uh, not even.
Trae is weird. he has terrific vision, a sick handle, and has really weaponized his shooting to open up driving lanes but you take a peek at the box score and see a team low -17 in the 36 he played and the Hawks +1 in the 12 he didn't.
he's one of the worst defenders in basketball it is known but i wonder if he might monopolize the rock a little too much for his teammates' sakes. then again there is 0 playmaking on that team and the Hawks need him to manufacture 50 points a night to win. wish he had another playmaker to play off of would love to see him run some Curry-style off-ball action and utilize his shooting gravity to open the floor up.
Dwight at his best was better than Melo at his best and people forgot about him but he wasn't really bad in Charlotte, Atlanta, or Washington (before the injury). kinda going through the motions but still dropping 15-13 on 60% in his sleep. he just needed a reason to play hard again.
meanwhile Melo was terrrrriiiiiiiblllllleee in solid situations in OKC and Houston. don't see what he has left to offer.
Bill Russell accepts Hall of Fame ring 44 years after induction
Russell didn't attend his induction ceremony in 1975. He says he didn't deserve to be the first black player inducted. He tweeted, "I felt others before me should have that honor."
HOW DARE YE!
but yeah in all seriousness that's how it's going to look sometimes and I was one of the first ones worried he'd be a big stats loser like monta ellis
But our offense absolutely craters without him and we don't have the experienced defenders yet to make up for his mistakes. The hope is that will come in time while he continues to carry the main playmaking burden with guys like the Butcher's Boy, Hunter, and Reddish (please Lord) as secondary playmakers
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Ja Morant gud
mamool jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa morant
The behind the back layup was so fucking nasty.
D.lo out again with a sprained thumb.
On the bright side, Warriors played decent D last night. Hope to see more of that
MOSS VS KISADA TONIGHT
i typed that in when score was 3 to 20 so honestly i was kinda cheating there. but it's not so bad for hawks now lol
NVM KILLED EM IN THE THIRD
Yeah so Luka is probably going to make the hall of fame and the Hawks fucked up massively by passing on him
I'm tired of fighting this fact. Trae and Reddish and every other joe can fight to mitigate it but it's still true
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at least Trae is playing
but yeah i'm sure Ayton will be a good player but i'm also sure he's not dropping 40 point triple doubles on the way
Ayton at least still has a very high ceiling as a dominant two way force a la Embiid
Bagley is fine but that was a massive fuck up too
Anyway I'm going to try to stop torturing myself thinking about it every day and being a downer and just reevaluate in a few years
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