Hunter has to guard Simmons. Collins gonna have to guard Harris. It's been a fairly even matchup over the years.
We gotta throw that quasi double team zone at Biid if we get to the 2nd round.
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We gotta throw that quasi double team zone at Biid if we get to the 2nd round.
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Hawks in 6
Philly can't defend us. I know that for a fact. But can we defend Philly? I don't know about that one.
I hope. I know it's a favorable matchup for the Hawks. We matchup well when healthy. Hell, he gave them hell when it was just Trae and JC and they had Butler, Simmons, Biid, and Harris.
They never seem to have an answer for Trae. Simmons just ends up being screened to death
AVXL
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No disrespect but I call BS breh. LP was here to coach em up. His pedigree was in player development, not roster construction. Unless you talk with senior Hawks management or know people behind the scenes I have never seen or read anything that suggests that LP had any significant input on the construction of this roster.
This team was built by Travis brick by brick. LPs job was to develop and coach
AVXL
Laughing at you n*ggaz like “ha ha ha”
I mean he hired that coaching staff. If they didn’t like him then they could leave.
Im not sure why you’re so in love with LP but to each their own. He was a limited coach who alienated his own team with his rigidness, inability to game plan and his own attitude towards his players. If he’s as much of a Front office guru as you’re suggesting maybe he needs to be in a GM role but I think to say he’s a “tremendous” talent is an overreaction. Dude couldn’t do the thing he was paid to do and that was coach the team. He was not good at that
Lol, you keep trying to put your personal spin because you don't like him when I am telling you the coaches really love LP. Even Travis love LP. Nate felt LP is a tremendous talent and almost passed on the job till talking with his family. That doesn't happen to coaches on the hotseat.
I don't love LP. Hell, I was one of those who wanted him axed after the Miami lost which he was. That said, I am realistic about him as well.
Everyone in the NBA felt he was a tremendous talent, not just me. The fukking league dude. Doc, Rick, Pop, every fukking body. Coach K praises LP highly but AVXL knows more than they do. You never worked with LP in your life bro. Stop making this like it's just me. I am speaking to what the league is saying.
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AVXL
Laughing at you n*ggaz like “ha ha ha”
Ive said on numerous occasions that I respect LP for his outspoken activism and as a black man I hope he gets another opportunity. I don’t know LP to personally dislike him. But let’s be real, he was not a good coach. He consistently alienated his own team over his tenure. He was respected by Travis and his coaches but that doesn’t disregard how bad of a coach he was
He had a reputation as developing talent. He developed relationships with coaches like Pop and Coach K. No one is denying that. With that being said, what coaching acumen did he display in his time here to support saying he was a “tremendous” talent? Teams don’t generally fire “tremendous” coaching talents especially coaches that they like. So something didn’t add up breh. Maybe the simple answer is that people liked LP the man and that he simply wasn’t a good coach
But this “tremendous” talent shyt and LP built the team with Travis is a false narrative. Again I wish LP the best and I hope he gets an opportunity to coach again but let’s be clear. He was a terrible coach and if Travis fired him sooner this is probably a 50 win team.
Where we disagree is you keep telling me how you feel about him and I am telling you how he was seen within the org. I don't know why you keep insisting on this when I have nothing for or against him. He's beloved around the league within his coaching fraternity even within Atlanta.
There is a lot to being a HC in college or the NBA than gameday coaching. I've stated this at least over 1000 times. We as a franchise are at a stage where gameday coaching is critical for us to take that next level leap.
It's not a false narrative.
AVXL
Laughing at you n*ggaz like “ha ha ha”
Bro if you have an inside source feeding you this info or you work for the Hawks FO to inform you of that then cool. Otherwise the “he built this team with Travis” narrative simply isn’t true
I do which is why I've been saying it and why so many within the coaching fraternity spoke out about his firing.
He built it with Travis. Travis and LP had to see eye to eye on prospects. Bud would have probably choose JJJ
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The knicks could use a player like Air Bud in this series....
O.iatlhawksfan
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Don’t think we beat Philly but I do see it goin at least 6 or 7
If LP was such a great talent then he should be scooped up in no time when this season is over right? I’m having a very difficult time thinking of a coach in any sport worse than him. If he is such a great surveyor of talent then he needs to work in scouting and stay there. He doesn’t have anything to contribute at all being on the bench.
