Eugene H. Russell IV

@mlbbowman Mercy

Braves rotation at Baltimore Friday: Grant Holmes Saturday: Bryce Elder Sunday: Reynaldo Lopez

@Th3PhoenixBih @VeryGeniusPhd @ToneGully 😂😂😂

@TheEugeneIV @VeryGeniusPhd @ToneGully These dudes stay sucking 🥒 BRO HE GONE WTF The last 4-5 years Where Trae been? Making absolutely no sense 11 asked 2 leave Hit 85 2 DC and leave my Hawks alone.. Why are y'all even on the Hawks thread? I wouldn't even waste my time with the Hawks if I felt like U..

I get emotional with the Hawks

@BlackWorkMedia @VeryGeniusPhd @ToneGully My favorite part is how you all are sold on everything but playoff wins & want to police the fans who aren’t. Low bars…but okay 🤷🏽‍♂️. And @Blackworkmedia , nothing like namecalling to make an intelligent argument. Calm down bruh. 😂

@VeryGeniusPhd @TheEugeneIV @ToneGully Emotional females bro This ish insane Hawks have been trash We finally get a real GM who got the books right all of our draft picks cap space & young talent &🥷s crying abt 5 11 guard that's slow injury prone can't shoot & plays no D AND wanted out of ATL What am I missing

@BlackWorkMedia @VeryGeniusPhd @ToneGully 😂😂😂

@TheEugeneIV @VeryGeniusPhd @ToneGully Onsi just got here Ohh impatient ass U need 2 call Landry Fields & Stop living n the past U can't see this team is on the rise⁉️ Ur either emotional or trolling if U can't see how Onsi took a trash team & won 46 games Young team let them grow & gt chemistry.. MICROWAVE ass 🥷

@VeryGeniusPhd @BlackWorkMedia @ToneGully Didn’t say a word about Trae & the HALF season we played without him. Trae almost took us to the ECF. Let me know when this squad wins its 1st playoff series without him. And I’ve been through too many “rebuilds” to count but you buy right in. 🤷🏽‍♂️

@TheEugeneIV @BlackWorkMedia @ToneGully Well, the rebuild began in the middle of last season. I tried to tell yall we would be just as good or better without trae but you guys wanted to hold on to him till he had no value. As soon as he left, most wins in 10 years. Play World Champs 1st rd without our backup C.

@VeryGeniusPhd @BlackWorkMedia @ToneGully And I don’t dispute that fact, but it needs context. 1, that is a pretty low bar, considering some of our win totals over the past 10 years. 2, it wasn’t the furthest we’ve been in the playoffs. When will this process turn into even an ECF is what many longtime fans want 2 know?

@TheEugeneIV @BlackWorkMedia @ToneGully But, the direction is good. We won more games last season than in any season in the last 10 years.

@BlackWorkMedia @VeryGeniusPhd @ToneGully So a fan being frustrated with the “culture & direction” talking points not turning into WINS is wrong for voicing said frustration? Okay.

@VeryGeniusPhd @ToneGully 🎯U just might b a Genius sir Call this hypocrite out All over X ranting abt 1 of the youngest teams n the NBA that finally has a culture & a direction so he turns on the organization even though they have gotten better & r now set up 2 make a splash next off season..

@ToneGully You don’t have to explain your passion to those cats. They’re the ones who buy into the perpetual “we’re building towards the future” pacifier. Nothing wrong with you, as a longtime fan, expressing reservation if a pitch feels like the same old same old.

I get emotional cause I stake claim in an organization with zero ambition to win a title. I know you just got here in 2017 so you haven’t been through the darkest times. I don’t care about players. Players come and go. I want the best players and that’s a route the Atlanta Hawks refused to go

@ToneGully But…but…we’ve got defense and expiring contracts and flexibility 😁

And still haven’t found another PG to give 25 and 9. Take you and win 2 games in the ECF(something we have never done) Your current PG is scared to shoot that he has to play SF

@backnbizness_ Trae can’t say that he “led the Hawks to the playoffs” & lost in record-setting fashion. What he CAN say is that he led the hawks to the playoffs & came up just short of the ECF. Are we really comparing Dyson to Trae? 🤦🏽‍♂️

