2024-25 NBA Regular Season: Notes/Tidbits/Updates etc.

[theheroatl]

43 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Uuuummmmmm.....

 

@kg01 come get yr boy.

LOL both of them gonna be suspended for that

[Spud2nique]

Sam be like AYE GIMME YO WALLET  

[JeffS17]

On 10/11/2024 at 10:10 AM, Phunkabilly said:

Ya'll hear about the Pelicans thinking about using Herb as their starting center this year?  Seems absolutely asinine to me...

https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/10/pelicans-eyeing-herb-jones-as-probable-starting-center.html

 

I feel bad for DJ man, I was hoping the Pels would assemble a better roster than this but no one wants Ingram.  Ah, who am I kidding, I just need them to beat the Lakers and I'll be happy.  Either way, glad we got that trade off ASAP lol... 

[AHF]

1 minute ago, JeffS17 said:

I feel bad for DJ man, I was hoping the Pels would assemble a better roster than this but no one wants Ingram.  Ah, who am I kidding, I just need them to beat the Lakers and I'll be happy.  Either way, glad we got that trade off ASAP lol... 

NO does seem to be trying to stab itself in the eye.  Really strange decisions to hold McCollum and Ingram and go without a center.  DM was a good deal for them but they seem to be doing everything they can think of to make sure it isn’t successful.  This team needed to move CJ and Ingram and better balance the roster if they were going to make the move for Dejounte.  I think fit issues are going to make this deal look better for us than it actually was as we improve our fit dramatically with no more Trae and DM combined with the additions of DD, Nance, and ZR and NO seems to be run by the Fox executives who managed Firefly.  (How many different ways can we try to **** up a good thing?)

[Gray Mule]

I'm wondering what's happening in practice - Anyone know anything?

So many decisions - - Like, who fits where?

[JayBirdHawk]

12 minutes ago, Gray Mule said:

I'm wondering what's happening in practice - Anyone know anything?

So many decisions - - Like, who fits where?

No practice yesterday - off day.

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[macdaddy]

19 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

This was so great and unexpected. 

[JayBirdHawk]

26 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

This was so great and unexpected. 

Trae said it almost brought him to tears watching.

 

 

[Spud2nique]

I would trade anyone not named Trae, Jalen or Zacc for MPJ.

[REHawksFan]

3 hours ago, Spud2nique said:

I would trade anyone not named Trae, Jalen or Zacc for MPJ.

I like Porter as a player when healthy. But $38M per year? Really?? No thanks. 

[AtLaS]

29 minutes ago, REHawksFan said:

I like Porter as a player when healthy. But $38M per year? Really?? No thanks. 

The way the CBA is designed, above average players get the max.  If you have a great team you can't afford to lose key contributors so you have to pay them.  Because of the "max" contract the very best players in the NBA are underpaid.  No way in hell I want MPJ at that price.  

[ATLHawks3]

5 hours ago, Spud2nique said:

I would trade anyone not named Trae, Jalen or Zacc for MPJ.

I don't like MPJ's contract over the next 3 years especially considering you have to consider Jalen's contract over that duration as well.

 

However, if they're willing do Dre + Nance for MPJ, you'd maybe consider it. 

[RedDawg#8]

On 10/12/2024 at 11:15 AM, AHF said:

NO does seem to be trying to stab itself in the eye.  Really strange decisions to hold McCollum and Ingram and go without a center.  DM was a good deal for them but they seem to be doing everything they can think of to make sure it isn’t successful.  This team needed to move CJ and Ingram and better balance the roster if they were going to make the move for Dejounte.  I think fit issues are going to make this deal look better for us than it actually was as we improve our fit dramatically with no more Trae and DM combined with the additions of DD, Nance, and ZR and NO seems to be run by the Fox executives who managed Firefly.  (How many different ways can we try to **** up a good thing?)

I mean, we could always trade them a center if they really need one lol

December 15th sounds like a good time to play ball with them on a deal lol

[AHF]

1 hour ago, RedDawg#8 said:

I mean, we could always trade them a center if they really need one lol

December 15th sounds like a good time to play ball with them on a deal lol

They have to take Zeller too and pay through the nose for him.

[Spud2nique]

10 hours ago, ATLHawks3 said:

However, if they're willing do Dre + Nance for MPJ, you'd maybe consider it. 

If any of our main piece player leaving is Dre, I’m in.

[bird_dirt]

Posting for the lolz. I think Pels fans can just copy/paste Hawk fan posts from last year.

 

[JayBirdHawk]

Comical.

 

 

[REHawksFan]

15 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Comical.

 

 

I watched the Locked on NBA podcast this morning as the Title was, "Are Atlanta Hawks a Surprise Playoff Contender?" or something like that.  In reality, the actual pod had the guys from the Heat, Hornets, Pacers, and Magic on the video and then they piped in segments from Brad about the Hawks.  Outside of a 30 second clip from one of Brad's videos they didn't mention the Hawks at all. 

It was all about what each of the other 4 teams (including the Hornets for crying out loud) were going to do and whether they could be playoff or play in teams.  They essentially concluded that the Hawks should be a play in team "because the rest of the East sucks at the bottom."  Really?  A backhanded compliment is all we can muster?  

I say that to say, there's literally no coverage of the Hawks from anyone other than local folks who's job is to cover the Hawks.  I cancelled my sub to The Athletic because they essentially eliminated all Hawks coverage.  ESPN can't be bothered to even mention the Hawks unless its projecting them to be Bottom 5 in the NBA defensively.  

I used to think it was just lazy journalism but I'm starting to think it's more personal than that.  People can't fathom that the Hawks can be good or that the Hawks have good players.  The only thing that's going to change that now is winning to create a buzz.  

 

[kg01]

13 minutes ago, REHawksFan said:

I watched the Locked on NBA podcast this morning as the Title was, "Are Atlanta Hawks a Surprise Playoff Contender?" or something like that.  In reality, the actual pod had the guys from the Heat, Hornets, Pacers, and Magic on the video and then they piped in segments from Brad about the Hawks.  Outside of a 30 second clip from one of Brad's videos they didn't mention the Hawks at all. 

It was all about what each of the other 4 teams (including the Hornets for crying out loud) were going to do and whether they could be playoff or play in teams.  They essentially concluded that the Hawks should be a play in team "because the rest of the East sucks at the bottom."  Really?  A backhanded compliment is all we can muster?  

I say that to say, there's literally no coverage of the Hawks from anyone other than local folks who's job is to cover the Hawks.  I cancelled my sub to The Athletic because they essentially eliminated all Hawks coverage.  ESPN can't be bothered to even mention the Hawks unless its projecting them to be Bottom 5 in the NBA defensively.  

I used to think it was just lazy journalism but I'm starting to think it's more personal than that.  People can't fathom that the Hawks can be good or that the Hawks have good players.  The only thing that's going to change that now is winning to create a buzz.  

 

Yesh, yesh .... let the BSPN hate flow through you.  The dark side beckons....