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1 year

What does Kobe Bufkin bring to the Hawks? ( @peachtreehoops )

What does Kobe Bufkin bring to the Hawks?

It’s pretty clear that the strength of the Atlanta Hawks’ guard play is a — if not the — defining feature of the current team. Franchise centerpiece Trae Young has already made two All-Star Game...

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@bloghawk

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Zach Edey discourse

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@bloghawk

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The Atlanta Hawks are: 1-1 in the last 2 games 2-2 in the last 4 3-3 in the last 6 4-4 in the last 8 5-5 in the last 10 6-6 in the last 12 7-7 in the last 14 8-8 in the last 16 9-9 in the last 18 10-10 in the last 20 11-11 in the last 22 12-12 in the last 24 13-13 in the last 26

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2 years

The fiercest rivalry in the NBA is the Hawks and .500

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2 years

Remember when the Hawks won this?

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3 years

National TV Trae Young is an absolute force to reckon with.

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1 year

The Hawks when they are exactly one game below .500

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@bloghawk

3 months

3 years ago today, the Atlanta Hawks won this game

Jason Walker

@JasonWalkerNBA

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Happy Anniversary, greatest Atlanta Hawks comeback in history!

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@bloghawk

1 year

Will never forget this

Atlanta Hawks

@ATLHawks

1 year

6 years of heart & soul. Thank you, JC ❤️

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1 year

1. Trae Young has never asked out or even insinuated he's unhappy in Atlanta 2. He has 4 years left on his contract 3. The Lakers have nowhere near the package required in return Have a good day.

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@bloghawk

3 months

the triangle jerseys were trying times

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@NoDunksInc

3 months

What is your favorite team's worst jersey ever?

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4 years

Trae Young, the last time he played a regular season NBA game

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3 years

"I've got a serious mancrush on Onyeka Okongwu" -Bob Rathbun

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@bloghawk

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Remember when the Hawks won the number one pick in the draft after Victor Wembanyama and the draft before Cooper Flagg?

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@bloghawk

9 years

. @BleacherReport

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@bloghawk

2 years

This version of Trae Young we've seen the past few weeks is a top-10 player in the league. He still gives you the elite scoring and distribution with a 28/10 night, but he's continued to be a menace on defense too even as the rest of the Hawks defense sags.

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@bloghawk

2 years

Chandler Parsons, who played for the Hawks and former head coach Lloyd Pierce in 2019-20, spoke about the contrast between Pierce's firing to Nate McMillan's as well as Trae Young's involvement. He had some rather pointed criticism of Pierce's coaching.

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3 years

The state of Atlanta's wings: De'Andre Hunter: out Bogdanovic: on one leg Kevin Huerter: still red and velvet Reddish: missed four months with Achilles soreness Snell and Hill: shooting a combined sub-40 TS% in limited minutes

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@bloghawk

3 years

I think you mean "what Trae's elite paint defense caused".

Kevin Chouinard

@KLChouinard

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Look at what Kevin Huerter caused.

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@bloghawk

2 months

The biggest criticism around the Hawks FO is how low the rest of the NBA sees them. Inexperience and disappointing team results. Reactive moves, extending and dumping salary (Huerter, Collins, etc). They simply haven't earned the benefit of the doubt with the Risacher pick.

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@bloghawk

3 years

Trae Young has entered the NBA's "Good at Basketball" protocols.

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@bloghawk

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If the Hawks and Dejounte Murray agreed on an extension prior to 2024, his next salary can't be more than 140% of this year's salary. His max contract would look like: 2024-25: $24.8M 2025-26: $26.8M 2026-27: $28.8M 2027-28: $30.8M $111.1M total. A huge bargain.

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A Happy Billy Knight Day (6-7) to all who observe.

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@bloghawk

2 years

One of the biggest reasons for the Hawks going from 8 games below .500 to 4 games over during the second half of the season has been Clint Capela's endless hustle. Capela at 100% health is the Hawks' second most important player.

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@bloghawk

2 years

Remember in the beginning of the season when the Trae Young-Dejounte Murray pair "wasn't working?" Well, over the past month, the Hawks have the 4th best ORtg at 120. Trae is averaging 25 and 11 on 60% TS% and DJ is averaging 23, 6 and 6 also on 60% TS%.

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2 months

It's been 1,064 days since the Hawks have signed a free agent to something bigger than a minimum contract. August 9, 2021. Three full seasons ago.

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@bloghawk

2 years

50 games into the season and the Atlanta Hawks are: 8th in the 15-team East. 25-25 overall record. 17-17 record against the East. 8-8 record against the West. 16th in ORtg and 19th in DRtg. They are failing to defeat the mid allegations.

