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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:24 pm
I’m a 40 year old that has followed the Hawks due to being born and raised in Atlanta but it’s over now. I’ve been a Jimmy fanatic since he was a rookie; he is my favorite player of All Time along with Steph (Jimmy has a better career net rating than LeBron if you weren’t aware. I will cite net ratings pretty regularly because I’ve found them to be terribly accurate as I can guess them very well with only a few box columns and player recollection).
I’ve been a Spo fan since he fashioned the best defensive and team-oriented version of the aforementioned LeBron. Buying the Heat league pass sometime today. Would’ve happened much earlier if not for Mike Budenholzer’s tenure where I truly learned about some of the nuts and bolts of Popovich Play. You all have enjoyed this for some time as Spo has adopted so much from Pop (and probably improved upon some things as he approaches Phil Jackson’s career win total).
I just respect the heck out of the continuity and no-nonsense approach of the franchise top to bottom. I view 80% of the league in an opposite light.
Hawks fans are a pretty casual lot, even the more knowledgeable ones. I was a member of a Hawks message board with hundreds of contributors but I’m the only one who realizes Delon Wright (120 O Rating, 114 D Rating) has been considerably better than Trae Young (115/ 117) without having to cite advanced metrics. I wanted to join a community who doesn’t see that as a “hot take” (and familiar with his brother lol). Y’all know Spo wouldn’t dare play a player with Trae Young’s profile (non-arguably the worst combination of off ball play and defending in the Association), on-ball mastery be damned.
I know you all saw the difference in this past two-game set (Wright +5, Young -35).” Delon extended the defense into the backcourt with a solid point of attack and made sound decisions. Young unbalances the defense on every play, has to be hidden from the point of attack, and commits horrible turns because he doesn’t understand non-assist, possessing-advancing passing. Kyle Lowry has historically dominated Trae only playing at about 75% intensity. Along with a host of BUs who care about defense and ball protection.
Floor Game isn’t readily apparent to a majority of NBA viewers: how a great one piles up wins (Jimmy, Kyle) and an awful one (Trae Young, Dame Lilliard, Westbrick) contributes to losing. They can’t fathom how certain high usage, high volume guys hurt their teams’ offense with predictability and shaky chemistry. Many times the Heat send out 5 guys with well above average spatial recognition, defensive effort and IQ, off ball prowess, shot selection, unselfishness, boxing out, adherence to scouting, and about a dozen other facets of great floor approach. A player like Tyler doesn’t pile up rebounds deep in the playoffs without a coach who brow-beats it out of him like Spo. Who else would’ve turned Kendrick Nunn into a good starter? Nurse is a long shot.
So y’all are stuck with me. When Bam returns (and Oladipo sometime this decade) the East is gonna be a stick of margarine for the heated katana sword that is the Heat.
I’m from a neighborhood in Atlanta called Ben Hill but maybe I change my name to “Biscayne Boy?” I like the ring of it lol.
I’ve been a Spo fan since he fashioned the best defensive and team-oriented version of the aforementioned LeBron. Buying the Heat league pass sometime today. Would’ve happened much earlier if not for Mike Budenholzer’s tenure where I truly learned about some of the nuts and bolts of Popovich Play. You all have enjoyed this for some time as Spo has adopted so much from Pop (and probably improved upon some things as he approaches Phil Jackson’s career win total).
I just respect the heck out of the continuity and no-nonsense approach of the franchise top to bottom. I view 80% of the league in an opposite light.
Hawks fans are a pretty casual lot, even the more knowledgeable ones. I was a member of a Hawks message board with hundreds of contributors but I’m the only one who realizes Delon Wright (120 O Rating, 114 D Rating) has been considerably better than Trae Young (115/ 117) without having to cite advanced metrics. I wanted to join a community who doesn’t see that as a “hot take” (and familiar with his brother lol). Y’all know Spo wouldn’t dare play a player with Trae Young’s profile (non-arguably the worst combination of off ball play and defending in the Association), on-ball mastery be damned.
I know you all saw the difference in this past two-game set (Wright +5, Young -35).” Delon extended the defense into the backcourt with a solid point of attack and made sound decisions. Young unbalances the defense on every play, has to be hidden from the point of attack, and commits horrible turns because he doesn’t understand non-assist, possessing-advancing passing. Kyle Lowry has historically dominated Trae only playing at about 75% intensity. Along with a host of BUs who care about defense and ball protection.
Floor Game isn’t readily apparent to a majority of NBA viewers: how a great one piles up wins (Jimmy, Kyle) and an awful one (Trae Young, Dame Lilliard, Westbrick) contributes to losing. They can’t fathom how certain high usage, high volume guys hurt their teams’ offense with predictability and shaky chemistry. Many times the Heat send out 5 guys with well above average spatial recognition, defensive effort and IQ, off ball prowess, shot selection, unselfishness, boxing out, adherence to scouting, and about a dozen other facets of great floor approach. A player like Tyler doesn’t pile up rebounds deep in the playoffs without a coach who brow-beats it out of him like Spo. Who else would’ve turned Kendrick Nunn into a good starter? Nurse is a long shot.
So y’all are stuck with me. When Bam returns (and Oladipo sometime this decade) the East is gonna be a stick of margarine for the heated katana sword that is the Heat.
I’m from a neighborhood in Atlanta called Ben Hill but maybe I change my name to “Biscayne Boy?” I like the ring of it lol.