Daniel Hackett
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Daniel Hackett
@dhackett1565.bsky.social
· Feb 10
OK, some cap stuff for this summer:
Assuming Battle sticks around on his minimum deal, we sign our 2nd rounder using the MLE to give the rookie minimum instead of one of the 2nd round exceptions (they pay more in the first year), and we sign another vet minimum guy for the 13th slot on the team...
Assuming Battle sticks around on his minimum deal, we sign our 2nd rounder using the MLE to give the rookie minimum instead of one of the 2nd round exceptions (they pay more in the first year), and we sign another vet minimum guy for the 13th slot on the team...
Wow what a win. Indy played great, don’t feel bad about it being close.
And Raps were in the mud all game. I partially blame the absolutely insane decision to start CMB. Just indefensible stuff. Got the team off on entirely the wrong foot.
Good to see the actual starters with JaKobe killing it.
And Raps were in the mud all game. I partially blame the absolutely insane decision to start CMB. Just indefensible stuff. Got the team off on entirely the wrong foot.
Good to see the actual starters with JaKobe killing it.
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Wow what a win. Indy played great, don’t feel bad about it being close.
And Raps were in the mud all game. I partially blame the absolutely insane decision to start CMB. Just indefensible stuff. Got the team off on entirely the wrong foot.
Good to see the actual starters with JaKobe killing it.
And Raps were in the mud all game. I partially blame the absolutely insane decision to start CMB. Just indefensible stuff. Got the team off on entirely the wrong foot.
Good to see the actual starters with JaKobe killing it.
ANOTHER great game! What a close out. Loved JaKobe in that starting spot, and Shead as the closer. Tough games for a few guys but Ingram carried and the defence was pretty strong throughout.
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
ANOTHER great game! What a close out. Loved JaKobe in that starting spot, and Shead as the closer. Tough games for a few guys but Ingram carried and the defence was pretty strong throughout.
Loved that game. Frustrating, undersized, no Jak, lost RJ, Nets wouldn't go away, missed looks, offence in the mud... and then just top notch finding a way late, led by Ingram - midrange jumper, two passes out of doubles for threes, 8-0 run, game.
Excellent stuff against a feisty opponent.
Excellent stuff against a feisty opponent.
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Loved that game. Frustrating, undersized, no Jak, lost RJ, Nets wouldn't go away, missed looks, offence in the mud... and then just top notch finding a way late, led by Ingram - midrange jumper, two passes out of doubles for threes, 8-0 run, game.
Excellent stuff against a feisty opponent.
Excellent stuff against a feisty opponent.
Nice to see the Raps just decide collectively in the 3rd that they’d had enough and the game was over now.
Good to see Ja’Kobe still getting decent run, and nice to see Ochai playing again.
Easy work tonight.
Good to see Ja’Kobe still getting decent run, and nice to see Ochai playing again.
Easy work tonight.
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Nice to see the Raps just decide collectively in the 3rd that they’d had enough and the game was over now.
Good to see Ja’Kobe still getting decent run, and nice to see Ochai playing again.
Easy work tonight.
Good to see Ja’Kobe still getting decent run, and nice to see Ochai playing again.
Easy work tonight.
Great win tonight! Even sans Embiid, Raps always struggle with these scoring guards.
Really impressive push late to close it out.
RJ was very strong, great to see him have a legitimately good game.
Reffing has been all over the place this year, this one was very old school, anything goes.
Really impressive push late to close it out.
RJ was very strong, great to see him have a legitimately good game.
Reffing has been all over the place this year, this one was very old school, anything goes.
November 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Great win tonight! Even sans Embiid, Raps always struggle with these scoring guards.
Really impressive push late to close it out.
RJ was very strong, great to see him have a legitimately good game.
Reffing has been all over the place this year, this one was very old school, anything goes.
Really impressive push late to close it out.
RJ was very strong, great to see him have a legitimately good game.
Reffing has been all over the place this year, this one was very old school, anything goes.
Hooooly crap what a great ending! Huge clutch blocks from Scottie and BI. Ingram was huge all night.
RJ has been playing poorly lately and this one was brutal from him - but once again he woke up right at the end of the game and made some big plays.
Needed to win, got the win. Check.
