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@willis_glen
G Willis
2 years
Look at Hunter at the end of this possession at the end of regulation
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G Willis
2 years
Get this stuff out of here man If you are good at basketball just play basketball
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G Willis
3 years
Game 5 is going to be a legitimately unsafe environment for the Hawks in New York. I hope the NBA has a plan.
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G Willis
2 years
Trae with some legit ball pressure
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G Willis
1 year
Saddiq Bey is going to play with Trae Young for a LONG time
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G Willis
2 years
Go ahead and build an NBA offense with Herro as the centerpiece and see how it goes. Good luck.
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𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧' 𝐍𝐁𝐀
2 years
"We're all marveling [Tyler Herro] right now" — Shaq on whether Herro is on the same tier as Doncic & Trae #NBATwitter #HEATCulture
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G Willis
2 years
I’m not going to make a prediction until tomorrow, but… Heat Hawks will not be your typical 1v8 series And I don’t think anyone wants Trae Young on YOUR court in a game 7
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G Willis
8 months
‘Trae is the worst defender in the NBA’ means you don’t watch the Hawks and you listen to dummies ‘Trae doesn’t win’ oh yeah? His record in playoff games is 13-16 (never playing on a contender) Haliburton has never played in a playoff game Brunson is 18-18 in playoff games
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G Willis
1 year
The coaching move that won this game for the Hawks: JC didn’t play at all in the 4Q Jalen played 2:18 in the 4Q Trae had 15 pts in the 4Q on 5-9/1-2/4-4 shooting, 1 assist, no turnovers Saddiq played all 12:00 in 4Q, made but one shot and gave them SO MUCH
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G Willis
2 years
Dejounte had a number of missed opportunities like this last night Not sure why doesn't feed Okongwu with a lob there
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G Willis
2 years
I’m just going to say again… it would be very hard, in my view, for the Hawks to trade John Collins and improve the roster
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G Willis
1 year
This is Marcus Smart's 9th year in the league, how do these officials continue to fall for this stuff?
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G Willis
3 years
What are we even doing?
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G Willis
3 years
I will continue to say this I can’t imagine why a team building around Trae Young would consider moving John Collins off of the roster I mean, you know, unless you are reading for a top-10 or so player in the league The pairing of those two is so powerful
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G Willis
1 year
Hawks fans - a frustrating season to watch in some ways I had an absolute blast watching along with you this year and keeping the conversation going all year Let’s have a great offseason And lots of fun playoff basketball left to watch!!
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G Willis
11 months
I mean, come on Jalen just absurdly good in the open court How many 6'9 players can do this?
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G Willis
8 months
Warriors trapping a player that isn’t an allstar in the backcourt lmao
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G Willis
2 years
@dantechal Would seem he’s trying to play through injury
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G Willis
3 years
It’s ridiculous how physical the Lakers are being allowed to be with Trae
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G Willis
1 year
If Hawks fans want to be upset about something officiating-related in this series don’t focus on the Dejounte suspension Focus on why three different officiating crews let Al Horford set wildly illegal screens for all of three games
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G Willis
2 years
😂😂😂
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G Willis
3 years
Me and Don and Ja 😂
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G Willis
3 years
Just watch, the Falcons are going to make the playoffs and then their playoff game is going to be on NBATV
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G Willis
1 year
Hawks just got lucky I guess
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G Willis
1 year
We are about to see a season where Trae has 1) requisite shooting around him 2) another lead ball handler/creator Trae’s best season coming up if you ask me
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G Willis
1 year
Why are we calling a travel here? Left foot clearly established during the whole operation
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G Willis
2 years
I want to show you something cool here (watch several times) Wolves line up to rebound the FT wrong, should have two on JJJ, one on Clarke Josh Okgie (who didn't play) sees this and communicates to Beasley to help all the way down onto JJJ instead of boxing out the shooter (Ja)
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G Willis
2 years
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G Willis
2 years
This kind of patience in PNR from a player that is just barely 19.5 years old and isn't a point guard is astonishing
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G Willis
2 years
Listen…
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Tony Banks
2 years
Listen, there is absolutely no difference between these two players, except the team each plays for. If Thibs would have given the keys to Quickley the way Atlanta gave thier keys to Trae, you'd have the same results. Quickley shouldn't be coming off the bench, Thibs did that.
