Jalen Johnson and Zaccharie Risacher - Reshaping the Forward Spot!

[JayBirdHawk]

Hawks planning for Jalen Johnson, Zaccharie Risacher to be dynamic duo

 

“I know a lot of people said, ‘Are they gonna re-sign Johnson? They have Zaccharie Risacher.’ Well, everything I'm hearing is – and I’m curious if you have heard the same thing – they're like, ‘Hey, we're kind of viewing the 2, 3, and maybe even the 4 is all kind of interchangeable for us. We plan to play them all together.”

That is encouraging for the Hawks’ outlook in 2023-24, and it could be informative about their plans for the starting lineup, where De’Andre Hunter’s future remains unclear.

We already know how Johnson feels about playing alongside Young.

“What I was told was that they're envisioning either surrounding Trae or, maybe in the future if Trae is not on the team – and I'm not saying that they're looking to move him. I'm saying that like they're setting up their roster in a way where they really are valuing a lot of positional size. And they like the idea of playing Risacher with Jaylen Johnson moving forward,” Vecenie told Smith. 

“They see those two as being really good complements to one another where Jalen is this dynamic athlete out in transition who's a playmaker. And then Risacher is your really solid wing who can play really solid help defense, and can knock down shots from the perimeter, and, hopefully, has a little bit more in his bag offensively as he continues to grow, and mature, and his frame fills out.

“I think they're envisioning it totally as these guys can play together, not that they're duplicative of one another.”

That is exciting alone and for what it could mean for Young – who turned heads with a photo alongside Risacher and 2024 offseason trade acquisition Dyson Daniels at his From The Point Weekend – and the Hawks going forward.

 

 

 

[HawkingAwesome]

Wasnt the plan always to surround trae with 6'8 to 10 wings though just weve been missing since hunter and redish

[Packfill]

2 hours ago, HawkingAwesome said:

Wasnt the plan always to surround trae with 6'8 to 10 wings though just weve been missing since hunter and redish

The old plan (drafting and developing long wings around Trae) is the new plan. Travis’ plan is coming together. 

[RedDawg#8]

Yeah, nothing about this seems new or revolutionary. Especially since they are projecting long term, we aren’t even learning anything about who could be starting next season. JJ and ZR are in our future plans, cool thanks.

[macdaddy]

Ultimately Trae/DD/Zacc/JJ/OO is a fantastic lineup

but until Zacc shows he's ready we have options

Trae/Bogi/DD/JJ is a very good option as is Trae/DD/Hunter/JJ

[RedDawg#8]

1 hour ago, macdaddy said:

Ultimately Trae/DD/Zacc/JJ/OO is a fantastic lineup

but until Zacc shows he's ready we have options

Trae/Bogi/DD/JJ is a very good option as is Trae/DD/Hunter/JJ

Quin has his work cut out deciding the best starting group with so many good pieces at the 2/3 spots and deciding who our starting center is.

Our ten man is locked in(barring trade); Trae, JJ, Bogi, DH, DD, ZR, OO, CC, Kobe, Nance.

It's just who gets to play where and how much at this point.

[terrell]

On 9/15/2024 at 2:11 PM, HawkingAwesome said:

Wasnt the plan always to surround trae with 6'8 to 10 wings though just weve been missing since hunter and redish

Yeah Daniels and Risacher cant do anything but help us defensively.... Smh

 

Edited Monday at 09:12 PM by terrell

[RedDawg#8]

4 hours ago, terrell said:

Yeah Daniels and Risacher cant do anything but help us defensively.... Smh

 

Ouch, that’s rough to look at.

[warcore]

9 hours ago, RedDawg#8 said:

Ouch, that’s rough to look at.

you just gotta remind us that we lost Lauren Jbara don't ya?