Are The Hawks For Real?

[@jupiterjazznba4220]

I’m a long time Hawks fan and I’ve watched Traes development through every year, and finally someone else noticed that he’s been picking up his dribble almost every possession. The reality is, this season has been his best as a passer, not his best as a scorer but it feels like you can bank on at least 17 assists a game which is absolutely unheard of. Anyways you do have a point. I think it’s because defenses have learned how to guard the Hawks five out pick and roll much better which killed absolutely every one back in 2021, and so as a result Trae isn’t given the opportunity the get down hill on screens anymore because teams switch the pick up top

[@narrow3601]

Man I remember them spamming that JC and Trae PnR during those playoffs and no one could do anything about it. I miss John.

[@TheMissiIe]

Lowkey, Trae might be the only player who can come close to Stockton's assists record

[@cottonisbaked]

He's not even close to passing J Kidd or CP3, such a casual take 😂

[@TheMissiIe]

@cottonisbaked oh really? Name another player averaging 12 assists. I'll wait

[@cottonisbaked]

@@TheMissiIe K but he still has another 9k to go LMAO

[@TheMissiIe]

@cottonisbaked that's because Stockton was exclusively passing and wasn't putting the strain on his body like modern players. Stockton's career APG is only 10.5, Trae's is 9.7 Trae will absolutely have a higher career APG

[@cottonisbaked]

@@TheMissiIeWhat are you even talking about? Stockton had WAY more wear and tear on his body he played in the most physical era, you talking out your ass 🤣

[@9999nadia]

Trae Young is already one of the greatest offensive players in the history and he just turned 26

[@patriciaeagles7871]

cant disagree

[@youngking0704]

Trae got Zeke n Magic top season numbers

[@TheMissiIe]

​@@youngking0704forget that. Trae averaging Stockton numbers

[@narrow3601]

He always has been but no one ever gave him any credit so it went unnoticed.

[@cottonisbaked]

​@@narrow3601Maybe because he choked against a shit Knicks team? Y'all overrating the fuck out of that man

[@mousabarahmeh8675]

Trae is not a horrible defender anymore, still a negative but not horrible

[@ThatguyBrad69]

I was about to comment on him trying a lot more on defense since he doesn't have to score every time coming down the court. Looks like his love for the game is back.

[@bluestone800]

I’m glad someone noticed Trae picking up his dribble. I’ve been a hawks fan for a while and he was so good at never picking it up while driving keeping the handle live. This year so many bad turnovers from him picking it up or jumping then looking for a pass.

[@harrislaurent429]

Trae Young is one of the most polarizing superstars of all time. But he is a superstar bc just “star” players don’t have as many career/legacy defining moments as Trae Young does

[@anb8946]

Seen a lot of people putting out videos on this team during this win-streak. This is by far the most accurate and well thought out. Good stuff.

[@4ktkaram395]

Trae Young is the best guard in the east

[@LTS612]

Stop it buddy shoots 39 percent from the field

[@LTS612]

Stop it Jalen Brunson exists

[@4ktkaram395]

@@LTS612 surely it’s not a slump

[@kimathi9307]

@@LTS612 you say that like that means something lol nobody checking for brunson bro try again

[@om3667]

Jalen Brunson and Jrue Holiday (defense counts too) are better

[@4ktkaram395]

Trae has already shown he can outplay the best players in the league in a playoff series. He did it in 2021 against the Bucks in the conference finals before he got hurt.

[@Bigev2811]

No bro don’t do that now Giannis got injured too and when they where healthy in the series Giannis obviously out played Trae 😂

[@boondockbwoy14]

@@Bigev2811 Wrong it did not play out that way boss..yes both had gotten themselves hurt but it was to dif extents, Trae's injury with his ankle was MORE severe than Giannis's knee and so he ended up missing the rest of the entire series while fortunately for Giannis he came back to play and end it..get your facts straight

[@Bigev2811]

@@boondockbwoy14 Giannis almost tore his Achilles which could’ve ruined his career

[@boondockbwoy14]

@@Bigev2811 False Giannis suffered a hyperextended knee man what's up with you and all the misinformed nonsense? If you want to you can actually take yourself right back to the moment when it occurred and he suffered it right underneath their basket boss...it's all there for your eyes to see I'm not one to make these things up okay?

