Welcome to Atlanta -- AJ Griffin

[Skybox]

He's terrible...banish him to Orl

AJG for 6th pick.

AJG, #15

For…Okeke, #6, DEN 25 frp

[Geaux_Hawks]

AJ played 19.5 mpg and he averaged 7.4 fga a game. 39% from three. How many minutes per game do you want him playing next season?

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Well the hope was to give him Bogi's minutes since we moved on from Huerter, but we extended Bogi already. Hopefully this year, he can crack the rotation enough to alternate with Bogi on who's hot on a given night.

[jayu70]

He's terrible...banish him to Orl

AJG for 6th pick.

AJG, #15

For…Okeke, #6, DEN 25 frp

Pass. I'm too intrigued by AJ's skillset at 19.

[HMFFL]

He's terrible...banish him to Orl

AJG for 6th pick.

AJG, #15

For…Okeke, #6, DEN 25 frp

AJ is a 39% three point shooter. He's not going anywhere..lol

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[CP War Hawks]

He's terrible...banish him to Orl

AJG for 6th pick.

AJG, #15

For…Okeke, #6, DEN 25 frp

I'd still be down for the 6th pick but a few here claim they wouldn't do it... There's smoke around Brown becoming available some way to the Hawks so AJG would be needed to bridge the backcourt: Trae - AJG - Brown - pf - c ....

So here's his rookie highlights to tide you over.

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[Jamaaliver]

Players Who Can Thrive In Bigger Roles Next Season

AJ Griffin, Atlanta Hawks

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The Atlanta Hawks at times flirted with bestowing a larger role upon AJ Griffin during his rookie season. They inevitably didn't have the stomach for it. Griffin didn't see the floor for a single minute during Atlanta's first-round series against the Boston Celtics.

This must change next season.

Defensive shortcomings limit Griffin's bandwidth in lineups with other perimeter liabilities. But he's too scintillating from deep to repress his minutes, which ended up at 19.5 per game. He drilled 39 percent of his triples, including 46.7 percent of his off-the-dribble treys (28-of-60) and 38.6 percent of his step-back attempts (38.5 percent).

Yet, while his outside marksmanship will take center stage, it's Griffin's floor game that renders him must-play. He displayed a real knack for attacking overaggressive (or inattentive) defenses inside the arc, peppering a handful of turnarounds, fadeways, catch-and-drive layups and runners into his arsenal. He dropped in 55.6 percent of his floaters (55-of-90).

Finding more time for Griffin will be hard if the Hawks perimeter rotation goes untouched. Dejounte Murray and Trae Young burn through roughly 35 minutes per game apiece, and Atlanta still has Bogdan Bogdanovic, De'Andre Hunter and Saddiq Bey.

That's not an excuse. Griffin's multi-level shot-making is too tantalizing to deploy in small-medium doses. If the Hawks can't make adequate room for him at the 2 and 3 spots, he deserves to be on a team that can.

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[Jamaaliver]

[HMFFL]

He needs more field goal attempts.
I hope this is obvious to our front office like it is to the fans.

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[tbhawksfan1]

Any thoughts on why he became Mr. DNP under QS?

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[Jamaaliver]

Any thoughts on why he became Mr. DNP under QS?

• An extended shooting slump.
• Rookie wall.
• Winnowing down the rotation to a reasonable number.

AJ had some injuries at Duke and in his 12th grade year of HS. IIRC, His junior year was wiped out by Covid.

All that to say, the kid had never played more than 30 games in a career, was in the midst of an 80+ game season...and had hit the rookie wall pretty hard.

Public comments on AJ from Coach at the time:

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[tbhawksfan1]

Any thoughts on why he became Mr. DNP under QS?

• An extended shooting slump.
• Rookie wall.
• Winnowing down the rotation to a reasonable number.

AJ had some injuries at Duke and in his 12th grade year of HS. IIRC, His junior year was wiped out by Covid.

All that to say, the kid had never played more than 30 games in a career, was in the midst of an 80+ game season...and had hit the rookie wall pretty hard.

Public comments on AJ from Coach at the time:

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Yeah, ok. I'll buy in when I see some some development. More Hawk's players have been regressing than progressing

[jayu70]

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[Jamaaliver]

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I'm pretty conflicted that we almost gifted him away in a Siakam trade...



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[jayu70]

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I'm pretty conflicted that we almost gifted him away in a Siakam trade...



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I think it's more likely that the Raptors ASKED for AJ vs the Hawks offering him up and the Hawks balked and walked away. I just don't see the Hawks giving up both SFs and depending on Bey and Wes Matthews as their SFs going into the season.

[Jamaaliver]

I think it's more likely that the Raptors ASKED for AJ vs the Hawks offering him up and the Hawks balked and walked away.

That is a very optimistic view -- and counter to the on the record reporting.

Atlanta has offered a package centered around De’Andre Hunter, AJ Griffin and draft compensation to Toronto for Siakam, league sources say.

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[jayu70]

I think it's more likely that the Raptors ASKED for AJ vs the Hawks offering him up and the Hawks balked and walked away.

That is a very optimistic view -- and counter to the on the record reporting.

Atlanta has offered a package centered around De’Andre Hunter, AJ Griffin and draft compensation to Toronto for Siakam, league sources say.

The Athltic

Of course Shams is to be believed because he's never wrong.

[Jamaaliver]

Is AJ trying to get traded out of the country...or just blackballed by the Bey Hive?

[jayu70]

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