RedDawg#8

That's good. It must be just staff at this point because we were already at 14/17 players or 82% vaccinated. That was before Lou, who Im guessing got his first dose this time around. I wonder what about the 2nd dose though. Right after the Bucks game would have been ideal to give them plenty of time to recover from symptoms.

Exactly. Very little was said about his injury when it first happened and he has not been in any of the updates or shown anywhere practicing. Whats up with our med team this year, they are so shady with information.

Why haven't we heard anything about Gallo since he went down? They have been suspiciously quiet about him and his injury.

Trae was just rusty, no timing or rhythm, but not injured. His last game before he sat 3 games, he was visibly tender as he moved around. That wasn't the case last night.

Last time we played them JC and Dre hung 30 apiece on their heads. That was without Trae Clint or Bogi. They not trying to see us at full strength. I want them

Too much help defense on guys NOT named Giannis

Rocking the MLK's, you know what that means.

Kiss of Death, Chuck picked us to win tonight smh

Crazy how Chuck thinks we would lose to Boston but can beat the Knicks. Ummmm Knicks and Randle have our number I would not want to see them in a series

We waited for confirmation about Giannis before clearing Trae it seems.

Dre worries me. A lot. This team is real scary if he is healthy and giving us what he was before he went down. Im talking contender status. The way Bogi is playing, plus what you have in Trae, JC and Clint. Lou and Gallo off the bench too? That's a tough team 1-7, with quality depth behind them. No Dre makes us very vulnerable at the 3. At this point I just pray he returns. I'll take his presence in any form right now.

I want to go on record and apologize to everyone for both advocating that we sign Dunn, and gloating when we did. I promise I had good intentions, I had no idea his knee was as unstable as a junkie's living arrangements. Smh

I know this seems ass-backwards, but this is exactly why I prefer to be excited now. There is an over 97 percent chance in ANY team sport that your team will not win it all. And that's if all odds are equal. Its even worse when you factor in Superstars, super teams, and the refs in the NBA. And EVEN WORSE when you consider the Atlanta Sports Curse. So knowing today, that no matter what we do, it's a virtual certainty that our season will end on a loss, I choose instead to further enjoy the moment TODAY and not put off the excitement for later. One day, we will capture the ultimate prize and be World Champions, and if that happens I would much rather say I enjoyed the whole ride, and not just the final seconds of it. I understand the love/hate relationship with Atlanta sports, but my Atlanta fanhood has taught me that if we are going to lose anyway, I only have 2 options, stop watching all together, or seek other goals to find fulfillment. I love watching this team improve. I love watching the growth of the players, and I am excited to tune in to every game I can until we are eliminated. This season is probably the perfect season to be overly optimistic, because we are playing with house money. The bar was set at making the playoffs, and that was before we fired the HC. That was before all of the injuries. Next year and beyond, we will be expected to win playoff series' and contend for the title. Might as well be happy right now that this team is on schedule if not arriving a little early. Nothing's ever promised tomorrow, today. Carpe Diem "Seize the Day". If not now, when? I can go on and on, but you get the point

After the Luka lovefest for his buzzer beater, it was nice to see nba.com post this video today https://www.nba.com/watch/video/best-of-ice-trae-career-clutch-shots?plsrc=nba&collection=top-trending-videos

I see Trae, I see JC. I don't see Gallo, nor have I lately

I honestly get what you are saying. And I agree a trade up was the only way we would gotten a higher upside player. But I also think that even though OO looks like a needs based pick, he also had the highest upside of any of the guys that were there at 6. He is a young prospect and already looks pretty good. The rest of those guys were all older except for Hayes. OO is actually still pretty raw by comparison, so taking him was also a gamble on his potential and not just a safe pick. This draft was never that deep in Elite potential type players. This was not like 2019 or 2018 where All Star potential prospects were available throughout the lottery. This draft was always the one where after the top 3, you had to trust your scouting. I think we filled and need, but also nabbed a guy who should improve a lot over the next few years. Think more like Clint if anything. He seemed like a pretty solid, but limited role player in Houston, but you see how impactful he is now in year 7 for us. I think OO can follow that same path, and maybe quicker in like 3-4 years.

Speaking to the topic, I was casually watching the Mavs vs Grizz last night, and at one point they put up the East standings on the screen and it had the Hawks in 6th place. I had to double take and realized they were showing the standings from like a couple of weeks ago. Very casually the commentator was like, oh those weren't the right standings, Boston actually has 29 wins right now. I'm like, no mention of the Hawks being in 4th place? Being the first team with 30 wins after the "Big 3" in the East? Being closer to 3rd place finally than to 10th as they keep suggesting every time they talk about the East standings? Nope, nothing, okay cool

Facts. And Clint gets double digit rebounds before halftime almost every game it seems. He is collects huge rebounding numbers so easily within a normal game flow. Trae usually has a double digit assist night less frequently with more moderate assist (7-9) games on a consistent basis. Trae's explosive stat outputs have slowed down a lot this season and I expect that trend to continue as the team around him gains confidence and chemistry. There may be a game where everyone gets hot and Trae so happens to be the only guy dishing the ball out, but its much more likely that he has a lot more hockey assists than actual assists with the way Nate has the offense moving the ball around.

Stephen A touched on it today that a lot of teams medical staffs hold out players who otherwise want to play. I could see this being the case with many of our guys right now.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theringer.com/platform/amp/nba/2021/4/15/22385033/atlanta-hawks-trae-young-nate-mcmillan Good read about Coach

Im not so worried about Trae considering he was standing in the sidelines on his feet basically the whole game last night. Gallo worries me a little bit though.

Solo has filled for us all season as guys have gotten banged up. He has been asked to guard quick PG's, true PF's, and even matchup with Lebron James 1-on-1 It just hit me too, that Solo was with Nate up in Indy. Nate was just the assistant at that time, but I think Solo really has a good understanding of what Coach is wanting to do and can help translate it to the young guys. I wonder if Nate was the one who advocated for us to bring Solo in.

JR Smith too Usually its the opponent drilling it in our face like that, its nice to be on the other side lol

I say rebounds, just because its easier to get some cheapy's on the offensive glass than it is to depend on your teammates to make all their shots. Trae's career high assists is 18. So his best output 78.2% of the record Clint's career high rebounds is 26, 78.7% of the record. Trae averages 9.5 assist, which is 42% of the record, Clint averages 14.2 rebs, which is 43% of the record. So they both top out and average in a near exact range of reaching the records. Until JC comes back, Clint has free range on the glass. Trae has to share assists with a multitude of guys who are playing great lately and sharing the ball. I can see Clint grabbing 30 rebs before Trae gets 20 assists. But both records are probably safe from reach.

Giannis has been out of the lineup lately, and they don't have a timetable for his return. He probably misses our game. Bucks also have a back to back from Minny to Atlanta as well so they may have to manage some other guy's minutes either tonight or against us tomorrow. This season is brutal for a lot of teams. We know first hand.