Dyson Daniels helped lead the Hawks to the playoffs last season. Can Trae say the same? 🤓

@escott1028 And the frustrating thing about this idea is it seems every season we say we’re “building for next season”

The 2026-27 season is about truly figuring out what Jalen, Dyson, Onyeka, and NAW can do. That and evaluating the rookies. The 2027-28 season better be about winning this mf and I don’t want to hear a single excuse. I don’t want to hear shit about lack of $$ or talent in 2027

@EastPointMadeMe Bingo. We have decided to be excited about “more defense” to make ourselves forget about the fact that we (arguably) still don’t have a #1 option on offense & definitely don’t have a legit #2 option.

Hawks just wanted an expiring contract... they didnt trade for talent/skill. The fans are just focused on defense to feel better about the trade.

@JonnyRoot_ Oh, I forgot that’s what we call people who refuse to stay silent about racism in America. Well, what racism, I guess, right? I can name a slew of historical figures who many of you claim to respect that you would’ve undoubtedly labeled “race-baiters.” Carry on. 🤦🏽‍♂️

ESPN will be much better off without Ryan Clark. He’s one of the biggest race-baiters in sports media. Here are some of the dumbest things he said/insinuated while at ESPN: - Shedeur Sanders fell in the draft because of racism - Black coaches won't get hired because former Michigan HC Sherrone Moore committed adultery - Jaden Ivey spews "hateful & evil Christianity" because he’s against gay marriage & Pride Nights - Tom Brady isn’t a “generational talent” - America’s history of slavery played a part in zero black head coaches getting hired this NFL offseason - RGIII can’t talk about Angel Reese because his wife is white - Dismissed Mahomes & Hurts' Super Bowls, because they're "authentically black" like Lamar Jackson - Promoted the idea that the millions of Caitlin Clark fans that followed her to the WNBA were racists - Tried shaming Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry for suggesting that LSU erect a statue of Charlie Kirk - Had to apologize after unprofessionally after trying to discredit Peter Schrager because he never played in the NFL - Had to apologize on-air for sharing false info regarding a fatal accident caused by former LSU WR Kyren Lacy calling him “innocent” He’s been an embarrassment to sports media for years. Good riddance ✌️

@assnaruined You can be mad about what he said, but claiming Trae “held the franchise back” while we (without him) didn’t even make it out of the 1st round last year is WILD 😂

the nigga that held the franchise back for 3 years is saying “My boy free” bet

@f24429 @bricey_2k Actually, their offensive rating for the regular season was 18. So…below average. Also, I don’t believe in moral victories like “we beat the eventual champs twice before they blew us out in embarrassing fashion.” And we STILL don’t have a clutch scorer.

@TheEugeneIV @bricey_2k Top 10 is below average? & the playoffs beating the team twice that no one else could? Okay Eugene. But they’ll be bottom 5 because she traded for two capable players I guess

Onsi said he wants the Hawks to become a top 5 defensive team. Well they are certainly on their way to doing that.

@f24429 @bricey_2k Pointing out that offense was ***below average*** isn’t the gotcha you think it is. Now do yourself a favor & look up what the offense did in the playoffs. 🤷🏽‍♂️

@TheEugeneIV @bricey_2k Do yourself a favor and look up what we were last season.

@ptcspraptor @escott1028 Agreed

@TheEugeneIV @escott1028 Sure. I definitely agree with that. But it’d require a big splash for us to absolutely solve the problem

There’s gotta be more moves coming so I really can’t judge this trade. I’m scratching my head right now.

@ptcspraptor @escott1028 Fair enough. Allow me to clarify: None of the moves likely SOLVE the problem. I’m not putting my faith in rookies & reserves. We’ll see I guess.

@TheEugeneIV @escott1028 All I’m saying is we made steps to fix problems and refuting your point that the hawks have not done one thing to address either problem because they have. And I agree, until Jalen shows us that he can be a #1 and top 15 player consistently, then we won’t compete for a chip

@LegionHoops Outside of CJ, no scoring. And there is not a facilitator in this picture.

Hawks potential Starting 5: CJ McCollum Dyson Daniels Lu Dort Jalen Johnson Onyeka Okongwu This looks like a team ready to make some noise in the East 👀