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G Willis
1 year
Talked on the pod(s) about how for some reason NBA officials let Horford get into a stance and move as a screener This is absolutely absurd Ervin Mitchell does not care
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G Willis
3 months
I have so much respect for what Saddiq Bey gave Hawks last year A supremely flawed roster and he stepped up and tried to fill gaps even in areas not aligned to his strength Was incredibly coachable and unselfish entire season Heading toward RFA and being that unselfish >>>
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G Willis
2 years
Trae was +18 in the 4Q 10 pts 1 assists 0 turnover 3/5 1/2 3/3
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G Willis
2 years
Hawks fans will 'enjoy' this Out of a timeout, all by design Herro with an illegal screen on Mobley Mobley tries to work through the illegal screen Butler creates all the contact and then throws himself on the ground Zach Zarba falls for all of it Butler free throws
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G Willis
3 years
I really wish Embiid would stop this He often just falls down when there is inconsequential contact on a rebound, and it seems like the officials fall for it every time
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G Willis
2 years
Points scored NOT at the FT line Hawks 111 Heat 98
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G Willis
2 years
Offseason wish list 1. inbound passer 2. inbound passer 3. inbound passer 4. inbound passer 5. secondary creators 6. point of attack defender
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G Willis
2 years
I am SO proud of De’Andre Hunter right now
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G Willis
1 year
I’m throwing a party when Kyle Lowry retires You are all invited
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G Willis
8 months
People can say whatever they want and all But people should really stop suggesting the Hawks are better without Trae It’s completely absurd
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G Willis
1 year
I really think there a lot of Hawks fans who don’t understand what a good young trio OO, Jalen, and AJ are Apart from teams that have tanked multiple seasons there are not many teams that have what the Hawks have in those three
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G Willis
1 year
It’s still summer league but so far Mouhamed Gueye is better than summer league good
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G Willis
3 years
They called a foul on Okongwu 😂
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G Willis
2 years
Delon Wright +24 Onyeka Okongwu +21
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G Willis
10 months
'not in a legal guarding position' I guess he's supposed to let Embiid just step on him
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G Willis
2 years
But is he an all-NBA player? Who can say?
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G Willis
7 months
Really impressive that ahead of trade deadline Hawks put out sourcing that everyone was on table except Trae and Jalen And now reporting is that ‘league sources’ are saying they expect Hawks to consider trading Trae Nice work everyone
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G Willis
11 months
Mercy that’s a great contract for the team
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Adrian Wojnarowski
11 months
Atlanta Hawks F/C Onyeka Okongwu has agreed on a four-year, $62 million contract extension, Sam Goldfeder of @excelbasketball tells ESPN.
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G Willis
1 year
The Dejounte suspension showed up tonight Trae played 44 minutes two days ago Had nothing in the 2H tonight
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G Willis
3 years
Okongwu attention to detail Just look where Jokic initially tries to post him and where he ends up Hawks need this
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G Willis
2 years
One again, it’s easy to tell who doesn’t watch Trae.
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Biscayneboys
2 years
@willis_glen Bro, you root for Trae Young.
