Atlanta Hawks defense struggles badly in home loss to Charlotte Hornets; Jonathan Kuminga update
Brad Rowland hosts Episode 2163 of the Locked on Hawks podcast, breaking down Saturday’s game between the Atlanta Hawks and Charlotte Hornets. Topics include Atlanta’s widespread defensive issues, an encouraging offensive game, Onsi Saleh’s comments on Saturday, Jonathan Kuminga’s injury, the end-of-game shooting drought, and much more.
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31 Comments
Here's what happened, SNYDER played Kispert like he was the second coming of Dennis Rodman with a 3pter. Kispert has been getting burned from day one. When you look at the Utah game, it was Kispert who gave up the 3pter as well. First Niang, now Kispert. Not a Hawks problem, its a coaching problem.
Vamos
Go Hawks!
Rebounding, rebounding, rebounding. Charlotte are just a better coached team than the Hawks.
jock "1 game wonder" Landale😁
Winnable game, Quin threw that game by refusing to believe in our former number 1 pick who was actually playing phenomenally! Quin needs to go!
The hawks need to seriously consider moving on from Quin after this season, McMillan’s worst season was better than Quin’s best.
i’m sick of Quin not playing Zacc enough
Fire. Quin.
It's obvious that not every coach can juggle a fluid moving roster that is the system of the NBA with players not staying with one team. That said, Quinn does not have the wherewithal to manage the players on this roster. This team continues to beat themselves because they can't rebound and rotate to players to shut down big shots, specifically after second and third chances. It's just hard to see this team moving up from 9 or 10, they lack the coaching discipline and teaching. You can have all the pieces in the world and still lack the ability to manage them.
Quinn would rather watch us lose then watch Risacher become the star player he was drafted to be.
mannnnn upset about this one we really had this one then with a few bad substitutions we threw it away with like 3 mins of the game they sub zacch out let corey in hornets went back up 5 then later on with a min left WHY WE SUB COREY IN INSTEAD OF ZACH MIND YOU ZACCH SHOOTING 7-10 4-4 from 3 and corey was 2-5 from 3 zacch and jj was our best scorers but yet zacch getting same mins as corey makes no sense QUIN SINGE HANDEDLY RUINING HIS GROWTH 😢😢😢
Since last year i can count at least 20 games Quinn lost us. With the closing game rotations. It’s almost like if a guy has the hot hand he gets benched
and i dont even think quin been terrible with all these new players coming in and i loved the fire he had in this just bad substitutions late in this game i think that failed us tonight hes gotta get rid of this vendetta he has against zacch
You need Kuminga!
Watching Quin handle these next 2 months of balancing Risacher vs Kuminga vs fucking Corey Kispert for some fucking reason will be like watching a baby play with a loaded gun.
I was wondering today who has the most offensive rebounds on our team and I guessed Dyson. It's hard to get offensive rebounds when your center is always at the three point line
I gotta wonder if Onsi is like instructing Quin to play Corey these heavy minutes in the hopes that he can revive his trade value for this coming offseason. It is literally more believable that Onsi has just gotten too far carried away with how our cap will look this offseason rather than believing an NBA coach going this far out of his way to tank a number 1 overall pick's career.
49% from 3 with Corey Kispert missing 2 wide open ones in the corner. Inexcusable. You're on the team for one reason.
They Should fire this Head Coach ASAP!!!!
Listen….There comes a point in the game when JJ will eventually realize if the team is going to win. He has to carry them their.
He cant give the ball in Dyson and espect Dyson to do what he hasn't done all game.
2 times in a row JJ brought the ball up with the game on the line and the Hawks needed to score and he decided to give the ball to Dyson and both times Dyson took bad hook shots, or just flat out missed layups.
JJ just go win the game man
It time for the Atlanta Hawks to part ways with Head Coach Quinn Snyder.
The Hawks must consider replacing him with either Marc Jackson or Mike Malone.
So the problem with the Hawks defense was trae young right? The hawks need more undersized centers. Keep drafting thin tall dudes OO guye etc
Qunin Snyder needs to be fired.
Yea im ready for allstar break see what kuminga look like and brad could u see risacher playing some minutes at the 2 yea I know he's 6'10" but sleight in frame just intrigued and curious to see if they would try naw or dyson at the 1 zach 2 kuminga 3 jj 4 and onyeka 5 the switch ability on defense would be crazy plus enough ball handling and floor spacing with shooting in my opinion if its naw and not dyson at 1
Question: Are you noticing how bad our offense looks in the last 2 minutes of games? Jalen won’t shoot open 3s, Dyson is throwing up circus shots, nobody seems to be calling plays. They look like they’re just mashing the panic button.
Before I listen to the pod…OUR HOME RECORD….needs to f…in change! We're only still 2 1/2 games behind Orl for the Div..and we're 2-0 against them this year. The FACT that we have a favorable schedule MATTERS! BUT…GOTTA win at home…for our$$$$$$$paying fans! THE BEST thing to happen to Zacch's career..just may be the arrivlal of KUMINGA! He was REALLY GOOD..and I'm pissed that QUIN didn't reward him with closing minutes…WTF! Corey has been ok for us BUT…4 to's on top of back to back WIDE open 3's in the 2nd half..hurt! I love JJ…but he can't continue to allow himself into getting baited on late 3's…both..of which he missed on back to back possessions. Dyson and that non shot and only floater let us down back to back possessions late as well. Finally…a very good 3 point night from the team EXCEPT NAW…who really was awful from the floor..that was the diff when compare to KON and MIles…NAW must be better if he's going to shoot that 3 high volume! Luke steps in a scores 10 points yesterday for the LAKERS on 7 shots…still pissed about that ONSI!!!!!!!! I really don't understand that move at all!!! SORRY! Happy to see OO back…Quin..you have to reward players at the end of games when they're REALLY GOOD(Zacch). That's a IMPORTANT part of developing a young player!
After reading ALL the comments…can't argue at all about the QUIN feeling! I'm on board with all of you! Coaching 1..0…1. really is rewarding players with CRUNCH/CLOSING minutes! What and how Quin handles that SF spot..with the addition of Kuminga..who can play some 4 also will be POPCORN worthy!
Zacch was better a lot better than Corey tonight….EVERYONE but Quin saw that! You gotta go with the hot hand…every night is different!
The comment section has a lot of long-form remarks. Atlanta has to be a highly educated city, because these are dissertations. Oh, and the fan base isn't fond of the head coach.
Brad you really do a great job..disecting the game with nuance!