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I like Dennis, I like that has some dog in him. But I'm not sure he is steady enough to handle the job. Most all great teams have either a great point guard, or a great point forward.

I'm going with 46 wins. I think we are going have trouble on offense some nights, but generally solid on defense. I think having two starters (Howard, Dennis) that aren't good shooters is going to be a problem.

I still think we should of kept him. He's solid, hes a great mid range shooter, good passer, good rebounder, good defender, High BBIQ. He's not Wilt Chamberlain or anything, but he is a good player. Everyone just wants to poo poo him now that he left.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/17828751/atlanta-hawks-coach-mike-budenholzer-exits-collision-bench Coach Bud was really being over dramatic, it wasn't that bad a fall.

He seems more like a 3 and D to me, with upside to expand beyond that. Those type players are important though.

I completely agree. I think some people on this board will defend anything Bud does.

We lost Horford and Teague. No objective observer would upgrade us until further notice on the young players..

I kinda feel like we need one more solid scoring threat.

The organization is handing Dennis the keys to the offense. I'm just not sure he's consistent and steady enough, night in and night out, to handle the job. Our team should be solid defensively, but we are going to be a mess on offense. Bud is going to have his hands full that's for sure.

I like DD better because the donuts are more doughy, almost like a pastry. KK donuts are just pure fat and glaze, it has a non food quality like cotton candy or something. yuck.

I thought it was germane to the discussion.

Its time to end the war on drugs. Why cant Mike Scott smoke weed and take MDMA if he wants? Its does not harm anyone else. This notion that drugs have to criminalized for the greater good of society is complete nonsense. Drug illegality causes far more harm be crearting an unregulated, crime ridden black market. We learned this during our nations disterous experiment with alcohol prohibition. Its just incredible how few people value civil liberties and personal freedoms and buy into drug stigma. Its completely irrational.

Still think we should have let him walk. Based on salary he's one of our big three. I personally think he's more of a role player.

Horford was hurt with those pec injuries and missed quite a bit of time. So now that he's gone maybe it bears looking at how we played without him. Anybody care to do the research?

His agent needs to fired. He is a solid big. He should be getting 8-10 million a year in this market.

So how can the NBA stage outcomes? They cannot make guys hit shots or play defense. You theory makes absolutely no sense. Explain how the NBA can entirely dictate the outcome of games. Let me hear it.

So the ending of game 7 was completely staged? The block? The Kyrie 3? Spare me your tin foil hat BS.

No. They league already did that with bird rights and the extra year and extra money. If anything remove the cap, and salary restrictions and allow teams to pay whatever needs to be paid to keep the stars. When players you have never heard of are getting max deals the only leverage superstars have is that they can leave.

Sam Presti must be inconsolable. Westbrook is leaving next year too. You drafted Durant, Westbrook, and Harden. Nobody has drafted a group of stars like that. And he loses them all.

Very surprised! Its a short deal though. The league has changed. Superstars of yesteryear would never have done this. Klay, Steph, and Durant, that's a lot of shooting.

If we had a really smart point guard, or point forward to make this thing work, we could be really good. But as is we are going to be a mess on offense.

Buy why give 70 million to Bazemore? That's just absurd.

Danny Ferry would have found someone off the trash heap. Another JYD, another Bazemore. You don't give 70 million to a guy like that.

If we are not rebuilding, then open up the wallet.

We choose political correctness over competence. So we deserve to suck. We made our bed, now we have to lie in it.