Jalen Johnson to miss 4-6 weeks!

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

At least no surgery required.

[Final_quest]

Actually could be a lot worse if it was a fracture.  This is gonna be super interesting.  Definitely expect more minutes for Bey.

Do they try Okongwu at the 4?  Hunter? Gueye?

[JayBirdHawk]

4 minutes ago, Final_quest said:

Actually could be a lot worse if it was a fracture.  This is gonna be super interesting.  Definitely expect more minutes for Bey.

Do they try Okongwu at the 4?  Hunter? Gueye?

Gueye is out with a stress fracture in his back. Will be reevaluated around December 10th. Most likely out until 2024, same as Kobe and now JJ.

[JayBirdHawk]

20 minutes ago, Final_quest said:

Actually could be a lot worse if it was a fracture.  This is gonna be super interesting.  Definitely expect more minutes for Bey.

Do they try Okongwu at the 4?  Hunter? Gueye?

Let's start with more Bey minutes and more AJ minutes.  JJ was playing 30mpg.

Hunter will see more minutes at PF. He's going to have to up his rebounding.

OO should also see more minutes just because we'll need more size minutes.

Some Bruno minutes as well...let him use his bulk and athleticism.

[kg01]

Nooooooooo!!!!

F*ck you, Kyle Lose-ma!!  

Fu*k! YOUUUUU!!!!! 

[hylndr11]

we are cooked

[benhillboy]

We just can’t have nice sh#t bruh.  His loss will certainly be felt.  He’s the only player on the roster with a + offensive and defensive box.  I have no confidence that Dre and Bey can account for his absence.  Luckily the schedule through December isn’t daunting at all.

Edited November 26, 2023 by benhillboy

[kg01]

3 minutes ago, hylndr11 said:

we are cooked

Don't lose hope.  I love me some JJ and he's an impactful player.  But we arguably sucked with him.  The solution never lay with him.

1 minute ago, benhillboy said:

We just can’t have nice sh#t bruh.  His loss will certainly be felt.  He’s the only player on the roster with a + offensive and defensive box.  I have no confidence that Dre and Bey can account for his absence.

Agreed, sadly.  This exacerbates the need for personnel moves. 

[aali34]

Kuzma is a bitch that was salty Jalen was gearing for another transition dunk off another forced turnover.

Could tell he wasn't in range to get the block and still went for it.

[JayBirdHawk]

My fear is we'll see more Wes Matthews. 

[JayBirdHawk]

6 minutes ago, kg01 said:

This exacerbates the need for personnel moves. 

Wonder what Kai Jones is up to? Hopefully he's gotten his head right. 

We'd have to trade abd/or release a player to open up a roster spot though.

[AHF]

This where we pay the price for dumping JC for zero value.

[sturt]

41 minutes ago, AHF said:

This where we pay the price for dumping JC for zero value.

Nonsense. Tony Ressler wants a championship. I know because he said so. True to Atlanta.

[shakes]

I thought it was a dirty play by Kuzma.  Did enough to avoid the flagrant, but he knew he had no chance at the block and he also knew he was putting JJ in a terrible spot mid air.

 

I was very disappointed that no one from the Hawks took a run at Kuzma the rest of the game.  If it was hockey he would’ve been targeted all game.

[hawkman]

So glad there was no fracture. 4-6 weeks of down time means he definitely sprained his wrist though. It is his off hand so I think he could easily come back before that.

[terrell]

A lot better than it could have been, but it still sucks....

His breakout was the best part of the season so far IMO, both from a viewing perspective, and from a long-term-success of the Hawks perspective.. smh

Edited November 26, 2023 by terrell

[terrell]

8 minutes ago, hawkman said:

So glad there was no fracture. 4-6 weeks of down time means he definitely sprained his wrist though. It is his off hand so I think he could easily come back before that.

 

[Jody23]

I hope Jalen heals up and feels better soon.  That said, I'm disappointed no one called Kuzma out for that crap.  He clearly wasn't making a play on the ball.  By not letting him know it was foul, he's likely to do it again.

[marco102]