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5 hours ago, Diesel said:

I really hope he does well.  He's in great shape... He's going to make somebody a great PF.  Stretch 4.

Edit.  "He's going to get a chance to make somebody a serviceable PF, Stretch 4."

Thank goodness Schlenk is, more or less, putting these Gallinari at SF assertions to rest.  Look.  It'd be great if there was a world in which he could hold his own at the 3.  But in reality, he's going to be an extremely valuable backup PF and maybe, just maybe, the occasional minute or two at SF.  But in no way shape or form is he going to be a game in and game out SF.  He's expensive as crap for just being a backup PF but it's the only sensible way to hedge our bets he doesn't get hurt and doesn't get exposed any more as a bad defender than he already has. I'm fine with 15-20 minutes a game from him.  Let's move on please. 

7 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

He'll definitely see time at the 3, if Hunter and Reddish shot the ball like they did last year.

People have to remember that all 3s aren't created equal.  Gallo isn't going to be asked to guard Jimmy Butler or Lebron James.  

On offense though, what SF is slowing down the 6 - 10 Gallinari?

At the end of the day

Big Lineup > Small Lineup

At the end of the day, Gallinari is incontrovertibly bad at defense, even guarding power forwards. The numbers support this. If teams see he’s being put in as our small forward, he’s going to be tasked with guarding much quicker players. Now are we just going to have a lineup with Gallinari at all times that could accommodate switching and having our power forward guard the other team’s small forward?  It’s nuts. This isn’t going to be an advantage just because he could shoot over a lot of small forwards. 

Can we please stop with this notion of Gallo playing SF?  It’s complete fantasy to think that will result in anything positive. He’ll get torched at will and probably hurt himself instantly. If there’s a player that needs to be used cautiously and very specifically, it’s Dalino Gallinari. We don’t need to see our $20 million talented scorer riding the bench because he’s tweeked something trying to guard small forwards. Let’s end this now for god’s sake!!

5 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

God Speed!

If he's personally delivering these meals, I just hope he's not going 73mph over the speed limit getting them there lol.  Seriously though, very cool of him.  I wish him luck in Toronto.

This is the million dollar question right now.  Where is Gallo getting his minutes.  They are not, I REPEAT, they are NOT coming from playing SF.   I actually think we are going to pay a guy 20 million for around 18-22 minutes.  Weird but considering his injury history, maybe this is best.

It's at least a valid question given the 20 million a year.   I'm struggling to really see how Gallo is going to get significant minutes.  And can we put to rest any notion of him playing the 3?  It would be an absolute disaster.  Teams would be looking at Trae at 1 and Gallo at 3 and salivating to score at will.  What it means for JC is curious to say the least.  Maybe we will have a 20million a year guy getting 15-20 minutes.  Crazy I know but who knows.

2 minutes ago, Alex said:

Good point.  There is a good chance that only 2/3 will be playing at a time anyway.  Injuries or suspensions lol.

Who is BB?

Bogdan Bogdanovic. I’m hypothesizing he gets signed by us. 

Man we gotta get BB.  I see 45-50 wins with a lineup of Trae, BB, Cam, Collins, and Capela. A bench of Teague, Huerter, Hunter, Gallo, and Okongwu!  You kidding me?  That’s some serious depth that we haven’t had in ages. 

Gallo is a very good player. But let’s be realistic here. He gets hurt every freaking year and misses major time. If he plays 60 of the 70 games I’d be shocked. 

8 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

 

If Dwight is smart, and let’s face it, that’s a big reach, he’ll realize he’s a 15-20 minute bench guy at this point and sign for a reasonable amount with a contender. 

1 minute ago, NBASupes said:

Free agency proves that if Atlanta was in a real free agency class, we wouldn't have a shot at any top 50 guy

This is why the arguments for us building a contender through free agency first aren’t realistic. We’re only going to change attitudes about free agents coming here when we actually become good through the draft...which we’re very close to doing and we have that one special player in Trae thanks to the draft. He literally is our big break that is going to direct what we’re going to become. It can’t be understated how the next 2 years are critical for the Hawks to perhaps, for the first time ever, become a legit contender. But we really need to get a big name or two in this fa class to continue that development. Striking out and walking away with overpaid, mediocre veteran signings is really a bad sign for us. We should right now be attractive enough with a crazy talented point guard, blossoming young power forward, solid defensive vet center,  and promising young wings to attract Hayward, Bogdan, and or Danilo. 

4 minutes ago, Sothron said:

You guys are cracking me up. Hayward is exactly the kind of veteran wing that can defend, shoot, penetrate, ball handle and create his own shot that we need to take the next step. We haven't made the playoffs in three seasons. Empty cap space doesn't do us any good. 

No one is going to give him 30 million a year. Be realistic. If we can get him for a fair deal or even slightly overpay then go for it.

Plus I think playing with a point guard like Trae will help him be as good or maybe even better than what he was (assuming he’s fully recovered from all his injuries).  He won’t have to work as hard to get better looks. This is what I’m hoping convinces him and more FA’s to finally consider Atlanta instead of just toying with us. 

Okongwu or Halliburton. Book it lol!

My god there has been so much time to research, mock, debate, conjecture....!!!!!!!  Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 minute ago, NBASupes said:

They told my guy it's a horrific ankle injury. Not an Achilles injury but then again they did this for KD at first. Just keep him in your prayers 

Aaaand Vasu Kulkarni is who now?

Just now, mrhonline said:

Am thinking the Hawks should force the issue there....

If he blew out his achilles, then I don't think it's crazy to expect Huerter for the 2nd pick.

1 minute ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

And this was easy to predict.  That's why I always said that this was not some sort of 5 year rebuild.  It was always going to hit the fan in Year 3.

And I'm telling you, it doesn't help one bit that the guy we traded to Dallas, has that team on a much more accelerated path, mainly because Dallas didn't go with the full youth movement.

You can access ESPN+ programming online if you have a username and password to Spectrum Cable.

Helps they have a more established and, let's face it, better coach.  Not that I'm saying LP sucks but he's not Rick Carlisle.

8 minutes ago, Vol4ever said:

So i have spectrum cable and the espn channels just happen to have gone out and they cant repair it and will send a tech out tomorrow evening.  Smdh

Do a quick trial of one of the streaming services....cancel before you're charged and you're good to go.

10 minutes ago, GameTime said:

 

I'm talking about Tito

Oh okay I kinda remember this now.  I don't hold making a true observation against Al though.  Boston fans are f'in annoying but you'll never find them not being crazy passionate.