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Giannis to the Hawks has been confirmed by Supes guy. It's a foregone conclusion at this point. Bud is completely devastated.

Bowen could really only hit one type of three, the corner three.

Question, are there any successful (meaning solid career) NBA role playing wing defenders that just flat out cant shoot? I'm honestly drawing a blank.

Cam has a very nice natural looking stroke that suggests it will come around. But there ain't much S in Okoro's DPS.

@NBASupes @AHF https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharycohen/2020/07/08/2020-nba-draft-prospect-isaac-okoro-is-one-tool-away-from-greatness/#4b5d21964859 Last season, Okoro shot just 29 percent from the outside and 67.2 percent from the line. It gets even worse when you dive further into it, as Okoro was only in the 36th percentile in all of college basketball in unguarded catch-and-shoot situations. When guarded, he was in the first percentile. Yeah, you read that correctly. Okoro basically cant hit contested perimeter shots, and might never be able to.

@NBASupes here are some more detailed numbers and scouting on Okoro https://stats.nba.com/articles/2020-nba-draft-profile-isaac-okoro/ https://www.thestepien.com/2020/02/17/isaac-okoro-scouting-report-2/

Let's say Hawks are picking 5th and Edwards, Ball, Wiseman and Toppin are off the board. Who do you take?

Big boards and mock drafts are all over the place. Very difficult draft to predict.

Edwards would be an awkward fit for them. I'm not sure who they would take.

That's what I'm saying. C's aren't getting a top pick.

Thank god it's lottery protected. Imagine C's getting #1? That would be criminal.

Probably has to do with money, leverage, legal one-upmanship, and other things we aren't privy too.

Wont be the first coach Zion gets fired, there will be more to come. Plenty of nutritionists and trainers will be sacrificed at the alter of Zion as well.

I have a feeling if Hawks had been granted entrance into the bubble, we could have gone on a Suns type run. We were playing better before the shutdown, and ready to finally gel with a healthy team. At the very least we could have scored a lot of points, but not so great on defense, kinda like Portland.

JJJ is his second year had a better year than Marvin ever had in his career. The JJJ-Marvin comparison is just ridiculous and inane. In the restart he was averaging 25.3 points per game on 48.1 percent shooting, including a 35.7 percent mark from 3-point range on 9.3 attempts per game, as a long armed 6'11" versatile defender, only 20 years old. If Memphis put JJJ on the trade market (which they wouldn't) teams would be lining up, and he will probably get a near max deal if he stays healthy.

He's had some injuries, but he hasn't gotten minutes either. At some point you have to start playing the guy to see what you have.

In market bubble? So each team will have their own instra-squad bubble? Just go to Orlando and have scrimmages. Stupid NBAPA.

An acknowledgement of Covid alarmism from @AHF?

JJJ is a good player. He's just scratching the surface, he's really young. The guy I'm worried is Mo Bamba. He might be a complete bust. Bagley too.

Why not have draft lottery on sunday?

No one is worse than Nique. I mean, no one. The guy is seriously stuck in the 80s. Literally after every missed three by the opposing team, he goes "that's a bad shot." Um Nique, that was a wide open taken in rhythm just as the play was designed. Someone should make Nique a head coach, that would be hilarious.

Who? A handful of Memphis homers on realGM? I have never heard any credible basketball people claim he's an MVP.

Their defense is ish. They can score though.

Countdown to the draft lottery in a crapshoot draft year. Ah yes, the joys of being a Hawks fan.

JJJ was playing really well before he got hurt. He's also only 20.