Welcome Back Bruno! and welcome Garrison Mathews.

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

 

 

[djjob23]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRUNO!!!

 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

Let's talk Garrison!

Does he have a chance to stay on the team and make a contribution. He's 26, shot 40% from 3 as a Hawk on 2.8 attempts (10 of 25 in 9 games).  His stats prior to last season, his per game stats as follows:

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2019-20	23	WAS	NBA	SG	18	0	12.6	1.3	3.1	.429	1.1	2.6	.413	0.3	0.6	.500	.598	1.7	1.9	.912	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.8	5.4
2020-21	24	WAS	NBA	SG	64	24	16.2	1.5	3.7	.409	1.2	3.1	.384	0.3	0.6	.538	.570	1.3	1.5	.884	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.2	1.7	5.5
2021-22	25	HOU	NBA	SG	65	33	26.3	2.8	7.1	.399	2.1	5.9	.360	0.7	1.2	.600	.550	2.2	2.8	.794	0.5	2.4	2.9	1.0	0.9	0.4	0.6	2.6	10.0

 

We have a loaded SG rotation with DJ, Bogi, AJ, Bufkin and Wes.

[macdaddy]

2 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Let's talk Garrison!

Does he have a chance to stay on the team and make a contribution. He's 26, shot 40% from 3 as a Hawk on 2.8 attempts (10 of 25 in 9 games).  His stats prior to last season, his per game stats as follows:

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2019-20	23	WAS	NBA	SG	18	0	12.6	1.3	3.1	.429	1.1	2.6	.413	0.3	0.6	.500	.598	1.7	1.9	.912	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.8	5.4
2020-21	24	WAS	NBA	SG	64	24	16.2	1.5	3.7	.409	1.2	3.1	.384	0.3	0.6	.538	.570	1.3	1.5	.884	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.2	1.7	5.5
2021-22	25	HOU	NBA	SG	65	33	26.3	2.8	7.1	.399	2.1	5.9	.360	0.7	1.2	.600	.550	2.2	2.8	.794	0.5	2.4	2.9	1.0	0.9	0.4	0.6	2.6	10.0

 

We have a loaded SG rotation with DJ, Bogi, AJ, Bufkin and Wes.

I don't see how.  If he's getting minutes then i think we have big problems. 

[JayBirdHawk]

Bruno had a 1 game stint with the SkyHawks. (AJ should have gone too).

 

21 mins/8pts(4-9)/5rbs/2assists/1stl/2blks/6TOs

 

He's back.

 

 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

Bruno wanted to go play in GLeague.

 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[AHF]

Bruno is the biggest success off the bench for sure. He has earned his spot in a rotation with us or somewhere else next year.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

The biggest adjustment has to come with Quin.

As soon as OO got healthy ( at least we thought he was healthy ), he absorbed all of Bruno's minutes, and we got DEMOLISHED by the Lakers . . . a frontcourt led team with Lebron and AD.

Quin loves his shooters, and has tried to force feed shooters and smaller players into the frontline.  That has hurt us on defense even MORE than the point of attack defense coming from the guards.  I've been saying this all year, and have been banging the drum for the Hawks to play big since the 2021 playoffs.

Bruno is not a finesse player.  He plays like a BIG, even if he's only 6 - 8 . . 6 - 9.  OO is more of a finesse player who can excel when he's involved offensively.  But he's not going to bang in the paint and get those tough rebounds, or even block his man off.  JJ isn't going to do that either.  He'll use his athleticism to jump over and around people.  But he isn't going to lean on someone to get position for a rebound.  Hunter will not do this either.

Because our frontcourt, for most of the year, hasn't played tough, the team has suffered.

League average is 115.5 points per 100 possessions.  Here is where the Hawks ranked on defense pre All-Star

 

 

Talk about Trae and DJ being at the bottom of this list all you want.  Your front court guys should NOT be at the bottom of any defensive rating list.  If they are, that's a clear indication that they're not doing one of 3 things

• They're not stopping their man from scoring
• They're not securing defensive rebounds to end possessions
• They're not providing adequate rim protection to deter shots

 

In the past 15 games, look at what the frontcourt has done:

 

 

Some of these weak frontcourt teams that we've played, have definitely factored into these much improved ratings.  Bruno and Capela have been off the charts defensively in the middle.  JJ went from mid to good.  Bey jumped from horrible to good.  Hunter's defense went from bad to good.

And contrary to popular belief, this has nothing to do with Trae Young being out.  The effort on the front court has improved . . . with the addition of Bruno being inserted into the lineup.  Vit, in recent games, has also helped in this category.

