00:00Obviously a big win for the Hawks getting 11 straight.
00:02They've got 13 games left.
00:05We've got a couple back-to-backs coming up over the next couple of weekends,
00:09but the schedule definitely gets harder from this point on out,
00:11starting with Houston on tomorrow night.
00:15It'll be interesting to see what they can pull off,
00:17but really, really happy with, I don't know,
00:20I don't want to say really, really happy with the season because that's not it,
00:22but just really happy right now with the trajectory of this team
00:26because of the roster, because of the draft pick you'll have next year
00:29in a star-studded draft.
00:32So love what you're seeing last night from a team that was favored
00:35but didn't trail at any point.
00:39I'm actually happy with the season because if you had told me
00:43that two of the main guys you were hoping to depend on on this roster this year
00:49and you had high expectations for the outlook are no longer on the roster
00:54and have probably only played like 30 games combined at the month, maybe,
00:59not even that, and Trey and Przingis, and they both are gone,
01:03and yet you're an 11-game win streak.
01:05You're 38-31.
01:06You have a chance to get out of the play-in.
01:08I would be pretty excited.
01:10You've allowed the team to become – there's a new identity,
01:14and it's no longer is it Trey's team, is it not, what's Trey's thing?
01:21Now it is Jalen's team, and you know that, and when you move forward
01:24and whatever happens with this pick with – I know the Pelicans have suddenly
01:28decided they're going to start winning, but if Milwaukee loses more games
01:35after they tried to shut down Giannis and he refused,
01:38they could get the pick from Milwaukee instead of the Pelicans.
01:42And so it's all – I hate the way the NBA does this stuff, but it's so confusing.
01:47But in other words, you're going to – literally you could be a top six team
01:55in the league in their conference this year, end of the playoffs,
01:58and be adding a lottery pick.
02:00And this is going to be a good draft.
02:02So I would go on the other side and say, for once, I am happy.
02:06I feel like if you can – look, let's just say you – no matter what happens
02:14from here on out, but you're going to be in the play-in no matter what.
02:18It looks like – and you're going to add a lottery pick to what looks like
02:23a young core that's starting to play together, and you've got money
02:26in the offseason to spend.
02:29I think that's a – there should be some positive outlook at that.
02:32Yeah, it definitely is.
02:33But I mean, I'm the positive guy on the show, so.
02:36Yeah, I don't – I literally just said I love their trajectory.
02:39I don't know where we got our lines crying.
02:41You said I'm not happy with the season.
02:42I think that's –
02:43I don't think – because at this point, I think that if I'm to say I'm happy
02:46with the season, and then we go lose the next 13 games in a row, like,
02:48no, I'm not going to be happy with the season.
02:50Well, at this point –
02:51That's all I'm saying is it's an unfinished product.
02:53And I think that this – I think this team can hit new heights,
02:56and I do think that they could get to the sixth seed and not be a play-in
02:58and everything.
02:58So, it's – but, yeah, I'm very excited about the upward trajectory
03:02of everything going on with this franchise.
03:04I think for me, it's – who we're building around now is more exciting
03:09than it's been since Dominique was here.
03:13There hasn't – there's – right now, involved in this storyline,
03:16there's not many yeah buts.
03:18We had a yeah but for a long time as part of this team.
03:22Trey Young's a good scorer, one of the best passers in history.
03:26Yeah, but how good of a defensive team are we going to be while he's here?
03:29There's always been yeah buts.
03:31So, you think it's fair, and Dylan, I want you to chime in too.
03:34It's fair – I think it's fair to say this is the best piece you've ever –
03:39you've had to build around since Dominique was in his heyday here.
03:43I think that is fair to say.
03:45Oh, I 1,000% agree with that.
03:47That is 100% fair because he fits exactly what you need in today's NBA.
03:53You need a bigger guy who can do it all.
03:57Take it coast to coast off a rebound.
04:00Handle the ball with some effectiveness.
04:03Shoot the three ball and stretch the floor.
04:04But also be able to go in and dunk on your head top.
04:07And he can do all those things.
04:08And pass the ball as well too.
04:09Don't want to underrate his passing.
04:11So, as far as a guy to build around,
04:15he is that prototypical guy to build around right now.
04:18And you have very good pieces around him.
