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Lakers are supposedly shopping Jordan Clarkston, Larry Nance Jr. & Julius Randle. I would love to have Clarkston & Nance with the Hawks. I would offer Belinelli & Ersan plus one of the two late 1st rounders. They get cap space for next year plus a #1 pick. Clarkston could start at 2 spot or backup at point. Nance is a very good rebounder and both are still young.

Oladipo is same size as D. Wade and shot 35% from 3 last year. His biggest asset is ball handling & passing skills. Fournier is a special shooter and would fit our system best. He will get big money this offseason.

Orlando has 3 talented and young SG on their roster and should be willing to move one. Evan Fournier is a BIGTIME shooter like Korver and is only 23. We could make him a big offer as a restricted FA or use Teague in a trade for Fournier or Oladipo.

Wonder why our two biggest hurdles in the East, Cleveland and Chicago are the leading teams to get him? They must think he can provide some value.

Of course Bud is going to say publicly that he likes our bigs. We are 27th in the league in rebounding and could definitely had used another big, especially come playoff time matching up against Cleveland or Chicago. What will Lebron and Irving do with extra possessions?

Rudy Gobert was a monster in the World/USA game tonight. Imagine if we would have drafted him, Plumlee or Dieng to go along with Dennis, instead of Lucas Nogueira. I guess you can't get them all right.

Wish we still had ZaZa! Pero has been awful. Terrible shooting (.25%) last ten games, imagine what it would be if you took away his lay ups. You people who say he plays great defense, well defensive rebounding and shot blocking are important parts of defense and we get very little of that from Pero. Please don't don't talk about how great he sets picks! We need an upgrade for the playoffs. Go back and watch what he did during the Pacer series last year.

Pero has had a bad MONTH. Below are his stats for January. How many other 7ft. Shoot below 40%. Again he would be more effective in less minutes. 17.7 Min 37.3 FG% 3.7 Reb 2.6 Fouls 7.8 Pts 1.0 Ast

Sorry but he is struggling with more than just his 3pt shot. His rebounding is non existent and he is struggling to run the court. He cannot handle the minutes he is getting for an entire season. He would be an ideal third center on the team with less minutes.

Antić has really struggled the last couple of weeks. Hawks need some help for Horford. Not sure who is available but Antić looks like he is hitting a a wall. Who is available?

Payne and Muscala will not see a minute of playing time come playoffs. Plumlee is a better athlete, rebounder and shot blocker than Antić and Brand and would provide more depth come playoffs, especially if we have any injuries.

Miles Plumlee would be a good fit for the Hawks. Athletic big who can rebound and play 4&5 spots. He doesn't cost much money either. We need more depth in case so injury.

Good call on Dalembert. He would be a good piece off bench to add rebounding and shot blocking. Not too expensive now either.

Watching the game tonight, we almost gave it away because we could not grab a late rebound. The East is wide open for us and we can make a deep run but our rebounding has to improve. Some guys who could seriously help on the boards other than Monroe include JJ Hickson, Reggie Evans & Tyler Zeller. Hickson makes most sense to me because he could back up both 4&5 spots, has good mid range game and rebounds at high level and is under contract at reasonable number also. Thoughts?

I haven't seen the Hawks mentioned in any rumors in awhile. Please don't tell me that we are done acquiring players. If so Ferry is set on winning 45 games a year, making the playoffs and drawing a paycheck for as long as he can. Take some chances for goodness sakes!