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G Willis
5 months
Hawks fans - read a super frustrating season. Changes coming for sure. But the most important thing to say now is that we have an awesome community here. We have silly fights sometimes. But lots of wonderful people in our community. Much love. Lets have a great offseason
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G Willis
2 years
Okongwu is doing so many little things that suggest his confidence continues to grow Being ready here to put the ball on the floor immediately and attack the rim with no hesitation That's fairly rare for players at his position He's going to be so good
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G Willis
2 years
A moment of good vibes as Trae tries to help Okongwu add a rebound to his stat line
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G Willis
2 years
That was the weirdest game I’ve ever seen from a team with an opportunity to get a series to 2-2 We likely won’t get real information (re health/injuries) until the season over but Trae did not attack at all today Bogi looked rough today Capela hit a wall early JC - we know
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G Willis
1 year
I know a lot of you dislike Hunter and the bad plays jump out But he worked hard to keep Tatum from comfortably getting to his spots tonight Team best +10 despite the rough offense Tatum was 5-11 on 2s and 4-11 on 3s
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G Willis
3 years
There are very few scenarios in which I would say the Hawks trading John Collins makes them better, very few
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G Willis
3 years
@Grant_Shirley4 No, that's not what happened. You may remember Trae getting teed up a few times for making that motion to refs. The Hawks bench asked what the tech was for and this was the ref telling them Trae did that. He HAS to stop that.
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G Willis
11 months
Trae and Dejounte really playing off of one another here A beautiful thing
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G Willis
1 year
Hawks fans arguing about Jaylen Brown lol, I love this fan base Let me share my non-argumentative view On offense: he would be super optimized playing with Trae On defense: he’d make them better but wouldn’t move the needle as much as some might think
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G Willis
3 years
Huerter now has 14 blocks in the postseason. Only Gobert, Lopez, Durant, Embiid and Capela have more.
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G Willis
1 year
7-game series anyone?
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G Willis
2 months
Risacher works every second he’s on the court It’s really impressive
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G Willis
1 year
Pour one out for all the Celtics fans that laughed at my Celtics in 6 prediction It may end up being Hawks fans that are making some fun of me and that's OK
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G Willis
1 year
Hawks fans have to LOVE this…
@TheTraeYoung
Trae Young
1 year
IF IT’S US VS THEM WHO YOU THINK GON WIN!! YKTV!! We locked in Brotha💯 #BiggerThanHoop @DejounteMurray
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G Willis
1 year
Even though this doesn’t seem like a series that’s going to get a lot deeper I think absolutely the most important development in this series on the Hawks side is Quin helping get Trae get on track offensively Prior coach wasn’t able to do that
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G Willis
2 years
People can be down on Trae if they want. I respect that he’s been putting in much more work on defense. Communicating, helping organize, taking initiative to keep himself out of bad spots. Not a surprise the offense at times suffers. He will adjust and put it all together.
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11 months
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G Willis
2 years
Hunter needs to restart his dribbling program
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G Willis
2 years
It's been a different season with different challenges... and it hasn't been perfect at all But Trae Young is REALLY REALLY good and one of the single best guards in the NBA I will leave it at that
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G Willis
1 year
The people are very excited about Mouhamed Gueye
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G Willis
2 years
Rough whistle all game Hawks came out with a great game plan Fought hard the whole game Heat got a ton of help All you can do is move on
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G Willis
3 months
Hawks fans that were hoping for a top 50 or so player in the DJ trade I get it Totally normal expectation to have Hawks continuing to building with big picture in mind it seems I don’t expect you to love it or to agree with me But they are addressing areas of need so far
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G Willis
2 years
Hawks and Bucks play for sole possession of first place in the Eastern Conference tomorrow night
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G Willis
11 months
Dejounte gets a career high if Jalen drops that off to him Dejounte just telling Jalen to yam it Have to love it
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G Willis
8 months
Ok separately now from me being legitimately happy for the guys that made it Trae not being on the team is an absolute freaking joke There is 0.0% logic there
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G Willis
2 years
D Murray would be an incredible fit next to Trae (but of a discount version if SGA) 1) could robustly attack the seams on weak side 2) huge upgrade defensively re PGs and other lead guards 3) really takes care of the basketball 4) likely to be more efficient in secondary role
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G Willis
2 years
My top hope for the Hawks at the trade deadline: That they don’t give Nate anyone else to play in front of Jalen
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G Willis
2 years
I’m usually the last person to jump into what I perceive to be a dumb basketball argument And I think it’s pointless to get too worked up about NBA awards But it’s hard not to be fed up with people commenting on Trae who clearly don’t bother to watch the Hawks play
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G Willis
2 years
Great game winner by Trae But this was the very blueprint of a game where because of what the opposing defense can throw at Trae… Hawks don’t win this game without the specific ways Dejounte helped with the offensive workload down the stretch
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G Willis
1 year
Patty Mills is a great vet to have on the team and can give them some third point guard production But this trade only makes sense if This creates space for another more impactful move
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G Willis
3 years
This is funny: TLC inserted in the starting lineup, not much time with this group at all Capela: TLC you are on the wrong side, go to the other side TLC goes to opposite side Huerter: TLC you are coming to the wrong side, go to the other side Trae: I got this
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G Willis
3 years
How about this "box out" on JC? Twas a one-point game when this happened.
