Jason Walker

Formerly Managing Editor of @RealGM's Hawks FO (‘99-‘05) , @PeachtreeHoops (‘10-‘15) and The Human Highlight Blog (‘07-‘10). Even. The. Hawks!

[Jason Walker @JasonWalkerNBA]

@onlygators Ridiculousness

[Moe @Mohamad2104]

Dyson daniels +12

[Hawks PR @HawksPR]

Onyeka Okongwu finished tonight’s first half with 12 points and six rebounds, marking his 55th career half with 10+ points and 5+ boards. It’s his 215th career game with 10-or-more points and his fifth straight outing netting double digits.

[Jovan Buha @jovanbuha]

Halftime: Lakers 68, Hawks 57

LA's defense let up over the second half of that quarter. Still a strong half on both ends. They led by as many as 20. That was Collin Sexton's best half of the season (12 pts, 2 rebs, 4 asts, +11). Luka has 14 pts, 8 asts, and 4 stls. Kessler has 15 pts and 5 rebs.

[Jason Walker @JasonWalkerNBA]

Nice close of the half. Better defense, rebounding, and shot making.

[Jason Walker @JasonWalkerNBA]

Wiggins has to shoot that. Can't pull it down and then pass the potato with a second left.

[Jason Walker @JasonWalkerNBA]

Nice 7-0 run here for the good guys.

[Jason Walker @JasonWalkerNBA]

As soon as the flat footed bench came in, this game got one-sided.

[Jason Walker @JasonWalkerNBA]

With all the Hawks shooting themselves in the proverbial feet, the Lakers have poured gas on the fire with a banked-in three, and a rattle-and-hum three.

[Jason Walker @JasonWalkerNBA]

@KLChouinard If only there were someone who could help.

[Jason Walker @JasonWalkerNBA]

Wait, Daniels sits again with TWO fouls? Is Mike Woodson coaching tonight?

[Jason Walker @JasonWalkerNBA]

@BTRowland He didn't see your post from this morning about Dyson's effectiveness.

[Brad Rowland @BTRowland]

Dyson Daniels has (inexplicably) been sitting for 8 minutes straight and counting.

Pretty much nothing has gone well since he left the floor.

[Jason Walker @JasonWalkerNBA]

@BTRowland Can understand why Quin shies away from rotational questions. I, too, would have trouble explaining this.

[Brad Rowland @BTRowland]

The Hawks scored 3 points in the final 5:47 of the first quarter.

20-3 run for the Lakers over that span to turn an 8-point lead into a 9-point deficit.

The bench unit got summarily torched.

[Wes @bloghawk]

the Hawks really can't afford to sit their three best passers (Jalen, Dyson and Kingston) at once. the offense has grinded to a halt

[Jason Walker @JasonWalkerNBA]

Golly, the isolation action still stinks!

[Jason Walker @JasonWalkerNBA]

The Atlanta Hawks offense thrives when the possession has an advantage created by movement, a defensive mistake or an early transition opportunity.

The offense is considerably less effective when the ball stops and one player must beat a set defender.

Transition comprises 21.3% of tracked play-type possessions and produces 1.113 PPP.

Isolation accounts for only 3.6%, but produces just 0.646 PPP; third percentile in this dataset.

[StatMuse @statmuse]

Last four QBs with 295 YDS/G, 110+ PASS RTG and 7+ TD% in a season:

— MVP
— MVP
— MVP
— Joe Burrow

[Jason Walker @JasonWalkerNBA]

@evil_dallas Usually possession ending events. So for Isolation, Synergy’s definition is:

“The possession-ending event comes off of a one-on-one matchup between the offensive and defensive player.”

[Jason Walker @JasonWalkerNBA]

The Atlanta Hawks offense thrives when the possession has an advantage created by movement, a defensive mistake or an early transition opportunity.

The offense is considerably less effective when the ball stops and one player must beat a set defender.

Transition comprises 21.3% of tracked play-type possessions and produces 1.113 PPP.

Isolation accounts for only 3.6%, but produces just 0.646 PPP; third percentile in this dataset.