RJ has been playing poorly lately and this one was brutal from him - but once again he woke up right at the end of the game and made some big plays.
Needed to win, got the win. Check.
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Hooooly crap what a great ending! Huge clutch blocks from Scottie and BI. Ingram was huge all night.
RJ has been playing poorly lately and this one was brutal from him - but once again he woke up right at the end of the game and made some big plays.
Needed to win, got the win. Check.
RJ has been playing poorly lately and this one was brutal from him - but once again he woke up right at the end of the game and made some big plays.
Needed to win, got the win. Check.
Best win of the year. Early hit from the Cavs, some wild reffing, some odd choices from Darko - fought through it all.
Shead was awesome. Honestly I thought when Darko sat him late “well, you better score on every trip…” Then they did, so that shows me.
Really great game from Scottie, IQ, Jak too
Shead was awesome. Honestly I thought when Darko sat him late “well, you better score on every trip…” Then they did, so that shows me.
Really great game from Scottie, IQ, Jak too
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Best win of the year. Early hit from the Cavs, some wild reffing, some odd choices from Darko - fought through it all.
Shead was awesome. Honestly I thought when Darko sat him late “well, you better score on every trip…” Then they did, so that shows me.
Really great game from Scottie, IQ, Jak too
Shead was awesome. Honestly I thought when Darko sat him late “well, you better score on every trip…” Then they did, so that shows me.
Really great game from Scottie, IQ, Jak too
Solid professional win tonight. Slow out the gate, but took the wind out of the Nets' sails by the end of the 1st and pulled ahead to a comfy lead. Counterpunched whenever they made a run, even with some wonky officiating. Could barely shoot all night and pulled away anyway. Good effort.
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Solid professional win tonight. Slow out the gate, but took the wind out of the Nets' sails by the end of the 1st and pulled ahead to a comfy lead. Counterpunched whenever they made a run, even with some wonky officiating. Could barely shoot all night and pulled away anyway. Good effort.
Great effort from the Raps in a scheduled loss. Fought right to the end, way beyond when I thought the wind should have gone out of their sails.
First really tough Ingram game I think.
Really needed one of Gradey, Ochai or JaKobe to pop and no luck there.
But mostly just got outsized. Oh well.
First really tough Ingram game I think.
Really needed one of Gradey, Ochai or JaKobe to pop and no luck there.
But mostly just got outsized. Oh well.
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Great effort from the Raps in a scheduled loss. Fought right to the end, way beyond when I thought the wind should have gone out of their sails.
First really tough Ingram game I think.
Really needed one of Gradey, Ochai or JaKobe to pop and no luck there.
But mostly just got outsized. Oh well.
First really tough Ingram game I think.
Really needed one of Gradey, Ochai or JaKobe to pop and no luck there.
But mostly just got outsized. Oh well.
Even though this game was a grind on the court, the roughest part of the experience was listening to Sam be wrong about everything the whole way through.
This game has too much Sam Mitchell.
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Even though this game was a grind on the court, the roughest part of the experience was listening to Sam be wrong about everything the whole way through.
What a fun game. Really rough figuring out the Atlanta defence but when they did it sure looked good.
Some spotty stuff defensively and bad decision making from RJ early in the game but he shook it off late.
Good to see a win where they struggle, figure it out, and pull it off.
Some spotty stuff defensively and bad decision making from RJ early in the game but he shook it off late.
Good to see a win where they struggle, figure it out, and pull it off.
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
What a fun game. Really rough figuring out the Atlanta defence but when they did it sure looked good.
Some spotty stuff defensively and bad decision making from RJ early in the game but he shook it off late.
Good to see a win where they struggle, figure it out, and pull it off.
Some spotty stuff defensively and bad decision making from RJ early in the game but he shook it off late.
Good to see a win where they struggle, figure it out, and pull it off.
First real feel good win since opening night. Much better defensive approach this time around on Giannis.
Might be one of the more impressive defensive performances I’ve seen from Scottie.
Once Darko stopped messing around and hard matched Scottie with Giannis it was over.
Might be one of the more impressive defensive performances I’ve seen from Scottie.
Once Darko stopped messing around and hard matched Scottie with Giannis it was over.
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
First real feel good win since opening night. Much better defensive approach this time around on Giannis.
