Atlanta Hawks begin 2026 on a high note with revenge victory over New York Knicks

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1. I feel so bad for Trae, this timing so unfortunate

2. when are we gonna stop acting 1-8 with trae and 16-11 without him is a coincidence

3. With or w/o Trae, they have no clue how to close out a game. No dependable closer either.

4. Im not even gonna say it, just gonna enjoy the last two wins…btw there is an elephant in this room….

5. I know yall Trae-stans mad asf when we win 😂

6. Gotta learn how to close games out. Need a real closer but I think we might get him via New Orleans pick

7. I believe Mo might be part of a trade.

8. I'll take Asa over Mo every day!

9. I honestly feel like it’s hard to take too much from this game with Josh Hart, KAT, and Mitch Robinson out. It made their lineup so small and allowed us to rebound better than we are capable of. This team is still missing a true 5 rim protector/ rebounder.

10. Go Hawks!

11. Zacc SHOULD be mad at the minute allocation. Quin is ruining a #1 overall pick, it's embarrassing atp

12. (My honest feelings on Trae) Trae created this extreme defensive liability himself, there are and have been other guards Trae's size that weren't as much of a liability as he makes himself out to be. The truth is he's spent his whole career convincing us there's no more he can do other than duck hard assignments and getting around or through screens. Like I said I've seen others his size or close to his size give a hell of lot more effort on that end so the team didn't have a mental breakdown every time that guard was threatened. I've always been a Trae fan since the day he arrived, but it just seems he's determined not to give anything more on that end since he's been able to get away with it. And that will ultimately be his ticket out of here !

13. I'm not even listening to this any more. Stevie Wonder and see what it is.

14. Great win now get greedy and win again

15. This game not much diff compare to we lost Piston 98-99. Opponent Shoot so bad and play under their standard. But Why that game we lost? And Why This game we win? I will decribe below.
    
    Good Defense can get from 2 ways, You can be look good in defense if oppoent play attack bad. That just be happened. Your Opponent not the god. They are human, they can had a bad days too. And we have to take a chance.
    
    Compare to Piston Game that I mentioned. Just this game we not play bad follow to Opponent. We keep our standard. And for the sake of we leading gap points many enough to support our choking in Q4. We escape not to be in crunch time to challenge with Brunson. We got a deserve win.

16. its clear as day trae is the hawks biggest problem

17. This team gets so tense when they go to the line late. It's a team-wide issue. I don't know if the coaches are tense or what put it's a feeling that permeates the team.

18. Onsi…probably on phone talking with Kings/Nets/WIZ…whoever he can send Trae to! WE CLEARLY need to move on from Trae…Onsi knows…that TRAE will ABSOLUTELY pick up his player option..and he REALLY doesn't want to go thru this again..especially when NOBODY next year will want to trade for him and that will result withTrae picking the team of his choice when he is UNRESTRICTED! Hawks can get thru this GETTABLE EAST…It's definitely time to move on from TRAE!!! The PROOF is there..how we play without Trae! More than enough sample size!!!

19. BIG TIME ARROW UP…for LUKE!!!!!!!!!!

20. You are not going to ADVANCE in the playoffs…unless you get STOPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bottom line! That's why he…you know who…will be moved…!

21. Idk I might be way off, but I think sometimes in competition (in general), people get way too caught up in the margins and statistics. I know it's a very "lame brain simple" take, but if the goal of competing is winning (no matter the sport/competition), shouldn't that be what matters most? If you win a championship, nobody is going to argue about how your stats make you a loser, they're just going to say "it was your year." All this within reason right, not talking about cheating justifying wins, or paying way over the tax. Just playing your game better than the competition. Like i said idk what the long term answer is for the Hawks just grateful that as a fan I get to celebrate their wins after what feels like a long journey of losses with no hope.

22. The same people popping off about how great the record is without Trae are the ones complaining about poor free throw shooting, offense bogging down late, and not being able to hot clutch shots in the 4th.

    Hey, you know who's great at all those things??? 🥶

23. 8:44 all those wins without Trae and this the first win against a top tier team…yikes I guess record doesn’t explain the full story

24. FIRE Quinnn!!!!!!!!!

25. zacch had 12 points in 18 mins everytime he was scoring he got subbed out but besides that those 3s luke hit for us was beautiful i been pleased with him last few games still dont think he should get more mins then zacch but im happy he hit those 3s

26. i do think were winning because of kristaps not more not having trae i wish we let off trae he barley played this year and hes had decent games since being back from injury only thing i cant defend for him is hes a defense liability but other then that hes still great player