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This kid has a very high ceiling. He is very very talented. We shouldn't have a problem putting points on the board at all. I like the pick..he was the best we could have gotten at 19.

Giving Marvin and Horford praise....wow!! How things have changed in this forum. Winning changes a lot of attitudes about players around this forum. You wanted to trade Marvin every other post and didn't even want to draft Horford at all. You wanted Yi and thought Horford was a big big mistake. My how things have changed around here. Lets go Hawks!!

Well Said and very good analysis Traceman.....We don't need to trade anyone right now Diesel!! Maybe trade the coach, but that is it. We will be able to keep the nucleus of this team together especially if we win this year. NO trades please!!!

I am praying and hoping that the Hawks can finally get through a pre-season without any major injuries to any of its players. This has killed us in the past....EVERY YEAR!! If we can go into the season healthy, especially our key players then we will be pretty good this year. I would event think about sitting injury prone and key players like Speedy, JJ, Marvin, Smoove for extended minutes these last few pre-season games. Even rookies that should contribute like Acie and Horford would get playing time, but I would be very careful. We are depending heavily on these guys for our success this year too!!

The Nation has voted on ESPN.com. So far...The Nation thinks Atlanta has the highest probability of not making the playoffs in the Eastern Conference. 8) Which of the following Eastern Conference teams would you say has no shot of making playoffs next season? 23.9% Hawks 23.7% 76ers 21.8% Bobcats 17.4% Pacers 8.4% Bucks 3.7% Nets 1.2% Magic

I was okay with the Marvin pick. I felt we got the best value at No. 2. Marvin was talked about as the No. 1 pick in some circles. What I am saying is that a good GM has to make decision on whether to trade down and get more and still fill a need or stay and get the VALUE of that pick. Shelden was NOT the value of a No. 5 pick. He probably could have traded down and still got Shelden or a player like Shelden if that was a need. I just don't think a good GM reaches for players at certain picks. If the BPA can help your team then so be it...pick him, if not trade down and figure out ways to fill other needs. Conley doesn't need to be picked at 3. That is a reach is all I am saying, especially when you can get a good PG at 11. If Billy's picks him at 3, again he is reaching when he doesn't have to.

I agree with the Diesel on this one. 3 is a serious reach for Conley, even though our history should. The mark of a good GM is getting the value out of the pick you sit at. Just like we stretched for Shelden last year, we are stretching for Conley. That shows very poor GM skills to always stretch for a pick. A good GM would get all the value the No. 3 pick deserves and a little more!! Conley at 3, like Shelden is giving away a lot of value!! If you have to trade this pick to get the value you deserve then so be it!!

I would love this trade. I really hope Atlanta is trying to do this trade!!!

You have to take Yi at 3 and either move up from 11 and get Conley around 8 or 9 or take the best available PG at 11. There are 3 very good PGs to take. 2 will be there at 11.

Should be our picks. Yi at 3 and Conley at 11.

CONLEY is our man!!!!

Hey Diesel....now that we know the Hawks can WIN WITHOUT JJ, it is not out the realm of possibility that JJ is not a tradeable piece. If we could get Ogden, I would seriously look at a scenario of a JJ trade. JJ is not untradeable. It almost makes you wonder if they play better without JJ. These 4 games have been the most impressive display of team ball I have seen this entire year with the Hawks!! You have to look at all scenarios.....

I am going to have to keep beating this dead horse, until it wakes up from the dead. We should have been a pretty good playoff team right now in the East and we are not. Shelden over Roy takes the cakes. And to tell the world weeks before the draft is even more idiotic!!!

Just venting!!!! I know I am beating a dead horse, however I am still pissed about drafting Shelden over a potential superstar player. We have passed on two rookie of the years and two potential perrenial All-stars in two consecutive drafts. BK has to held accountable for this. Paul when we needed a point guard that year and ROY when everyone said he was probably the most talented in this draft in favor of a pre-determined role player. Unbelievable!! These are not hard picks or picks that take a lot of thought and analysis. They were right there stairing BK right in the face for the taking!!!

Sorry....not going to happen!! Howard is not going anywhere. He will play in Orlando for a long long time. He is untradeable in Orlando right now.