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1 year

Trae Young was vintage Trae Young tonight, stringing double teams along to find the right pass and taking advantage of mismatches. The huge shot making down the stretch from he and Dejounte is exactly why this duo was assembled.

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@bloghawk

1 year

A deleted tweet from Murray himself that I can only believe had to do with this rumor.

NBACentral

@TheDunkCentral

1 year

There are rumors floating around that Dejounte Murray might be available in the right deal, per @EricPincus

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2 years

There was really never any doubt about AJ Griffin's scoring ability coming out of Duke. Had he been fully healthy, there's almost no way he slides past the top 7. The Hawks may have lucked into a generational shooter.

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1 year

Four game balls: Clint Capela for 21 rebounds and 8 (!) rebounds. Saddiq Bey for 17 big points off the bench. Jalen Johnson for flashes of freakish play with a 10/7/3 night in just 14 mins. Onyeka Okongwu with 4 (!) blocks in 20 mins. All unsung heroes who stepped up tonight

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@bloghawk

1 year

Jalen Johnson is a force. All he's needed is consistent playing time to work through the occasional errant play. But the Hawks haven't had a disruptive perimeter player like him in a long time. His one man fast breaks are a joy to watch (but probably a terror for opponents).

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@bloghawk

3 years

This picture from Trae Young's cover story says so much about Atlanta in so little

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@bloghawk

2 months

The Dejounte Murray trade is rumored to expand to include the Pels sending JV to the Wizards in a S&T. In that scenario, it would be nice to get Tyus Jones in a S&T to back up Trae. Career-high 12 PPG, 41% 3P% and an insane 7:1 AST:TO ratio last season. A true floor general.

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@bloghawk

3 years

Trae Young has the ability to create passing windows when they don't exist. There are less than 5 players on the world that can do what he does.

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@bloghawk

2 months

Zacch Risacher has a "bag" even if it's not isoing a guy in space. His ability to cut and move off ball or step back to create space for the three is already really advanced for a 19 y/o.

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@bloghawk

3 years

There are 240 player-minutes in a 48 minute NBA game. Last night, 3 full time Hawks roster players played 94 of them. A two-way player played 31. Hardship players played the remaining 115. This just isn't right.

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@bloghawk

2 years

Saddiq Bey carries on a lineage of Hawks with colored patches in their hair

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@bloghawk

3 years

Trae Young: "Empty stats" regular season per 36: 26.3 points (49/34/86 shooting splits for a 57.4 TS%) and 9.6 assists. "Winning player" postseason per 36: 28.5 points (48/33/87 shooting splits for a 55.9 TS%) and 9.8 assists.

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@bloghawk

1 year

I spot one (1) Bogdan Bogdanovic rooting on his countrymate

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@NBA

1 year

♥ Nikola Jokic embraces his family as he’s one win away from an NBA title. Game 5 of the #NBAFinals presented by @YouTubeTV on Monday, 8:30pm/et on ABC!

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2 years

With last night’s 41-point outburst, all five of Dejounte Murray’s career high games in points have come in less than one season as a Hawk.

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@bloghawk

3 years

Onyeka Okongwu is just a 20-year-old rookie two years removed from playing with the Ball brothers at Chino Hills.

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@bloghawk

1 year

Personal news: as of today, I'm taking over as the managing editor of @peachtreehoops . I'd first like to thank all the previous editors/staff writers who came before me. There are too many to tag but a special shoutout to @zhood_ @BTRowland @JasonWalkerNBA @Kris_Willis @RKalland

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1 year

Trae Young is the best lob thrower on the Hawks (and the best lob thrower in the league), but Jalen Johnson might honestly be second best on the team. Once Trae draws two off a middle PnR, Jalen grabs and goes and finds OO for the lob. It helps that Kevin Love is frozen solid.

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1 year

@willis_glen as we all know, rebounds just teleport into players' hands at random

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@bloghawk

3 years

Onyeka Okongwu will still be 20 years old at the start of next season.

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@bloghawk

3 years

It's been almost 2 months and I still have yet to make sense of how the Hawks won this game

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1 year

Pros for the Hawks today: ✅ no one got injured ✅ no teammates fighting each other

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@bloghawk

2 years

Two things about the last play and the Hawks at large: 1. AJ Griffin is special beyond his years. 2. The Hawks have to put the ball in Jalen Johnson's hands more. He's shown he's a great passer for his position.

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@bloghawk

2 months

Some quotes from ex-teammate Bryce Brown and Atlanta-native about Zaccharie Risacher: "He works very, very hard, extremely hard." “He would sometimes already lift weights and then shoot and then he’d practice. Crazy work ethic.”

