drzachary

Reading this piece was literally drugs for me. A++ would read again.

I will do whatever it takes.

My sources have told me that I will, in fact, eat six corn dogs in one sitting if this team makes the playoffs next season.

I lost track of how many times I had several of the white cup beers from Gorins/TJ's Subs and missed at least half the game (more than once, the entire game.)

Schlenk is BK? Hmm. If we are going to forever compare taking Doncic at 3 and trading him to taking Gasol at 3 and trading him, let's remember that BK was the GM trading *for* Gasol. And seeing as I've now said something positive about BK, I need to go take a shower.

Might need to reboot the Dieselputer.

You are right. You really did put it in perspective! You make great points, and I concede that I was putting too much faith in an illusory "best deal" and not enough weighing the less than stellar crap he's already done. I was wrong there!

Depends on how you evaluate the players that also changed hands. They traded a 16th (?) and a future unprotected for a 10, vs a 5 and a future protected for a 3. *shrug* For all we know (and I wanted Luka!) this was the best deal we could get. Better to evaluate our GM on the return from the deal we got rather than evaluate a fantasy deal that may not have ever been possible. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The absolute best thing about this table is that Jamal Crawford’s new nickname is “Dead Money.” (I could be mistaken, though, I’ve yet to be always right about anything.) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It’s certainly a possibility that Dallas wasn’t as high on Luka as some think. (Clearly, two teams before us also didn’t see him as the best prospect of all time.) Some prices are just too high.

I am adjusting my win prediction from 0 to 1.

Our so-called head coach has not won a single game as leader of the Hawks. Pierce needs to go. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm on record as hoping that don't even win ONE game. Zero wins (and a good shot at the #1 pick). Make history, Hawklets!

What’s “staying the truth” mean in this case? I’d normally assume you meant “stating,” but I have learned that you are without error. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It's a good thing I've become more active on this site recently, then, because I'm wrong frequently. We'll balance each other out nicely!

Oh, were they now? Speaking so surely about this stuff is why this whole thread is just a silly, fantastical exercise.

I just don't think we can use Red Mamba since Matt Bonner already used it up.

The ideal situation is to start Young and Dennis every game, and just let them get abused on D. Get Dennis's scoring numbers way up and finish 0-82 for that sweet, sweet #1 pick.

Definitely! I mean, we don't know who the 2019 pick will be used on, so it has the potential to be a very, very good trade. Young could end up being better than Luka. This could be us taking CP3 instead of Marvin this time. More likely: the Hawks never really seem to know something that other teams don't, so Luka will probably be a lot better than Young. That said .... It's hard to compare two things when one's a total unknown. If the Hawks end up getting the 6th pick in 2019 or an even better one in 2021, it will have been an absolute heist. But we're all guessing, to be honest.

We didn’t get a pick for Luka, though: we got a pick for the difference between Luka and Young. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm just wondering when the award presentation for "MVP of the best GM of the year" is taking place. After all, Schlenk pulled off these moves so stealthily that they haven't even been reported in the press yet! Amazing stuff.

Y'all are forgetting about the obvious bump Luka would have received from Sir Foster playing "Lucas with the Lid Off" every time he made a jumper. Kid could have been a star here.

Unless the carceral state makes a move for him in the meantime. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hey so I’m not sure this ended up being 100% accurate Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah, doesn't he own the usage rate record by a huge margin?