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G Willis
9 months
Silver lining is that Trae is absolutely playing the best all around basketball of his career right now Doesn’t make the losses feel better but it absolutely matters
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G Willis
1 year
This is a great development for the Hawks The fit aspect may still require careful roster/lineup construction But we haven’t seen them with Quin yet really Need a good mix of shooting and defense at 3 and 4 spots for sure Dejounte helped his team with this
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Shams Charania
1 year
Atlanta Hawks All-Star Dejounte Murray and CEO of Klutch Sports Rich Paul are finalizing a four-year, $120 million veteran maximum extension with the franchise, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium . Deal includes a player option.
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G Willis
2 years
Getting to the point where we can say this Casual fans around the league (understandably) have no idea what is coming with Okongwu
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G Willis
1 year
Posting this per a special request Just a a ridiculous pass by Trae There is so much going on here, notice Trae looking off Smart like a QB moves a safety (Hunter decides to get a little bit into the screen freedom here)
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G Willis
2 years
Most patient game Trae has had in a long time
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G Willis
2 years
After a full rewatch I think that might have been Trae’s best game of the year Further, coming off of not making the allstar team he continued playing within what the team needs from him instead of trying to make a point via a stat line
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G Willis
3 years
Hawks have both more steals (10) and more blocks (10) than turnovers (9) That formula will work
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G Willis
8 months
Will discuss more on the pod the idea that nothing matters now that ATL didn’t make a deal is wrong 1) Okongwu needs starters reps the rest of the way 2) AJ needs to play 3) Kobe needs to play 4) they need to figure out how to keep Hunter on floor (20-25 min/gm off bench?)
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G Willis
1 year
When you definitely don’t know what is going on with Atlanta’s offense (which has been a top-5 offense for more than two months now)
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G Willis
8 months
Important to note amid the ongoing noise about a Dejounte trade that one of the keys to the Hawks win last night was that they had a secondary scoring option to leverage when Warriors took the ball out of Trae’s hands Warriors did not have that
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G Willis
1 year
Heat going to their go-to Flop, fall down, over and over
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G Willis
2 years
He has some important things to work on but those of you that want to do so can give up on De’Andre Hunter without me He’s the same age Pascal Siakam was in his third season You just don’t find guys and strong and big as he is with the raw tools baseline he has
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G Willis
4 months
For Hawks fans that were hoping for a real test to materialize for this front office… to see if they are going to operate differently… This will be a real test in that way
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G Willis
6 months
All the dummies having dumb takes about Trae v Dejounte are oblivious to the big picture stuff Good habits starting to be a more consistent thing Young players should growth and development Lots of stuff to be excited about that have nothing to do with the other stuff
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G Willis
1 year
Trae Young games 3-6 (after they we able to get him on track) 33.8 ppg 11.8 apg on 422/365/933 shooting Against the number 2 defense in the league I know he wishes all 6 games went that way But breaking through was really important
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G Willis
2 years
Herro fouled him 4 times before they called a foul
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G Willis
8 months
So many people come on here posting strong feelings about the Trae/Hawks while making it perfectly clear to all of us they never watch them
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