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Heck, Gortat has gotten more respect from the officials this series than Dwight Howard. Right now I'm in the Gortat over Zaza camp because defense and rebounding win championships and at those two things; Gortat is a much better at than Pachulia. How could you not want a guy on the Hawks, that can block LeBron at the basket (not once but twice) .

Well at least you could have linked the article instead of trying to prove a pointless point. Here is the article by Ian Thomsen of SI: Thomsen only speculates that Rubio's agent could want him to go to a bigger market. The Spanish club that holds Rubio's rights want him to pay 6-8 million dollars for a buyout, yet the club is only paying Rubio $293,118 this year (which was raised from $97,706). Why wouldn't Rubio's agent want him to go to a larger market to make more endorsement money? Anyway this is only speculation; Rubio's agent has not made any demands that the Grizzles or any club not draft him.

So glad to see the Cavs lose! They complain about everything and think every call should go their way.

Wow! That's 4 people that wouldn't trade up for Rubio. LOL! Kinda reminds me of some people that doubted Chris Paul and didn't want to draft him. Those people were Billy Knight, Mike Woodson, and the ASG. As for Sekou, I value his basketball insight as much as I value Knight's drafting ability.

Your underrating Horford; it's not like Thabeet has some type of offense skills. Horford is exactly the type of player the Grizzles need. It's not like Horford has played at his natural position.

Please read my original post. I never said trade Josh Smith. The difference is that Rubio already knows how to direct a team on the court with his high BBIQ (watch the Kobe documentary video) while Arroyo doesn't. It's not just about directing on offense it's also about defense. One of the main things the Hawks need to go to the next level is an alpha dog player that can direct his team on the court. Joe is to mute to do so and doesn't have that type of personality.

Of course Yi looked great in those clips. The secret is that none of the guys he played against in those videos were taller than 6' 4". LOL! Also, everything looked like it was in slow motion in those videos even though it was in real time. To say I was not impressed with the Yi videos is an understatement.

The Clippers have no use for Marvin, they already have a better SF.

When did Acie play against Jason Kidd, Chris Paul, or Deron Williams? In a gym somewhere during the offseason? Heck, Acie hasn't even played against those guys in the NBA! LOL! Let's table this post and come back to it in about two years and see how much crow you'll be eating.

First of all Ricky Rubio is not Mexican he is Spanish and if you think he is the second coming of Luke Ridnour, than that tells me all I need to know about your lack of basketball knowledge. Also, how old is Arroyo? Did Arroyo lead his team to the Olympic championship game?

That's not right. LOL!

Carlos Arroyo? Seriously your kidding right? The Hawks lack of an offense (other than ISO this player) is a bigger problem than their defense. Curry is great shooter, than what? Curry is not a true point guard and is a poor defender. Basically, he would be a Mike Bibby clone.

Rubio is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>than Luke Ridnour. Also Rubio is an excellent defender. Obviously you didn't watch the Olympics or your joking. If Rubio can start for the Spanish National Team (that almost beat the U. S. Team during the Olympics) at the age of 17 than he can overcome playing for Mike Woodson. Even with Woodson's incompetence, Woody would have no choice but to play Rubio. Woodson would love to have a player like Rubio because he can run an offense, play defense and RR is 6' 4". Mark my words Rubio is going to be a special player.

Memphis is not going to be taking on any players with high salaries. So what team in the lottery (that needs a point guard) has a better big on a rookie contract than Horford? Also the Hawks have more valuable assets (Childress, Andersen and Akyol), that could also be included in a trade. The Grizz and the Thunder basically need the same things; veteran players and a big that can defend and rebound (Horford).

Memphis needs some size up front more than they need Rubio. Ray Allen was coming off of a major injury, plus the Sonics were looking to unload his salary. (Heck, Seattle lost the team because the Sonics were losing millions of dollars every year.)

You're forgetting about one thing capspace. The teams of the players I mentioned need to clear some capspace. Heck the Hornets tried to trade Tyson Chandler just to clear space. Donald Sterling is known for being cheap and Mike Dunleavy is a horrible coach/gm, so you can't put it pass them taking Speedy & Mo for one of their centers.

Also it would be much harder to move Josh Smith because of his salary. (The hawks would have to take back some bad contracts.) I really would like to see what Josh could do with a stud at the point that would direct him where to be on the floor. Even though he is young, Rubio would come in and be the instant leader (alfa dog) of this team. I remember staying up late watching the Olympics; he was leading the Spanish team even though he was only 17 at the time.

It time this team gets a franchise point guard. The Hawks have the right pieces to get Rubio. Let's do the following trade. Horford, #19 pick, filler With this trade happening the Hawks could then turn around and trade for a center. Sund could basically take his pick of the following centers: Marcus Camby Chris Kaman Samuel Dalembert Tyson Chandler All it would take is a trade of Speedy, & Mo Evans since the teams are looking to dump these player. The main snag will be that Mark Gasol would be pissed if the Grizz didn't pick Rubio; but the good news is that Chris Wallace is their GM.

It's time this trade for Raymond Felton talk ends! Do you people not realize that Felton has a .399 career shooting percentage. Josh Smith had a better 3 point shooting percentage this year. Felton had over 200 3-point attempts (even though he is a horrible shooter); yet people complain about Smoove's 3 point shooting. There's a reason Larry Brown doesn't care for Felton. Check Felton's stats here:

Where we allow the opposing team to switch our defense so that their best player (LeBron) is continually guarded by Mike Bibby. Where players are allowed to make the same mistakes year after year. (Zaza constantly over playing the ball handler on defense).

Ok Billy Knight!

Hubie Brown just said the same thing during the Nuggets vs Mavericks game.

Rose is anti-clutch!

Wow! How often is there a triple overtime in the playoffs?

I think the Falcons may just draft a corner in the first round, then Chevis Jackson would challenge Chris Houston for his starting position. Check out my Mock Draft.