Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the Mic Check for Episode 209 of The Splash Cast Monday Night Raw! 🎙️Reggie & Norwood are back from Thanksgiving, Bayou Classic, and family time, and we’re opening the show with a full Atlanta Hawks mic check – plus some league-wide talk you don’t want to miss.Make sure you LIKE 👍🏾, COMMENT, SUBSCRIBE, and SHARE with another hoops fan!🦅 Trae Young Injury Update & Life Without HimLatest on Trae Young’s MCL and what “re-evaluation in two weeks” really meansWhy Norwood doesn’t think he’s even started real basketball activity yetHow the Hawks have actually played pretty well in his absenceWhat “clearance for contact” and ramp-up would look like before Trae returns🏀 Hawks Game Recap – Wizards, Cavs, Sixers, PistonsWizards Game (In-Season Cup L vs DC)Wizards finally get their first Cup win and cook the Hawks 132–113Corey Kispert catching fire, CJ McCollum’s once-a-year nuclear gameAlex Sarr flashing star upside vs a slow KPWhy Reggie calls this a classic “math game” and schedule lossCavs Game – Big Bounce BackHawks beat a higher-seed rival in a game they “weren’t supposed to win”Donovan Mitchell drops 40+, and Hawks still win by letting him cook alone NAW (Nikhil Alexander-Walker) explodes for 30Okongwu’s playmaking (4 assists) and why that changes the offense“Scholarship boys” – Mo Gueye and Vit Krejci impacting every night on cheap dealsSixers Double OT ThrillerCrazy double-OT win vs a full-strength 76ersTyrese Maxey vs Jalen Johnson in crunch timeDyson Daniels with a near triple-double and elite defenseMo Gueye vs Embiid: blocks, effort, and making Embiid madWhy Reggie calls NAW “the best signing of the offseason” (and why Minnesota messed up)Pistons Loss – Jaylen Duren ProblemBack-to-back after double OT, Hawks run out of gas vs DetroitJaylen Duren looking like the best center in the East right nowAdmitting: full-strength Pistons might just be better for nowWhy this is exactly the type of game you needed Trey + KP’s $70M of offense🧬 Player Deep Dive – Hawks Core & Role GuysJalen Johnson as the engine: Draymond-ish usage, transition god, and halfcourt growthOnyeka Okongwu’s new bag: pick-and-pop, short roll passing, soft jumpers & 3sHow running offense through OO unlocks everythingDyson Daniels: elite defender, rebounder, passer… but needs a real scoring bagThat final possession vs Detroit where he had to shoot the layupPorzingis doesn’t belong in the starting lineup – slowing JJ, not playing back-to-backs, constant “stomach hurts” energyLuke Kennard: why asking him to be a ball-handler is criminal & he should be a pure spot-up shooter onlyWhy Mo Gueye and Vit Krejci are exactly what second-apron teams need: low-salary, rotation-level, young contributors