Atlanta Hawks End Season analysis
Feb 16, 2014 19:29:58 GMT
Post by goikiri on Feb 16, 2014 19:29:58 GMT
The Team
As the Atlanta Hawks 2013-14 season came to a close, the emotions of the fanbase ran the full gamut. On one hand, the pure emotion of losing a brutal series (at home, no less) is never a pleasurable one. Despite the fact that the Charlotte Hornets are a better basketball team than this version of the Hawks (look at the numbers if you don’t believe me), the last loss of the season is always accompanied by lackluster feelings. On the other hand, however, the team won the Southeast Division (Nowitzki's injured was decisive) and seems a solid team for participate in playoffs in futures seasons.
Players
Raymond Felton : Happy with his contract (very, very cheap). With that said, he’s a terribly limited offensive player (only 7 points shooting under 40%) who’s ball handling and passing accumen is pretty overrated.
Jameer Nelson : I can’t understand why Nelson didn’t garner more playing time as the season went along. Jameer was quite efficient, shooting 45% from the field, and could have provided another legitimate option in shooting guard position also.
Delonte West : With a late pick in dispersal draft , the Hawks may have secured a rotation player for a season. But West appeared in 82 games (including 40 starts) and performed very well, shooting 88% from the line. The end of his season fell flat as he was basically buried for the playoff series, because he was shooting very bad (16%).
Ray Allen : His shooting displays are the stuff of legend, but it was really the ability to play better defense than I thought (and most people thought) that made Allen infinitely more valuable than I had previously believed.
Landry Fields : As far as ceiling is concerned, Teague is probably near it, but if you compare his performance this season to reasonable expectations, it was a nice year for the young shooting guard.
Carmelo Anthony : Good season, no great season.
Brandon Bass : He grabbed an affinity from Atlanta fans with some big, big games during the year (basically when Nene was injured), but overall, he was a pretty lackluster option the majority of the time. Frankly, it isn’t Bass’ fault that he played so many minutes, but this should be the last time in his career that he plays this level of time.
Nene Hilario : Nene is incredible. He plays in the limit of the game, making a lot of fouls. With that said, it is easy to ignore that he’s actually a very effective basketball player and a tremendous 4th big. Bad playoffs.
Anderson Varejao : He produced just about what you would expect (13 points per game, 9 rebounds per game). He certainly isn’t a star but what if...he would throw Carmelo's shoots?
Goikiri : Good in regular season (searching options when Nene fall down for two months) but poor in playoffs when runs&goses didn't changed his depth charts during the series.
NAH
Congrats Jestor for the league, I come from the NSL and the level of NAH managers is good IMO. Furthermore, there is an ongoing lack of more active managers, not only writing, at a minimum enter daily in the forum.
Good luck to all of the survivors in the playoffs
As the Atlanta Hawks 2013-14 season came to a close, the emotions of the fanbase ran the full gamut. On one hand, the pure emotion of losing a brutal series (at home, no less) is never a pleasurable one. Despite the fact that the Charlotte Hornets are a better basketball team than this version of the Hawks (look at the numbers if you don’t believe me), the last loss of the season is always accompanied by lackluster feelings. On the other hand, however, the team won the Southeast Division (Nowitzki's injured was decisive) and seems a solid team for participate in playoffs in futures seasons.
Players
Raymond Felton : Happy with his contract (very, very cheap). With that said, he’s a terribly limited offensive player (only 7 points shooting under 40%) who’s ball handling and passing accumen is pretty overrated.
Jameer Nelson : I can’t understand why Nelson didn’t garner more playing time as the season went along. Jameer was quite efficient, shooting 45% from the field, and could have provided another legitimate option in shooting guard position also.
Delonte West : With a late pick in dispersal draft , the Hawks may have secured a rotation player for a season. But West appeared in 82 games (including 40 starts) and performed very well, shooting 88% from the line. The end of his season fell flat as he was basically buried for the playoff series, because he was shooting very bad (16%).
Ray Allen : His shooting displays are the stuff of legend, but it was really the ability to play better defense than I thought (and most people thought) that made Allen infinitely more valuable than I had previously believed.
Landry Fields : As far as ceiling is concerned, Teague is probably near it, but if you compare his performance this season to reasonable expectations, it was a nice year for the young shooting guard.
Carmelo Anthony : Good season, no great season.
Brandon Bass : He grabbed an affinity from Atlanta fans with some big, big games during the year (basically when Nene was injured), but overall, he was a pretty lackluster option the majority of the time. Frankly, it isn’t Bass’ fault that he played so many minutes, but this should be the last time in his career that he plays this level of time.
Nene Hilario : Nene is incredible. He plays in the limit of the game, making a lot of fouls. With that said, it is easy to ignore that he’s actually a very effective basketball player and a tremendous 4th big. Bad playoffs.
Anderson Varejao : He produced just about what you would expect (13 points per game, 9 rebounds per game). He certainly isn’t a star but what if...he would throw Carmelo's shoots?
Goikiri : Good in regular season (searching options when Nene fall down for two months) but poor in playoffs when runs&goses didn't changed his depth charts during the series.
NAH
Congrats Jestor for the league, I come from the NSL and the level of NAH managers is good IMO. Furthermore, there is an ongoing lack of more active managers, not only writing, at a minimum enter daily in the forum.
Good luck to all of the survivors in the playoffs