04:20When you talk about Nikhil Alexander-Walker,
04:21who should be undoubtedly the most improved player of the year.
04:24Dyson Daniels, who is continuing to get better,
04:26but also is a really good defender
04:28and also gives you what you need on the offensive end.
04:31And then Jonathan Kamingo, hopefully he continues to get better.
04:33He's the piece you build around.
04:34You know, we'll see what happens with Zachary Sashay's outlook.
04:37But as far as their core goes,
04:39they have a core there that you can definitely build around
04:42and continue to get better.
04:43And as far as what y'all were talking about
04:46is like the rest of the season outlook and trajectory and all that.
04:50I do agree with Mike on the front.
04:52I agree with both y'all as far as their trajectory is very positive.
04:56I don't think there's any debate about that.
04:57As far as the rest of this season goes,
05:00I do think now that they have gelled and come together,
05:03I do want to see them finish the season strong.
05:06And I do want to hopefully see them not be a playing team now.
05:10The thing about it is you do finish the season,
05:13you do have some tough games down the stretch.
05:15Because besides the one game against the Brooklyn Nets,
05:18the month of April, your last six games,
05:20again, besides that Brooklyn Nets game, they're tough.
05:22So you're going to have to prove some things down the stretch.
05:25But ultimately, like Bo, you said,
05:27they're going to be in the play-in no matter what.
05:28Because Milwaukee, the 11th team, they're not catching them.
05:31And they're going to be in the play-in no matter what.
05:33So if you do end up in the play-in,
05:35you should at least be in a favorable spot to, one,
05:37get out of the play-in.
05:38And then can you at least make some noise in the playoffs?
05:41I'm not saying they necessarily have to win a playoff series for me to be excited
05:46or feel good about what they did this season.
05:48But I at least want to see them make a series out of whoever they play.
05:52And that's one through whoever, one through one through six,
05:55or whoever they end up playing.
05:56I do think they can make a series out of it.
05:58So that's what I would want to see,
06:01at least for as far as the rest of the season.
06:02But the trajectory is, I love it.
06:04I do feel we have perfect representation of Hawks fans right now in our live chat,
06:09the yin and yang of Hawks fans.
06:11Because JR wrote,
06:12Finally, the city can be hyped about the Hawks.
06:14Woo, very excited.
06:15And then Jeffrey, right afterwards,
06:17said it'd be nice if we could actually make the playoffs instead of squeaking it.
06:20So it's like, pendulum swings.
06:23Yeah, there definitely is.
06:24And I feel that.
06:25I think that that is a good split of what Hawks fans feel right now.
06:28It's like, we want to be excited about 11 in a row,
06:30but then there's all the contingents.
06:31It's like, how good actually are we?
06:32Because we don't really know how to measure it, honestly.
06:35I mean, you're half a game out of six.
06:39And you're a game and a half out of fifth.
06:43And I understand this sentiment about not squeaking in.
06:47But you got yourself in a hole with injuries early.
06:54And with the hole, you basically rebuilt a third of your roster during the season.
07:02Because you had a plan and it went to crap.
07:09And so you had to do a pivot.
07:11Pivot.
07:12Pivot.
07:13And literally rebuild your roster to fit what your team had become.
07:18And so I think that really, honestly, on C, and I know he's gotten a lot of crap,
07:24but Quinn Snyder should get a lot of credit for this winning streak
07:27because this is the work that they put in.
07:30And I want to go back to something you pointed out, too.
07:33You have to think, yes, it would be great.
07:35And I obviously want to see the Hawks not be in the plane
07:38because they're in a position to do just that.
07:41But you also have to think and keep in perspective what you were saying, Bo,
07:44where this team came from.
07:46The fact that they're even close to getting out of the plane is amazing in my eyes
07:50because, you know, they were on, I think it was, what, an eight-game losing streak?
07:54And they were over 10 games under .500 at one point, I believe.
07:58So the fact that they've turned this all the way around
08:00to where they're now almost 10 games over .500, 11-game winning streak, obviously.
08:04The fact that they're even close to getting out of the plane, I think,
08:06is something that we can't lose sight of either.
08:08Well, and we'll see if they extend their win streak tomorrow
08:10when they take on the Rockets at eight.
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