Official 2022-2023 Atlanta Hawks season thread

[AVXL]

Being a basketball fan just ain't fun no more man

Watching this team play basketball is depressing. No energy, no sense of togetherness, just a bunch of guys who play together, but it’s such a selfish uninspired brand of basketball that I can’t watch this shyt for long stretches

 

[Georgiamuscle]

And I was vouching hard as shyt for that nikka during all the contract/trade talks…

I’ve been his biggest detractor. Breh is just mid and puts up numbers against bad teams. He shrinks in the moment.

 

[FreshFromATL]

Some things to note:

Dre is more important to this team than I thought. That nikka being absent leaves a gigantic whole in the Hawks defense on the wing. This is probably a lottery team if him and Capela was to miss a significant amount of time. Hawks done got cooked by Brissett (Pacers), Durant, and now Lebron. Look for this to continue long as Dre is out.

Big O is a good player but he isn’t a full-time NBA Center. I don’t think he could ever replace Capela which is bad because the Hawks spent the #6 pick on him.

John will prolly be a 20-10 player elsewhere. He just don’t fit playing wit both Trae AND Murray.

Hawks may need to choose between Trae/Murray.

Nate has lost the team.

 

[Stone]

The worst move by Travis

Had 2 top 10 picks in 2019 and have gotten next to nothing out of them.

Had so much promise early on but it’s looking more and more like they need to reset

 

[FreshFromATL]

Lebron at 38 out working all these nikkas

 

[#1 pick]

Had 2 top 10 picks in 2019 and have gotten next to nothing out of them.

Had so much promise early on but it’s looking more and more like they need to reset

You keep saying this but it's not true. Hunter is a top 11-12 SF in the NBA and yes, after 13, they suck but without a big wing who can defend other big wings and he can shoot, those guys are nearly impossible to find. You see what Bron did to us tonight. Cam flopped sadly but we got a 1st for him which we used to get Murray and if we ended up keeping that pick, it would have turned into 2nds. We did good in 2019 1st round. It wasn't perfect but the class wasn't much to write about. We took a swing and missed with Reddish.

 

[Stone]

You keep saying this but it's not true. Hunter is a top 11-12 SF in the NBA and yes, after 13, they suck but without a big wing who can defend other big wings and he can shoot, those guys are nearly impossible to find. You see what Bron did to us tonight. Cam flopped sadly but we got a 1st for him which we used to get Murray and if we ended up keeping that pick, it would have turned into 2nds. We did good in 2019 1st round. It wasn't perfect but the class wasn't much to write about. We took a swing and missed with Reddish.

He stays hurt and is just alright when he’s in there. “Nothing” may be strong but 2 top 10 picks returning one ok player when he plays just isn’t cutting it

 

[#1 pick]

He stays hurt and is just alright when he’s in there. “Nothing” may be strong but 2 top 10 picks returning one ok player when he plays just isn’t cutting it

He's played 28 of our 36 games so far. He's missed 8 games this year. That's not a lot.

Nothing isn't just strong, it's wrong.

Saying a top 11-12 SF who is a big wing is just an okay player isn't telling to how impactful he is when he's on the floor compared to when he isn't for us. Especially in matchups with big wings.

 

[Motife43]

Where there’s smoke there’s fire. Schlenk stepping down was the first domino

let's not get it twisted he was fired. Cam Reddish pick/trade, Collins extension and the team being damn near luxury tax with no significant improvement. Looks like Landry is getting the reins for the next few years.

Me and @#1 pick talked on the phone damn near 40 mins today about this team, we dont always agree but we agree a shakeup has to happen. Whether it be HC, roster construction, etc

 

[Stone]

He's played 28 of our 36 games so far. He's missed 8 games this year. That's not a lot.

Nothing isn't just strong, it's wrong.

Saying a top 11-12 SF who is a big wing is just an okay player isn't telling to how impactful he is when he's on the floor compared to when he isn't for us. Especially in matchups with big wings.

53/82 last year and 23/72 the year before. That’s quite a bit


63/82 his rookie year. So we’re talking about a dude whose been guaranteed to miss at least about a quarter of the season

 

[#1 pick]

53/82 last year and 23/72 the year before. That’s quite a bit


63/82 his rookie year. So we’re talking about a dude whose been guaranteed to miss at least about a quarter of the season

He has to do a lot. We asked him to guard 1-4 plus big wings. It's not easy on your body to do that at his size.

 

[#1 pick]

let's not get it twisted he was fired. Cam Reddish pick/trade, Collins extension and the team being damn near luxury tax with no significant improvement. Looks like Landry is getting the reins for the next few years.

Me and @#1 pick talked on the phone damn near 40 mins today about this team, we dont always agree but we agree a shakeup has to happen. Whether it be HC, roster construction, etc

Facts!

I hope we hire Ime Udoka in the offseason. This offseason will be one for the ages for Hawks fans.

 

[deeman]

Some things to note:

Dre is more important to this team than I thought. That nikka being absent leaves a gigantic whole in the Hawks defense on the wing. This is probably a lottery team if him and Capela was to miss a significant amount of time. Hawks done got cooked by Brissett (Pacers), Durant, and now Lebron. Look for this to continue long as Dre is out.

Big O is a good player but he isn’t a full-time NBA Center. I don’t think he could ever replace Capela which is bad because the Hawks spent the #6 pick on him.

John will prolly be a 20-10 player elsewhere. He just don’t fit playing wit both Trae AND Murray.

Hawks may need to choose between Trae/Murray.

Nate has lost the team.

Dre is important but idk if he’s worth 95ms. Hind sight we should have let him play this season out and then see what’s up. Ever since he’s been in the league it’s been the same shyt, injuries and inconsistency.

 

[AVXL]

Hunter as a wing is just ok. He is injury prone and when healthy is serviceable defensively with just ok offensive production. He’s not the problem but he’s also not a part of the long term solution IMO

@Motife43 I agree with you that Schlenk was essentially fired and now there have been other front office shakeups with personnel that have happened this wk. It makes me think we’ll be active in getting involved with a trade sooner than most teams. This season feels like it’s already slipping away

 

[Born2BKing]