Is it me or has this been Trae's best defensive effort since being in the league?

[kg01]

19 minutes ago, Diesel said:

They used to say that Trae is not among the elites because he doesn't play defense. 

 

What will they say now??

"His elbow's too pointy.  Not elite!" - They 

[JayBirdHawk]

53 minutes ago, Diesel said:

They used to say that Trae is not among the elites because he doesn't play defense. 

 

What will they say now??

It's been a week and a half.

Let's see if he can keep it up!

He's still turning the ball over

He's gotta stop hero-balling

I can go on.......

[NBASupes]

26 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

It's been a week and a half.

Let's see if he can keep it up!

He's still turning the ball over

He's gotta stop hero-balling

I can go on.......

Honestly, I agree. It's only been since Quin been here. We aren't hiding him anymore. It's been nice 

[BangHolman]

1 hour ago, Diesel said:

They used to say that Trae is not among the elites because he doesn't play defense. 

 

What will they say now??

We already hear it. Too short, immature, no leadership.

[NBASupes]

16 minutes ago, BangHolman said:

We already hear it. Too short, immature, no leadership.

All of this sounds like wack chatter. 

[RedDawg#8]

They should just say that they don’t like the kid and move on. Enough BS excuses

[bleachkit]

4 minutes ago, RedDawg#8 said:

They should just say that they don’t like the kid and move on. Enough BS excuses

Some criticisms against Trae are fair and quite frankly undeniable. Those being, shooting ineffictiency, high turnovers and poor defense. That being said, some criticisms are probably way overblown, such as the character assassinations asserting he is bad leader, etc. I think making you're 6ft 165 lbs point guard the number one option is a lot to ask, especially in the playoffs where defenses have more leeway. Hopefully we get a star wing or big at some point, and Trae can settle in as a really good number 2. 

[Atlantaholic]

100%. Trae is about to overtake Dejaunte in defensive Raptor... that's wild. 

IMO the Dejounta Trae experiment was a flop. We need a legit 2 way guard next to Trae, Mikal Bridges / Cam Johnson would have been fantastic trade targets but alas they are probably pretty untouchable now. Dejaunte is a PG and his defense at the 2 is sub-par, plus he isn't a consistent enough shooter from the outside to be an optimal pairing next to Trae. If we had kept Huerter and not mae the DJM trade I'd wager we'd be around the same record, maybe 1 or 2 losses more at the most.  If we had kept both Huerter and Delon Wright, we might even be a better team. 

[NBASupes]

16 minutes ago, Atlantaholic said:

100%. Trae is about to overtake Dejaunte in defensive Raptor... that's wild. 

IMO the Dejounta Trae experiment was a flop. We need a legit 2 way guard next to Trae, Mikal Bridges / Cam Johnson would have been fantastic trade targets but alas they are probably pretty untouchable now. Dejaunte is a PG and his defense at the 2 is sub-par, plus he isn't a consistent enough shooter from the outside to be an optimal pairing next to Trae. If we had kept Huerter and not mae the DJM trade I'd wager we'd be around the same record, maybe 1 or 2 losses more at the most.  If we had kept both Huerter and Delon Wright, we might even be a better team. 

They don't have anywhere near the same level of responsibility on defense even with Quin and with Nate, we were hiding him at the expense of others. Let's look at Trae's RAPTOR as a singular win but understand the others far more difficult roles are being penalized. 

16 minutes ago, Atlantaholic said:

100%. Trae is about to overtake Dejaunte in defensive Raptor... that's wild. 

IMO the Dejounta Trae experiment was a flop. We need a legit 2 way guard next to Trae, Mikal Bridges / Cam Johnson would have been fantastic trade targets but alas they are probably pretty untouchable now. Dejaunte is a PG and his defense at the 2 is sub-par, plus he isn't a consistent enough shooter from the outside to be an optimal pairing next to Trae. If we had kept Huerter and not mae the DJM trade I'd wager we'd be around the same record, maybe 1 or 2 losses more at the most.  If we had kept both Huerter and Delon Wright, we might even be a better team. 

They don't have anywhere near the same level of responsibility on defense even with Quin and with Nate, we were hiding him at the expense of others. Let's look at Trae's RAPTOR as a singular win but understand the others far more difficult roles are being penalized. 

[BangHolman]

48 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

All of this sounds like wack chatter. 

100, but it's what they'll use next to discredit him.

[JayBirdHawk]

 

...and these aren't gamble type steals. Keep it up Trae!

[kg01]

18 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

...and these aren't gamble type steals. Keep it up Trae!

"Well everybody knows steals don't mean nothin." - folks that say he doesn't pay attention, at all, on defense 

[Spud2nique]

6 hours ago, kg01 said:

Well everybody knows steals don't mean nothin." -

If Trae is doin it it’s easy but if Jalen Bunsen burner is doing it in NY then omg stop the press EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!  

[AtLaS]

If this is the new Trae and he plays with this effort on D for the rest of his career, he will get back into that top 10 discussion and the Hawks will start winning serious games.  His respect will come.  Just don't revert back to low effort.  Defense is the key to winning in the NBA with very few exceptions.

[warcore]

22 hours ago, kg01 said:

"Well everybody knows steals don't mean nothin." - folks that say he doesn't pay attention, at all, on defense 

as soon as I saw bird posted that I said "Oh I can't wait to see KG's response"

Nice. I'll bet they have no idea cuz they wouldn't dare click this thread. 

[Spud2nique]

32 minutes ago, warcore said:

I'll bet they have no idea cuz they wouldn't dare click this thread. 

Speaking of threads , I miss many of them and catch them months later and think dang, good stuff! 

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[Diesel]

21 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

 

During this play,

Spoiler

I heard Trae say... NO, NO, NO!!

 

[Diesel]

Tre is 33 in the league in both Steals and Steals per game. 

So much for WOAT.

 

[Spud2nique]

36 minutes ago, Diesel said:

 

During this play,

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I heard Trae say... NO, NO, NO!!