybe we should go all out and do it at the UC?   

Monday, Jan 23 & Tuesday April 4....hmm.    Wish there was one on a weekend.  Not a huge fan of going to a game on weekday now that I live in the suburbs. 

I'm retired so the United Center works for me.  Probably not for my son.  You and I both sound creepy enough that we shouldn't watch the game at one of each other's houses .

Hmmm... we'll have to figure something out.  Maybe go to a sports bar (of your choosing) and watch one of the nationally televised games if we can arrange in advance to get a set tuned to the game?

 

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

 

[lethalweapon3]

"...NOW FACE NORTH..."

~lw3

[TheNorthCydeRises]

2 hours ago, NBASupes said:

Houston doesn't have Ballys

See if you can go online and stream it from their website.

[Spud2nique]

4 hours ago, Final_quest said:

Crazy overreactions on Hawksquawk!

I don’t know what you mean. 

[JayBirdHawk]

Burning Questions:

1. Who will make the first basket of the 2022-23 season. 1st 2 ptr, 1 3ptr?

2. Will Trae get a Technical foul called on him tonight?

3. How many minutes will JJ get?

4. How many minutes will AJ get?

5. How many minutes does Nate play his all bench lineup?

[macdaddy]

Burning Questions:

1. Who will make the first basket of the 2022-23 season. 1st 2 ptr, 1 3ptr?

JC

2. Will Trae get a Technical foul called on him tonight?

No

3. How many minutes will JJ get?

14

4. How many minutes will AJ get?

6

5. How many minutes does Nate play his all bench lineup?

0

[warcore]

4 hours ago, Diesel said:

Mine too!!

Am I the only one that didn't know Diesel was married to shakes???!! Guess you love that yellow hat...

Congrats to both of you! (forrealz)

[JayBirdHawk]

3 minutes ago, warcore said:

Am I the only one that didn't know Diesel was married to shakes???!! Guess you love that yellow hat...

Congrats to both of you! (forrealz)

Start of season shenanigans .   

[Spud2nique]

33 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

Burning Questions:

1. Who will make the first basket of the 2022-23 season. 1st 2 ptr, 1 3ptr?

JC

2. Will Trae get a Technical foul called on him tonight?

No

3. How many minutes will JJ get?

14

4. How many minutes will AJ get?

6

5. How many minutes does Nate play his all bench lineup?

0

1. It’ll be JC rolling to the basket off a screen n roll with DM. 2 pt lay in.

2. No.

3. 11

4. 10

5. Hmm… all bench? Like all 5 dudes from the pine at once in the game? 7 minutes? 

[Spud2nique]

If you folks start to feel sad in any way about our lineup (no reason to but IF you do) just think 32 years ago when we opened the 90-91 season, our starting center was Jon Koncak. Even as a kid, I remember other kids teasing in high school saying we were a donut of a team because Koncak was a hole 🕳.

Fast forward 32 years…

Our starting center is Clint Capela. 4th overall in the NBA in rebounding last year at 11.9 a game.

 

Cheer up we've come a long way 

[Gray Mule]

We already have a Squawk problem:

Define all bench.  Does this mean four players from the bench playing with either Young or Murray?  Or, do we eliminate those two, who we expect to see one of them on the floor most all the time?  We've been told that they will alternate which one sits and which one stays.

This problem didn't exist until we signed Murray.  Now everything is in a mess.  We don't know if we're coming or going nor do we know in which direction?  North, South, East or West?

Back in the day, life was so simple.  Now, everything is complicateed.

 

Edited October 19, 2022 by Gray Mule

[JayBirdHawk]

6 minutes ago, Gray Mule said:

We already have a Squawk problem:

Define all bench.  Does this mean four players from the bench playing with either Young or Murray?  Or, do we eliminate those two, who we expect to see one of them on the floor most all the time?  We've been told that they will alternate which one sits and which one stays.

This problem didn't exist until we signed Murray.  Now everything is in a mess.  We don't know if we're coming or going nor do we know in which direction?  North, South, East or West?

Back in the day, life was so simple.  Now, everything is complicateed.

 

All bench: The Holidaze, AJ, JJ, OO.

[Final_quest]

To me an all bench lineup includes zero starters.  I am 50/50 if it happens.  Will be cool to see what they do with the starters mixing in with the bench.  

[Spud2nique]

My friend the fan says Bruno is starting over Sengun? 

[AHF]

2 minutes ago, Final_quest said:

To me an all bench lineup includes zero starters.  

Exactly.  

[JayBirdHawk]

5 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

My friend the fan says Bruno is starting over Sengun? 

@TheNorthCydeRises over the moon.

[Final_quest]

Burning Questions:

1. Who will make the first basket of the 2022-23 season. 1st 2 ptr, 1 3ptr?

Going with the odds and saying Trae Young for both.  

2. Will Trae get a Technical foul called on him tonight?
Heck no.

3. How many minutes will JJ get?
If he is the backup 4, I am guessing 16 minutes.

4. How many minutes will AJ get?

6 minutes in the 4th after the blowout happens.

5. How many minutes does Nate play his all bench lineup?

Again, 6 minutes!