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Can you believe you (or anyone else) just wrote this about the Hawks.
I took @donmedeiros advice and recorded the game. Can’t wait to watch it but sounds like Lou stepped up and Bogdanovich started hitting his shots.
Total team effort. Was a lot of fun to watch.
It's been a surreal postseason so far. Hats off to Hawks's management for assembling this roster. I was convinced waiting till next year to make free agent moves was the way to go, I was clearly wrong.
Bogdanovic still missed too many shots, but he was a bulldog on defense, I think he had 4 steals and none of them were cheap. Williams was superb, very, very efficient. Reddish also surprised me, he was probably the best defensive player in the game tonight.
You may still be prove correct. The Hawks face some decisions - keep as much of this team intact as possible or go the FA route...will be interesting to see how they deal with this success.
Keep the team intact. Lemon Peppa Lou and Collins are the only expiring contracts, I believe.
The roster may well go through major changes, but it has already been far more successful than I imagined it would be with this group. It's not that I didn't like the roster, I just didn't think it would get this far. Management was wise in signing role players.
Something to consider though. This is a very, very atypical postseason. Of the 3 deep preseason all star team of 15 only 2 remain in the playoff (Giannis and Paul George). For various reasons the almost unbroken 40 year trend of superstar dominated playoffs isn't playing out this year. Even still, either George or Giannis might win the title, but it's possible Giannis is either out for the remainder of The Bucks's run or will be limited by the hyperextended knee.
I think the absence of superstars plays into the Hawk's favor. they've learned to play w/o one. The other teams may have to learn that on the fly. I also did not expect/dream they'd get this far. Fun to speculate what a team of no-namers might to with more time together.
Is it just me, or do the hawks match up better against the suns? I think we can out-shoot them personally. Would be a high scoring Finals for sure.
I don't see the long trend of superstars winning NBA titles changing, this year is likely an anomaly. Hopefully The Hawks can take advantage and close out Milwaukee, beat the Western Conference reps and develop to become a sustainable force. I think Brooklyn would have been close to unbeatable if Harden had been 100%. The Clippers with Leonard would have been tough as well.
If OUR Atlanta Hawks go on to win the NBA Championship this year, would that not b the most unlikely, improbable and unexpected happening in Atlanta Pro Sports history? YES!!! And its not even close.
I’d still be shocked for them to win it all. But Conference finals 2-2 is pretty special and they haven’t gotten hear cheaply, they belong.
If Trae comes back I would not b shocked AT ALL if Atlanta wins the Championship. This town is overdue for a Championship.
This has been fun to watch. The 1991 Braves are the closest team I can recall to come out of nowhere, but we were able to follow them several months after the all star break and were not surprised.
Ogongkwu and Reddish have played stellar defense and can be the difference in this series and a finals. Ogongkwu has played Giannis as well as anyone with several highlights being shown by analysts (Blocks, tie ups, rebounds). Reddish guarding Middleton was the missing element from game 3.
Chris Paul had 41 pts on 16 of 24 shooting with 4 boards, 8 assists, 0 turnovers and 2 fouls in closing out The Clippers tonight. If Trae can be that efficient The Hawks will win a title or 2.
Yes and a first ballot hall of famer. In fact he can never reach that level and be in the hall.
Giannis out tonight. Makes things very interesting for sure. It is typically much hard for the bench / secondary scoring to perform as well on the road, yet this team has been great on the road. It’s nice to be playing big time games right now.
The Hawks have to capitalize on Giannis being out tonight. Even if Trae is a go Lou Williams not only deserves a lot of minutes, it is smart to give him increased minutes given his superb game 4 effort. LW has always been a momentum player, lets find out if he can keep cruising.
After getting an unlucky break with Trae being out, the Hawks benefit again with some injury luck in Giannis being out...