This Is WAY Better Than we Thought......

3-0 since the trade deadline. I want to point this out real quick. 3-0 since the trade deadline. I think some of the Atlanta Hawks fans, along with us and our reaction to the trade deadline, we might have got this wrong because the Atlanta Hawks are reeling right now. They are doing a great job. 3-0 in their last three games. I want to say, what, 3-2 in their last five, Chris? Well, I mean, we've won four of our last five games. You know, the only loss came to the Spurs, a game that also was winnable but we just didn't get it at the end you know we was talking about that but we'll get into it yeah before we go any further it would be crazy for for us not to christen the show once again what's going on everybody my name is Walter Pollard and this is none other than Chris Tipmore we are your hosts today for Atlanta Hawks Digest and we have got to dive in to it all now the first game from the trade deadline of course we had uh George he stepped up in a major way for the atlanta hawks and he did a great job but i think there's somebody else that's also vying for a position uh not necessarily a full position on the team but definitely uh for a position to exert himself as hey i'm gonna be a contributor on this team and you guys are gonna see more of me uh now we've got to go into it last night uh the atlanta hawks they definitely did have um a game versus the orlando magic they ended up winning that game what was the score game too actually and what was that again oh 112 to 106 atlanta atl hawks now you were uh you were actually you were viewing some Hawks last night some SkyHawks tell us about that real quick oh man the SkyHawks yeah i definitely had to go down to College Park and you know check the guys out see where the fundamentals are coming from when it comes to guys they're coming up like Mo G like uh DaQuan Plowden you know i said guys like that uh even Keaton Wallace so um i wanted to see exactly like what was going on down there and of course to show some love to our brothers down in College Park so um i like what i've seen man you know they had a good game last night overall i feel like it started off kind of slow but that the SkyHawks was able to work their way knocking down big shots at one point in time but to like the third quarter they knocked down at least by like seven threes so it was it was a good thing to see when we're on a um on a 12 to 3 run that was really significant in the second half and hey man salute to those SkyHawks man they were playing good last night they won like 121 to 113 but those were honestly just like garbage baskets at the end for Indiana for sure the SkyHawks the SkyHawks definitely like twice in that game had 20 point leads so salute to the guys down there in College Park and i was checking that game out and also checking the Hawks out i was i was doing double duty last double duty last night i dig it i dig it listen uh we got some listen the the the we're getting some great responses we're loving the conversation that you guys are digging on the uh on the uh of the page man we love to see you guys going back and forth not arguing not bickering thankfully We haven't had a lot of, you know, Twitter fingers. You dig what I'm saying? A lot of people shooting those shots at each other. But definitely hit the like, share, subscribe button. Definitely want to see that number grow. At first, that small subscribe button, that subscribe number was at 11. Now we're at 12. We want to get it up to more and more and more and more. Listen, hit the like, share, subscribe button. Send this to somebody that you may know who is an Atlanta Hawk fan. And, of course, the NFL season is over with. But their Falcon fans Send it to them too Yeah I'm with it Them too Send it to the Falcon fans too Now last night again I'll get into the Stats really quickly Last night the Atlanta Hawks took on the Took on the Orlando Magic Trey Young Gotta talk about my man's Trey Cause I don't want to say he's been having A tough time And I think you have an understanding for Trey Young. And I want you to just give us your synopsis because we spoke about this in our pre-production. And with Trey Young, I was noticing that, you know, we get a lot of turnovers, thankfully, because of the great barrier thief. But we'll get it right back. I'm missing something. I know Trey Young has been doing a great job with the assists. He's been doing a good job on the scoring. what's been going on though in the forms of the turnover how do we how do we fix that well i mean the thing about it's a lot that goes into turnovers right like now don't get me wrong Trey, I've said many times and I will continue to go on record but this will be for any point guard I'm gonna be, you know, I said of course more critical on my own but we can't have games to where he has high turnover games, you know, 11, 10, 9. He had 9 last night. But like I said, it's a lot of things that go into it. Sometimes, you know, when Trey lets the ball go, and if another guy can't corral it or the ball gets stripped, that turnover goes to Trey. You know, it doesn't go to the person who he was passing it to. Now, all his decisions, I'm not defending all his decisions because there's times where I look at the game and I'd be like, Trey. yeah so it's just like you know so it's I'm not saying that but his usage, him having the ball in his hands for majority of the game is going to happen, his usage is through the roof, he's helping assist, you know, I said on points more than anybody in the league, or just about, he's top three I know that for a fact if he's not number one so it's just it's a lot that goes into it so it's hard to be like super critical and just pound the table and just be like Trey Young, you're a turnover machine, I'm not, I can't say that because it goes into it like for example like two or three his turnovers last night wasn't necessarily on him but of course they're going to be credit to him so it's going to be so it's going to balloon it to like nine ten turnover so is this a matter of over usage, are we overly using our star player because again prior to the uh well we know that already we know that already Wallace because coming into the season we knew we had backup point guard issues yes we were just trying to you know solidify with Kobe Bufkin, uh Keaton Wallace who's been a very serviceable guy who I do like and I want to