However, the pain of staying the same eventually outweighed the uncertainty of change.

They got Trae sounding like Drake smh. Ok Siri, play Marvin’s Room.

He wanted to be paid and they didn’t want to pay him. It’s simple. He probably wants 45-50m when he’s a 30m player.

Nothing here says it was messy. No shit he isn’t happy about the way it worked out. He didn’t managed to get his team a chip and they’ve been struggling ever since their playoffs run 4 years ago.

And of course, no players will ever be happy about getting traded to another team no matter how their org do it unless it’s the player asking for it in the place. But for a player like Trae where he basically spent his entire adult life in Atlanta playing for the same team. He’s not gonna like leaving like that.

This is like when you see the post breakup post on your couple friends Instagram and find out who cheated

Every single Hawks reporter has said that the breakup was weirdly calm and cordial. This is Trae being weird and poetic about not getting a long term max contract, when he isn’t worth one

about as subtle as a freight train

To be fair, the front office has had multiple different GMs during his tenure. The only constant has been the ownership.

Subtle?

I mean the FO made decisions based on reddit comments

“Situations that didn’t make sense” is crazy lol

he’s been doing that his whole career when he doesn’t get what he wants . him and his daddy run to twitter a lot

Or an audition, which is also fine

A rental next year, right? I don’t think he’s going to be playing much this season to make sure we tank well enough to get a draft pick. I think next year is an audition where we can see what he’s got left and if we can trade him for anything substantial or re-sign him, if things look good, to a much better deal.

Exactly. OKC went 24-58 in the 2021-2022 season. Rebuilds take time

Points aren’t translating to wins unfortunately so it’s hard to be upset at people

Kyshawn, bilal, sarr?

I’ve watched probably 8-10 wiz games this year but I don’t visit the subreddit.

U guys believe in all three as a core? Or what’s the consensus.

I see bilal closer to herb Jones with limited offense. Sarr is obviously a real piece, probably not an all star imo.

And I have zero clue what to make of kyshawn. The highs are so high and the lows are so low

Yeah, the Wizards are bad but it’s obvious they’re building something. They’re like one step ahead of the Hornets in the rebuild cycle… although the Wizards don’t have anyone who looks quite as good as Kon.

Honestly, the Hornets have way too much talent to be this bad. It’s wild.

Everyone has ADHD these days. If a team isn’t top 3 then they should be rebuilding, and if a team is actually rebuilding they should be selling the team because their FO is a failure

The wiz FO has been quite competent the last couple of years and they’re making the right moves for a rebuilding team.

yes? we’ve been drafting well and have very good young pieces

Wizards new front office is actually pretty good, they’re going to surpass a lot of teams in the next two years

They need his archetype bad. And they actually have the young guys to make it work.

We kind of had that going but we never got the center spot right. Hunter developed more offensively than defensively over the years, Cam Reddish still thought this was high school, Risacher just isn’t there yet and Trae isn’t getting younger, Jalen Johnson stopped playing the good defense we expected from him but became an efficient 25/10/10 guy unexpectedly.

All the wings we’ve actually invested in around him either failed, developed in weird ways, or just straight up eclipsed him and made the fit questionable in Johnson’s case. Okungwu is too small, Capela started a steady decline directly after the ECF, and KP has been too sick.

Conversely, between Bilal, Keyshawn George, and Sarr, they have what they need to feel comfortable getting a guy to soak up usage and get them easier shots. They also have the defense to protect him, theoretically. Tre Johnson and Trae together sounds like a nightmare, but you also have Sarr.

Capela covered for our bad defense the 1 year we actually won anything. Sarr can get to that level, and he’s wayyy younger than Capela was. This is a good situation for Trae. If they get a top 3 pick? Good lord.

It’s funny that Washington was the only team that could pay him, but they also genuinely have a good set up there for him. I think they end up extending him at a good number and it works out for him.

You not aware of Bilcatraz Island

I mean at least they picked the right guy in the 2024 draft.

Why can’t DC be that ‘good home?’

Because he didn’t need to, everyone was shaming the Mavs enough to cover for his lack of shade lol

In 2021, they made it to the East Conference Finals. It did work. They just couldn’t keep that together. Let’s NOT act like we didn’t see it work. The Knicks have gotten no further with Brunson and no one is saying that doesn’t work.

I said this 2 years ago when trae woulda got nice assets and was shooting 37% from. 3

“situations that don’t make sense that I directly impacted and wanted’ doesn’t hit the same

Wildly inefficient

Lost his floater

Lost the half court efficiency but hasn’t stopped chucking it up with 18s on the clock

Like yea the Hawks haven’t maximized their potential around him but this would be roster rebuild #3 or 4 depending on how you count it for the guy, how many people can you point fingers at before it’s time for the guy making $50mn to own up for his part in this

-injuries plaguing him and the team (remember JJ was going to win MIP before he was injured)

-Never have a defensive minded center

-All our draft picks were bust except JJ

-FO never made any moves to really build around Trae until this year… And Trae gets injured by our own bench warmer. Porzingis finessed us, and our #1 pick isn’t developing like we expected

-Owners are cheap and will do the same thing to JJ once his supermax time comes

That’s embarrasing

What happens when your terrible ownership is literally Michael Jordan?

You guys weren’t going to win with Trae.

A salary dump and getting some shooting is better than losing him for free or even worse him picking up his option and hamstringing the team next season as well. He isn’t getting his usual fouls and he’s definitely slowed down.

You guys have a great young core and the opportunity to add in the draft + cap space. The W-L record with and without Trae speaks volumes.

He made All NBA the season after the ECF and he averaged ³⁰⁄₁₀ including a game winner against the Celtics in 2023…

did u just say the falcons

Michael penix jr really is a trash shooting guard

Falcons are NFL but Snyder would probably do a better job with them than Raheem did

Boy do I have news for you

Most great on-ball point guards are not great defenders.

You haven’t been paying attention to what’s happening in Washington the last couple years.

he’s been throwing people under the bus since his rookie season. this is the same dude who threw a fit and took a private jet home without notifying teammates or coaches during the playoff series against the Heat.

That he’s just yet another in a long line of guys in our town who think they’re Lebron-tier, dont go out and prove it, then get up in their feelings blaming everyone in the Atlanta Metro except themselves for overpromising and underdelivering

Fwiw I think the FO tried and tried to find a lineup that works with his playstyle but at this point not sure one exists, and it will be easier to build a supporting cast around JJ. 

I thank him for the good times but it’s been mid times for the past 5 years, life comes at you fast.

Appreciate him immensely for what he brought and meant to the franchise. He’ll always be one of my favorite players. I’m kind of surprised that he didn’t at least acknowledge the fans with a thank you. I know he’s probably feeling a way because of the narrative flipping on him but this team just has been so unlucky over the last 8 years. Plus he never got back to his peak after the Heat series exposed his weaknesses. And while the FO has made some bad decisions, the worst decision (Dejounte trade) came on the back of internal pressure from Trae. It wasn’t for lack of trying, but to say that the organization fake supported him when they bent over backwards multiple times to make it work is his own recency bias talking. Sucks it had to be this way.