SalvorMallow

I do think they will be. I'm sure GMs do whatever they can to persuade players to sign with their team rather than a rival team. The efficacy of this tactic is what I question.

It's my understanding that Ferry ranted for 5 minutes about how great of a basketball player and person Deng was prior to making this statement. Removing that from the audio and from the letter that he released is, by definition, taking the statement out of context. In my opinion, the type of job has no bearing on what comments should or shouldn't be made. Ferry was ABSOLUTELY wrong in making those comments, and would have been wrong making those comments even if he was associated with NASCAR rather than the NBA, and in either case, punishment and sensitivity training should be required. If he wanted to reference those comments from the scouting report, he should have heavily paraphrased, abstracting all racial context from the report. Listening to the audio, it sounds like he had not pre-read the report, and so was not prepared to redact the inappropriate statements. I agree with the meaning of your last paragraph whole-heartedly. If Ferry is unable to put a quality product on the floor because his reputation is tarnished, then we terminate for a lack of job performance, not because of the comments themselves. It is entirely too early to make that assessment right now, which is why I feel Ferry should be retained.

This isn't a demographic issue, it's an ideology issue. I'm a 28 year old black male who feels like Ferry's comment was taken out of context by the snake Gearon. While punishment and sensitivity training should be necessary, I am very against Ferry's termination for such a minor offense. I agree with Dolfan that this thing will blow over by the middle of the season. Of course, it's obvious that you are biased and wanted Ferry gone before this event even occurred, so I'm sure it is no trouble at all for you to jump onto the "FIRE FERRY!" bandwagon.

I never really understood this thought that the Hawks are "So in need of a center". We have one of the best centers in the league, yet our starting 3 is DMC.

HOT DIGGITY DOG! The most important aspect of a center is not their track record, but their height....well, WE'RE IN LUCK! We have a 7 foot center on our roster RIGHT NOW!

You'd put our allstar PF Millsap on the bench? That sounds like a terrible idea.

Imagine if we had just tanked out of the playoffs, talk about a blow to our team. We are finally getting notice around the league! HAWKS IN 7!

That has to count for something...

Pfft, we missed out on the biggest big signing of the 2013-2014 class of free agents............JASON COLLINS. BRING HIM HOME FERRY!

Melo?

But then you're moving Millsap to the 3 when he gets taken off the dribble by slow ass West. No thanks.

67 ORtg and 107 DRtg. He should be riding pine!

I'd much rather have Melo. We already have an extremely strong player at the 5, why get another?

V = Pero

Against the 1 seed, no less.

We can definitely make him a more consistent bench-warmer.

Post of the night.

Sorry I guess EBrand was better too. http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_2014_EC1.html#IND-ATL

If PG gets suspended, we will cream Indy.

Other than Paul Millsap and Sweet Lou, Korver has had the best DRtg on our team for this series.

There is no freaking way you guys are going to convince me that Korver had bad defense in any game in this series. He has been HOUNDING his man on EVERY defensive assignment.

Your name makes a lot of sense.

Demarre played 40 minutes with the toughest guard on the court. Our problem isn't Carroll, it's our lack of depth.

Elton Brand was terrible, he had the lowest +- out of any hawk on the floor. The problem is, he takes away our mismatch at center and slow down our pace. 7 minutes 0 points 1 rebound 1 asst. No thanks.

Just because the ownership group might not have the same teambuilding philosophy that you do doesn't make them "CHEAP..CHeap..cheap"