keep by the way but just you know even with Kobe Bufkin, you know I feel like he's more of a two but we was gonna have him at the point guard position trying to find somebody behind Trey so he doesn't have to always have the ball for sure so and honestly that's another thing that it's so nice that it catapults us right into this trade because we do have other guys who can't handle the ball um i will say i'll raise my hand and say it in the beginning when the first trade happened and we traded away DeAndre Hunter did i feel some type of way i absolutely did but accountability is everything and i I came right back after I calmed myself down, got over the BS, and just really just thought about it from a basketball perspective. And I was like, well, we have been waiting six years for Dre to ball like how he's been balling. For sure. That's a long time to wait. And he's had injuries up and down his career. At the end of the day, as much as we love Dre in a Hawks uniform because that's what we used to, we have to get over that and see the bigger picture. Now, real quick, and I don't want to cut you off because we're pressed for time a little bit, but you were in College Park and we noticed that somebody wasn't there. Muhammad Gay, this is his first start of the season. Muhammad Gay got the first start of the season. Really good job on his end. I hate that these – Well, you know, he played – I believe Barlow got the start against the Bucs, huh? Yeah, I think Barlow got the start. And he stepped up pretty well in that game as well. But Muhammad Gay definitely stepped up. Again, Trey Young, what was it, 19 points, eight assists in that game. So, again, he's still on par for what he normally does. But somebody that we really wanted to highlight, and, again, you can check and see the stats for who they are, but somebody that we really want to highlight for sure is the new addition, the new addition to the Atlanta Hawks, Caris LeVert. He stepped up. I mean, again, the last game, our man George Niang stepped up, and he was able to kind of. Yeah, 16 points. And then, of course, coming into last night's game versus the Magic, Caris LeVert definitely stepped up in a major, major, major way. So, major shouts out to him. Brother, tell me, break this down really quickly as far as Caris LeVert. Hey, man, Caris LeVert, again, that's one thing I did say. He was going to be a wild card because, again, he could put the ball into the basket and he can give you quality minutes on both ends of the floor off the bench so i was very optimistic about him it's just i don't want him to stay healthy as long as he stayed healthy i ain't gonna lie to you we got something off the bench yeah we do but in 30 and 32 minutes the man had got 18 points but it's not just the points he was also efficient being over 50 percent from the field over 42 percent from three he hit some big threes last night and also he created some of those threes hitting guys with the jab step step stepping back creating that space creating that extra space between the defender that's all it is and that's all it is and my thing is too he also had eight rebounds too for me uh wings and guards who rebound is a wonderful thing in my opinion yeah because the job's not the job's not all on you know the big man maybe i mean again big shouts out to this guy for doing what he did last night but also too uh with the Atlanta Hawks in regards to that i mean uh Mo Bamba he was he of course got the start so that Caris LeVert and um George Niang would be able to come off of the bench and that's something i'm starting to find to be more beneficial in all honesty if i could hit the rewind button and go back to my days in high school my days in middle school the the the overall goal was to be a starter but now i'm starting to see that the the the bench players are way more important the uh the Atlanta Hawks actually outscored the Magic's bench last night at great bench production that is something that the Atlanta Hawks needed uh that's what we were looking for throughout this season how can we beef up or shore up our um our uh our bench now unfortunately last night we had the injury bug bite the out of us again uh two players of course went down literally back to back um we had uh V. Krejci well let's not start with him let's start with Larry Nance he actually uh was caught bumping knees with an opposite with an opposing player he went down of course i'm not sure how long i think they're still evaluating them re-evaluating him so be sure to you know keep up with us and we'll definitely let you know with that but literally right after that uh V. Krejci goes up for a massive dunk and then he just has the worst kind of fall i mean it was so and Jonathan Isaac didn't even have to do that right he was already gonna dunk it was a waste of time it was a wasted play i'm not gonna call him a dirty player but that was a dirty play yeah right like come on now like it is absolutely uncalled for and uh from what i was looking to try to see right now it's saying uh on CBS that both players are game time decisions but you are we gotta wait from you know actual reports from the team to try to see exactly what's going to happen with V. Krejci who landed hard on his back yeah and um Also, of course, Larry Nance Jr., who went out with that knee. Hopefully it's nothing. Well, I don't know if it's a knee or a shin because he was kind of grabbing at both areas. Both of them, yeah. And he had to be helped off the court. And I hate that because Larry Nance was having a good game. V. Krejci also was having a good game. Yes, he was. This was a team. We're playing like more team ball. Yeah. It doesn't seem like anyone is above either one. Now, it's cool. The superstar is fine. Great, I love it, but we oftentimes look to that Detroit Piston team that stomped all over the L.A. Lakers that final series back in the early 2000s because we knew that Chauncey Billups couldn't hold Kobe Bryant's jockstrap on a one-on-one, but we knew as a team they could beat him. Now, going forward, the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday will be taking on the New York Knickerbockers or the Traveling Pants up in New York. And then we – New York Shorts. Yeah, the New York Shorts. And then we actually play against Orlando back at home after the playoff – not playoff, after the all-star break. I mean, and I'm not going to go through all of them