Might be one of the more impressive defensive performances I’ve seen from Scottie.
Once Darko stopped messing around and hard matched Scottie with Giannis it was over.
Might be one of the more impressive defensive performances I’ve seen from Scottie.
Once Darko stopped messing around and hard matched Scottie with Giannis it was over.
Good win, even against an injured team. Thought there was a lot of good to build off of.
Starting to get a little concerned about some of the lineups we are seeing out there, but will give Darko more of the season to hopefully find a groove with the rotation.
Starting to get a little concerned about some of the lineups we are seeing out there, but will give Darko more of the season to hopefully find a groove with the rotation.
November 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Good win, even against an injured team. Thought there was a lot of good to build off of.
Starting to get a little concerned about some of the lineups we are seeing out there, but will give Darko more of the season to hopefully find a groove with the rotation.
Starting to get a little concerned about some of the lineups we are seeing out there, but will give Darko more of the season to hopefully find a groove with the rotation.
I've been pretty pleased with the offence from the Raps thus far this season. It's the defence that is super concerning. Part of that is Jak being hobbled/out and him still being absolutely crucial to the team's success there.
But the unnecessary switches, doubles, bad rotations... Brutal to watch.
But the unnecessary switches, doubles, bad rotations... Brutal to watch.
October 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I've been pretty pleased with the offence from the Raps thus far this season. It's the defence that is super concerning. Part of that is Jak being hobbled/out and him still being absolutely crucial to the team's success there.
But the unnecessary switches, doubles, bad rotations... Brutal to watch.
But the unnecessary switches, doubles, bad rotations... Brutal to watch.
Finished the Raps game on delay. Overall a good effort. They really struggled with Giannis. Pretty common problem, but also indicative of not really having a big wing defender. As much as I wouldn’t want the availability of a rookie to be a decider, this would have been a fascinating game for CMB.
October 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Finished the Raps game on delay. Overall a good effort. They really struggled with Giannis. Pretty common problem, but also indicative of not really having a big wing defender. As much as I wouldn’t want the availability of a rookie to be a decider, this would have been a fascinating game for CMB.
Can’t ask for much more than that from a season opener. Thoroughly great game up and down the roster.
October 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Can’t ask for much more than that from a season opener. Thoroughly great game up and down the roster.
Finally finished Raps' first preseason game last night. Ingram looks like the fit we were hoping for. RJ seems comfy around him (even if still lacking a little on D), IQ found some shots, Scottie might need a little time to find his happy spot on the floor. Mogbo there instead of Jak didn't help.
October 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Finally finished Raps' first preseason game last night. Ingram looks like the fit we were hoping for. RJ seems comfy around him (even if still lacking a little on D), IQ found some shots, Scottie might need a little time to find his happy spot on the floor. Mogbo there instead of Jak didn't help.
Game day! This has been a long off-season, very glad it's coming to an end.
October 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Game day! This has been a long off-season, very glad it's coming to an end.
Simply put: I trust Bobby way more than whoever Rogers might have picked out of the field. Good news.
August 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Simply put: I trust Bobby way more than whoever Rogers might have picked out of the field. Good news.
Good fight late from the Raps to make that one fun. Fell a little short, too many blah stretches throughout to overcome with a couple awesome stretches.
Overall really liked our first look at CMB.
Overall really liked our first look at CMB.
July 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Good fight late from the Raps to make that one fun. Fell a little short, too many blah stretches throughout to overcome with a couple awesome stretches.
Overall really liked our first look at CMB.
Overall really liked our first look at CMB.
Now this is a starting lineup.
July 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Now this is a starting lineup.
CMB playing like a star.
July 18, 2025 at 3:59 AM
CMB playing like a star.
Way to close the half, basically tied. Any shooting success at all and this one is there for the taking.
July 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Way to close the half, basically tied. Any shooting success at all and this one is there for the taking.
Wow what a pass by Chomche! Great finish by Martin too.
July 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Wow what a pass by Chomche! Great finish by Martin too.
CMB looking aggressive early. Also has some of that early Scottie playmaking where he's making some passes that teammates aren't expecting but would otherwise be great.
July 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
CMB looking aggressive early. Also has some of that early Scottie playmaking where he's making some passes that teammates aren't expecting but would otherwise be great.