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39 minutes ago, Sothron said:

The source cleared me to reveal the name of the superstar.

It is Giannis. 

I am not saying it is going to happen but it is being discussed and it depends on if Giannis wants to come to Atlanta. This is from my source and from @NBASupes source. 

It also leaves the option to trade for BI and the team would look roughly something like:

Trae

Bogi/Kobe

Ingram/Hunter

Giannis

OO

 

The longer  version of what I've heard can come down to three options for our roster:

The above option, the "Push All The Chips In" is what I call it. We will be a  good team, no question, but with a scary future with no firsts for a long time.

 

2nd Option:

We trade Murray and AJ  to NO for BI and the Lakers 2025 unprotected first

We keep Trae. We do NOT trade for Giannis. We use the #1 pick on Sarr.

Team would be:

Trae

Bogi/Kobe

Ingram/Hunter

Sarr/either Capela or OO

 

3rd option:

We blow it all up. SAS have offered 4, 8 and all our picks back for Trae. We move him. We keep the #1 pick. We move Murray not to the Pelicans but to the Pistons or another team I've been told not to mention that has picks/young guys.

Roster would be:

(this is my postulating at possible draft results)

Reed Sheppard

Bogi/Kobe

Hunter/#8 pick in this draft

Sarr/OO

We have all our picks back as well as picks and young guys from moving Murray to either the Pistons or mystery team.

 

Which option do you guys and gal prefer? I think the 3rd option is the best one but the 2nd option is more safe. The first option MIGHT win us a title...but then we'll be in purgatory for years with no draft picks.

If someone can make a poll with these three options, please do so, you have my blessing. These are the three big scenarios the Hawks FO is discussing now and in the upcoming time to the draft.

I'm all about winning a title. So, I vote for pushing in the chips and trading for Giannis. 

24 minutes ago, NekiEcko said:

Do you really think that Bucks is going to do that deal without any picks?  Yeah, they will not!

I said the pick, implying the #1 pick only. My proposed trade has us sending picks with N.O. to MIL

3 minutes ago, terrell said:

Don't forget about the extra roster spot for his brother Thanasis.... lmao

1 minute ago, terrell said:

Don't forget about the extra roster spot for his brother Thanasis.... lmao

We're trading away enough spaces for that 

1 minute ago, NekiEcko said:

That is still too rich for my blood.

Keeping the pick and getting Sarr would make that trade worth it, in my opinion. That is still Giannis. 

7 minutes ago, AHF said:

I think that is why I mentally had DJM in the trade.  You could do something like this with picks added to balance things out some:

This should be done without us giving up #1 this year. The two later #1 picks should be enough for this. 

This proposed trade framework doesn't make a lot of sense salary-wise. We can't pull off these trades with just Clint and Jalen's salaries. There would have to be more from somewhere else, and we are already giving up a lot with draft picks. 

I'm just going to back away from these threads again. I was excited to see all our ideas about using the #1 pick to become a playoff team and contender again. But the majority want to rebuild and collect lottery picks. I'll keep my rose-colored glasses on and remain happy until something credible comes out. 

4 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

We've been trying to trade CC in forever and a day....getting #1 shouldn't alter the approach to the current roster retool. 

I don't want to hear...we added Sarr and that's the end of our offseason for the front court.

 

I agree. But I just wonder if CC has a bit more value to us here in mentoring Sarr for one year vs whatever limited value he might have in a trade. 

47 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Which team wants Clint? And what can we get for him?

 

Do we keep Clint to mentor Sarr? Do they have similar enough playstyles?

Just now, NBASupes said:

This was definitely the worst possible outcome. This feels like Carolina Panthers where you got CJ Stroud and Bryce Young and the Hawks might take Bryce Young instead of Stroud 

So it's only the worst possible outcome because you think they will pick the wrong player? No chance they package the pick for another player?

1 minute ago, NBASupes said:

Worst f***ing luck ever!

Why would this be considered bad luck? Even if this class is weaker than previous classes, this is still the #1 pick and should be worth something. 

I would be interested again

Just now, marco102 said:

It's been a long season....

I know, I had to check out of the discussions for a while

This is gonna be a long offseason. 

Let's beat the teams we should beat. 

Did Trae just run an off-ball play?

We shouldn't lose this lead at any point tonight. Let's step on them and cruise to another win. 

2 minutes ago, REHawksFan said:

I don't understand these two statements.  If every team wants Trae, shouldn't his status around the league be great?  I don't want him to demand a trade so not arguing about it, just not sure I understand how the first statement leads to the second.  

Teams want him badly. But they want his value to appear low to the Hawks. It's all for his perceived trade value. "Nobody wants Trae, let me have him for 1 pick and salary match"

1 minute ago, terrell said:

We Should rename this thread,

Hawks Unable To Complete Trade..................................................

So you wanted Quinten Grimes or Dyson Daniels?