My final review for the series. I had this series being Hawks in 5 but the media for NY didn't just put up bullitin board material, they fukking wrote a damn book of fukk shyt on us. I have Hawks in 4.
Why?
1. Offensively, Atlanta had nine players who can legit go off (All starters and four 2nd stringers (Lou, Kev, Gallo, and Big O) Snell being more of a role player who and score but doesn't really take a lot of shots ever. NY has only six (R.J., Randle, Rose, IQ, Burks, Bullock).
2. Offensively, you need a superstar on that end, Atlanta has Trae, I don't consider Randle to be one at all. He's averaging 23.1 per36. That's not really impressive. JC was averaging 23.4 for us per36 last year. While he has went off on the Hawks in the last couple of years, we never really went out of our way to gameplan for him if at all. We just make slight in game adjustments. He's not Trae where he's averaging 27/10 per36 where you gotta double team and triple team him but you can't with Bogi in the lineup without paying for it.
3. Defensively, the Knicks don't have no real studs. Noel is their best defender and a damn good one but he's not special and he's food against Capela. Atlanta has Capela and Hunter is special too when healthy. The Knicks remind me of a homeless man's version of my 60 win Hawks. We play a lot more mins than most times in terms of key players, we play harder and execute better than most but in reality, we aren't that good at all. We literally looked weak against Brooklyn who won less than 50% of their games by a lot. We could have lost the series against the Wizards and we got beat down by LeBron without Love or Kyrie in the WOAT fashion in NBA ECF history. This Knick team reminds me of them so much, it's insane but they are WAY worse than those Hawks. The Knicks play excellent team defense but a lot of that is due to rotating, size, and communication, not talent. In the NBA playoffs, you need talent, you want to stop teams' horsepower.
4. Knicks fans love dogging out Nate and it makes sense, he hasn't won a series since Seattle. He hasn't had a team overwhelming better than his opponent since 2009 POR/HOU and when he has outside of that series, he's won the matchups you expect him to win. That said, Nate hasn't been outcoached much with the Hawks, he has to keep it that way against Thibs who while not having the best history either always has gotten his teams when they fit his MO to play the right way.
5. Last the matchup overwhelming favor Atlanta.
What the Knicks have in their favor is their physical play which has impacted us during the season when we don't bring it and the Knicks are best at it in the NBA by a mile, the media which is actually harming them right now, the NBA which wants the Knicks here but that doesn't mean much if you can't play, and bragging rights of winning the RS series 3-0.
I am expecting this to be a tough, physical, and fun to watch series regardless if you are not a fan of either fan. That said, I originally had Hawks with a gentlemen sweep in 5 games but the media unfortunately talked too much shyt in favor for NY, Hawks in 4. I don't expect to see any major blowouts but I don't expect any really close games either.
Knicks media will push for a superstar and an upgrade at the 1 and 5 at the end of the series. Knicks fans on this board will hide under a rock after all of the dumb shyt they were talking and I will be on their ass EVERY fukking day till the end of next season as well. I ain't letting up, I been bookmarking all of the bullshyt I've read from their fans and the media. I am so ready for this more than even the 2018 NBA Draft.
Why?
1. Offensively, Atlanta had nine players who can legit go off (All starters and four 2nd stringers (Lou, Kev, Gallo, and Big O) Snell being more of a role player who and score but doesn't really take a lot of shots ever. NY has only six (R.J., Randle, Rose, IQ, Burks, Bullock).
2. Offensively, you need a superstar on that end, Atlanta has Trae, I don't consider Randle to be one at all. He's averaging 23.1 per36. That's not really impressive. JC was averaging 23.4 for us per36 last year. While he has went off on the Hawks in the last couple of years, we never really went out of our way to gameplan for him if at all. We just make slight in game adjustments. He's not Trae where he's averaging 27/10 per36 where you gotta double team and triple team him but you can't with Bogi in the lineup without paying for it.
3. Defensively, the Knicks don't have no real studs. Noel is their best defender and a damn good one but he's not special and he's food against Capela. Atlanta has Capela and Hunter is special too when healthy. The Knicks remind me of a homeless man's version of my 60 win Hawks. We play a lot more mins than most times in terms of key players, we play harder and execute better than most but in reality, we aren't that good at all. We literally looked weak against Brooklyn who won less than 50% of their games by a lot. We could have lost the series against the Wizards and we got beat down by LeBron without Love or Kyrie in the WOAT fashion in NBA ECF history. This Knick team reminds me of them so much, it's insane but they are WAY worse than those Hawks. The Knicks play excellent team defense but a lot of that is due to rotating, size, and communication, not talent. In the NBA playoffs, you need talent, you want to stop teams' horsepower.
4. Knicks fans love dogging out Nate and it makes sense, he hasn't won a series since Seattle. He hasn't had a team overwhelming better than his opponent since 2009 POR/HOU and when he has outside of that series, he's won the matchups you expect him to win. That said, Nate hasn't been outcoached much with the Hawks, he has to keep it that way against Thibs who while not having the best history either always has gotten his teams when they fit his MO to play the right way.
5. Last the matchup overwhelming favor Atlanta.
What the Knicks have in their favor is their physical play which has impacted us during the season when we don't bring it and the Knicks are best at it in the NBA by a mile, the media which is actually harming them right now, the NBA which wants the Knicks here but that doesn't mean much if you can't play, and bragging rights of winning the RS series 3-0.
I am expecting this to be a tough, physical, and fun to watch series regardless if you are not a fan of either fan. That said, I originally had Hawks with a gentlemen sweep in 5 games but the media unfortunately talked too much shyt in favor for NY, Hawks in 4. I don't expect to see any major blowouts but I don't expect any really close games either.
Knicks media will push for a superstar and an upgrade at the 1 and 5 at the end of the series. Knicks fans on this board will hide under a rock after all of the dumb shyt they were talking and I will be on their ass EVERY fukking day till the end of next season as well. I ain't letting up, I been bookmarking all of the bullshyt I've read from their fans and the media. I am so ready for this more than even the 2018 NBA Draft.
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