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Who are we going to get this summer? NBA is tough, quality free agents just hard to come by and are expensive. Seems like we might need to luck out in the draft. 

I personally think we should continue to try to win, as a matter of professional and culture. If we can get JJ and OO back we could be a solid squad. 

18 minutes ago, hawkman said:

His versatility and 'all out' effort will be missed. His effort was the reason I didn't give him too much flack for his poor shooting. He went 100% every minute he was on the court. This may be the last straw for this season. I'm still not sure if it's time to officially pull the plug on the season, but I wouldn't be too upset if they did at this point.

How do you pull the plug exactly? Should players give hard hearted effort on the court? That's not a good look. The league frowns on not playing healthy starters. 

Wow, so I guess we be in need of a small forward. Tough for Saddiq, he was really shooting the ball excellent lately. 

10 hours ago, Vol4ever said:

Guess we were lucky not getting him.  

We were never getting him. 

17-25 from the field. That's how you do it. 

Great team win. Didn't fold at the end of the game. 

5 hours ago, Sothron said:

I hope this kills the "we're better off without Trae!" complete nonsense we were seeing. 

Not better off, but we are mediocre either way, at least according to the record. Trae gives us more upside on offense if we can get the right pieces though. 

2 hours ago, kg01 said:

I see absolutely no value in tanking at this, or any other point, jmho.

Draft this year is a crap shoot, and the lottery kind of makes tanking pointless anyway. 

7 minutes ago, Sothron said:

This has to be a record. only two pages after a loss. I guess the blind Trae hate has no where to turn after this crap fest of a game tonight.

We're just tired and emotionally spent. 

On 2/12/2024 at 1:01 PM, RedDawg#8 said:

Reddish is so natural at all things basketball related. He makes everything look effortless. Problem is, lack of effort started to actually be a thing and why he basically started to stagnate starting at Duke.

All things basketball must not include dribbling.

18 minutes ago, Atlantaholic said:

Frustrating to me that our biggest need (backup bigs) are the exact type of thing we could have addressed but didn't.

I thought he was basically out all year

He was called up from the G league if I'm not mistaken.

What's going on with Mouhamed Gueye? We could use him. 

13 hours ago, Bonzaii58 said:

I agree. I still want Trae to be our superstar. But i am very concerned if we can make changes fast enough before he asks out of Atlanta. It’s the sad but unfortunately reality imo. Who could we actually get that would make us serious contenders given the pieces we have now? We’d have to give up DJ + more to bring in a front court player who can actually move the needle. And we’d still need more than just one player. 
 

It would also have to be convincing enough for Trae to want to recommit to Atlanta. Otherwise, we risk losing him in FA in the near future. 
 

we should have built around Trae the right way years ago but we didn’t and now we’re stuck and desperate to make it work this off-season and all the teams will know it and won’t do us any favors in the trade market. 
 

I wouldn’t be shocked if they considered trading Trae in the off-season and seeing what they can do with DJ and Kobe. We’d get more for Trae than anyone else at this point. This all makes me sad. 

He's in the second year of a 5 year max extension. He can't go anywhere. He has no leverage. According to insiders the team has bent over backwards to cater to his every whim. If he thinks the Lakers or the Spurs are going to afford that luxury, he's sorely mistaken. Quite frankly, there is a reasonable case to be made he's an empty stats guy whose play does not lead to wins. 

Let's see how the teams plays without Trae. He will probably miss around 15 games, that's a decent sample size. Offense might take a step back, defense might take a step forward, but those outcomes aren't guaranteed. 

2 minutes ago, terrell said:

Insane

Maybe they want to slowly work him in. That's the only reason I can think of.

Hopefully this won't impact his career. Hand injuries are no joke. 

For Christ's sake, play the young guys. Play Bufkin, play AJ. 

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

 

Onyeka is done. See you next year.

3 hours ago, AtLaS said:

Minny is in first place.  You just don't trade one of your star players to avoid the tax when you are in 1st place and a title contender.  They will find a way to make it work.  Our best shot at getting KAT is for them to have a bad 2nd half and get smoked in the first round, driving them to make a change.  

If they make the WCF as a #1 seed it's just not happening, IMO.  Especially if KAT plays well in the playoffs.  Don't care about repeater tax, etc.  

I don't care about anyone says about the so called second apron, they aren't salary dumping KAT. 

Only the Hawks

5 minutes ago, shakes said:

Also spent a lot of time sitting next to Wemby 

Planting the seeds, no doubt.