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So I was reading this article in, uh, Sports Illustrated on the Hawks page, and it's...

I'd say it's a bit of overreacting based on, you know, limited preseason action so far.

Um, but right now, you know, a couple, um, a couple different, uh, analysts were saying that the Hawks defense didn't look as strong as they thought it would.

Now, granted, Dort didn't play.

Um, and McCollum sat out that game as well against Memphis.

But, uh, they were saying that they kind of...

The second unit kind of fell apart when it came to being able to just defensively bother Memphis.

But again, we're r- like, we're so early on in the season.

Like, preseason.

This is...

Like, there's nothing to...

You know, right now it's just let's not get the guys hurt that we know are gonna play.

Now, the interesting thing, and the people, a lot more people are talking about this than I would've assumed after that game, but that Zuby didn't really play much.

They assumed he'd be getting more minutes.

Ausin Newell, he had a great game.

He played a lot more than Zuby, and you just think that for the 23rd pick in the first round, he's gonna come out.

We saw him light it up in Summer League, and people are just kind of thinking, "Hey, oh, it...

We kind of assumed Zuby would play more." I saw that a lot on Twitter, um, as well during the game, that, you know, he's got physicality and toughness on the defensive end, but he really didn't get a whole lot of run.

Only 14 minutes in the second half.

And, uh, you know, it's not...

He didn't come out burning it.

It was five, five points, three rebounds, two assists.

And y- I think maybe, look, the overra- the overreaction part could be this.

I think we all just assumed seeing him play and seeing him in Summer League and seeing just his physicality and strength that he would've been in the game, like, qu- a lot sooner in the rotation.

But maybe it's because there's not a lot of questions about him.