Official Game Thread: Hawks at Pelicans (7 PM EST Tip!)

[MarylandHawk]

Jalen Johnson is such a dynamic player.  Now that he is making his jump shots, his game is really opening up. 

[Diesel]

ICE Trae and DJ Flay with the comeback...

As was said.. when we play that motion offense, we are hard to beat!

[terrell]

3 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

Trae finally gets a homegrown Star to play with in JJ after all of these years.....

 

 

 

 

[Diesel]

In all honesty, 

2nd Qtr Zion had me nervous.  He was doing his bowling ball imitation and rolling down the lane and hitting whoever was in the way.   Refs were just giving him the call.  Had me nervous because all of our guys (3s and 4s) were in foul trouble and I expected Willie to just stick with that plan. 

Then after the half, we started cooking. 

Like I told yall from the get go.. a Capela/OO tandem is a very good 1-2 punch.   It's not either/or it's both/and...

 

 

[Diesel]

I can't believe they only got Clint down for 2 blocks....

He Blocked Zion at least 3 times.  

[MarylandHawk]

1 hour ago, Hawkmoor said:

And gave those assists right back. yeah, yeah, yeah.

He had 12 turnovers? I missed that. 

[HawkingAwesome]

House of highlights lowkey hates the hawks bookit

 

Okongwu uwu for short finally has the range.

I love this team

Bogi with the sneaky cookies

I don't need to mention the rest

Hope they can keep this cohesiveness 

 

 

[Final_quest]

12 minutes ago, Diesel said:

In all honesty, 

2nd Qtr Zion had me nervous.  He was doing his bowling ball imitation and rolling down the lane and hitting whoever was in the way.   Refs were just giving him the call.  Had me nervous because all of our guys (3s and 4s) were in foul trouble and I expected Willie to just stick with that plan. 

 

 

They were giving so many quick whistles like Zion was a superstar.  

These wins are sweet.

[kg01]

33 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

Literally someone responded to my comment in this very thread. Go see for yourself. 

Eh, again, you're reading more in his comment than what's really there.  And you're ascribing one person's comment to multiple people. 

[kg01]

13 minutes ago, HawkingAwesome said:

House of highlights lowkey hates the hawks bookit

I watched those highlights and thought the Pelican'ts won.

[terrell]

1 hour ago, TheBigETrain said:

JJ has been great this season. We haven't missed John Collins at all.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 hour ago, hylndr11 said:

That's great and never works in the playoffs , just like some other players we talk about 

 

What is wrong with you guys?  Don't you watch the games?

 

 

 

[bleachkit]

18 minutes ago, kg01 said:

Eh, again, you're reading more in his comment than what's really there.  And you're ascribing one person's comment to multiple people. 

And you said literally no one, and I literally showed you someone in this very thread. 

[marco102]

Watched the game on delay tonight. The Ballysports app crapped out with like 3 minutes to go.  

This was a very solid team win.  New Orleans has been a top 5 defense this year I believe and the Hawks dropped 123 on them easily with an injured Dre and the three not falling. 

The defense this game impressed me the most.  The Hawks are having really good defensive quarters whereas last year that would rarely happen. 

Trae - There's a debate in this thread about him.  All I know is he's playing some really good defense this season and that's all I care about. His shots will start falling and he's going to be right were his normal average is, around 25 pts and 10+ assists again. 

DJ - People will focus on his offense, but his defense and rebounding were great this game.  This season he's really stepped up on the defensive end and that's what the Hawks really need if they expect to not be in the play-in. 

Dre - I didn't expect much from him offensively after the finger injury, but I'm loving the effort this season.  He's rebounding at a much higher rate than year's past. 

JJ - Mannnn!  Where do I begin.  Nate should be in Jail! You can literally see this kids confidence growing and the shooting has been a plus. I'm looking forward to see if he can turn into an All-star caliber player.

Clint - Fantastic game.  No missed bunnies and the defense was great. 

OO - Finally locked up his bugaboo Valanciunas. Great game from him and getting his first couple of threes of the season.

Bey -  Really plays hard.

Bogi - Off night, but stepped up when the Hawks were reeling. 

AJ - No minutes.  Hopefully Quin has a development plan for him and he's not out of Quin's good graces. 

Quin - Brought a modern offensive and defensive system to our young team and it's like night and day.  Starting to believe we won't be in the play-in this year, but don't want to get ahead of myself.  Last year really broke my faith in the Hawks. 

Sorry for the novel.

Edited November 5, 2023 by marco102

[hylndr11]

7 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

What is wrong with you guys?  Don't you watch the games?

 

 

 

It's the philosophy we are talking about, not what happens when he scores that much but if you want to go back to that no problem , everyone else won't be doing shit 

[hylndr11]

Oh, and FTS

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 minute ago, hylndr11 said:

It's the philosophy we are talking about, not what happens when he scores that much but if you want to go back to that no problem , everyone else won't be doing shit 

I'm not against the current philosophy.  Just don't lie and say that the team didn't win or was ineffective when Trae scored a ton of points. All of those points were necessary in past years, just to keep us afloat.

With us running a heavy pick and roll system, Trae was going to have the ball in his hands a ton. And he was masterful at it.

If the new system leads to more wins, while Trae shoots and scores less, that is not a problem for me.

 

Just don't lie and act like when he scored a bunch of points, it was bad for the team.  It absolutely was not.  It led to wins.

[Hawkmoor]

1 hour ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

zero championships since 1958. Whats there to hate?

Edited November 5, 2023 by Hawkmoor

[kg01]

46 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

And you said literally no one, and I literally showed you someone in this very thread. 

Not sure if I shld roll my eyes or shake my head.  

[Diesel]

1 hour ago, HawkingAwesome said:

Hope they can keep this cohesiveness 

Cohesive is a good word.  We have very good chemistry right now.  Last year, we didn't have this.   We were disjointed.  Like I have said before, Quin came in and let Prunty finish running what Nate started.   When Quin got his people in place and time to work with the crew, we're running motion. 

I don't believe that it took only 3 reg season games for us to by in...

But the Minny comeback and this win.. gives us confidence.   Minnesota has a very good team believe it or not.  This team was 4-1.  We got a really tough one on Monday.  I don't think we can take any team in this league for granted.   But our cohesiveness and confidence is started to work for our good. 

1 hour ago, Final_quest said:

They were giving so many quick whistles like Zion was a superstar.  

These wins are sweet.

Dre caught maybe two fouls that were not fouls.