Atlanta Hawks: Trae Young returns, Hawks defense blitzed by Charlotte Hornets
Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) hosts Episode 2126 of the Locked on Hawks podcast, breaking down Thursday’s game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Charlotte Hornets. Topics include an ugly first half, Trae Young’s return, Jalen Johnson’s career-best scoring game, defensive problems, a quick turnaround, and much more.
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17 Comments
Tough loss but I can see the vision with Trae as the number 2. I think he's always been best suited to play off of a guy like Jalen. Less pull ups and more catch and shoots in his future hopefully.
Also, that Trae P&R w/Jalen in the short roll was looking spooky👀
It's so sad seeing actually prospects shine like Kon & Cooper, meanwhile Zacc looks like a g leaguer 😭
With how tight the east is shaking out to be these types of loses are starting to sting more and more. This could sadly very well be another play in year for us.
Quinn coaches leaving the perimeter unguarded, he wants them packing the paint for rebounds. It looks horrendous because it's wide open 3s all game long and we don't box out so the rebounds lack. Either Quinn is completely inept, which could be the case because his rotations are wildly unacceptable or it's because of the center situation. I think there is a very real chance zacc is traded for AD because while not great we have no other solutions and if another east team gets him we're more cooked. If it's another play in year trae and Quinn are probably gone.
Bridges always plays like prime Bird against us. Wasn't as bad this game but still you would think Bridges was top 5 in the league….Has anyone seen any of N'Faly Dante's G games?
it’s not insane to say when Trae had these exact same deficiencies pre-injury for the last 3 years
Tough loss. Side note that guy Kon is a generational shooter. He's exactly who the hawks thought we were getting with luke.
Not playing mo Gueye more is absolutely insane to me… His defense has been amazing… We can't afford asa minute right now. They get destroyed defensively…
Trae you got one week to get it together on defense. That start from him was disgusting
This is the game that lost me for the season, this really just punched me in the gut and made me lose the hope I had for the season, just another play in year, like always,
Serious question, why are risacher minutes so low. And why do we have vit closing games instead of him?
Oh well,
Go Hawks!
You have Dyson and NAW on the floor. That means Vit Krejci should guard the red hot Lamelo Ball 👍
Get rid of Kennard..
When JJ or Trae wasn't in the game Charlotte went up by 20 damn points.😢
So nobody can say they sucked on D or gave away pts because of Trae. 🙅🏿♂️ nope!!!
This team has to either have JJ or Trae on the floor at all times as the Central Hubs for the offense to work. Meaning for the slow people in the back. If neither JJ or Trae is in the game to make the offense function properly they get blown out in those mins. And alway have to come back from behind and win the games.
Dyson isnt good enough to run any unit by himself and keep the offense moving. His decision making with the ball is trash. Dyson is a good secondary ball handler yes, but Pimary nope far from it.
They need to JJ and (1 of the 2 between NAW and Dyson for on ball defense) in and if JJ isnt in then, They need to have Trae and (NAW or Dyson) in the game for the team to stay consistent for all 4 Qtrs.
Thats just facts. We've all seen a big enough sample size by now to know that 2 of the 4 if those guys need to be on the floor 24/7 or its not going to be good.
Mail bag question…..why are you so against OO playing the 4 when his natural position is power forward???
"If you simulated these two games, last night and tonight, the average outcome would be a split. The Hawks did that, not in the way you'd expect, but worth noting."