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  1. Welcome to Atlanta, Dejounte Murray (Woj)

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    2 minutes ago, sturt said:

    So, you tell me tho... when does Murray sit then? You want him being Trae's partner... but you also want him on the floor when Trae's getting a breather... what gives?

    I think that's asking too much. And I think the solution is to have Trae plus Murray plus Delon.

    You rotate him out. He still plays starter minutes and starts. He comes out, Huerter/Bogi comes in. Trae comes out, He comes in. You balance this until the last 8-10 minutes of the 4th and let them finish the game together.

    and to be clear, I agree with resigning Delon and figuring out how to rotate him into what I was describing.

    The point is I’m making is creating the rotations isn’t hard. Having the people to rotate and fit the different roles is and we knocked that out of the park.

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  2. Welcome to Atlanta, Dejounte Murray (Woj)

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    12 minutes ago, sturt said:

    Okay, I held off getting juiced about this kid b/c it just never felt to me like this was going to get done... I sensed a Lucy and Charlie Brown situation, and I know I'm not the only one.

    I'm now juiced. He really does seem to be a perfect fit for this starting line-up.

    I'm not a fan of the idea that he'll play both with Trae and with the 2nd unit, as has been suggested may be in the FO's thought process. I don't see how that's practical, and I'm really hoping Delon is still at the top of the free agent shopping list.

    I don’t agree here and I think it’s apart of the brilliance of the move. He’s got the chops as the PG. We need someone who can make things happen when Trae is on the bench. We also (currently) have a long jam at SG. It’s a nice piece for the coach to have and we no longer have to worry about stalling out offensively every time Trae goes to the bench. That allows us to rest him more and god forbid he gets hurt we can still compete.

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  3. The Mega Super Rumor Thread (Part 2)

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    4 minutes ago, RedDawg#8 said:

    Hell, I knew Ressler and Schlenk had to be on here when we drafted Cam Reddish. I was like ain’t no way, we never had a FO actually select a player that we all wanted before. Not since Horford and Acie Law. (Yes, don’t act like ALL of us didn’t think he was the next DWade lol)

    Even resigning Solo and Lou last summer was a little too good to be true. I’ll take credit (shame) for the Kris Dunn signing. I was pushing his bandwagon heavy that offseason. My bad y’all 

    Well they obviously didn’t listen to me because I been trying to tell y’all Cam was trash 🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿

    Just now, Spud2nique said:

    Keep JC, start OO flip Capela. 🏃‍♀️ 

    But rebounds my boy 😳

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  4. The Mega Super Rumor Thread (Part 2)

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    2 minutes ago, akay said:

    Who would we want from those teams that's a win now player?

    Heat: Bam (Not happening, and other heat players aren't worth john imo)

    Kings: Kings want Barnes probably, I'd only want Sabonis for John

    Jazz: ???

    I hope we don't make some silly trade of John just for the sake of making one. I really don't know what a good return player for him would be.

    Perhaps Harrison Barnes and the Kings pick next year? The pick would probably be pretty high knowing that franchise... and we'd have money to spend. 

    Cap space to sign Ayton and a 1st would be dope AF. Especially if we could get a solid backup big out the deal.

  5. The Mega Super Rumor Thread (Part 2)

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    2 minutes ago, capstone21 said:

    If Gobert is a locker room problem then I don’t want him here.  
     

    We should bring back Solo Hill … he was invaluable for the young guys.

    This is big. It wasn’t clear if Mitchell or Gobert was the root problem. If it IS Gobert then I agree

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    The Mega Super Rumor Thread (Part 2)

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    4 minutes ago, Sothron said:

    So now I can talk a bit more freely...

    In the insider only conversation I call your attention to this posted June 9th well before the draft and rumors about Murray:

     Sothron 14,789

    Replied: June 9

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    Reached out after my last post. All he can say is we have a deal on the table for an All Star player but he won't say who it is. I asked him was it Ben Simmons and he paused and said I can't say any more and ended the talk. 

     

    I don't want to go through all the things that @NBASupesand @thecampster and myself broke on here over just this season. But we have kept you guys and gal well in the loop before any of this broke on national news.  I only mention this because we have some people who feel the need to interrupt threads with their doubts or trying to call us out for one reason or the other. 

    With that off my chest...

