Premium Member Atlantaholic Posted April 24, 2022 Premium Member Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 1 minute ago, marco102 said: He's been listed as questionable with it? If he's questionable he'll play for sure. Enormous game for the Heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RandomFan Posted April 24, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 This is what Nate should have been doing after the first two games in this series... 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benhillboy Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 I was wondering when Trae was gonna have another State Farm commercial seeing as he plays in, ya know, State Farm Arena. Pretty funny new one with Boban and some WNBA player I’m guessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Diesel Posted April 24, 2022 Premium Member Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 2 hours ago, RandomFan said: This is what Nate should have been doing after the first two games in this series... If it wasn't for Monty Williams, I would say that Jenkins is COTY... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member JayBirdHawk Posted April 26, 2022 Premium Member Report Share Posted April 26, 2022 from tired legs to injury report....mmmmmmm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleachkit Posted April 26, 2022 Report Share Posted April 26, 2022 3 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said: from tired legs to injury report....mmmmmmm So I guess Trae isnt hurt after all. He just isnt playing well right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AHF Posted April 26, 2022 Moderators Report Share Posted April 26, 2022 6 minutes ago, bleachkit said: So I guess Trae isnt hurt after all. He just isnt playing well right now. He isn’t listed on the injury report. That isn’t always the same thing. We should be able to tell pretty easily just watching game 5 by how he is moving. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecampster Posted April 26, 2022 Report Share Posted April 26, 2022 8 hours ago, AHF said: He isn’t listed on the injury report. That isn’t always the same thing. We should be able to tell pretty easily just watching game 5 by how he is moving. There is no "quick" in his first step. He pulls up immediately after step 1. Its pretty obvious his body isn't doing what he'd like it to do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators macdaddy Posted April 26, 2022 Moderators Report Share Posted April 26, 2022 I dont know if anyone else has noticed but there is really no energy on the bench. Guys just sit and watch for the most part except for a couple. I don't think this team is very close. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrell Posted April 26, 2022 Report Share Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) Start Delon and let Trae play offball some. What do we have to lose? Miami is so intent on shutting down Trae on defense, it’s the complete focus of their defensive plan and they’re doing it great. It’s not just his shooting but the prevention of the offense running through Trae, between the late shot clock attempts, to the turnovers, shutting him down is not just about preventing him from scoring. So remove Trae from the equation so to speak, for a game, or even a quarter. I'm not seeing a plan B from Nate.. smh Edited April 26, 2022 by terrell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member JayBirdHawk Posted April 26, 2022 Premium Member Report Share Posted April 26, 2022 22 minutes ago, macdaddy said: I don't know if anyone else has noticed but there is really no energy on the bench. Guys just sit and watch for the most part except for a couple. I don't think this team is very close. The entire team was standing for most of the 4th quarter in game 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrell Posted April 26, 2022 Report Share Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) I would like to see the Hawks play perhaps last game of this season without JC playing any meaningfull time. Play Trae, Kev, Dre, Gallo, CC, and bring OO, Bogi and Delon off the bench. That unit was huge vs. Cleveland and Hornets, and lets be honest (although without CC) that unit took game 3 of this series ( minus Gallo ) inspite of coach Nate being asleep at the weel during that 21-0 stretch. Good Lord I have never seen a coach in my 40 + yrs of watching NBA basketball that lets opponent go on such runs without any reaction. Dude is slow........................................... Edited April 26, 2022 by terrell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators macdaddy Posted April 26, 2022 Moderators Report Share Posted April 26, 2022 32 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said: The entire team was standing for most of the 4th quarter in game 3. Yeah. Maybe i'm wrong. I'm watching other games where the teams are standing almost the whole game. I see Hawks dunks and big threes (although not that many lol) and look at the bench and maybe one guy even moves in their chair. Look at the Heat bench on a floater in the first quarter by PJ followed by JC's three. Only Knox can manage to raise an arm. And that's probably just because he likes 3s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Diesel Posted April 26, 2022 Premium Member Report Share Posted April 26, 2022 1 hour ago, macdaddy said: I dont know if anyone else has noticed but there is really no energy on the bench. Guys just sit and watch for the most part except for a couple. I don't think this team is very close. I don't agree. I've seen the team standing. Game 4, we just didn't have much to celebrate after the first qtr. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Diesel Posted April 26, 2022 Premium Member Report Share Posted April 26, 2022 42 minutes ago, terrell said: I would like to see the Hawks play perhaps last game of this season without JC playing any meaningfull time. Play Trae, Kev, Dre, Gallo, CC, and bring OO, Bogi and Delon off the bench. That unit was huge vs. Cleveland and Hornets, and lets be honest (although without CC) that unit took game 3 of this series ( minus Gallo ) inspite of coach Nate being asleep at the weel during that 21-0 stretch. Good Lord I have never seen a coach in my 40 + yrs of watching NBA basketball that lets opponent go on such runs without any reaction. Dude is slow........................................... Cleveland and Miami are two different beasts. We were able to outrebound Cleveland for the most part. (with their bigs). Miami is out hustling us. Earlier in the series, we were hustling. Last game... No hustle. We have to hustle and play with the same fire we played Cleveland with. If JC can bring that... then he should play. What we need however, is for Gallo to wake up. For Bogi to play the team game. And for Kev and Hunter to limit mistakes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrell Posted April 26, 2022 Report Share Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) Butler is out tonight... Edited April 26, 2022 by terrell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benhillboy Posted April 27, 2022 Report Share Posted April 27, 2022 For the series Dre outperformed the team’s offensive and defensive ratings by 12 points per 100. He culminated a solid series excellently in Game 5. Delon by +25, OO +26. This is the Hawks core. Defense, people. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benhillboy Posted April 28, 2022 Report Share Posted April 28, 2022 (edited) On 4/16/2022 at 10:42 PM, REHawksFan said: FWIW it was a genuine question. I've always liked Jimmy. We probably have different answers but it's a legit question, imo. This is the simplest answer I can give in a head-to-head series: And I think Trae played better defensively on Heat role players than he normally does and made a lot of great possession advancing, non-assist passes in Game 5. Edited April 28, 2022 by benhillboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benhillboy Posted April 28, 2022 Report Share Posted April 28, 2022 (edited) I just can’t understand the notion of filling Traes off ball and defensive holes with other players (they can’t be filled in any fashion). Championship team building just doesn’t work that way. Your focal player HAS to have role player sensibilities that inform and mold his teammates. Edited April 28, 2022 by benhillboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benhillboy Posted April 28, 2022 Report Share Posted April 28, 2022 (edited) I have a glimmer of hope he can expand the areas of the floor where he operates outside of the middle. Three point selection improvement will only come with a college-style disciplinarian at the Head. His non-existent rim finishing ability especially on breaks will always be a team-hampering wart though. Edited April 28, 2022 by benhillboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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