Brad Rowland (@BTRowland, DIME on UPROXX) hosts episode No. 1592 of the Locked on Hawks podcast, and he is joined by Tyler Jones (@Jonesy2x4) for Part 2 of a 2-part discussion. The show focuses on the first 12 games of the 2023-24 season for the Atlanta Hawks, with player observations, overall takeaways, what’s to come, and much more.
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C'mon Tyler.
Trae has never been a good 3pt shooter. Him taking long range 3s is on hom being 5'11. That's a problem. Him not wanting to shoot catch & shoot 3s closer to the line, because he's short and liable to get blocked, is a Trae problem. Which like Brad said, has been the issue on why people like me believe you can't build a title contender with him as your best player (person who shoots the most).
You want to bring uo game 5 vs The Celtics (he didn't even shoot well in that game, just hit the game winning shot)
Bring up game 6 where Trae shot 7/28
Bring up game 7 vs Philly, 5/23
The floater should get better, but he's never been able to shoot. You can't depend on the 5'11 guy.
Also Steph is 6'3 and a way better shooter who is off ball 40-50% of the time, if you want to make that comparison. Steph's worst 3pt shooting season, and only season under 40%, he shot 38%, which was Trae's best season, and his outlier. Look at Haliburton, who Hawks fans wanted to take off Team USA for Trae, or Jalen Brunson's career 3pt Shooting. Even last year with Brunson was the #1 offensive threat on the Knicks. Ugh….
Also, Tyler, Haliburton is better than Trae. Look at last year and this year, More assists than Trae, way less turnovers, career 40% 3pt shooter. It's not even a question. It was a question when Haliburton was splitting time with Fox in Sacramento, with lower usage. It's not a question now. Explain how you can even question that Haliburton is better. And when people talk about Trae's pass difficulty, it's because he's 5'11. I don't care that he's 5'11, that's his problem, and the Hawks problem because they decided to build around a 5'11 dude.
Also, Brad was right, it was a very good looking stop and pop long two, to show off Jalen's skill, and I know Tyler was joking, but that was the single worst shot the Hawks have shot this season, vs the Pistons at the end of the game.
Also recommendations-
Blue Eye Samurai on Netflix
Game- Octopath Traveler 2 on PS5/PS4 and Switch.