And I've told ya'll this about Bruno, dating back to 2019

From the article:

Snyder's offense puts the center at the elbow often, a place where Fernando thrives. The strength of his offensive game lies in his ability to time and place his handoffs well while screening and re-screening to free his teammates who curl around him at that elbow. 

 

Quin's adjustment, when OO and JJ come back, is to solidify Bruno as the backup center, while playing OO more at the 4 than at the 5. And reducing JJ's minutes at the 4, and playing him more at the 3.

And if anyone on the team is playing sub par, don't hesitate to go to the bench to see if one of those guys can give us a spark.

 

GO AWAY FROM THOSE SET LINEUP ROTATIONS IN THE 2ND HALF, IF WE ARE LOSING!!. 

 

Coach the game by "feel" . . . not by "script"

 

 

Edited March 28 by TheNorthCydeRises

[macdaddy]

Honestly i can't wait to see Trae play with Bruno.  We haven't really seen that this year. 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

43 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

Honestly i can't wait to see Trae play with Bruno.  We haven't really seen that this year. 

I've been looking for this thread and finally found it.  This is from Bruno's rookie year.  Distinctly pay attention to my breakdown of Bruno's assists and how he worked with Trae.  LP never tried to develop Bruno's potential and didn't let him play through his mistakes.  I've always thought that Bruno would be Trae's ideal running mate at center, because his screens would completely free up Trae to attack the middle.

And now, Bruno's hands are solid enough to catch some of Trae's lobs and really become a scorer in the paint.

But again, it goes back to what I said about LP and then about Nate.  Do these coaches worry more about having scoring threats at every position?  Or do they try to balance out the lineup, so that our frontline stays big?

We have 3 guys on the team ( Trae - DJ - Bogi ) that are talented enough to carry a team offensively, if need be.  Hunter is becoming one of the best 3 point shooters in the league.  The issue is keeping a balance of scoring and defense in the game at all times.  Bruno still has untapped ability as a playmaker that Quin hasn't realized yet.

 

 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

30 total assists for Bruno this year.   15 of them have gone for 3s.   Pay attention to the dribble handoff, then the screen, which leads to the shooter having space to take a 3.  These were some of the same attributes he was displaying as a rookie.

 

https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CFID=&CFPARAMS=&ContextMeasure=AST&GameID=&PlayerID=1628981&Season=2023-24&SeasonType=Regular Season&TeamID=1610612737&flag=1&sct=plot&section=game

[JayBirdHawk]

Let's get him those 3s.

 

 

[macdaddy]

3 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Let's get him those 3s.

 

 

Maybe i'm just being dumb but why is it made 3s vs attempted that qualify you for the leaderboard?  

[JayBirdHawk]

21 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

Maybe i'm just being dumb but why is it made 3s vs attempted that qualify you for the leaderboard?  

All in the percentages I guess. Who has the highest percentage.

[AHF]

2 hours ago, macdaddy said:

Maybe i'm just being dumb but why is it made 3s vs attempted that qualify you for the leaderboard?  

That doesn't make sense to me either.  Maybe there is a minimum number in each category and you only need to satisfy one?  

[JayBirdHawk]

12 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Let's get him those 3s.

 

 

After going 3-3 tonight...7 more to go.

[KB21]

Products of the new Hawks University: Garrison Mathews, Bruno Fernando, and Vit Krejci.  That's along with the jump Jalen Johnson has made under this staff into a star level player.  Things are looking great for Kobe Bufkin as well.  Some may want to point to AJ Griffin as a failure, but there are some weird circumstances surrounding him this year.  I'm not going to write him off yet.  This is a lot like when Bud and his staff developed the likes of Mike Scott, Tim Hardaway Jr, Kent Bazemore, and DeMarre Carroll into rotation players and turned Al Horford and Paul Millsap into stars.  

[macdaddy]

14 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

After going 3-3 tonight...7 more to go.

So this is where it doesn't make any sense to me.   If he goes 6-6 over the next 3 games he won't qualify despite perhaps having the best % in the league.   But if he goes 7-14 he'll qualify?   

[AHF]

1 hour ago, macdaddy said:

So this is where it doesn't make any sense to me.   If he goes 6-6 over the next 3 games he won't qualify despite perhaps having the best % in the league.   But if he goes 7-14 he'll qualify?   

I just looked it up.  The statistical minimum to qualify for 3pt% is 82 3pt shots made.  Number of attempts is irrelevant.  You can quality by going 82-82 or 82-250.  Obviously, once you qualify the leaderboard is driven by % made.