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Atlanta should have a great offseason. We can still screw up the draft but I don't know. I hope we don't. But yeah. We should be much better in 2020-21. An entire 2nd unit of plus WAR guys + maybe a rookie depending on their draft. Maybe even a good 3rd unit. Travis got lucky. Before the draft lottery, it was looking extremely daft.

I doubt Atlanta will do a trade with Boston due to probably wanting a big man or big wing.

As an assistant, sure

He does love draft day deals, he just gets that itch to get more value

They are in my eyes. Obi is just offensive based. Cam has a higher ceiling. Obi has a higher floor. I don't like them for the same reasons. They are different

You would he shocked to see how my content on here ends up on other NBA team's board. That's why I was getting into some trouble at one point.

I can't say who publicly but there are some decent rotation PGs to be had for cheap on the market. Rubio is not one though. Due to a strong draft class at the position, teams are finally willing to get rid of productive PGs who are backups.

His personality rubs people the wrong way.

Prince is a .1 WAR player. Meaning he is worth 24 million for 5 years. Crabbe was a -1.6 WAR player meaning he owes you 4 million dollars. Prince maybe vastly overpaid by 16 million dollars but he's not a net negative. You can use him and he's pretty good at hitting corner threes. Oubre has been a bench player each year but I have my doubt LP wants a high maintenance player. Oubre been the same exact player the last two years. A talented below average offensive player who's an above average defensive player with a low feel for the game. If he wasn't high maintenance, I honestly don't think teams would be trying to trade him like they do. Guys like him add good value to a bench, especially as wings. Also, he's been a mid 2s WAR guy over the last two years which is pretty good production from a backup wing. High maintenance is a killer for players at his caliber. They might not mind that from Trae Young but not from a non core player on average. There are some new guys who are on the trade market that should appeal to Atlanta as backups. They are young, talented and they fit. Plus they are cheap as shit.

Hawks had a 95% attendance. The highest in over 30 years. Trae is doing that just fine.

Like I said last year, Cam, Cam, Cam, or trade down and land Cam Toppin, Toppin, Toppin, or trade down and land Toppin I am okay with Okongwu at 6 for numerous reasons.

At this point, it's all about value. FA might be garbage but Atlanta will be able to add talent via trades. Teams want to dump some contracts. Some are valueless, some will have to come attached with an asset.

Who said Jeff has to be the primary backup?

Not sure but I would bet on them moving down for sure considering its 4 to move up. Probably not much

9, 11-14 are interesting in Okongwu. How interested are they in moving up depends on the price. Without workouts, teams kinda already know who they like and don't like.

I don't know how feasible 10/Oubre is although I know they want to get rid of Oubre to make a run at FVV and another player. Oubre market isn't exactly the highest either due to his high maintenance status. Phoenix wants to be a winning team. Maintaining depth and getting impact players is what they are trying to do. It's a pick Atlanta could attain if they want to move up from a later 1st due to PHX needs. Prince/19 is very feasible and Atlanta has a tremendous working relationship with Brooklyn so that one just makes a shit ton of sense as it did last year for Crabbe. Prince is more costly than Crabbe. Prince has 24 million owed. As mentioned to me yesterday, Boston isn't giving away its picks. They will try to get value of some type. More and more vets are becoming available each growing day who weren't initially available. Atlanta could do their whole offseason in the draft and do a lot better than in FA. There are some vets that really could appeal to Atlanta, it's about making the value work.

That was suppose to be removed. I forgot to remove it. If they trade down, they can move as far as 14 but I already said that so I removed it but didn't remove it completely which is why it looks like this.

New Info on the Hawks: They could move down or up and if they trade down, they could move down at #6. This is new to me because I thought this was TS talking and not really going to do anything. Teams feel their pick can be had. Price depends on demand. New Info on New York, they aren't open to moving up. Too costly to move up in the top 3 and they feel they can find a good player. The lean is to draft a PG but don't count on it he said. They are going BPA. Okongwu is clearly the De'Andre Hunter of this class. Teams in the 9-14 range are interested in him the most. He thinks he's a lock to go in the top 6. I think he's probably a lock as well considering it's the Hawks looking to gain future assets or key vets. It seems like Chicago/Cleveland seem to be set on a type of player. International for Chicago and wing (Okoro) for Cleveland. Cleveland really wants a big wing who can defend other wings with potential to be special. Cleveland also sees his shot as redeemable. Atlanta is where he thinks the draft will start. Okongwu has the most interest on the expected board he said even if Deni is still there. He said it's currently assumed that Chicago's decision will impact Detroit and New York. Not quite sure on Atlanta. Obviously things will change if they can get face to face and workouts but he's saying it's highly unlikely the teams will get more than a virtual combine. Baseball did it and it worked just fine. They have scouts who been on the ground knowing these guys for years. He said it's highly unlikely. Highly, highly unlikely to get players into your building who aren't a member of your team like these prospects.

I am not sure their warts are fixable but it depends on fit and what not if you can get the most out of any prospect much less this guy.

Both have their warts. Everyone is this class has a good number of warts.

I would too to trade Ball. As it turns out. Ball possibly being available is too good to be true.

New Info on CHA: They are leaning to take one of Ball, Wiseman, Edwards but can be talked out if you know what I mean. This is a long process but they are leaning this direction as a front office. The vibe is different from MJ, fyi. New info on MIN: If Strass takes over, expect Rosas to continue the process that he has. It's not clear cut who he would take regardless of what the media says. He said Ball should be the pick. I would lean Ball too. Rosas been looking for a lead initiator since he took over he said. GS wants Edwards. They been clamoring for a 6th man that can score at will and been hoping to find that player. They aren't that high on Wiseman and been dying to move down if Edwards is off the board. Atlanta: nothing changed. They think Edwards, Wiseman, and Ball are off the board. Atlanta will be extremely active on draft night. I am not sure we know what expect from Atlanta. He did say what he's hearing is still true. Atlanta still wants to get another 1st. He thinks Atlanta could really hold multiple cards in this draft due to our cap space. Washington will try to move up for Wiseman but they will need luck. They do have fear that Atlanta could potentially take Okongwu who they are targeting as well. Detroit will likely choose between two PGs, Okoro, and Obi Toppin. They really like what they have in Christian Wood and Kennard with Sekou Phoenix wants to trade Oubre and they are a possible trade down team to get rid of his deal but not a trade OUT candidate. Boston is open to trading one of their 1st round picks but not selling it. Booooo! That's all I got that's new.

TS likes and wants to resign Jeff. Why? I don't know. He was worse than Trae defensively and while our offense was solid with him, he never took threes. Skal was wanted by TS and still is. He did play well in Portland before he got hurt.

Likely additions to our bench: Dedmon One of the wings (Kevin, Cam, Hunter) Draft pick #6: Ball/Toppin/Hali/Okoro/Hayes/Deni/etc Prince returns #19 overall pick if we don't package it to move up. I can see S. Bey or Josh Green being the pick at this slot. PF via FA or trade Skal Bruno Teague 15th man open. Goodwin/50 on two-way deals We do not have a lot of slots open for vets in general. Who wants to be a 12th man and barely play or go to the G-League. Those are usually for kids.

I think a rotational vet at SF/PF and resigning Skal and Teague is probably what we are going to see.