because, again, you can see a back-to-back versus Miami. Real quick, before we even get into that too, bro, I have to, have to. It would be a disservice if I didn't shout out Terrence Mann. oh yeah from the field last night he did everything call him mr perfect okay because he was four for four uh from the field three for three from the three-point line also hit his free throws as well so again he had a perfect stat line all the way across still gave you two rebounds when he was in there 12 points that was actually absolutely perfect from the field a plus six for those who care about the plus and minus and also uh lastly about trey young i want to say trey young had an unbelievable fourth quarter though yeah he gave you yes he did it was right on time you're absolutely right it was right on time so like it's just like i don't want to degrade or anything about this win because there's so many key points to this win and we can really go on about an hour just picking out just different things that the team was doing but that's a great thing too so so so you you watched the game correct, I listened, I um, I again shouts out to Steve Holman shouts out to Mike Conti all those guys over at 92.9 The Game really love me and I rock with Mike especially my time at uh 92.9 The Game listening to it, it just sounded so vivid and Steve Holman said specifically, gosh Trey had such a tough game early on but in the fourth quarter he made them where it counted, three pointers that hit daggers into that team times when we needed to have a score or have a response to the to the Orlando Magic I freaking love it when I look at this list of games that we have, I put eleven because we have a back-to-back versus Indiana, another back-to-back versus Miami looking at this list I see no less than about three to four losses on this and that's putting it generously and mainly because of this, if this team can stay healthy continue to play the type of basketball we saw last night they could find themselves and possibly either the four or five position because it's only three games that separates them in the next, come on, come on yeah, we only like a few wins out from the fifth seed right um, and then like you know from the standings matter of fact I'm gonna do us a solid right now I can let you know exactly. We're number eight, I think. We just jumped Miami. We are 26 and 28 right now, the Atlanta Hawks are That's good enough for the eight seed that we just leapfrogged the Orlando Magic. Awesome. Also, the Miami Heat, a team that we have a back-to-back against coming forward, they're 25 and 26. We're right behind them, you know. Right. Also, you got the Detroit Pistons who are 27 and 26. Again, the Hawks have 26 wins. The Heat have 25 wins, but they have less losses than the Hawks. Same with the Detroit Pistons. But if we continue going on this run, we can end up leapfrogging both of them and being in the sixth spot. Shoot, Milwaukee is only 28 and 24. We can catch all these teams, is my point, is what I'm saying. And it was so crazy because I had said when we ended our seven-game losing streak right i said when we had won that game i said man hopefully we can go on a seven game winning streak i had ended up saying it inadvertently and even though we lost to the spurs we're still having we're on a three game win streak right now we possibly still beat the new york knicks i think we can beat the new york knicks we were beating them before the trade yes i feel like we can do it after the trade yes i do yep and i actually think we're going to be better on the defensive end as well. Having guys like Karis LeVert, Terrence Mann. Dyshon Daniels. And Zachary Richter-Shea. You got all these guys. Who is coming to his own. Major shouts out to Zachary Richter-Shea who's coming to his own. He's starting to get confident. You start to see his shots are starting to become a little. Listen, we can go all day talking about this, but you guys let us know in the comments. Chris, before we head up out of here, what are your last words, my friend? hey man there's some optimism going on in atlanta i feel like um okay you're gonna feel how you're gonna feel and i did see some a comment that i want to address as far as you know for my people because i feel like it's my job to do that just because i was one of the people that kind of like stirred the pot for sure the 300 thing so guys all right again waited six years for him to ball the way we did we had to get the best value at that time that's what they did what i had waited to the summer yes but that's why i'm here and they're there and also guys hey we had our bench is better we sent out two guys and got back you know technically four but three that were playing right and they're all going to be able to rekindle and recoup that 30 30 points between bogey and dray that we lost for sure i said that before and i'll say it again we these players can make up for those points that we lost and our bench just got actually deeper you can tell deeper and i feel like more efficient because you looked at it we scored 54 points off the bench and we all and they also had more fast break points than they had that's another thing that kept them in the game too but it's just things that's going on this is turning into a new atlanta hawks team we just got to be patient we just got to be optimistic because again the east is weak and Atlanta Hawks they are not packing it in no they're not they're and also last thing Cam LaVert is an expiring contract but if he continues to play this way he's going to get another contract from the Atlanta Hawks or at least an offer you still got Terrence Mann and George Niang who will be on your bench moving forward the Atlanta Hawks are building a foundation we've seen it when they drafted Dyson excuse me when we traded for Dyson yep and got Larry Nance and everything like that they're building a foundation i have to give credit uh for now to um Landry Fields because they're building a foundation possibly he's learning as a GM that is possible to happen let's just wait and see what happens and hey man Hawks Digest let's get it hey listen my final words three and oh since trade deadline simple and plain three and oh since trade deadline hopefully we can make it for this upcoming Wednesday versus the traveling pants his name is Chris Tip Moore my name is Walter Pollard this is Atlanta Hawks Digest and we are signing out peace