Jalen Johnson’s Leap & What It Means For the Hawks | ALL NBA PODCAST
Join Adam Mares and Tim Legler for a detailed breakdown of the Hawks vs. Hornets matchup, highlighting Jalen Johnson’s huge performance and his clear leap to the next level as an emerging NBA star. We also analyse the Charlotte Hornets, including the major opportunity seized by Collin Sexton and the immediate impact of rookie Kon Knueppel. Later, the focus shifts to the future of the league, featuring an in-depth ranking of this year’s rookie class. Get our takes on where top prospects like VJ Edgecombe, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen stack up, along with other rising talents like Cedric Coward, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Collin Murray-Boyles, Nique Clifford, and Tre Johnson. Finally, we wrap up with the biggest takeaways from the thrilling Nuggets-Rockets game, providing crucial analysis on the contenders.
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00:00 – Intro
06:17 – Hawks beat Hornets on another HUGE game from Jalen Johnson
09:51 – Collin Sexton is making the most of his opportunity in Charlotte
11:24 – Jalen Johnson has hit another level
17:01 – Is Dyson Daniels’ lack of offense a problem for the Hawks?
20:24 – Nickeil Alexander-Walker had a huge game and clutch steal
23:05 – Kon Knueppel has already exceeded expectations
34:32 – The Hornets have a promising young team in spite of their record
39:25 – Ranking this year’s Rookie class
43:50 – Where does VJ Edgecombe rank in this rookie class?
45:49 – Jeremiah Fears and Derik Queen are shining in New Orleans
53:03 – Other stand out rookies: Cedric Coward, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Collin Murray-Boyles, Nique Clifford, Tre Johnson
57:07 – Biggest take-aways from Nuggets-rockets game
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23 Comments
LEGGGGGGGSSSSSSS gorgeous legs.
Jalen Johnson has a history quitting on teams, and running from hard coaching. I’d be cautious about building around that.
Suns still haven’t played with their projected starting lineup.
I love the hawks. But why are yall ducking my Miami heat talk !?!? We are 3rd in the east and lead the league in scoring but can’t get 1 mention smh
Kon reminds me more of CJ McCollum
As a subscriber for over a year I’m unsubscribing! I love how you guys analyze the game and thinks it’s such a missed opportunity to talk miami heat. I’d love to know what you both think, and the fact you talked vj edgecombe and not the heat is ridiculous… legs called the miami heat boring before the season started and the fact they are the fastest paced team and 11-6 at this stage is making me feel like he just doesn’t wanna talk about it!
Y’all want the Hawks to be a thing so badly lmfao
The Colin Sexton call was a big call, but about 2 minutes before that there was a massive "overturn" on a foul call against Charlotte where Vit Krecji was pushed into a defender and Charlotte was called for the foul. On the review the push was labeled, "incidental contact" but it clearly was the cause of Vit making contact with the defender. Charlotte immediately got a 4 point play from Kon following the overturn. So there was an absurdly fraudulent at minimum 4 point swing following the inane overturn prior to the bizarre offensive foul call on Sexton that led to the at minimum 3 point swing by the Hawks.
Basically, the refs were downright abysmal for most of the game, but really escalated their absurdity in the fourth. They shouldn't be able to swing control of the game like that in both directions, especially when the Sexton call almost felt like a, "makeup call" after the overturn turned momentum too far in the favor of the Hornets.
Cade Cunningham is now without a doubt the best american player! Should lead the US in the next olympics
I came away from the Rockets Nuggets game feeling better about the Rockets tbh. Jokic and Murray had great games even by their standards while Durant and Sengun were basically no shows yet the game came down to the final possession. The only thing that could tip the balance a little is a healthy Gordon. Think he might be the best player in the entire league to put on the Sengun.
Heat fans crying like some babies yall 11-6 and complaining cuz “no one’s talking about us”. lol whatever man
Flagg has a slow start cos he don’t have the good point guard unlike Konuppel. He has a good point guard. Flagg has chance to be better and win rookie of the year
Too bad flag doesn’t have A Davis and kyrie playing along side of him. Cos then he most likely easily be the favorite for rookie of the year
Fears is not that small. Dude is 6'4
Lol no Raptors talk. Come on Tim admit you were so wrong about them.
Hornets should trade Lamelo and build around Kon
I love the breakdown Leggs gave for the rookies. It definitely matters if they are on a good team or not
Feels like we have a Great Value Lebron on our team, with the Pelicans’ (top 5?) pick on our team soon… The future is bright
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Shoutout CMB from Leggs, let’s go raps
I'm just here after Jalen Johnson dropped a 7 point stinker while the Hawks got blown out by the 1-14 Wizards lol
And then a day later, JJ has his worst game of the season.
Seriously – the only two things JJ is having a little trouble with is TO's, and hitting clutch shots at the end of games. I'm sure both will improve, but he has to get his handle going a little better!
Edgecomb shot well for like the first four games and has mostly been terrible since