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Well they need to get interested cause this deng shit ain't gon cut it...atleast not at that price.

I'm interested but where is this coming from?

Now that we have cleared cap space...ferry just need to go out get lance and hire metta world peace phycologists for lance! Guys I'm serious! I hate to bring lance name up again but in the event that ferry signs deng for 10-12m I feel we mine as well put up with young elite defender, great rebounder, shooting guard with issues lance Stephenson...I could care less if you like him or not the guy has talent to be an all star next season and he can play defense, rebound and hit the 3ball. If you sign a old as* deng for 10-12m you mine as well deal with talented antics lance Stephenson.

Yup mine as well if we are trying to overpay a guy...if that's the plan "to overpay"...smh please ferry be smart.

I'm cool with deng at 7-8m....I mean it ain't the best move but it's a decent move at 7- anymore than that and I think the off season is completely shot the rest of the way. I'm getting worried...I got that bad news for the hawks feeling like when horford went down this past season. Cosign...go after parsons if you're going to give deng that kind of money.

Sh*t man!...I'm a surprised that deng value is still 10-12 mil range on the market. I wouldn't mind him but no way in hell I'm giving Deng 10m yet alone 9m. He's worth 7-8m..no more or less than that. My goodness I'm actually fearing that ferry is about to do something stupid and sign this injury prone dude. I hate to tell y'all but I'm going to question ferrys BBIQ...not because he went out to get deng but if he goes out to sign deng for 10m or more! Heck 9m would be crazy too but I can accept it but 10m or more and ferrys BBIQ is in question, no arguments there.

Lets not jump to anything just yet...it ain't the end until someone officially signs that ain't worth it. But I'm going to give ferry a chance when free agency starts I hope he's hard a**ing it!

If he is, he may receive strikes 1,2, & 3....and ya know what that means...time to fire that a**! Lol...seriously though he does that and he destroys the hawks for 2-3 years depending on how long the deal goes for.

If it's for 7 or 8m I'm not mad...if it's more than that then WTF ferry?

I made a post a while back about sooner or later ferry is going to have to take a risk. Judging the roster hawk fans should have known this and been prepared. Now I like bebe just like many of you but he's not a huge risk but he is a risk because now your last year first round pick was a waste of time basically....but I'm not mad at ferry because again I knew he was going to take a risk at some point. Personally I thought ferry was going to trade horford to Cleveland to pick Embiid and I thought that was going to be his risk. Anyways I'm not upset, I'm more "now that you made this risk ferry...how are you going to follow it up...I knew you were going to risk something in effort to make the team better now you just need to get it done" Bebe is gone like nbasupe said "I'm over it"....ferry I hope you have a plan wether it's for quality all stars or for a star I just hope you have a plan....if you have fail this will officially be strike 1 since you've been here.

This is my guy!..I think he's going to show out in the training camp and earn a significant spot on the hawks roster.

Many would disagree with that. Iso joe stopped the ball movement under LD. There's no telling what he would do under bud. Remember hawks joe Johnson and suns joe Johnson are completely different.

Lou need to be traded regardless...I see no point holding on to him if bud is going to remain our head coach. In fact trading Lou should be one of the top priorities.

I ain't gon lie...as much as I like horford and as important as he is...I looked at that lineup two or three times...shiiiiitttt it ain't bad. But kanter is injury prone I believe plus I don't feel horford is injury prone as much as many of you on the squawk.

I agree but is there anything out there that can make this work. Is there any 3rd team that could get involved where we can get a decent big man back. Also how would we feel about this possible lineup? -Teague -Klay -DMC -Sap -Gortat or another legit starting caliber center on the level of gortat Of course I like horford way better than gortat but will this make our team better as a whole?

If anything... Teague Parsons DMC Sap AL *Korver is made to be a key man off the bench. DMC is more effective as a starter.

I find this to be true but I doubt those trade talks last long unless we are getting a center involved along with klay...maybe a 3 team trade. Also props to ferry. I love how he atleast has the cap flexibility every off season to atleast try to go after these superstar free agents...he's not likely to land bron or melo but atleast he's putting the team in a position every off season to try. I really like that! All while keeping a competitive team on the floor!.....I see you ferry!

Exactly I love big al but get over it. I'm sure bud will switch the lineup up when they face off against a bigger center. As for what happens with sap. We are keeping him and horford. You guys jump to conclusions as if we have a hall of fame big man and we don't. I'm sure ferry will try his best to keep sap and horford here longer and in the future sap may come off the bench for Payne if not traded. We may not have a true center but this is the first time in a long while that we have a good big man rotation. If we are trying to be the spurs east we need to make sure we keep these guys...all of them. Next we need to bring in a vet center) Horford, Sap, Payne equals quality big man rotation for the future.

Yeah @JayBirdHawk I think a vet center may still be on the to do list! Gortat would be a great addition, I would take hill and of course my favorite spencer hawes but either way I see ferry signing vet big man....and SF in free agency. I don't see brand coming back and Pero may be the odd man out too since we drafted Payne.

Agree...hope they bring him over.

Lol I'm not about to argue with you over our own players! They are both good players and they are on the hawks...chill! All I said was that horford is a possible all star if you think he's a sure all star and sap isn't then great, nothing to argue about. What the hell I look like arguing about two players on the damn hawks? You are turning this into sap vs horford thread and I just wanted to talk about our decent big man rotation ferry is building. So let me make you happy now before you whine all through my damn thread... -horford (all star) -sap (possible all star) I wasn't trying to compare sap and horford. Just want to talk about the big man rotation. You think horford is an all star ok I get it, great! What do you think about our big man rotation?

Lol well soorrrrryyyy.... -horford (all star)...lol He may be an all star in hawks fan eyes but since they took the center position out of the all star game it will be harder for him to get in the all star game talk...not saying he won't because he def capable. And why sap got to be in a bullshit category? What has sap done to get this hatred?

Why do everyone believe we drafted Payne to get rid of Sap or Horford? Here's my thoughts... it's not true. I said this before one of the best things about the spurs are their big man rotation. No other team in the nba has a big man rotation like the spurs. I understand that Duncan is the superstar anchor but the hawks don't have that as we clearly know and probably will not get a Duncan type player but just like Duncan is the spurs big man anchor rotation superstar that is what horford and sap is for us. Payne was drafted to be apart of our special big man rotation not to take someone's spot. Now in the event that a team signs sap to a crazy ass offer next off season then yeah I see Payne as insurance but I say we keep our anchors sap and horford for the rest of their careers unless ferry finds a good trade. Our BIG MAN rotation is getting deep!!! -Sap (possible all star) -horford (possible all star) -Payne (very bright future) -Scott (much improved player$ -Pero (center that can spread the floor but does not need starter minutes) -Muscala (I really like this kid) And hopefully -bebe (I think he's ready to get some nba minutes) Personally I would cut Pero, put muscala in the d league, bring over bebe and sign gortat or hawes to have an excellent big man rotation but what we have works too!

I say Teague continues as our starter. I think Teague gets one last chance to really prove what he's got. I know I said that last year but since he was under a new coach and new system I think ferry/bud would like to give him another shot to try to be the man. As for Dennis...I'm calling it right now. Dennis is going to receive full backup pg minutes next season. Mack is on his way out. (Also I think Patterson makes the team as a backup SG)

Hilarious!!!!!!!!!!.....ass comment...but funny