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NBA Legend Eddie Johnson Flabbergasted at What Hawks Got In Return for Dejounte Murray
Yup. We tried it with two coaches and a million different lineups and it just didn’t work on either side of the ball. Depending on how Daniels develops and how the Lakers pick shakes out, the return we got could be on par with what we gave up. Not terrible considering we traded for DJM at the height of his value and dealt him with his value significantly below what it was two years ago.
I’m mad that we went all in on such a high-risk/high-reward move that had obvious fit issues in the first place, but that’s water under the bridge now. Can’t redo the last two years and we couldnt run it back with this backcourt, so we cut our losses and moved on.
We went so big on the trade bc lil Nicky Ressler was so convinced he was that guy. Anyone who has been watching the hawks for the last two years can just see trae and dj hold each other back and the concept defensively didnt pan out. Honestly a really decent return with a very interesting prospect in Daniels that can be a great POA defender immediately for us which was our biggest weaknesses last year. And we got two picks in a stacked 25 draft im satisfied and happy DJ is in the west lol.
Exactly. How long were we supposed to wait for them to turn that corner? We gave DejounTrae 2 full seasons and they never meshed the way we wanted them to.
We took a chance. We lost. It’s been time to move on.
Eddie Johnson is exactly the person you want not liking the deal to know that you did the right thing.
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Every fucking push notification has "star" its ridiculous
no disrespect but Eddie Johnson can eat a meat
okay after reading his actual quote, Eddie Johnson can definitely eat a meat
You can tell who watch basketball and who WATCH basketball.. literally every single stat points to us having to break this duo up (and why it rightfully should’ve been Dejounte)
Seriously. 15 games last year watching DJ airball, miss FTs, miss layups, and the Hawks get behind so that that Trae, Johnson and Boggie come in and get us the lead, just for DJ to come back in and watch us lose it. It happened every game.
Eddie Johnson is one of these guys who likes for players to play a certain way or else they are not good. It’s dumb. Plain and simple.
Hey Eddie Johnson, you can shut the fuck up hoe
Trae?
DJ?
Bruh
Enjoy piss city my boy
No point in talking about what we SHOULD have gotten for DJ. It only matters what we COULD get.
The options were to take the best deal we could get and move him or to run it back with this under-.500 roster and have minimal draft picks for several years.
We took what we could get.
I feel like everyone is running off of who they thought DJ was and not what he showed on the court last season.
Everyone keeps saying "NO gets a lead wing with great defensive upside!"
Wut
even when they say “NO gets a traditional point guard to run the offense” like i don’t even think he’s that anymore. in reality NO is probably getting the same pull-up middy man we had in Atlanta just with higher usage and a few more PnR assists.
They are getting a shorter brandon ingram that's better at bringing the ball up the floor. DJ also has a handful of a personality. Can't wait for the first rumor about him slapping beignets out of Zions hands.
Fast Eddie is dead. This is the actual cool Eddie Johnson, not the child molesting, crack addict. FYI
Eddie Johnson is an idiot. I listen to NBA radio all the time and always have thought that. Anyone who has watched more than a handful of Hawks games last 2yrs and isnt braindead, will tell DJM hasnt sniffed playing at an all star level and it was not working between him and Trae. DJM can score, seems pretty clutch, rebounds and can get steals sure. However he is not a good passer/playmaker, cant run PnR, Iso's too much and his defence SUCKED (pretty easily worse than Trae overall) last 2yrs.
I understand your criticism of DJM, which is fine, however, where is your criticism of Trae? You guys make it seem like it's all DJM fault. Trae was a large part of why it did not work out either.
They could have gone that direction, but they didn't, so there's no use talking about it. Whether it was Trae or DJ it was clear something had to change.
huh?
He should’ve never been on our team in the first place. He’s a PG, I’m pretty sure we all knew we were gonna take a loss in the end. Nick is such a dick.
I’m sorry, who? I’ve followed basketball for a long time, but I am not familiar with an “NBA legend” named Eddie Johnson. I vaguely remember an Eddie Johnson who won 6th man of the year sometime during the Reagan administration, but I don’t give a shit what that guy thinks about the DJ trade.
I think he played on the Suns in the 90's but don't care enough to look it up. He's definitely not a legend lol, and I'm gonna bet everyone in this subreddit has watched more Hawks games over the last few seasons lol
“Flabbergasted!” Ha! At least Eddie didn’t “Slam” us about it
Blasting Trae for everything wrong with Atlanta is their way of getting clicks at this point. Lmao it’s obvious they haven’t watched the games.
Eddie Johnson is an idiot. I listen to NBA radio all the time and always have thought that. Anyone who has watched more than a handful of Hawks games last 2yrs and isnt braindead, will tell DJM hasnt sniffed playing at an all star level and it was not working between him and Trae. DJM can score, seems pretty clutch, rebounds and can get steals sure. However he is not a good passer/playmaker, cant run PnR, Iso's too much and his defence SUCKED (pretty easily worse than Trae overall) last 2yrs.
And shameful, atrocious, reprehensible, and a travesty.
It would be so dope if the Lakers fell apart and we were also able to land the Kings pick from trading Red Velvet.
Meh. It isn't a good deal unless both side have some who don't like it.
It’s definitely not a good deal when you compare to what Mikal Bridges was traded for…
If Dejounte was Mikal Bridges we wouldn't need to trade him.
Knicks overpaid but they got exactly what they needed and felt they could do it with no concerns about chemistry
Don’t think they should have any concerns about chemistry — none of those guys are divas
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Modern day round kind of rebound at his height and weight. No expectations of him but way back in the day we got Nazr Mohammed as a throw in when we traded Deke for Theo Ratliff and Mohammed ended up being the better player than Theo in the long run. So ya never know with this type of thing.
It’s not a good deal but it’s definitely a deal
He isn’t wrong, so many of y’all are just trying to tell yourselves it was worth it when in reality the Hawks have a piss poor owner who won’t do what it takes to win. Glorified regular season team.
What did the Hawks get better at after Murray joined the team?
Losing
Aren’t we all. 😐
We should have got more. 😐
Anybody that says this could have grown into the best backcourt in the eastern conference and would be a problem for other teams shouldn’t have their opinion taken seriously because they haven’t been watching the past two years. Simple as that