2020-2021 NBA Season thread

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by Scoobay

given what we've seen up until this point - how valuable is Trae? Can he ever be the best player on a championship team? does he just need more time to improve or is he what he is at this point?
clearly a gifted offensive player but a huge negative on defense. Just so limited on that side of things i don't know that there's any possibility of improvement really...

I mean Nash was like that and he was fairly successful but never won anything.

I still think Nash was 100x the creator, though. His ballhandling and court vision was maybe 2nd or 3rd all-time.

Trae? NBA is trying to make him a star, but he's Stevie Francis at best and without Yao, Francis flared out quick.

[saclare]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

I mean Nash was like that and he was fairly successful but never won anything.

I still think Nash was 100x the creator, though. His ballhandling and court vision was maybe 2nd or 3rd all-time.

Trae? NBA is trying to make him a star, but he's Stevie Francis at best and without Yao, Francis flared out quick.

I just had a back and forth with a Hawks fan on twitter. I commented on a Statsmuse tweet showing Trae's awful series and how we can put to bed any remaining arguments that Hawks somehow won the trade and if Trae is even in the same atmosphere of Luka.

I also stated I would take SGA straight up over Trae and I don't think I would hesitate.

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by saclare

I just had a back and forth with a Hawks fan on twitter. I commented on a Statsmuse tweet showing Trae's awful series and how we can put to bed any remaining arguments that Hawks somehow won the trade and if Trae is even in the same atmosphere of Luka.

I also stated I would take SGA straight up over Trae and I don't think I would hesitate.

35% shooting
22% from three
20 field goals made, 24 turnovers

Hard to argue that he didn't have one of the most inefficient series in modern history

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Originally Posted by saclare

I just had a back and forth with a Hawks fan on twitter. I commented on a Statsmuse tweet showing Trae's awful series and how we can put to bed any remaining arguments that Hawks somehow won the trade and if Trae is even in the same atmosphere of Luka.

I also stated I would take SGA straight up over Trae and I don't think I would hesitate.

Well their argument is that he is 6'1. So is Brunson who is averaging 28 ppg in the postseason so....

[Scoobay]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Well their argument is that he is 6'1. So is Brunson who is averaging 28 ppg in the postseason so....

right... so would you take Trae over Brunson at this point? Since they've been drafted i've wondered what Brunson would be able to do if given the same opportunities that Trae has.
They've both had 4 years to grow and adapt to the NBA game.
no question the hawks should be looking for a better coach, but interesting how things have flipped compared to this time last year when the hawks were headed to the ECF and Brunson had struggled vs. the clips again...