Ball4life32 wrote:wemby wrote:Ball4life32 wrote:Spoiler:
Hawks the only treadmill team starting checks 3 guys still on their rookie contract.
Trae 26 yrs old
Dyson 21 yrs old
Risacher 19 yrs old
Johnson 23 yrs old (22 yr old Gueye has been starting for him)
Okongwu 24 yrs old
And obviously 20/10/5 Johnson is out for the year and hawks were multiple games above .500 when he went down. More like hawks have built their team around Trae and don’t have their own picks is why he hasn’t been moved. Hawks 6th most injuries with a young team and still in the playoff race.
Hawks are in the playin because the East is comically bad, in the West they'd be 11th and out altogether right now. But even in the East, they'd be first round fodder even with Jalen Johnson, who by the way is injured A LOT so I wouldn't say this is an anomaly. Bottom line, any team where Trae is the best player is far, far away from contention.
I said playoff race which Hawks would technically be in even if they were in the West and they’re younger than every play in team (West or East) other than maybe the Magic. Point is hawks are too young to be stuck on the treadmill (plus have money to spend this summer) which was my point before for you had to throw in you’re comments about Trae like we haven’t already seen him led a team to an ECF (got hurt when hawks were ahead in the series btw) as a #1 with zero all star teammates.
And JJ’s injuries have been minor so not a ton worried long term, he had +13 on/off when he went down….he makes a huge impact when he’s healthy and makes hawks a lot better team.
Well, if your expectations are low enough that barely making the play in with the 17th record in the league means you're above the treadmill, then be my guest... to each their own I guess.
As for that one lone ECF, we have 7 years worth of history to prove how much of an outlier that was, just thank your lucky stars for Ben Simmons epic meltdown, he had much more to do with you advancing than Trae did.
