Of course Bosh is worth more that Josh but when you get to the end of a contract on a player you have to take less. It will be a bidding war so we will see how high the bids go. I would do Marvin and SMooth if I had to.
And I might be dreaming to get Felton for Marvin.
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Take any young point guard and stick him in the Hawks system with coach woodson and he will suck. It will take a veteran point guard to have success.
Can we not draft a big and still sign a free agent point guard with experience? Yes we still need a point but we needed one before this deal. I look at Crawford as a shooting guard off the bench. A bit much to pay for a bench player but you are getting more than Speedy + Law which was dead money.
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I am affraid the T. Williams will explode in Hotlanta and not in a good way. Just to much banging and clubing available. And with no coach to guide him, he is much better of someplace else.
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I do think one of those guys will be there for us at 19. I also agree that we go big. Hawks will wind up with either Blair, Hansborough, or Taj Gibson. I don't think they will really take another PG, even though they need one they don't need a rookie. I think Lawson may be the exception since he doesn't need a lot of coaching. If there is another big I am missing move him up the list because I jus think they go large.
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I appreciate your points but they could have done something about this situation before now right. Why is everyone's contract about to expire? I can understand Marvin, Bibby and Zaza but why is Joe Johnson sitting here without a contract extension?
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Its pretty scary to look at the current roster and see all the players who are free agents and have expiring contracts. Outside of Josh Smith nobody is signed long term. I am affraid that more than anything this is a reflection of the cheap *ss Spirit Group partners. Sund could make any number of moves but with Ownership not wanting to sign players to long term deals who in their right mind would sign with Atlanta?
Honestly this would be a great time for an ambitious new Owner to come in and shake things up and put together a real winner. Bosh is available, extend Joe's contract and even add another nice piece. But these guys are likely to just look at the economy and hold onto their dollars. Sad but sure would be nice if Sund could make some moves. Maybe hire a real coach instead of having Woody complete his contract because they don't want to pay for two coaches if one is fired. It's a travesty and David Stern should have stepped in on this a long time ago.
That said I guess we truly should just draft a player we think will be in the league for the next few years because who knows if any of these free agents will be offered contract. We are about to lose all our players and the only guys who will play for us is to get a paycheck.
Sad to me.
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The way you phrase it who would pick Maynor. The smart folks that know basketball. Seriously how athletically gifted were Deron williams and Chris Paul coming out? Pick the guy with the high basketball IQ and competitive nature as your point guard. That's Maynor.
What happens to Acie Law if we pick another point?/
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Unless the Hawks are total idiots (which they may be) you don't rant about somebody you really won't. Any chance I could get in a poker game with these guys? What a bunch of losers.
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Anyway would could package 19 and Childress rights to move up and get Williams? I don't really think the team needs Childress, maybe he would play for somebody else. Likely that any teams above us are interested?
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Why is this guy not getting much love? Is he a guy teams aren't talking about so that they can get him or are their issues. As much as I don't want us drafting a PG this guy looks very good. What am I missing?
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Seems like when I first saw the mock's after the tourney Sam Young was around 10. Is there much difference between Sam Young and Terence Williams? Sam the better shooter, Terence the better defender. Either looks like a good pick for us. I actually am liking this 19 spot. Seems like a good player will be available there.
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