    Ressler is far more hands on that he lets on. I can show it in one spot here from the insider only conversation:

     Sothron 14,789

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    I'm hearing that Travis is using Trae to talk to guys

     

    So Trae went to bat for Ressler and Travis to go talk to guys. Trae flat out recruited Murray to come play in Atlanta and to tell SAS he wanted to come to Atlanta. When Trae tweeted earlier this month that "this is the summer that changes everything" he knew then that Murray was coming to Atlanta.

    What was the hold up in the trade? Pops. He wanted OO included in the deal. And once that wasn't going to happen he wanted 4 firsts. Travis held the line. The back and forth was over pick protection and pick swaps. SAS wanted 4 firsts and 2 pick swaps once we made it clear OO was off the table. The compromise was the deal you all saw. 

    There are more moves coming. I have two sources and my old source that is now my "new" source again is a more generic NBA source. This source told me that the feeling around the NBA is you NEVER trade two firsts with no protection unless you get an All NBA player back. And this source said we overpaid for Murray but felt it was a necessary cost.

    I did get an update on Capela. He has went from "100% gone" to "most likely to be gone" only from Trae's campaign to keep him AND that Trae delivered to Ressler/Travis on delivering Murray. Both Ayton and Gobert are still options. The feedback they got from Gobert was worse than Ayton. Sources stopped short of calling him a team cancer but it wasn't good. 

    Our FO and owner are doing backflips over getting Murray. The feeling is even if we did nothing else (we will, don't freak out) the team right now with Murray just put us into a 50+ win territory.  The idea is to split ballhandling with Trae/Murray and to rotate minutes to we have at least one of them on the court 48 minutes a game. It means our team will always have an elite playmaker at all times.

    Ressler, Travis and some of the coaching staff and players are here on the Squawk. Some are lurkers and some are members. Just letting you all know. They DO pay attention to what we say. I was told that my post about "This is the most disappointing season in Hawks history" in the last season and everyone's responses was circulated around by Ressler. He was legit furious about the team's play and he has become more hands on ever since then. Ressler literally mandated this team get substantially better before next season. He told Travis to bring in at least one All Star. 

    So we do have a team that does listen to its real fans. They don't care about other sites but they care about the Squawk. It is another reason why the insiders here have to be careful in what we post because the Hawks ARE trying to found out who our sources are and put a stop to the leaks. 

    I think we should open a new thread and close this one to talk about free agency and summer moves. 

    This may have been the dopest post in Squawk history. To know that the team hears all our crazy ish just made my day.

     

    Trae you been my boy since before Day 1.

    Hunter we still believe in you becoming baby Kawhi.

    Let’s go Hawks.

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  8. The Mega Super Rumor Thread (Part 2)

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    2 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

    The most ideal team is Indiana for JC. They have a lot of cap space, they have an elite fit with Turner. They can give us a lot of cap space and give us a 1st to recoup that we are losing in this deal. This would ultimately mean Ayton is extremely possible for us. 

    If Schlenk manages to pull this off AND keep Auton and Turner he the fin GOAT

  11. The Mega Super Rumor Thread (Part 2)

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    We still got to shore up the Center position. I love CC, but the injury prone label is starting to come back. 
     

    I just wish we could package a deal for Gobert. Gobert anchors this team defensively AND is an upgrade offensively over Capela.

    That team could become a dynasty.

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  13. The Mega Super Rumor Thread (Part 2)

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    3 minutes ago, Peoriabird said:

    If the Hawks gave up 3 or more, I don't know. This better work out because there is no pivot. Plus they will have to max him out in 2 years.

    Eh you have to go all in at this point now that you’ve got a superstar centerpiece type player. The Heat series highlighted the need for another top level perimeter player. If it doesn’t work, he still has tremendous value. We didn’t give up anything but (likely) mid-rounders

    Just now, Peoriabird said:

    If it doesn't work...the Hawks are screwed!  Everyone was just as happy after the Bogi sign too.

    Bogi is a very good role player. Murray is a young All Star.

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  21. Travis Schlenk: "Maybe I should lower my expectations for this team"

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    Team has just been devastated by injuries and COVID. We do have a glaring gaping need for 2 more scorers. As much as I like Hunter, if he can’t stay healthy he’s no good to us. Haven’t watched Cam enough to have an opinion, but I’m sure he still struggles wildly with consistency like he always has. Sadly these two stepping up, being available, and playing consistently would solve 80-90% of our issues. We still need another guy who can get a bucket unassisted regularly.

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