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I did say unstoppable on offense too, not just on both sides of the court. We haven’t had an unstoppable player since Nique. Maybe Dikembe on defense, but really having that guy on offense is a huge get. Now maybe if this team was all offense it would help with how mid at best they are on defense, but that’s not the case. I’d love to see us get a marquise player, those are hard to get, sure, but there’s way better than the players we’ve run through since we traded Nique for Manning. At least get close, ya know? and I do blame the league for the product. I’m all for punishing players, not just front offices, for collusion.

It’s why I’ve long held the NBA and its parity and distribution of talent has been lacking for some time. This all said I do believe if you put a guy like that with Trae the Hawks would be one of the top teams in the league. I’m just not sure Trae without a perfect cast around him can be that guy in this era of the league.

Let me clarify for you then. He isn’t consistently efficient. Of course I’m looking at accomplishments, you want to be considered a true top guy in the league you need to carry your team. And yea there aren’t a lot of 1s which is partially why the NBA is a mid product overall. I get it yall believe you can build a team around him as your top guy. Maybe you can but it has to be absolutely perfect of a build to compensate for his shortcomings. I’d love to see a true dominant player with Trae. Let Trae be the spot up shooting, drive and dish, pick and roll guy. Facilitate instead of be the top scoring option.

It’s the ability to play elite on both ends of the floor or to be unstoppable on the offensive side. The issue is Trae isn’t efficient enough or consistent enough to be THE guy on offense and he’s awful on the defensive side of the court, a liability. If you want to be considered one of the best players in the league you can’t be a liability in any way. When he doesn’t have the ball he can get uninterested on the offensive end at times. The Celtics figured out to pressure him which led to a ton of turnovers. The real issue is due to his lack of length and defensive issues the team you need around him needs to be almost perfect to compensate. The margin of error is smaller just due to these things. It’s why I think he’s a top flight number 2 guy.

He’s a 2 to a 1. So if he leaves and wins a chip it will because he joined a 1. I dunno how players are magically going to start playing defense when it hasn’t been who they are

This team hasn’t gotten any better and doesn’t have, and yea I know some will disagree, a true superstar that can truly take over a game on both ends of the floor. Just how it goes with this team. tall can hold out hope, which is fine, but this team isn’t better than at least 10 teams in the league.

Outside of this fanbase there is real talk about it. While I don’t think it will happen personally, everyone believes it outside of ATL fans.

No, because honestly from my understanding there has been zero trade discussion surrounding Luka and Cuban has shot down all calls regarding such. What does interest me in this case is that there has been repeated reports about the issues here in Atlanta surrounding Trae and Nate. I do not have any sources within the Hawks org though. Hence why I only gave what I know from this end.

I was substantiating the claim as a discussion that occurred beyond the report I’m sure you had already seen, being a fan and all. As for who my source is? That’s not how journalists work. Feel free to disregard the conversation happened. Like I said I don’t know how serious the convo was or if any type of compensation was discussed. Just that inside the Mavs it happened.

I appreciate it. All I tried to do was say that part of the rumors has actually occurred here in conversation and in consideration in DFW. I get it. Fans want to believe Trae can be the guy to finally give this team a ring. Weird Cowboys rumor is they actually considered TO this season at 49. Didn’t and won’t happen, but they actually considered it lol.

Just that I have a link to the information going around and that there was actual talk inside the org. Or at least was told there was talk inside the org by a reliable source. Then the Stans came for me.

I live in Dallas. I write about the Cowboys. Will I share my source? No. Why? Learn journalism. But you got mad. Be less soft or move it along.

Yeah I’m sorry I had the info. I did but you don’t want to hear it. That’s fine. Next time ignore it.

I really tried to give y’all some inside info I got and y’all came for my throat. Last time I do that. I express my own opinions on Trae, and y’all come for throats. Perhaps be better about discussion and less about attacking people you don’t agree with. No sweat off my back.

All I know is inside the Mavs there has been talk of how possible a trade could be. Now, beyond that or the actual idea of what that trade could look like has not been something I’ve heard. But the talk about the Mavs has some real footing. That all said I know this fanbase, and I know how desperate we are for a real shot at a title. But right now there is dysfunction, and the only thing we have is hope it gets figured out.