Ken Sugiura

@ksugiuraajc

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From Columbia High, Tucker High and Auburn, Bryce Brown has been around Hawks No. 1 overall pick Zaccharie Risacher more than anyone from Atlanta. This past season, two were teammates at JL Bourg in France.

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@bloghawk

3 months

Guys,, Jalen Johnson has as good a chance to play the 2 next season as Trae Young has to play the 5.

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@bloghawk

4 years

@gabbgoudy ✊🏾

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@bloghawk

2 years

Dejounte Murray is getting more catch-and-shoot opportunities than ever playing next to Trae Young. He’s hitting 53% eFG% and over 36% from three on those so far this year on a career high volume. These are the little things that have to continue for the pairing to flourish.

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@bloghawk

2 months

The glass half full argument for Risacher: 6'10 two-way SF who can defend POA Doesn't need the ball = good fit with Trae 18 y/o on a previous bad French team playing a prominent role Won't be an initiator, but there is some connective passer upside (haters will call it cope)

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1 year

Silver linings: No one gave the Hawks any chance at this series. But they punched back for 5.5 games after a horrible first half of Game 1. Trae had his star moments and the DJ addition helped when the offense was bogged down. Year 2 of that pair should fit more seamlessly.

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3 years

Remember when Kyle Kuzma vs. John Collins was a legit debate? I 'memba

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3 years

Whoever swapped Dre's hands with concrete slabs, please switch them back. The joke is over.

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2 months

Listen if you're watching this Hawks game, I salute your commitment to sicko.

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@bloghawk

3 years

The Hawks won't be able to move diagonally across the court in these. Just north, south, east and west.

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Guys just want one thing and it’s disgusting

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Kevin Huerter is developing into a deadly midrange shooter off the bounce. So far this season, he's shooting career best percentages from almost every range inside the arc including 76% (!) at the rim and is still shooting 37% from three.

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@bloghawk

1 year

Atlanta says no within .001 milliseconds then refers the Lakers to the proper authorities.

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1 year

Ice Trae ➡️ Hollywood Should the Hawks and Lakers make this trade for Trae Young? 🤔 #LakeShow | #TrueToAtlanta

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Hawks were the best team in the East clearly. Beating Miami in the postseason ain't that difficult. (muting this tweet, please don't hurt me)

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2 years

The Hawks aren't a deep team, but their top-9 players can go toe to toe with just about anybody. No surprise they've gotten back to exciting basketball as they've gotten healthy this past week.

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2 years

AJ Griffin is built like a truck, atypical for most great shooters. Watch as he comes off staggered screens again, puts his body into the 6'11" 250-lbs. Bobby Portis and finish.

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3 years

Cam Reddish is not untradeable but the rumored returns for him are, um, underwhelming.

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@bloghawk

1 year

Trae Young is in Mercedes-Benz Stadium hammering the Golden Spike before the Atlanta United match

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@bloghawk

3 years

@BeccaMVP 🙋🏾‍♂️

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@bloghawk

2 years

Trae Young is already an on-ball star but getting an extra 5% out of him off ball will be a high priority for Quin Snyder. Donovan Mitchell was often used as a decoy to draw blitzes and open up shots. Look at this play Utah runs: a corner flash away from a DHO leading to a layup

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@bloghawk

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Way late on this but the Hawks not playing at home on MLK Day is a travesty and a big misstep by the league. Just not a common sense move to disrupt a tradition Hawks fans hold dear.

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@bloghawk

2 months

agreed

Josh Hart

@joshhart

2 months

CC be throwing that thang

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1 year

Trae Young's minutes tonight: 1st quarter: [✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅] 2nd quarter: [❌❌❌❌][✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅] 3rd quarter: [✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅] 4th quarter: [✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅] 44 minutes. And he scored the last 14 points for Atlanta in the final 3:48.

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@bloghawk

2 years

Dejounte Murray is a much better player than he showed tonight. But almost halfway through the season, his creation for others and rim attack is way down compared to the end of his Spurs career. It's starting to become a big worry.

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Clingan is (still) somehow underrated as a big man passer. That dynamism with Jalen Johnson would be a rare combo imo. The last time the Hawks had two plus-passing bigs together.

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@bloghawk

1 year

To anyone going to the Atlanta United match then walking next door to the Hawks game, I have the utmost respect for your service to Atlanta sports. 🫡

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@bloghawk

2 months

Summer League favors either players who are physically mature at this stage or are advanced creators. Zacch Risacher is neither. He hasn't been bad by any stretch, but Risacher's game (imo) will look better next to better players and in a better spaced environment.

