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I look forward to beating New Orleans but I don't think it will be easy. Zion will be absence but they can be a solid team still. The problem is if they're motivated to play or not.
HMFFL wrote:I look forward to beating New Orleans but I don't think it will be easy. Zion will be absence but they can be a solid team still. The problem is if they're motivated to play or not.
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shakes0 wrote:That's Boolshite, they suck. One of the 3-4 worst teams in the league right now. Look at it this way, last year NOP sucked and didn't make the playoffs. Tomorrow we see that team that couldn't make the playoffs minus 3 of their 4 best players (Zion, Lonzo, Hart).
No excuse to not win this game in convincing fashion.
There’s been too much settling on offense so far. Fifteen percent of the Hawks’ shots this season have been long 2s, the second-most in the league. They’re in the bottom six of 3-point attempts and last in the league in accuracy at the rim. And, again, these are numbers against teams who aren’t nearly as good as the Hawks.
Atlanta has too much talent on the roster to not put it all together and become a top seed in the East, but the first five games have been anything but a statement that the Hawks are deserving of the national respect they think they deserve. Nate McMillan and the players seem to think it’s just the Hawks needing to build chemistry, which is understandable considering the starting five of Trae Young, Bogdan Bogdanovic, De’Andre Hunter, John Collins and Clint Capela barely played together last season because of injuries. It also could be Bogdanovic, Hunter and Capela haven’t been great offensively so far. Capela’s efficiency has been brutal and his rim protection hasn’t been great; Bogdanovic hasn’t been able to fully get into a groove and Hunter hasn’t been as aggressive as he needs to be, though he’s been an elite on-ball defender thus far.
jayu70 wrote:The sizzle is a fizzle. It's only been 5 games so no need to panic. The offense looks a little out of sync and the defense has been horrible.There’s been too much settling on offense so far. Fifteen percent of the Hawks’ shots this season have been long 2s, the second-most in the league. They’re in the bottom six of 3-point attempts and last in the league in accuracy at the rim. And, again, these are numbers against teams who aren’t nearly as good as the Hawks.
Atlanta has too much talent on the roster to not put it all together and become a top seed in the East, but the first five games have been anything but a statement that the Hawks are deserving of the national respect they think they deserve. Nate McMillan and the players seem to think it’s just the Hawks needing to build chemistry, which is understandable considering the starting five of Trae Young, Bogdan Bogdanovic, De’Andre Hunter, John Collins and Clint Capela barely played together last season because of injuries. It also could be Bogdanovic, Hunter and Capela haven’t been great offensively so far. Capela’s efficiency has been brutal and his rim protection hasn’t been great; Bogdanovic hasn’t been able to fully get into a groove and Hunter hasn’t been as aggressive as he needs to be, though he’s been an elite on-ball defender thus far.
John Collins has been phenomenal
Cam Reddish’s confidence
Trae not getting calls
Huerter out of rhythm
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Delon Wright was supposed to help with some of the issues we’ve seen from the Atlanta Hawks
One name that has come up often of late is Delon Wright. The seven-year veteran was acquired via three-team trade over the summer. It was supposed to lessen the drop-off in offensive production the Hawks experienced when Trae Young went to the bench. Their offensive rating dropped 12.4 points when Young sat.
That disparity has grown this season, now to 17.4 points per 100 possessions, despite Wright’s presence.