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Jejeje, well I think everybody agrees Cooper was a no brainer

We have 10 players under contract + 2 rookies, Young, Wright, Cooper, Bogi, Huerter, Hunter, Reddish, Jalen Johnson, Collins, Gallo, Capela, Okongwu. You can sign 1 wing and 2 bigs, one to play significant minutes the other to develop. Then Knight and Mays as 2 way contracts.

Hartenstein, Tony Bradley, Harry Giles are big projects we could try to develop.

Onu was one guy I wanted us to try on summer league, he is going to Dallas instead. Good teams always try that kind of players.

Good read Supes, thanks. I would like Hawks to add some big projects with legit size to develop on this team

That point is what I have been missing from Hawks since long time. Good teams always have good bigs developing. The young bigs we have are all small, Knight, Fernando, Okongwu... seems we always have problems to find a C with legit size.

Detroit just released Cory Joseph, that was one of my preferred options at PG. Regarding Portis I would not be mad if we sign him but I rather sign Dieng, Cousins, Drummond, Whiteside, Mcgee, Noel...

Is clear, Hunter and Reddish

Sorry Sabonis is 4 years 75m$, would you really pay Collins 5 years 120?

Well I don’t agree, I think he is slightly worse than Sabonis and he got 4 years 85m$ contract, I think the offer of 4 years 90m$ is more than fair to be honest. Which team is going to pay him a max contract? He was not even 2nd best player on the playoff run, Capela was and he makes 20 a year. You cannot have 4 max players on the team.

I agree, I want him back but I don't think we should pay more than what was offered last year. Which has been the best contract offer he has received? Why we should increase our offer by 30m$ with no competition?

I mean I am not buying this contract of 120m$ until I see It.

I don’t think JC will make the max at Atlanta, I need to see it before it happens

Well, we are not asking to change our game, we are asking to have some answers for some teams trying to minimize the weaknesses this team has. Capela is the starter, that is a fact and Capela is good vs 90% of the teams but there will be som nights and matchups where Capela is destroyed and that is happening vs big centers. What we are asking is that when coach looks at the bench looking for answers that he can find a guy with different game than Capela that can provide some rest to him and can match the size of big centers. We are not asking to sign a different center to start over Capela, we are looking for true depth at Center where we had problems on playoffs.

No more undersized centers please, he is 6'8"

Well there are a lot of players like that on FA this year, Cousins, Mcgee, Drummond, Whiteside, Noel... I agree is a weakness and should be easy to address on FA. Anyway I still think Dieng would provide more versatility due to his floor spacing although is an inch shorter but he is good enough on defense to help with big C.

I think long term there is no doubt Cooper should be better

Dieng for me is perfect fit, he is listed as 6’10” but in some sites he is 6’11”, does not look small in the court to me, he looks big and defends well big centers, he looks bigger than Capela honestly. I would like him because we can also pair him with Okongwu and Capela as he can play on the perimeter playing PF. As he probably is too expensive I think we could go with guys like Cousins, Whiteside, Drummond, McGee, Noel... there are plenty of options

So we lack a backup C and a wing, let’s see what Travis has prepared, I am in love with this trade

6’5”

His advanced stats are awesome for a backup PG, he really impacts winning and he can also play SG. A SG that can defend.

Really fantastic addition for Atlanta, a step in the right direction

Kings had a problem with Fox, Halliburton, Davion Mitchell and Delon, they needed to create space for the rookie and we got a good player, best of all the players on the trade by far.

Wow, I was just talking with Sturt about this possibility an hour ago, he is really a very good fit for us. He provides what Trae lacks, size and defense while he is decent on offense, versatility, that is what good teams have and what I was claiming at C

Yessssssss! We got Delon Wright, fantastic trade for us