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@manavfcb

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"I miss them" and it's just two basketball players

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@bloghawk

2 months

Zaccharie Risacher getting the least amount of hype of any modern #1 overall pick may end up benefitting him. He's an extremely hard worker who turned pro at 16. Easy situation for him to continue to put his head down, develop, exceed the low expectations.

Wes

@bloghawk

2 months

Some quotes from ex-teammate Bryce Brown and Atlanta-native about Zaccharie Risacher: "He works very, very hard, extremely hard." “He would sometimes already lift weights and then shoot and then he’d practice. Crazy work ethic.”

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3 years

Trae Young has 14 assists. The Knicks have 13 assists total.

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1 year

The biggest silver lining of this season has been that Quin Snyder is a great players coach, sharp tactician, and isn't scared to make bold adjustments when needed. He'll have some say over personnel and give the chance for Atlanta to escape this cycle of perfectly average play.

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@bloghawk

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That 2025 Lakers unprotected pick tho

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3 years

Kevin Huerter had a +/- of +33 that half. Pretty good.

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1 year

The last Holiday brother still standing in the Playoffs.

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@bloghawk

2 years

A thread of all the John Collins trade ideas that make the Hawks better in 2023 without giving up firsts/young players:

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3 years

@BeccaMVP 🥶

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@bloghawk

2 years

This play is hilarious. Trae Young rejects screens so often that KP cheats that way and looks absolutely foolish when Trae uses the screen.

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@bloghawk

2 months

The thing I'm most excited for is having multiple options defending at the POA. The past few years have just been "Dre and inshallah". Any of Dyson, Kobe, Dre (if he stays) and honestly Risacher could get some run as the first line of defense.

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It would seem odd for a coach to draw up a corner three for a center in Okongwu who had no made threes coming into the season, and yet both his makes under Snyder were from the same ATO play!

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"Coach has confidence in me. ATO, shot it with confidence." – Onyeka Okongwu, to @laurenjbara , on hitting his 3rd career three

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It's easy to pick on a random blog's mock trades. But as an example, the Hawks really shouldn't entertain trading multiple team-controlled players and a (possible) first for Siakam, who has made it known he wants to test free agency in 2024.

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@bloghawk

2 months

The Hawks are *really* betting on Jalen Johnson to step into an even greater role as a creator and on ball threat with the Dejounte trade. Even so, the non-Trae minutes project to be rough offensively. Will need to find a scalable shot creator this offseason.

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@bloghawk

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As a reminder, the Jalen Johnson-Onyeka Okongwu frontcourt has a +3 net rating for a team that has been -2 in net rating over the past two seasons.

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@bloghawk

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Two meh firsts plus a quality young defensive-minded wing, about as good a return as you could have hoped for. Huge move for roster balance. Emphasis on surrounding Trae with size and shooting while remaining young.

Adrian Wojnarowski

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Full trade on ESPN: Dejounte Murray for Larry Nance Jr., Dyson Daniels, 2025 first-round pick (via Lakers), 2027 first-round pick (least favorable of Bucks-Pels)

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$600 stimulus $2000 stimulus

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@bloghawk

1 year

From Fischer on Atlanta: "there continues to be optimism among league personnel familiar with the situation that Atlanta will come to terms on a contract extension for All-Star guard Dejounte Murray."

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1 year

Another offseason notebook @YahooSports features the restricted free agent market, with special appearances from Charlotte, Dallas, Atlanta, Philadelphia and more:

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The entirety of my thoughts about acquiring Deandre Ayton for the purposes of playing center for the Atlanta men's professional basketball team: ... ... no.

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@bloghawk

2 years

Eagles-49ers was the “For You” tab and Chiefs-Bengals is the “Following” tab so far.

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2 months

DeRozan to the Kings probably juices the chances of the Hawks getting their 2025 top-12 protected pick from the Huerter trade

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@bloghawk

1 year

Let's not lose sight of the fact that Trae Young is good at basketball. He's a walking 30/10 and is leading the Atlanta Hawks in a high stakes game in just a few hours. Let's just have fun watching the shootyhoops and save the Hawks existentialism for the offseason.

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@BeccaMVP 🎅🏾

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1 year

Headline reused from 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020...

NBACentral

@TheDunkCentral

1 year

The Brooklyn Nets have had a ‘longstanding interest’ in John Collins, per @NetsDaily

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3 years

Who would have thought Marvin Bagley III would last longer for the Kings than Tyrese Haliburton?

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3 months

Quin Snyder spent years installing a motion offense with Gobert as a DHO big in Utah. We saw glimpses of DHO play with Capela/OO/Bruno. Donovan Clingan brings readymade capability for that, especially considering the #1 offense he helped lead at UConn.

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