Official Game Thread: Hawks at Cavaliers

[JayBirdHawk]

31 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

The most impressive play in this clip, comes at the 10 second mark.  After setting a top of the arc screen for Trae, he rolls to the basket and Trae finds him with a lob pass that Bruno catches under the basket.  As he gathers himself to go up, 2 Cavs defenders surround him. 

Instead of forcing the shot up, Bruno whips a pass out to Bey for a corner 3 that he knocks down.

That was nice - play making at PF/C is so limited (especially with JJ out).

[SalvorMallow]

19 hours ago, benhillboy said:

I thought Wes brought some stability to the perimeter defense and his +/- says so.  He helped get Mitchell off the ball and scrambled to their shooters who had been having a field day.  He had a team high +8 followed by Bruno’s +7, everyone else in the minus.

Single game +- is almost worthless. The eye test, common sense (37 year old in the twilight of his career) and every other Stat shows Wes has been nearly useless in his time on the floor. 

[Chrimturn]

2 hours ago, SalvorMallow said:

Single game +- is almost worthless. The eye test, common sense (37 year old in the twilight of his career) and every other Stat shows Wes has been nearly useless in his time on the floor. 

+1.  Could have just benefited from being on the court during a rotation when the opponent shot poorly on wide open looks or just didn’t take many shots at all.  

[benhillboy]

6 hours ago, SalvorMallow said:

Single game +- is almost worthless. The eye test, common sense (37 year old in the twilight of his career) and every other Stat shows Wes has been nearly useless in his time on the floor. 

1. It’s certainly not, I surely won’t argue with you though.

2. I would never place your eye test above (or near) mine, I’m sure you feel the same.  
 

I got nearly 15 years of spot on, original, league-wide analysis and forecasting with stats and tape equally balanced  on this board.  Read up.  You can start with my +/- study on Trae’s high-IQ PG counterparts that’s been holding true for years.

Edited December 18, 2023 by benhillboy

[Sothron]

I wish they would give Lundy a real shot. He has been very impressive in the G league. He's an old af rookie so he is NBA ready.

[RedDawg#8]

9 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

That was nice - play making at PF/C is so limited (especially with JJ out).

With our lack of size we should not be bashful about Bruno getting playing time. Unless we plan on signing someone off the street, the answer is NOT to keep rolling out more 6-5 guys. The game felt much different having physicality in the lineup from Bruno.

Even when JJ returns, I hope we start playing big more often now that we have seen that we can still score points with OO at PF in small stints.