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Draft Projection: Lottery Similarities: Vlade Divac Hawes announced on April 5th that he was declaring for the 2007 NBA Draft. Hawes, will not hire an agent to preserve his college eligibility. Nephew of Steve Hawes, who averaged 8.4 ppg over 10 NBA seasons (1974-85). Positives: Skilled big man with advanced low-post moves for a kid his age. Can score with either hand around the basket. Excellent shooter who can play the high post and work the pick and pop. Good passer for a big man. Excellent basketball IQ. As fundamentally sound as any big man in the country. Negatives: Needs to add strength to play in the post. Just an average athlete and rebounder. Struggles as a defender at times against more athletic opponents. Summary: Hawes doesn't have the athletic upside of many of the top prospects in the draft, but his basketball skill and size should translate into a very solid NBA career. Think Vlade Divac. At this point, Hawes is looking like a legit lottery pick if he decides to stay in the draft.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-c...ov=ap&type=lgns

would you use them to trade up for Oden or Durant?

Vindicating Billy Knight for CP3 being injured is like blaming Rich McKay for not having the foresight to see that Ed Hartwell would get injured.

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He pushes someone in the back and that will define him from here on out?

I thought it was this past week but I didn't see anything.

Quote: Quote: Where are those that were blasting that trade? I was, and am still against the trade. AJ gives us a few wins this year, but takes up $3 million in cap next year, and he will NOT be here in the future. How does he help us in the FUTURE, when our players are in their primes? Since the Indy pick is now unlikely, and it's now VERY unlikely we get a top 3, and we traded our 2nd rounder, and we have no cap space, what are we going to do this offseason?? AJ is gone after next year, and he'll be 35 anyway so resigning him will be no good. I ask again, how does AJ help us in the future? We are now likely to have NO draft pick in the 07 draft and we have no cap space. Do y'all really trust BK to make a good trade this offseason? Also, this gives the Spirit a reason to not fire BK and Woody. Per nbadraft.net: Atlanta receives Indiana's 2007 first-round pick. (Al Harrington trade 082206) (Top 10 protected in 2007, top 8 in 2008, top 5 in 2009, and unprotected in 2010). So you think Indy is going to be in the top 10 of the draft this year?

Three way trade between Orlando, Seattle and Atlanta done on ESPN's trade machine. Atlanta gets Ridenour and Dwight Howard. Orlando gets Marvin, Shelden, and Ray Allen. Seattle gets Tony Battie, Salim, Childress, Turkoglu and Jameer Nelson.

It appears that way on espn.com's mockery lottery/draft. I thought it was top 3 protected.

Where is the link to the article?

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insider/col...02=stateChanged Trade 5: Ray Allen and Robert Swift to the Celtics Rashard Lewis to the Bobcats Sebastian Telfair to the Hawks Adam Morrison, Gerald Green, Josh Childress, Ryan Gomes, Theo Ratliff and a Bobcats protected first-round pick to the Sonics Why should the Celtics do it? AllenDanny Ainge told us on the podcast last week that Paul Pierce was untouchable … so he's going to have to get him some serious help. He tried to land Allen Iverson and Gasol, but couldn't get it done. Allen may be the only legit veteran whom Ainge could get with his combination of young players and Ratliff. Would Allen and Swift, an Ainge favorite, put the Celtics over the top? Probably not. But unless Ainge knows some voodoo that can get him KG, I think this is the best the Celtics can do. It will give them a shot -- an outside one -- at winning the East next season. Why should the Hawks do it? TelfairBecause Speedy Claxton has been awful and they keep passing on awesome point guards in the draft. With so many athletes on this team, someone needs to help jump-start the offense. Rajon Rondo (a guy they could've had in the draft instead of Shelden Williams) is better, but I don't think the Celtics are letting him go. Childress is a high price to pay for Telfair, but the Hawks really need to start grooming a young point guard. Why should the Bobcats do it? LewisBecause Lewis is much, much better than Morrison. Since Morrison isn't selling tickets, maybe it's better to have him pack up and move back home to an offense that will be better suited for him. Lewis can opt out of his contract this summer, but the Bobcats are so far under the cap they can afford to pay him whatever he asks. At some point the team has to start spending money and Lewis would be a good start. Put him with Emeka Okafor, Gerald Wallace and Raymond Felton and I think the Bobcats are on to something. Why should the Sonics do it? MorrisonThe team is going nowhere, it's bleeding money and it's time for a different direction. This trade gets the Sonics lots of young prospects and plenty of long-term cap relief. Morrison would be popular, Green has the potential to be a superstar and Childress is one of the more underrated young players in the game. They give up more than they get, no doubt. But the money savings and prospects make this a great deal for the Sonics if you take the long-term perspective. Will it happen? Four-way trades are incredibly complicated, so the odds are stacked against this trade. Still, it's something each team should consider. The Sonics have been strangely quiet as the trade deadline approaches, but lately there have been rumblings that at the very least, Rashard Lewis might get moved. We know the Celtics are working the phones, so they'll be game. And given Michael Jordan's recent letter to season-ticket holders promising that the team will be proactive in getting better and spending money, this would be a good time to walk the walk.

"Hawks need Claxton healthy, quickly By CURTIS BUNN"

I'm just dreaming but it would be sweet if we could get him.

Childress is nothing more than a back up which is sad since he was a lottery pick.

offseason moves: 1. Suns sign Banks 2. Knicks waive Ime Udoka, sign Jared Jeffries 3. Hornets sign Peja Stojakovic 4. Sixers re-sign Willie Green 5. Nuggets re-sign Nene 6. Hawks sign Speedy Claxton "Those of you who read my recent piece on Steve Nash know that the type of point guard most likely to age well is the one who shoots well, passes well and is tall for the position. Which brings up another question: What type of point guard tends to age particularly poorly? Logically, the ones at the other end of the spectrum. So if you're a 5-foot-11, shoot-first guard with a shaky outside shot, the odds probably aren't in your favor. The beginning of Claxton's season illustrates why: He tried to play through knee problems, but with his quickness compromised and no jumper to fall back on, he was essentially showing up for battle unarmed. As a result, he's shooting a ghastly 32.3 percent and setting a career high for turnovers. Claxton's four-year, $25 million deal, which pays him until he's nearly 32, would rank higher but for one factor: redeemability. He's played well of late now that his knees are back in working order, and will probably produce for as long as they stay that way. So the Hawks are likely to get a better return than they've seen so far, and might be able to trade their way out of it during one of his healthy stretches." 7. Magic extend Tony Battie 8. Clippers sign Tim Thomas 9. Clippers extend Chris Kaman 10. Pacers trade Austin Croshere for Marquis Daniels

Was this shouting match reported earlier? I haven't been able to keep up with recent Hawks news due to the Holidays and work.

Wonder why we're not good? http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/bask...ries/index.html

Lang is one of my wife's friends from when she was a kid. Met him once. Seemed like a good guy

Barkley likes us but he also tells it like it is.

I started watching the game in the 4th quarter. Seems like it was a good time to tune in. Other than the awful offensive possession where Josh Smith threw up an air ball, what I saw of the O looked good.

Why is Ilgauskus (sp?) not playing?

Does Mike Woodson know how to draw up an offensive play? Terrible possession

"This is more an impact on Marvin than on the team." So who is the #2 scorer now?

Here's to winning 2 of the first 20.