AnselmoHatesFascists

283 | 2 hours ago

The real Magic City promo was getting to play the Wizards and Nets 4 times in the past month.

lil_e_v_ | 76ers

77 | 2 hours ago

and bucks twice and the mavs. sixers with only maxey playing as well. they’ve taken care of business though so can’t hate.

their remaining schedule is tough: celtics 2x, cavs 2x, magic 2x, knicks, heat

Ice2jc

28 | 2 hours ago

The Hawks lost to the Wizards by 20 in November lol

Ok-Wash-9386

22 | 2 hours ago

Trae and KP did not play in that game

Kodak333 | Hawks

19 | an hour ago

They didn’t player in the most recent ones either

Ok-Wash-9386

4 | an hour ago

Wizards were somewhat trying to win back then and Jalen played his worst game of the season. Both rosters are pretty different at this point. Hawks had no excuse to lose that game either way, glad we’re trending in the right direction.

Edit: I was replying to a comment that said Hawks lost by 20 with Trae and KP, guy edited their comment.

Blumpkin_Party | Hawks

0 | an hour ago

Cavs gotta blown out at home by Dallas yesterday. Can. Only play the teams on your schedule. 9-0 and 8 by double digits is that.

Redpin | Super 8

11 | an hour ago

That’s a lot of booty.

Anal_Iverson | Raptors

6 | an hour ago

wtf lmao

dptraynor

1 | an hour ago

Well that’s what happens. They had only seen them a combined 3 times before February 22nd.

Iwentoofar

193 | 2 hours ago

I was shocked to see they won 9 straight…then I saw who they played lol

Ice2jc

76 | 2 hours ago

Tbf the first half of their schedule was endless back to backs with travel. While KP and Trae were holes on their roster giving no production.

l0lw00t

27 | 2 hours ago

And CJ McCollum terrorizing their games the first few games after he got traded

dptraynor

11 | an hour ago

Yeah. ESPN projected Atlanta at 44.3 wins way back on October 8th.

And right now ESPN projects Atlanta at 43.7 wins after all this up and down.

SteamingHotChocolate | Celtics

4 | 40 minutes ago

hopefully the ship corrects itself and they get to 41 wins as the lord intends

EarthWarping | NBA

142 | 2 hours ago

If Atlanta wins tonight 5-9 in the east will be separated by 1 win and 2 losses total.

MahomesMccaffrey | Slovenia

44 | 2 hours ago

the 2018 Jazz started the season 19-28 then went on a 29-5 run at 48-33.

I think their seed barely moved either

XboxSeriesCancelled

5 | an hour ago

BREAKING: teams who are consistently good from the get go will be at a competitive advantage over streaky teams that can’t figure it out until over halfway through the season.

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OneFigure5340

1 | 15 minutes ago

mfers drafted grayson allen instead of tanking in that loaded draft class

-GrapeGrass- | Mavericks

40 | 2 hours ago

East got a lil bloodbath goin on 5 to 9

HokageEzio | Knicks

11 | an hour ago

Yeah, 1 through 10 has been pretty locked in for a few weeks when it was clear the Bucks weren’t going on a run. But there’s still a lot to shake out for who makes the top 6 and who doesn’t.

Wooden-One9984

1 | 22 minutes ago

None of those teams are going to find a lot of success in the playoffs so this end of the season stretch has become each team’s kind of “prove it” time. If Orlando doesn’t make the playoffs its a disaster (though they get some injury buffer), Raptors are right up against the tax and might lose in the play-in, if the Heat don’t make the playoffs then its probably time to actually make the star trade they’ve been threatening for 5 years, and The Sixers ownership might fire Morey over this McCain trade if they lose in the play-in. Hawks and Charlotte are playing with house money imo.

ChickenWhiskers | Celtics

31 | 2 hours ago

I love that The East is so cutthroat this season. Most of us assumed the conference was gonna be extremely weak given all the injuries and roster moves. Glad that didn’t happen.

foofighter1351 | Raptors

15 | an hour ago

Wide open and it turns that just means a period of healthy development for a bunch of teams, it’s nice and very stressful fighting for one of those spots

fantasnick | Knicks

5 | an hour ago

It is cutthroat but also not really

The tiers of teams are still clearly there

adc1369 | Grizzlies

25 | an hour ago

Schedule has been: MIL, BKN, DAL, PHI, MIL, POR, WSH, WSH, BKN

Two teams above .500 and one was shorthanded Philly. Gotta beat the teams you’re playing, but that’s still pretty soft. And they only beat one team ahead of them in the East.

WhiteHeterosexualGuy | Hawks

8 | an hour ago

It’s very soft. We also gave the Wiz their only two wins in the first 20 games or something last year, so I’ll take it. We used to have way higher variance in “should win” games because our defense was so ass. But the defense has been pretty legit throughout this stretch.

