Hawks Post-season Expectations

6ixSide · Post #1 » by **6ixSide** » Fri Feb 6, 2015 6:37 pm

Hey Hawks fans raps fan here,

For many seasons you guys have been considered a "treadmill team" or having a 1st or 2nd round ceiling. Now that you guys are first place in the league and have proven to play against the best what are you're expectations in the playoffs?

theatlfan · Post #2 » by **theatlfan** » Fri Feb 6, 2015 6:50 pm

Considering our streak and our record against the West, I think a ring isn't out of the conversation.

Anything shy of an ECF appearance would be a major upset.

ATLHawksfan21 · Post #3 » by **ATLHawksfan21** » Fri Feb 6, 2015 7:05 pm

I'm guessing the OP voted 2nd round as any person who regularly watches this team knows a second round exit would be a colossal failure.

I agree with atl that anything short of the ECF would be a major upset and I will be disappointed if the Hawks don't make it to the Finals. The Cavs seem to be the only worthy opponent in the East and I'm not sold on the Cavs like every one else seems to be. We still present huge mismatches for them. Love can't guard Millsap or Horford. Mozgov won't be able to camp in the lane on defense when he is playing against Horford/Antic. Irving may be flashier but Teague plays better winning basketball. I have no faith in J.R. Smith staying disciplined when trying to guard Korver.

I have more faith in the Hawks remaining calm, when facing hardship, than I do this Cavs roster. The Hawks will always follow Bud while I can see Lebron, followed by the others, giving Blatt the cold shoulder when things get tough.

The refs in that potential series scare me more than the Cavs do.

SaiCLE · Post #4 » by **SaiCLE** » Fri Feb 6, 2015 7:29 pm

ATLHawksfan21 wrote:I'm guessing the OP voted 2nd round as any person who regularly watches this team knows a second round exit would be a colossal failure.

I agree with atl that anything short of the ECF would be a major upset and I will be disappointed if the Hawks don't make it to the Finals. The Cavs seem to be the only worthy opponent in the East and I'm not sold on the Cavs like every one else seems to be. We still present huge mismatches for them. Love can't guard Millsap or Horford. Mozgov won't be able to camp in the lane on defense when he is playing against Horford/Antic. Irving may be flashier but Teague plays better winning basketball. I have no faith in J.R. Smith staying disciplined when trying to guard Korver.

I have more faith in the Hawks remaining calm, when facing hardship, than I do this Cavs roster. The Hawks will always follow Bud while I can see Lebron, followed by the others, giving Blatt the cold shoulder when things get tough.

The refs in that potential series scare me more than the Cavs do.

Bias much? It can go both ways, I'm not about to sit here and claim the Cavaliers is the clear favorites or whatever. But I do know you are severely underrating Cleveland.

"I have more faith in the Hawks remaining calm, when facing hardship, than I do this Cavs roster. The Hawks will always follow Bud while I can see Lebron, followed by the others, giving Blatt the cold shoulder when things get tough."

If you really believe this non sense. Guess you guys truly are the 2004 Pistons :nonono:

Hawkeyes · Post #5 » by **Hawkeyes** » Fri Feb 6, 2015 7:33 pm

ECF. No doubt in my mind that Cleveland ends up as the 2 or 3 seed. More than likely the 2 seed in my opinion. We've created enough distance to be able to hang onto the 1 seed even if we enter a bit of a slump. Avoiding Cleveland until the ECF is huge. 2nd round, we could face Washington/Tor/Chi and the only one of that bunch that strikes fear into me is Chicago. However, at the rate Thibs is playing them, they'll be dead in the playoffs.No offense to the other teams, but Toronto has been in a dry spell for awhile now since their hot start and seems lost on offense. They might need a change at head coach because their offensive sets are mind boggling. We're 3-0 vs Washington and Beal/Gortat are vastly overrated imo. I'd be very disappointed if we lost in round 2, and the idea of losing in round 1 is disastrous. I'm predicting Hawks-Cavs ECF which should be a war. I'd have to favor the team with LeBron James.

