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  12. Referendum on Hunter....

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    11 hours ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

     

    I guess he's going off of the theory that white guys hate white basketball players.  Or at least players that come from Duke.

    Because white guys despise Grayson Allen.  And I'll never forget the anger that this guy used to bring to SEC fan bases in the one year he balled out.

     

     

    So I absolute hate Grayson Allen so you had me for a second...but then I remembered I really liked Laettner both at Duke and as a Hawk.

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    2023-24 NBA Regular Season: Notes/Tidbits/Updates etc.

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    12 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

    It's early but JC is playing great in Utah.  Can't believe he's still only 26.  He needed to move on but sucks he couldn't stay a Hawk. 

    stats yes, +/-     = -16.

     

    JC 2023-24  15.0/9.3/1.3/.7/.3

    JJ 2023-24    13.8/7.8/2/1.2/.8

     

    JJ a +50.  lower pp/rpg but better apg/spg/bpg.  Doing the things that cause winning, including closing out, ball chasing, deflections. All things JC could not/did not do.

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  16. Referendum on Hunter....

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    Who I like and who I don't like isn't as simple as good player vs bad.

    I'm more into players living up to their contract/draft slot.

    JJ - Greatly exceeding contract, good/great for draft slot.

    Trae - Living up to draft but underperforming contract right now. If you get alpha contract, you need to give alpha production.

    Hunter - IMHO didn't earn the contract he got, he's close to living up to it now. He has some bad habits he's breaking and I'm withholding judgement right now.

    DJ - exceeding contract.

    CC - underperforming which is why I give him crap.  He's fine, but he's not living up to his hype/contract.

    BB - underperforms contract/hype

    Bey - better than expected

    OO - exceeds contract, a bit below draft expectations (due to be undersized). He just has some limitations that he makes up with when giving great effort.

    Bruno - If he could just stop moving on screens I'd like him a lot more.

    AJ - Jury is out but he's not a contract liability. I get the feeling he'll figure things out and be a huge win.

     

    I don't hate any of them. I love JJ, at times love Trae. at times love DJ. There are times that CC makes me shake my head in disgust but its not hate. I love OO's heart but I know his limitations. BB gives me the biggest emotional swings.  DH is the player I want to root for more than any, I really do.  I just think he's a great athlete playing basketball, but doesn't have that killer in him.  I hope he proves me wrong.  If there's anyone on the team I don't like, its Meth Bogi.  Garrison Matthews just rubs me wrong.

     

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    Referendum on Hunter....

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    There were a couple of plays in the 3rd, early 4th last night where the Hawks were running the Quin offense and were not guard dominant.  During those plays, Hunter looked great.  Offensively he's bought into the scheme and seems both best and happiest when we're running it.  Defensively, its a tale of 2 Hunters.  When he buys in to the collapse on anyone who can drive mindset, he looks very good. When he goes back to wanting to play 1v1 he looks bad.  Waiting to see the all good.

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  25. A player to watch - going to Duke: Cooper Flagg

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    1 hour ago, AHF said:

    I know nothing about the kid but if you are talking about Duke's next stud who is almost certain to get outsized media attention and is almost certain to end up playing on a team other than the Hawks, you are probably talking about a player I'm not going to like or root for.  He may rescue kittens from trees but playing for Duke and then playing against the Hawks puts you in a pretty tough spot for me as a fan.

    LOL he's definitely not rescuing kittens. He's got an FU edge on him.  Stares players down (in high school).  Amazed someone's daddy hasn't handled him yet.  But he's going to get all sorts of attention and has a ton of potential due to a lack of fear and no real holes in his game.

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