[@Bigev2811]

@@boondockbwoy14 ok but I still got a point traes injury was not more severe than Giannis

[@anb8946]

Solid take about untapped potential. You'd have to really watch them closely for a couple games to pick up on that. Also Trae has been noticeably good at keeping his dribble alive this season, almost to the point where I'm surprised he hasn't gotten called for a carry a couple of times. Might've been just the Lakers game that he was picking it up too soon.

[@seki0123]

At this point, all Hawks players are playing well and contributes. Capela is a rebounding machine playing like he is in his 20s. Even Vit, Kobe doing things to help the team. Only thing we need to control is injury.

[@jahkrmusic]

4:23 Facts Buddy deserves that recognition. I didn't even realize it until I started looking more into his game this year. He is extremely underrated. Wish we had him on my Bucks team.

[@SeanDiego]

Loving my home team!!

[@jbwuzhere6819]

Trae has consistently been a top playmaker and scorer since his rookie season. Haliburton, Fox, Brunson, Kyrie have all had a breakout season but none have been as consistent as Trae. Where is Haliburton nowadays?

[@xer0058]

My boi also said he,getting us championship(s) in like his second year..how many of yalls guys say this ?😂

[@coop1591]

Where is haliburton 😭😭remember mfs say he was better then trae

[@narrow3601]

I'm honestly a bit pissed that after 2021 the Hawks front office wasted that core's next 3 years, but at least everyone from there is still relatively young or still productive for their age. Now that they've finally done a good job of building around them let's see what this team can do.

[@Vandexeneffects]

We also can’t forget that we blew a lot of leads playing bad teams. We wouldn’t have 11 loses if we’re injured and blew leads earlier in the season

[@goodDNA1981]

We are witnessing the end of “the play-in palace “ and the start of something new 🎉❤

[@AdrianHernandez-df1zq]

They still have to tighten up on defense tho… giving up over 118 points almost every game isn’t good. Especially when you’re offense has a bad shooting night

[@truebeliever9921]

def agree that is the missing piece at this point, but I believe that gets better as the season goes on.

[@KMDN-bi9dj]

We've been a top 10 defense over the last 10 games and a top 5 defense during the winning streak. If you just look at the numbers it looks rough, yeah, but that's largely because we were missing 6 rotation players and putting David Roddy and Garrison Matthews on the floor for 30 minutes a night for 8 or 9 games. It's not a surprise to me that we've been winning a lot of games now that the roster is healthy.

[@KingPhilip_ULP]

1:06 yeah... they haven't hit their stride yet

[@patriciaeagles7871]

Trae shoots 59%TS for his entire career, how is he innefficent?

[@treymatthews3353]

Where’d you get that? His true shooting is 54%, and if you want to look at specifics he’s shooting 38% from the field and 31% from 3. This is his most inefficient year since his rookie year where he had a 53.9% true shooting.

[@ChrisT2323]

@@treymatthews3353”for his career” learn to read buddy

[@theonlyone3549]

His true shooting over his CAREER is 58%, not this season specifically

[@treymatthews3353]

@@theonlyone3549 ya, but he was referring to this season when calling Trae inefficient.

[@dman85936]

They legit playing team ball and better defense!

[@matiasradimak3266]

Big fan of ur work man rlly like ur analysis. Just found ur channel like a week ago and is already one of my fav 🙌

[@mas2913]

The Hawks have been playing good basketball lately and you can see defensive improvement with the addition of Daniels. However, it’s early in the season and we need to reserve judgement until the Allstar break. They also need to acquire another veteran point guard to back up Trae. I would like to see coach Quinn utilize the bench deeper (playing time for Vit, Mathews and Nance) to keep the time fresh and more potent

[@goatjamesizbrixmoneysauce4207]

Can’t play everybody. The reason that game was close.. 1 Jalen got in foul trouble that’s when the fix be in by the refs. 2. Bufkin didn’t play. Chemistry was off with Vit. Vits long but he didn’t defend like Kobe.