Resident_Durian_478 | Spurs

12 | an hour ago

At least one team is actively trying not to give a top team a lottery pick

O_oh | Spurs

1 | 30 minutes ago

also Jazz and Clippers no?

Ok-Tree4365

8 | 2 hours ago

Clippers are 28-12 (.700 record) since December 20, and are likely locked into the 8th seed, even if they continue at that pace. They’re still 6 games back from the 6th seed, and Kawhi may be injured.

dwaite1 | Hornets

2 | 2 hours ago

Did you hear this on NoDunks? lol

SammyAmico | DET

3 | 2 hours ago

but the west is better guys 🤡

thecrunchcrew | SAS

7 | an hour ago

It is. Not hard to win games when you’re playing the East bottom feeders.

WhiteHeterosexualGuy | Hawks

3 | an hour ago

The last 10 games of our schedule are brutal, so this has been a refreshing soft period.

Jack_The_Sparrow_ | Warriors

3 | an hour ago

Kum turning that franchise around

RapsareChamps_Suckit | Clippers

-3 | 2 hours ago

ohhhh poooooorrrrr youuuuuuu

XboxSeriesCancelled

8 | an hour ago

The 8th seed sixers have a better record than the 8th seed clippers. 9th seed Hawks do too. Shut up lol

AaronNesmith | Pacers

7 | 2 hours ago

Thank you for your contribution?

Funny-Transition7869 | Pacers

9 | an hour ago

congrats on your career high last game bro

CazOnReddit | Raptors

1 | 2 hours ago

Mid needs no reward with an improved record in the standings

Mid is its own reward

NittanyScout | Spurs

1 | an hour ago

“We win, straight to play in. We lose, straight to play in. We win then lose, play in. We refuse to play? Belive it or not, play in.”

Krimson_F | Hornets

1 | 19 minutes ago

Yes, I’m so so happy for them :)

Julio_Freeman | Hawks

1 | 15 minutes ago

I mean we were 6 losses behind the 6 seed and now we’re only 2. So we’ve still made up decent ground. But really it’s not a surprise that a 9-game win streak starting at 27-31 and only beating 1 team ahead didn’t catapult us up the standings. A win tonight would be huge, though.

goongoblin113xc | Lakers

1 | 15 minutes ago

Todays game against magic is gonna be a big test for them

mhj0808 | Heat

1 | 14 minutes ago

I think it just goes to show that the early season is more important than people think. Getting off to a bad start can make it really, really difficult to catch up.

I remember some years ago the Heat had an insane second-half turnaround, I think we were on like a 70% win pace or something, and we still missed the playoffs cause we started the season so dogshit.

Groots-Cousin | Hawks

1 | 7 minutes ago

Idc if it’s been against bad teams. I’ve enjoyed every minute of it.

bigbadbernard | LAL

0 | 2 hours ago

I guess they finally broke the .500 curse after 2,600 games.

Burner_420_burner_69 | Hawks

1 | 17 minutes ago

Hornets got conference finals talk on national podcasts after a 6 win streak against similar teams.

Sorry. Strays happen sometimes.

PrimeTimeInc | Hornets

1 | 6 minutes ago

The hornets were blowing out the best teams in the NBA. Not the nets and the wizards lol. That talk was always premature anyways.

MrBuckBuck | Trail Blazers

-1 | 2 hours ago

Damn.

Team-ster | Bucks

-1 | an hour ago

And yall thought the East is weak…

fisheggsoup | Jazz

2 | an hour ago

Check their opponents.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

-1 | an hour ago

9 wins is great but they played the Wizards and Nets lol

ManagerEmergency6339 | Spurs

-2 | 34 minutes ago

now lets wait if they will finish 41-41 😂

XboxSeriesCancelled

-4 | an hour ago

NGL for as much talk as there has been around disappointing teams this season, the Hawks are easily at the top of the list for me. In a wide open east they were easily regarded as a 4th seed at worst going into the season and they have been on average just worse than “Okay” since Ben Simmons gifted them an ECF appearance FIVE SEASONS AGO.

They went from “a Giannis away from appearing in the finals” at the start of the preseason to “They won 9 games in a row and nobody gives a shit cause they still might not even make the play in if the Sixers coaching staff can learn how to stay in the lines of a coloring book” 70 games in, what a fucking embarrassment.

And none of that is even in mention of them unceremoniously trading away their best player this entire century for a white boy with a mustache for basically no reason at all other than giving Dyson Daniels more opportunities to miss his 3 point attempts

NekoShinobi | Hawks

3 | 43 minutes ago

You’re not wrong about the disappointment since the 2021 season, but Trae and KP played like 3 games together due to injury/illness. And as much as I love Trae, building around Jalen Johnson is a better move long term.

Dyson Daniels is still an incredible player despite his terrible shooting efficiency.

The Hawks were the 9th seed with a 27-31 record. After winning 9 straight the Hawks are still the 9th seed at 36-31