SaiCLE · Post #6 » by **SaiCLE** » Fri Feb 6, 2015 7:39 pm

Hawkeyes wrote:ECF. No doubt in my mind that Cleveland ends up as the 2 or 3 seed. More than likely the 2 seed in my opinion. We've created enough distance to be able to hang onto the 1 seed even if we enter a bit of a slump. Avoiding Cleveland until the ECF is huge. 2nd round, we could face Washington/Tor/Chi and the only one of that bunch that strikes fear into me is Chicago. However, at the rate Thibs is playing them, they'll be dead in the playoffs. I'd be very disappointed if we lost in round 2, and the idea of losing in round 1 is disastrous. I'm predicting Hawks-Cavs ECF which should be a war. I'd have to favor the team with LeBron James.

You guys will spank Was/Tor/Chi like for real. Hawks/Cavs Ecf could be amazing. Honestly I love your team, and I've been rooting for the Hawks because it's a great story. Now Cavs just need to knock weak Raps team out the 2 seed :nonono:

Post #7 » by **Hawk Eye** » Fri Feb 6, 2015 8:44 pm

It's funny because at the beginning of the season most Hawks fans agreed that our ceiling was the ECF and now most Hawks fans agree that our ceiling is a championship ring. I think it's safe to say that anything short of an appearance in the ECF at this point would be a major disappointment.

ATLHawksfan21 · Post #8 » by **ATLHawksfan21** » Fri Feb 6, 2015 8:49 pm

SaiCLE wrote:
ATLHawksfan21 wrote:I'm guessing the OP voted 2nd round as any person who regularly watches this team knows a second round exit would be a colossal failure.

I agree with atl that anything short of the ECF would be a major upset and I will be disappointed if the Hawks don't make it to the Finals. The Cavs seem to be the only worthy opponent in the East and I'm not sold on the Cavs like every one else seems to be. We still present huge mismatches for them. Love can't guard Millsap or Horford. Mozgov won't be able to camp in the lane on defense when he is playing against Horford/Antic. Irving may be flashier but Teague plays better winning basketball. I have no faith in J.R. Smith staying disciplined when trying to guard Korver.

I have more faith in the Hawks remaining calm, when facing hardship, than I do this Cavs roster. The Hawks will always follow Bud while I can see Lebron, followed by the others, giving Blatt the cold shoulder when things get tough.

The refs in that potential series scare me more than the Cavs do.

Bias much? It can go both ways, I'm not about to sit here and claim the Cavaliers is the clear favorites or whatever. But I do know you are severely underrating Cleveland.

"I have more faith in the Hawks remaining calm, when facing hardship, than I do this Cavs roster. The Hawks will always follow Bud while I can see Lebron, followed by the others, giving Blatt the cold shoulder when things get tough."

If you really believe this non sense. Guess you guys truly are the 2004 Pistons

Please point out the points that I made that are wrong. I guess you missed the part where Lebron was ignoring Blatt earlier in the season. You will never see a Hawks player try to upstage Bud like we have already seen from Lebron. Or how about his weak statements when he was asked about backing Blatt earlier in the year. Cleveland is a very good team but they are also filled with divas and I don't see how any one can deny that.

Post #9 » by **ATL Boy** » Fri Feb 6, 2015 9:19 pm

I picked ECF. I don't really see anyone other than the Cavs knocking us out and we probably won't see them until the Conference Finals.

PandaKidd · Post #10 » by **PandaKidd** » Mon Feb 9, 2015 3:21 pm

Colin Cowherd DESTROYING the Hawks right now. Will get bounced in the 2nd round, cant beat Chicago, have no stars, Korver couldnt guard Scott Van Pelt LOLOL

While i think he has a point, in the playoffs when the game slows down, its different. But The Hawks can beat anyone

ATLHawksfan21 · Post #11 » by **ATLHawksfan21** » Mon Feb 9, 2015 4:09 pm

PandaKidd wrote:Colin Cowherd DESTROYING the Hawks right now. Will get bounced in the 2nd round, cant beat Chicago, have no stars, Korver couldnt guard Scott Van Pelt LOLOL

While i think he has a point, in the playoffs when the game slows down, its different. But The Hawks can beat anyone

They will be just fine. It's not like the Hawks heavily rely on fast break points and they have a very good defense.

