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For a guy who's 7'1, that handle and fluidity look like a solid foundation to work for his offense imo.

This, this, this.

Imo, the Hawks should be looking to make changes that will help them win next year as they don’t own/control their first round picks for the next three years. However, the 2024 pick should be about getting the best player longterm, not next season. Rookies don’t typically drive winning at a high level anyway.

I'm not interested in picks 4 and 8 and whatever for Trae. Did San Antonio also beat the odds in getting two lottery picks?

Quin would absolutely revolt if the Hawks traded either Trae or Dejounte for picks. He didn't come here to rebuild.

That combined with radio silence from Trae makes me a bit nervous.

I suspect if the Spurs come calling, it won't be for the pick. It will be them asking for Trae which I'm NOT down with.

Agreed. My anticipation is that any offers for the 1st pick are going to be subpar.

Agreed. I hope this isn't a situation where he wants the Hawks to trade the pick for veteran help because he wants to win now.

I'm thinking getting the 1st pick probably throws some cold water on the Ingram trade chatter. If Sarr is who they take, hopefully they hang on to OO. On another note, still no peep from Trae. Is he happy about this outcome or not?

When it comes to bigs especially, what kind of motor do they display? With bigs, the intagibles matter ALOT.

Waiting to hear from Trae. I want to hear his thoughts on getting the # 1 pick.

Just going out on a limb, I don't think anybody is going to trade a star player to the Hawks for the 1st pick. The Hawks will get offers, but I doubt they will be good ones.

Lol, are they trying nudge the Hawks into trading Trae by giving them the number one pick like they did with New Orleans and Anthony Davis? Just kidding...congrats Hawks.

I would prefer the Hawks not trade OO (in this alleged deal).

If ownership actually put as much energy and effort into the Hawks winning as they do in finding ways to operate on the cheap, we wouldn't be having this conversation. If only they worked as hard as Trae does on the floor to help this team win.

I disagree with all of this. It doesn't really matter who Trae said he wanted. At the end of the day, that's not his responsibility. That's not his job. That's on ownership and management. It's their job to build a competent team and they have yet to do that, period. So, let me be clear. The mess the Hawks find themselves in is not on Trae although the talking heads have pushed that narrative for obvious reasons.

This, this, this. Which is why I fear Trae will ask for a trade at some point this offseason. If he does, I won't blame him. He gets all the heat and criticism nationally, while Ressler and company are the real issue with why the team can't win.

It would be awfully nice if the move to squash this kind of nonsense happens sooner than later. The agenda driven devaluing of Trae is nauseating.

My guess is Clint.

It absolutely is.

I agree that the pairing doesn't work and the likely outcome this offseason is one is traded. It will likely be Murray as that is what they've already tried to do. Murray absolutely increased his value after the deadline for everyone to see. So, hopefully the Hawks don't get anymore spam sammich offers.

I just want take this opportunity to say I see your avatar and it is awesome!

Trae clearly wasn't ready and it's unfortunate because he was bound to be blamed. I'm disappointed Quin didn't give a little more run to Mo and didn't give any run at all to Kobe. The young guys would benefit from this experience even in a loss. The veterans are who they are at this point.

Hunter is reverting back to his old approach for some reason and it's not working.