Official Game Thread: Bucks at Hawks

[JayBirdHawk]

 

From the new guy.

 

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“Until [Young] is back, it’s still body and ball movement. How do we get the ball into those guys’ hands as well, but also facilitate and create shots for them? So Brandon [Goodwin] can help us there, but it won’t [be] his responsibility alone. We’ve got a lot of guys we need to step up and assume that role.”

Shouldn't this be the case even WITH Young...ball and player movement? I haven't seen enough of it at all.

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The Hawks haven’t yet built that sort of structure or clarity of identity. Without its lone playmaker, Atlanta had nothing on which to fall back.....

 

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.....but the Hawks’ defense still struggled to track shooters and cutters – a sign of poor communication and youthful neglect of finer details. “I thought we had, in the first half, a lot of confusion,” Pierce said. “Part of our coverage is to come together when we switch, and we were point-switching. That’s the disconnect that we had in the first half.

Trae should never be switched on a SF. Crabbe was the culprit in not fighting over screens and just calling for the switch.

[Gray Mule]

2 hours ago, Peoriabird said:

When did you turn?  You were always the ray of optimism!

I'm still hoping that things will improve.  Trae has been overdoing the "I am great" bit.  He should have more assists (Providing the players hit their shots) and less shots, out of rhythm, and out of sight.  Those great 90 ft. shots look great when he makes them.  But, he misses a lot of them.

Trae is our leader.  Really?  Where is he leading us?  We stay injured all season and that 25 game suspension ruined what little hope that we had for a decent season.  None of the expiring (4) contracts seem capable of helping.  These vets bring next to nothing.  They just take up space and draw $$$$.  They all should be gone by season's end and, hopefully, some by the trade deadline.

Our GM admits that he blew the off season.  Not the draft.  Just most everything else.  We all want to blame our head coach.  He has very little to work with.  Hawks get blown away, early and often.  And, expect it again and again!

Other than all this, I'm great!

GO ATL HAWKS !!

Beat da Bulls!!

[Peoriabird]

1 minute ago, Gray Mule said:

I'm still hoping that things will improve.  Trae has been overdoing the "I am great" bit.  He should have more assists (Providing the players hit their shots) and less shots, out of rhythm, and out of sight.  Those great 90 ft. shots look great when he makes them.  But, he misses a lot of them.

Trae is our leader.  Really?  Where is he leading us?  We stay injured all season and that 25 game suspension ruined what little hope that we had for a decent season.  None of the expiring (4) contracts seem capable of helping.  These vets bring next to nothing.  They just take up space and draw $$$$.  They all should be gone by season's end and, hopefully, some by the trade deadline.

Our GM admits that he blew the off season.  Not the draft.  Just most everything else.  We all want to blame our head coach.  He has very little to work with.  Hawks get blown away, early and often.

Other than all this, I'm great!

GO ATL HAWKS !!

Beat da Bulls!!

You're making me tearful! Finally you are realizing what I was trying to tell you before the season. I'm so proud of you!

[Gray Mule]

4 minutes ago, Peoriabird said:

You're making me tearful! Finally you are realizing what I was trying to tell you before the season. I'm so proud of you!

Thanks.  But, before the season began Collins wasn't suspended 25 games.  Injuries have happened.  And, finally, how was anyone to know about the 1000 and 1 little things that has gone wrong.

I'll admit.  I was optimistic.  Still, I have hopes of things getting better.  Soon.  When you hit bottom, and the Hawks have, up is the only way left that you can go.

 

[Peoriabird]

2 minutes ago, Gray Mule said:

Thanks.  But, before the season began Collins wasn't suspended 25 games.  Injuries have happened.  And, finally, how was anyone to know about the 1000 and 1 little things that has gone wrong.

I'll admit.  I was optimistic.  Still, I have hopes of things getting better.  Soon.  When you hit bottom, and the Hawks have, up is the only way left that you can go.

 

If the front court is that paper thin to the point where the Hawks get blown out by Chicago twice and then by the Knicks because of one missing person then the team was improperly constructed in the 1st place.  The Hawks just got blown out by a short handed Milwaukee team at home.  What's the excuse for that? Plus the Hawks haven't won since the Collins return.

[Watchman]

2 hours ago, bleachkit said:

It's like Berlin at the end of World War 2. Even the most faithful have succumbed to despair.

