Official Game Thread: Lakers at Hawks

[NBASupes]

1 minute ago, BudBall said:

How did we let this awful laker team score 130+. Just no fight to this team.

The perimeter defense was horrendous. After being ranked 13th on D, we look like Last year's Hawks again on D but even worse.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

4 minutes ago, Sothron said:

It bothers me that they will wait out Nate to "retire" at the end of the season. Pathetic loss. Just f***ing pathetic. We played no defense at all one game after playing great defense against a much, much better Nets team.

 

This was a matchup win for the Lakers.

Once they got Collins into foul trouble, that forced guys like JJ and DJM to guard Lebron.  They were even using a Toscano - Lebron pick and roll on about 2 - 3 plays, to iso Lebron on Trae.

If you blitz Lebron with a double team, he's too good of a passer to do that against.  He'll always find the open man.

[Marvin24Williams]

This team sucks. JC seems to foul out nearly every game. Laughable 

[terrell]

You would think the Lakers are good.... only the f'ing Hawks allowed them to look like world beaters....we are sooo pathetic!! There's No Team in the Association that we can say the Hawks are better than!!!! Not One!!! Get a Real GM in here and allow him to do his Job....

[NBASupes]

3 minutes ago, terrell said:

Where is Murray and JC? lol

What did we get for them?

I forgot about Murray. I been having him.traded so much for Embiid and KAT, I forgot about him

JC a goner.

[Marvin24Williams]

Fire up the Wembanyama thread. This team is cooked

[terrell]

9 minutes ago, Sothron said:

It bothers me that they will wait out Nate to "retire" at the end of the season. Pathetic loss. Just f***ing pathetic. We played no defense at all one game after playing great defense against a much, much better Nets team.

Trae makes everyones job harder on D.. And with no CC, its a wrap..

[BudBall]

13 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

Trae

Griffin

Hunter

Okongwu

Wembanyama 

I wish we didn't extend Hunter so early, he is either injured or having subpar performances. 

[Sothron]

3 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

This was a matchup win for the Lakers.

Once they got Collins into foul trouble, that forced guys like JJ and DJM to guard Lebron.  They were even using a Toscano - Lebron pick and roll on about 2 - 3 plays, to iso Lebron on Trae.

If you blitz Lebron with a double team, he's too good of a passer to do that against.  He'll always find the open man.

I'd rather see G league players like Austin Reeves or Toscano try to beat us than single cover one of the greatest players in NBA history get hot, stay hot, and just take over the game.

When you don't adjust to what isn't working that's giving up as a coach. Nate is done. He's quit on this team. And I know he's going to read this and I don't give a f***. Retire. Go home. 

[NBASupes]

Just now, terrell said:

Trae makes everyones job harder on D.. And with no CC, its a wrap..

I've been saying this for years, he's the WOAT. He's always out of position. It's like defense just gets ten times harder when he's on the court

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Maybe in a game like this, you keep Jalen Johnson in at the 3 for defense, and let him be out there with Collins and Okongwu.

We weren't making any outside shots anyway, so just let Trae and Dejounte handle the offensive scoring.

[NBASupes]

1 minute ago, BudBall said:

I wish we didn't extend Hunter so early, he is either injured or having subpar performances. 

Hunter is fine. He's a top 11-12 SF and after 14, the rest suck and aren't even big wings.

[terrell]

Just now, NBASupes said:

I've been saying this for years, he's the WOAT. He's always out of position. It's like defense just gets ten times harder when he's on the court

Its pretty obvious....

[BrazilianHawk]

1 minute ago, BudBall said:

I wish we didn't extend Hunter so early, he is either injured or having subpar performances. 

And yet he's still one of our best defenders. Good luck allowing 130 for the opponents every night. 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 minute ago, terrell said:

Trae makes everyones job harder on D.. And with no CC, its a wrap..

 

You just can't keep blindly blaming everything on Trae with the defense, when we couldn't get stops with Trae out of the game.

Nate just said it . . we needed to play big bodies on Lebron.  Lebron stayed on the perimeter and attacked.  When we put a smaller guy on him, he attacked the paint.

[NBASupes]

Just now, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

You just can't keep blindly blaming everything on Trae with the defense, when we couldn't get stops with Trae out of the game.

Nate just said it . . we needed to play big bodies on Lebron.  Lebron stayed on the perimeter and attacked.  When we put a smaller guy on him, he attacked the paint.

We don't got a big wing without Hunter,.with Hunter, he's tough to deal with, without Hunter, we just get our ass kicked by LeBron 

[NBASupes]

I ain't tripping, this team don't fit, it is what it is. If you gonna struggle, get me Wembanyama to keep or a great draft asset we can flip to get a star that actually fits around Trae

Edited December 31, 2022 by NBASupes

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Hawks need to add an "energy big" to this lineup.  We have an open roster spot.

In a game like this, when we already have our best big and best wing defender out, we could use an energy big in the game. 

 

 

[Gray Mule]

Just think, if James retires @ 50, he will only play 12 more years!

Nate closes out the calendar year, talking about resigning at the end of the season.  Squawk is talking about him leaving by the end of this calendar year.

GO KINGS!  Beat the Jaz!

[Diesel]

8 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

You just can't keep blindly blaming everything on Trae with the defense, when we couldn't get stops with Trae out of the game.

Nate just said it . . we needed to play big bodies on Lebron.  Lebron stayed on the perimeter and attacked.  When we put a smaller guy on him, he attacked the paint.

Yeah, it's plain stupid.   Bryant had 19/13 rebs or something like that.. that's not Trae.  Most of their points was from scoring inside.   That's not Trae. 

But... I told you... Iso Offense is not win-sustainable.   It makes us reliant on 3 pters that didn't happen in the 3rd and 4th.   We were up by 15.  Had we had offensive plays that had movement, we wouldn't have lost the lead.