RedDawg#8

Solomon Hill probably

Rose, Gibson, Bullock, Thibs Plus Randle is playing out of his mind similar to Butler last year who was always good but like, never THAT guy. Not saying they will make a finals run, but they have the right mixture of talent and toughness that carries teams in the playoffs. We can hang with anyone, but don't sleep on them. That series will be ugly and physical and would take a toll on us even if we came out on top.

Heard, and truth be told, it would be honestly lol

What if he does? Why you being a Debbie Downer lol

We need healthy bodies especially at PG. He is much needed reinforcements for this home stretch while we battle with attrition.

Neither could Cam, but that didn't keep him from playing lol

Just a reminder of who he is

Evil villain laugh Finally, the plan is all coming together, muahahahaha!!

My blood just started flowing if you known what I mean lol

I admit fault lol I don't (at least I think don't) care about being right or wrong, I just want us to win. Im happy to always be wrong if we are winning.

I'm emotionally unavailable, hence why I don't hit the like button often lol But Im working on it.

That's it though, we write off their team the way teams write us off. "Oh just shut down Trae and you can beat them." But they have a lot of strong athletic players that are relentless defensively and straight gamers on offense. Noel block shot at a higher rate than Capela, Bullock is a marksman from 3. Rose is a skilled and crafty lead guard, and just when you figure all that out Quickley comes off the bench and starts hitting outrageously tough shots for them. Knicks are a tough opponent this season. They are fearless and smell blood in the water. They are the 2021 version of the Heat right now.

I been saying this since the 1st matchup. Some dudes just love to play against certain teams. Randle circles the Hawks on his schedule. I think over the course of a series we can figure them out, but I'd be interested to see the history of teams that face each other in the playoffs where one swept the other in the regular season.

At this point, it's looking very likely that a 4v5 matchup will involve Hawks and Knicks 3 is Milwaukee. Of all the games we have played would you rather face the Knicks as a 4 or 5 or drop to 6 and play the Bucks?

Facts, and we all know that other than Capela, the best defenders on this team are all in street clothes cheerleading. So the improvement is not because of being surrounded by elite defense. If anything, you have to give a lot of credit to Nate. He is getting the most out of this banged up roster. He is playing Young, Bogi and Huerter together and not getting blown out of the water. He told Kevin that we need him to be better defensively, and Kev has responded. Trae is not locking anybody up, but he for sure is able to his job and has been on the court for many of those 4th quarter defensive stretches. It takes each guy individually to commit to defense for the team to look good. Trae deserves credit for his role in that. Prime example, and I wish I had receipts. But every time the cross matchup tries to post up Trae, they usually come up empty handed. Teams can try to pick on Trae, but he does not reward them with easy buckets. Only when he ends up on the "star" does he really get burned.

The best part about Bogi's play lately is that we actually NEED it and he has been able to produce. So often I see guys get hot for a stretch when things are clicking for the team and then disappear when it matters. Bogi has been hot, but he has also been clutch. He has been covering our butts every night with all the guys out of the lineup. I was wrong about him. Did not see any of this coming. This guy is a baller.

I just want to remind all of the detractors that "lack of size and defense" were the main reasons we decided to pass on Chris Paul in favor of Marvin Williams. 15 years later, he we are nitpicking Trae's D and ignoring his offensive and overall impact. I would also like to point out that whether you use defensive win shares or defensive rating, Trae is far from the worst defensive player in the league. Or at his position. He is better statistically than some of the guys people would replace him with: Morant, SGA, Llilard, Ball, Fox, Kyrie, Lowery, Harden, Beal.... I mean its a who's who of guys Trae can't guard who apparently can't guard Trae either. https://www.nba.com/stats/players/defense/?sort=DEF_WS&dir=-1&Season=2020-21&SeasonType=Regular Season&PlayerPosition=G He HAS gotten better, and he will continue to improve. Change this narrative.

Facts. And to be honest we don't win a lot of these 4th quarter comebacks without Lou getting buckets. Everything happened for a reason and got us to this point.

Loving the vet lineup

Lol saw that too. Schlenk's offseason is looking real good

I'm concerned about when Dre returns and his level of play once he does. But if he can play the way that he was before he got hurt, we are going to be a major, major problem. That 5 man lineup is hard to defend and score against.

Facts. Them boys playing well right now. Ever since Stephen A called Russ out. They have always have been talented with two All NBA type guards leading the way.

I dont wanna hear nothing else about OO being too small to play center. Either keep that energy about Bam, or put it to rest. OO is physically the exact same size as Bam with visually bigger arms on him. Bam looks like he lost some weight this year. But regardless OO can matchup just as well as Bam does. Give him the same amount of time to develop in the NBA and there will be zero question about that.

Wow, dude is everything ok? Wtf did Trae do to you bro?

https://www.nba.com/news/report-trae-youngs-ankle-injury-not-considered-serious According t o ESPN Trae is already listed as out for Sunday too