The Dark Side of the Hawks is a pathway to many emotions that some consider to be unnaturally depressing.

[JayBirdHawk]

To those of you who a sneaker heads, does Trae's shoes have enough ankle support? They look like it's a mesh upper around the ankles.

 

[Gray Mule]

48 minutes ago, Peoriabird said:

If the front court is that paper thin to the point where the Hawks get blown out by Chicago twice and then by the Knicks because of one missing person then the team was improperly constructed in the 1st place.  The Hawks just got blown out by a short handed Milwaukee team at home.  What's the excuse for that? Plus the Hawks haven't won since the Collins return.

Injuries.  Not able to put a full team on the floor at any time since Collins returned.  Too many rookie mistakes and rookies playing because vets can't do what they are supposed to do.  And, the list just goes on and on.  

[Peoriabird]

3 minutes ago, Gray Mule said:

Injuries.  Not able to put a full team on the floor at any time since Collins returned.  Too many rookie mistakes and rookies playing because vets can't do what they are supposed to do.  And, the list just goes on and on.  

Again...the Bucks were missing the winner of the MVP award last year plus their starting point guard...Who were the Hawks missing?

[bleachkit]

1 hour ago, Peoriabird said:

Again...the Bucks were missing the winner of the MVP award last year plus their starting point guard...Who were the Hawks missing?

We had a full roster. This team is officially hot garbage.

[terrell]

I see Trae stayed in Atlanta to go to the Peach Bowl. lol..

[JayBirdHawk]

1 hour ago, Peoriabird said:

Again...the Bucks were missing the winner of the MVP award last year plus their starting point guard...Who were the Hawks missing?

 

27 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

We had a full roster. This team is officially hot garbage.

Did you guys watch the game?

We were missing our own team MVP for the 2nd half of the game.

Len - he may have offered more resistance vs Brook Lopez instead of Jones.

Parker - he loves playing against his former team, so he might have helped with the 1st quarter scoring instead of Vince playing.

Now they don't equal Giannis, but us playing with a full complement of starters and bench for one whole game would be helpful.

[Peoriabird]

38 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

Did you guys watch the game?

We were missing our own team MVP for the 2nd half of the game.

 

The MVP that was -25 in 15 minutes of play?

[JayBirdHawk]

18 minutes ago, Peoriabird said:

The MVP that was -25 in 15 minutes of play?

You asked who we were missing, I told you. 

[Peoriabird]

On 12/28/2019 at 2:15 PM, Peoriabird said:

If the front court is that paper thin to the point where the Hawks get blown out by Chicago twice and then by the Knicks because of one missing person then the team was improperly constructed in the 1st place. 

Update:  Blown out by the Bulls 3 times.

[turnermx]

21 minutes ago, Peoriabird said:

Update:  Blown out by the Bull 3 times.

Indeed.  I think a big part of the problem is that the Bulls strength is on their front line and the Hawks major weakness is on the front line.  Damion Jones has been a disappointment and despite Collins return and playing well Jabari couldn't play. 

[NBASupes]

30 minutes ago, turnermx said:

Indeed.  I think a big part of the problem is that the Bulls strength is on their front line and the Hawks major weakness is on the front line.  Damion Jones has been a disappointment and despite Collins return and playing well Jabari couldn't play. 

John defense has been bad v. Both Milwaukee and Chicago. He struggled with Ersan, both Lopez, Lauri, and Carter Jr.

[Spud2nique]

1 minute ago, NBASupes said:

Lauri

Cute chick  ... sorry I don’t even know where I’m going with this. Ya the Bulls ran us badly. I got nothin. Too many things need to go better.

[Gray Mule]

1 hour ago, Peoriabird said:

Update:  Blown out by the Bull 3 times.

Not that it really matters, but, the three games that Atlanta has played the Bulls, Chicago has been well rested while the Hawks, in all three games, have played the night before.

Whoever make the schedule apparently likes the Bulls more than the Hawks.  We would have lost any way.  It's just not really fair to force us to play the Bulls, every time, when they are well rested and we have played the night before.  Want to add something else?  Hawks had to travel to the game while our opponent was busy, resting at home.

I know.  Life ain't fair.  But, come on.  Three games is a row like this!

[JayBirdHawk]

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