Hawkeyes · Post #12 » by **Hawkeyes** » Mon Feb 9, 2015 4:20 pm

PandaKidd wrote:Colin Cowherd DESTROYING the Hawks right now. Will get bounced in the 2nd round, cant beat Chicago, have no stars, Korver couldnt guard Scott Van Pelt LOLOL

While i think he has a point, in the playoffs when the game slows down, its different. But The Hawks can beat anyone

This is great news. Means we probably win the title now. Cowherd doesn't know his head from his ***.

azuresou1 · Post #13 » by **azuresou1** » Mon Feb 9, 2015 6:06 pm

Colin Cowherd makes a living making outlandish claims with poor analysis. In other words, he is a professional troll.

On topic I would be disappointed if we were bounced prior to the ECF. I really think we have the potential to win it all, but at the same time Cleveland can be very dangerous, and you KNOW the West champion is going to be good.

PandaKidd · Post #14 » by **PandaKidd** » Mon Feb 9, 2015 7:45 pm

They must go DEEEEEEEP into the second round and lose against Cleveland or a full strength Bulls. Any other team, Ill feel like its a disappointment.

Now, lots of season left to play , and honestly I hate this "PREDICT THE ECF NOW" game because most teams are 1-2 injuries away from missing the playoffs. We have to remain healthy, and at that point I feel if we continue this play, we can beat anyone. But, I still feel like we are missing the go to scorer. In the playoffs when coaches can prepare for that 1 team for a 7 game series, itll be difficult.

But we are also tough to prepare for because we have so many weapons.

ATLHawksfan21 · Post #15 » by **ATLHawksfan21** » Mon Feb 9, 2015 8:26 pm

PandaKidd wrote:They must go DEEEEEEEP into the second round and lose against Cleveland or a full strength Bulls. Any other team, Ill feel like its a disappointment.

Now, lots of season left to play , and honestly I hate this "PREDICT THE ECF NOW" game because most teams are 1-2 injuries away from missing the playoffs. We have to remain healthy, and at that point I feel if we continue this play, we can beat anyone. But, I still feel like we are missing the go to scorer. In the playoffs when coaches can prepare for that 1 team for a 7 game series, itll be difficult.

But we are also tough to prepare for because we have so many weapons.

Do me a favor and name the teams that we have lost to with a go to scorer this year. Almost every loss has been against teams who share the wealth and don't heavily rely on one or two guys. Bud does a great job of scheming to beat teams who have go to scorers and I think we will see this continue in the playoffs.

I agree with the health part. I wish we could just fast forward through some of these games, get Thabo back and start the playoffs ASAP.

PandaKidd · Post #16 » by **PandaKidd** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:04 am

Regular season isn't the post season.

Now the flip side to cowherds argument is sure we have no superstar, but that can be a strength, as well as a weakness.

I really think, and don't call me crazy, our post season depends on Thabo health. If we can run DMC AND Thabo at say lebron, that will give us a great chance.

Post #17 » by **ATL Boy** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:16 am

I heard Cowherd's rant today. Literally the stupidest thing I've heard all season. Did nothing but kept going to the superstar argument, then went on to say that Chicago would beat us in 5, and that he'd take Cleveland, Chicago, Toronto, and Washington over Atlanta in a series.

Hawkeyes · Post #18 » by **Hawkeyes** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 7:14 pm

ATL Boy wrote:I heard Cowherd's rant today. Literally the stupidest thing I've heard all season. Did nothing but kept going to the superstar argument, then went on to say that Chicago would beat us in 5, and that he'd take Cleveland, Chicago, Toronto, and Washington over Atlanta in a series.

Besides LeBron on Cleveland, what team has a superstar in the East that Atlanta should fear? DRose is only a star if you go by name recognition. He hasn't played anything like he did in his MVP season or before his injuries in general. Teague is right there with Wall, Lowry, and Rose right now. Just a simplistic argument by a guy that has probably seen 10 minutes of the Hawks this season.