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For what it matters what I think, I am in wait-and-see, but I take Delaney's comment that he's been signed to be the back-up PG at face value until proven otherwise--ie, I'm not saying he's going to solve/solidify our PG rotation, but I am saying that for now it appears that he's going to get an honest shot at #2. Signing a 30-something vet coming off a knee injury yesterday would seem to substantiate Delaney's claim. And btw.... fwiw... it took a season or two, but eventually a score-first PG without playmaking instincts rounded himself and/or got coached into becoming a pretty decent PG after all... we just sent him to IND where he's likely finally going to get paid something that represents his one-time AS status. Just saying, I like Delaney's chances of continuing to develop, that's all.

Too many unknowns to assess where we stand, positive or negative: Which Dwight do we have.... how quickly will Dennis mature... will Baze continue to grow his offensive game... to what extent will Korver benefit from a non-surgical off-season versus suffer from another year older... how will Delaney's game translate or not... will one or both of our rookies stand out, or for that matter, will one or both get any serious playing time outside of D-league play... how long can we expect Mike Scott to be on the roster, if at all... and now, is Jack going to recover in-time, and even if he does, will another younger player beat him out for the roster spot... ?!? The only relatively sure-things we have going for us are that it would seem reasonable to assume that Splitter will give us 50 games or more, which is an improvement.... that Sap will continue to produce like Sap normally produces... and that Thabo will be a defensive force. I don't know how to get particularly excited nor depressed, really.

Even with the pronunciation help, I'm still not sure I've got that last name right. Those nutty French and their accents and all.

So very strange to me, and hopefully I'm not alone, that the truly big Hawks story of Sunday has gotten practically zero.... zero.... media comment/attention. I don't get it.

There should be a 16th roster slot just for a player-coach. I like everything about this, except for the opportunity cost.... I really think the NBA more than the NFL or MLB is a young man's game, and I really think we're potentially going to bump off the roster someone who can truly help us in a bigger way and for a longer period of time.

This isn't the appropriate place for that discussion, @bleachkit, but I for one am happy to engage the topic over in the Religion & Politics forum...

http://www.netsdaily.com/2016/4/20/11451244/pass-or-play-32-year-old-jarrett-jack

Lack of any definitive announcement from the front office doesn't exactly lend confidence that this is as they've intended it.

@capstone21, yes, that's been the case in the past for the most part, but if Patterson is still on the roster and has regained his 3pt shot, and if Jack isn't at least 80-90% back, it will be a legit competition. And all the more so if Cotton were to continue playing this well and end up getting a contract offer. Regardless, what I like about it is that that last PG slot will be earned by someone. And the Jack signing is about as low-risk-high-reward as it comes.

I would have thought that if they were confident in his availability, they would have come out today, if not yesterday, and said they were guaranteeing the contract. This wait would seem more consistent with the idea that they're working on a deal involving him. But if the deadline is midnight EST, of course, they're really really really pushing it. Then, too.... there was the thought that they would be able to get Scott to push back the deadline to sometime after Tuesday.... seemingly, that's not something Scott was willing to do. All so curious.

Someone already mentioned the idea that we're witnessing a sort-of ATL homecoming with DH and Jack signings, and wondered if maybe we should consider signing Josh. So/but... seriously.... If Josh were willing to sign a 1 yr vet min contract, would you welcome that? I had to ask.

Almost midnight, and no report from any source regarding the highest impact Hawks story of the day? Honestly, trying to be as fair-minded as I can, that amounts to journalistic malpractice for those in ATL sports media, AJC and otherwise, but especially those whose entire job is to cover the Hawks. That's not to suggest I'm surprised, but it is to suggest, I'm nonetheless incredulous. Embarrassing.

I'm not necessarily disagreeing.... I honestly don't pretend to know either way, just as I don't pretend to know whether he was embellishing his compensation (...though I'd lean toward the likelihood that he's probably more right than wrong on that part--my guess is that there are some bonuses he's counting). Or, did something get reported that I missed?

And Curry's a free agent when, you say?.... *wink*

Someone should let Budcox know that, based on what Delaney said in that interview w/ the Roanoke paper.

Lost me after "thinking."

Last year, we took the full complement of 20 contracts to camp. I doubt this year will be any different. Jack will have competition.

How should we know? You act like we have a local newspaper beat writer or something. Get real.

That does sound more like it, but I would suppose it's something that varies from patient to patient depending on the severity.

This might be another Jason Richardson type signing... bring him to camp, let him compete, and see what happens.

Read my mind.

I didn't either, but just took it that either I missed something on the broadcast, or the tweet-er-er is in Vegas and overheard something courtside from her.