[@TONGSAMCAN]

keep it comin bro 🔥 new subs here

[@romedareaper]

I was saying the same thing. As a small guard he should NOT be killing his dribble so much.

[@trenhen4311]

They won’t win the chip but they could sneakily push anyone in the east to seven if they’re firing on all cylinders. We know young can conduct an elite offence. we’ve seen him do it the past few years. but it’s always been negated by their subpar defence. Largely due to the void that’s created by young but now they seem to have figured it out defensively. If hunter keeps it up and Dyson starts shooting a bit better who knows what they can do

[@calebkind2020]

what if they do win the chip then what

[@trenhen4311]

@ then I am wrong

[@youngking0704]

Ice 🥶 Trae

[@kevinblount267]

A healthy Hawk team top 4 in the east.

[@MrDboydeluxe]

The ease with the way AD and LeBron each put up 40 has to be concerning. Love the bench 3, but something to strengthen over Capela needs to be done

[@oshura2506]

I've been saying they've been a investing to much into combo guard/forwards and haven't gotten capela enough help In the paint

[@narrow3601]

​But that's really tough to come by, because not everyone can help clog the paint on defense while not doing so on offense. I mean look at when the Hawks tried to put Onyeka and Capela as a front court together last season, like you guys said defense was amazing, 3rd best rating in the league. Offense was horrible, paint was clogged, PnR's couldn't be ran, driving lanes for kickouts could not be done. It's hard to find a pair for Capela that doesn't play exactly like him.

[@Thunderball.Mcgillicutty]

All I care about is the lakers pick, lets go for top 5

[@narrow3601]

Oh yeah no Lakers are toast man, they ain't beating the best teams out west for a play in spot. Get ready to enjoy this Lakers pick going top 5.

[@FreeLobbiez]

Okungwu was the 6th pick not 11th btw but fire video

[@ricksman4118]

Might be one of them

[@ihatepumpz3287]

You got a discord bro?

[@calebkind2020]

trae can shoot better free throws then giannis tho -

[@goodDNA1981]

In season cup champions

[@Juancarlos-n3d7t]

Beating the sorry lakers by a buzzer beater ain’t being FR these bums ain’t got nobody to score but Trae they not foreal

[@CalvinBartlett-j9t]

After the Lakers got blown out. Anybody with common sense knew they were gonna play hard the next game

[@coop1591]

Yea he spoiled ad and LeBron night 😭

[@sgrey9181]

I believe in the Hawks to a certain extent - they aren’t great, but they’re good. Solid cast. 1st or 2nd round exit

[@RASHEED6]

is this even a question? were finals bound

[@joeysblind]

4:19 acting like klay isn’t one of the best either, buddy heild not a better shooter oat than klay stop it

[@BURDENS1]

Not sure how you came away with that impression but my point was we shouldn't act like Buddy shooting great is a fluke because he's literally one of the greatest shooters of all time... I literally said he was shooting like Klay so I'm not sure how you managed to find Klay disrespect in that

[@narrow3601]

​@@BURDENS1he made it up for dramatic effect

[@cornfilledscreamer614]

Currently 28 down to the Nuggets. No. The Hawks aren't for real. They're like the other professional teams in Atlanta. They strive to be mediocre.

[@Cho0segoose]

They're missing jalen johnson and bogdanavic

[@cornfilledscreamer614]

@@Cho0segoose I agree, but 2 players being out doesn't mean that they can just half-ass it. They're still young. They need to learn to step UP in situations like that as opposed to stepping down. Not all of them did that last night. Dyson Daniels damned sure didn't. That kid brings it with the throttle wide open every night.

[@coop1591]

Missing key players are huge my guy

[@cornfilledscreamer614]

@@Cho0segoose And that shows nothing more than a humongous lack of depth.

[@cornfilledscreamer614]

@@coop1591 TWO guys don't make a team just quit...