Official Game Thread: Hawks at Raptors

[JayBirdHawk]

1 minute ago, marco102 said:

hopium

[JayBirdHawk]

12 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

I think Hunter might be the new starting 4 if they don't get Covington but yeah, if they get him. He would be the starter. If they can also get Mann from LA, that would be a massive boost to the bench. It would go from a weakness to a strength. 

How small are you trying to make this team?

What exactly is your ultimate plan with these trades to end up with:

Trae, AHol
DJ, Bogi, Mann
Dre, AJ, Duarte, 
Covington, JJ,
OO, Frank, Favors

[sturt]

11 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Trae and Bogi defensively metrics are falling off the cliff and washing out to sea.

Both have always justified their PT with their offense more than their defense, of course, but the point is well-taken that BogBog's got some work to do if he's to get back to even the replacement-player level we'd seen in the first two seasons. If it's true that the surgery was supposed to help him, the jury's waiting on some evidence of that.

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

Nice. Baby steps

 

 

[benhillboy]

Bruh I never realized Stetson Bennett was a damn baby boomer until yesterday.  Dafuq that man playing amateur ball for lol

[JeffS17]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

No Bogi

Addition by subtraction.  He's been the worse player for us statistically that plays heavy minutes.

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

What I like for DJ was his 6 freethrow attempts and 8 rebounds, his rebounding has fallen off from his SAS days.

[JayBirdHawk]

From the Raptors board:

 

I thought watching AJ Griffin was the only son we were watching tonight, but unfortunately the Hawks backcourt sonned the Raptors backcourt.

 



 

 

[benhillboy]

35 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

Going this late into the season without a wire-to-wire win would’ve been awful back in the day.  Today not so much.  With B2Bs being limited I won’t trip over that one too tough either.

AJ is just too cool for school.  A rookie guard shooting .470 with more steals than turnovers halfway through is just unheard of. 
 

The only other players currently doing this I think are Larry Nance Jr, Mitchell Robinson, and Jimmy Butler III, what a coincidence lol.

Edited January 15, 2023 by benhillboy

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

 

 

[sturt]

1 hour ago, sturt said:

 

 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

3 hours ago, sturt said:

The kids are key. The majority of the 2nd unit would have been in their senior, junior and sophomore season a generation ago.

 

Developing the kids is our only chance this season.  The more they continue to play well, the better chance the Hawks have to turn this season completely around.

As long as our coach understands this, we'll be OK.  And I liked the way Trae made it a point to get the ball to AJ when open tonight.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

3 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

AJ and JJ, seems to me that Nate has been artificially capping their minutes at 15 minutes.

 

Their minutes should be automatically extended, if they're playing well and the team is playing well.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Nice. Baby steps

 

 

 

The correct PG type of pass from Murray, was the most impressive thing about that play.  IF he facilitates like that in the half court offense more often, he'll be much better off overall, and it will open his midrange game up even more.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

2 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

How small are you trying to make this team?

What exactly is your ultimate plan with these trades to end up with:

Trae, AHol
DJ, Bogi, Mann
Dre, AJ, Duarte, 
Covington, JJ,
OO, Frank, Favors

 

That's a "we're trying hard, but we're too small . . so we have to tank" type of lineup.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

 

 

 

[ABH]

Nate knows his job is on the line..playing only 8 man rotation..this is not the playoffs..going back to the old nate..he never hardly ever developed players..players will be burned out if he keeps this up

[Diesel]

2 hours ago, ABH said:

Nate knows his job is on the line..playing only 8 man rotation..this is not the playoffs..going back to the old nate..he never hardly ever developed players..players will be burned out if he keeps this up

Nate can't win with an Atlanta Fanbase.  We just won a B2B on the road...  without our starting C...   and now people Bitcching because he didn't play more guys???   If JHoli would have touched the floor, yall would be bitching.   If Frank the Tank would have played for too long.. Yall would be bitching.   We won last night and the game was coached damn near perfect and Nobody gives Nate any credit.   Yall are a cold piece of work. 

[deester11]

9 hours ago, terrell said:

If only Dre could rebound better.. Dude has stone hands..lol

And dribble..and not ISO...and just do stuff better. Grrrrr