Official Game Thread: Hawks at Bucks -- ECF GAME 1

[Gray Mule]

We're not supposed to be here.  We continue to hear this.  They insulted NY because they let the Hawks win that series.  Wasn't supposed to happen.  Then, they really insulted the 76ers because everyone knows that they are a much better team than the Hawks.  Now, Bucks are so much favored everyone is in shock.  They, like our 2 prior foes, let these upstart youngsters win game one and remove the home court edge.

To me, it's an insult to declare that any team simply let Atlanta win.  They just can't bring themselves to believe that the Atlanta Hawks actually may have just won the game in question.

[JeffS17]

9 hours ago, HawkingAwesome said:

evan turner hate tweeting?

Evan Turner witnessing the power of what him + a 1st can do

[Hawkmoor]

Somehow...ESPN has made their opening segment about Steph Curry.

[klharper]

this is as fair as we’re gonna get.  VC of course knows Trae’s had it since day 1, and PJ admits he didn’t know enough/was wrong about Trae.

[aali34]

9 hours ago, HawkingAwesome said:

evan turner hate tweeting?

What he say?

[macdaddy]

I love being the underdog and surprising people but I am tiring of all this 'Trae seems better than we thought'  or worse 'How did Trae all of a sudden become this great player'    F U guys.   Watch the games like you're paid to do.     You've been wrong for 3 years about Trae.   The whole league has been.  

[bleachkit]

I hope we get to see some Cam for game 2. Solo made his minutes count though, probably his best of the playoffs so far. 

[NBASupes]

5 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

I love being the underdog and surprising people but I am tiring of all this 'Trae seems better than we thought'  or worse 'How did Trae all of a sudden become this great player'    F U guys.   Watch the games like you're paid to do.     You've been wrong for 3 years about Trae.   The whole league has been.  

Nobody watches the Hawks is my favorite quote when debating people on this roster when people say stupid shit they don't know.

[RandomFan]

 

[RandomFan]

 

[JeffS17]

25 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

Nobody watches the Hawks is my favorite quote when debating people on this roster when people say stupid shit they don't know.

My favorite is all the people watching the Hawks for the first time discounting Trae's game because our roster is "just so good".  The same crowd that clowned Collins for wanting to get paid, said we overpaid Bogi and Gallo, didn't know who Heurter was before game 7, and still don't know Hunter/Reddish exist.  We're playing Solomon Hill 20 minutes last night and it's the elite roster that makes Trae good.  And I'm not even knocking our roster -- Schlenk has done an amazing job and frankly we probably have the most young talent in the league, but we're playing without our 2 best wing defenders that would be EXTREMELY helpful in this series.  It just amazes me how far people will go to contort the narrative to take away from Trae

[swanlee]

2 hours ago, Dejay said:

You're not lying. It is literally like Neo discovering his powers in the first Matrix movie, Hot Rod becoming Rodimus Prime, or Bruce Leroy getting the glow in The Last Dragon.

Our NBA world is about to change and for the first time in my 40+ years as a fan, our team is no longer going to be one of the castoffs getting scraps that are left over after the big markets and cool teams have eaten. In fact, this dude is leading us to become the ones who sit at the head of the table and call the shots. As great as Nique was (and he was indeed great), he never got us to the heights that we're about to experience with this run and the ones to come.

We finally have the superstar and the pieces (albeit injured). We have the coach. We have the support of ownership instead of the marks at AOL or the Notorious ASG. And for the first time I could recall, we have a front office who unlike their predecessors, doesn't blow draft picks, waste cap space on guys who scream about playing elsewhere or ready to retire, or is more than happy about getting to the first round without risking anything by daring to be great. And we have the entire city behind them and not just waiting on the other shoe to drop. Instead, our team has become that shoe in other cities (think Philly and Knick fans aren't looking at Milwaukee, like 'told ya so' right about now?).

It's a moment that each and every one of us on this board has endured countless heartbreaks and many losses to finally see. Savor this next chapter of Hawks basketball, folks...

We also have Starr from The Lost Boys as a part owner, no other team has that

[RandomFan]

LMAO

 

[hawkman]

27 minutes ago, RandomFan said:

 

He's going to be #3 on that list by next week. 

[TheTruth]

33 minutes ago, RandomFan said:

LMAO

 

I laughed and squealed like a giddy teenage school girl being asked to the prom over this! 

[thecampster]

 

The wretched look on Skip Bayless' face as he comes to realize Trae is a better teammate, better distributor, more liked player than Luka is better than drinking any fan base's tears.

[NBASupes]

 

[thecampster]

Mike Budenholzer asking Thibbs how to beat Trae Young.

[dalamchops]

one thing i'd like to point out is that we are able to go to Trae for the last shot and be comfortable with him taking it (make or miss), MIL had to have Middleton take the last shot because they can't rely on Giannis when they need a 3. To me that's a psychological advantage

Edited June 24, 2021 by dalamchops

[AHF]

3 hours ago, RandomFan said:

The First Things First crew are all pretty much drinking the Trae Kool-Aid now, bigtime. None more than Nick, which is a very big change. They are all now saying emphatically that Trae is a no doubt Superstar. Nick is even going off, saying he's better than Kyrie. They are gushing over him this morning.