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Hey @Sothronand @Mikey now that the 15th has come and gone, what timeline do you think we're looking at. Pretty much the trade deadline?

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In fact you could summarize that we have $25 million of cap space available for a trade, and about $12.5 million available for a Free Agent (the Mid Level Exception). That's a lot of flexibility, thank you LF.

I just want to say this now. This inside information about KAT has sprinkled pixie dust on my evening. And even if the trade falls apart, as any talks can, it will still have been well worth it. But I’m just waiting for some dumbass to get pissy in the event that the insiders are “wrong.” You would be missing the whole point of the fluidity of inside information. And you would be woefully ungrateful for the joy that we are all now experiencing, as we lay our heads down to sleep, and dream, tonight.

Signing DJM to this extension has to surely boost the grade for this offseason, no matter what happens next. Maybe it goes from an A- to an A. And an upgrade at center could shoot it to an A+. But no matter what this team is looking deep, talented, and well-coached.

Actually, it appears with this trade framework that DeJounte goes to Toronto along with DeAndre. So our lineup would be looking more like: Trae, AJ/Bogi, J Brown, Bey/OOO, Capela I think would still be a pretty interesting result, but I'm 50/50 also on it. I go back and forth in my mind. But it brings us back to the original trade issue for this offseason: What about Clint? Is there any remaining momentum to deal CC, as a separate deal or worked into this behemoth deal?

Even with no further moves (and even without a big trade we could still sign a MLE rotation wing or PG), you’re looking at the following 10 man rotation: Trae 30+ minutes DJM 30+ DH 30+ OO 30+ Bogi 20+ JJ 20+ Bey 20+ CC 20+ AJ 10-15 Kobe 5-10 Lundy 5-10 The offensive firepower and depth were already there, and the offense should be more consistent with more shooters now in the rotation, and greater ball movement under Snyder. The defensive improvement is even more dependent on Snyder’s influence and the staff’s teaching, but the potential is there to at least become an average defense. Then look at the Eastern Conference landscape: Boston/Milwaukee conference leaders 2nd tier: Philly, possibly with Miami if Dame joins. 3rd tier: Brooklyn, NY, Cleveland, Atlanta 4th tier: Toronto Philly could easily drop to the next tier if they lose Harden. And the same for Miami (if no Dame), who didn’t even make the top 8 last year and has lost most of their bench. So in my opinion the East is pretty wide open, and it could only require the cohesion that comes with a top tier coach (and his system) to take a talented, developing (JJ, AJ, OO), and deep Atlanta team solidly into the playoffs.

I agree with your assessments @NBASupes: They hit on their draft once again. They traded a non-fitting player with a bad contract, in JC, without giving up an asset, and actually gaining essentially 2 assets: a huge TPE, and a 2nd rd pick (the latter of which are still useful currency as we’ve seen.) They were highly opportunistic in the HOU trade. And both of the trades set them up for a big swing consolidation trade (KAT, PG, Siakam), or at least the ability to now use the MLE on another quality rotation player. They can also wait and be opportunistic again with the possible dealing of CC and/or DeAndre to teams that miss out on the FA merry-go-round. When you sprinkle on top of all of this the re-establishment of Hawks University with their assistant coaching hires, the assembling of a wave of new students for Hawks U (Kobe, Mo, Lundy, TyTy, Usman), and a full summer for Snyder to implement his system, I also believe we’ve had an A-grade summer that could still go to an A+ if that big trade comes through. But I don’t believe you can judge the offseason until mid July at the earliest (after the gathering of GM’s at summer league). I’ve come a long way from the initial depression upon hearing of the JC trade, to where I’m now pretty happy, especially considering all the empty calories consumed by many of the other teams in their FA feeding frenzy.

How about Vuc as a stretch 5? He's a free agent this summer. Perhaps some sort of sign and trade in which CC or JC are shipped elsewhere.

So you're saying that despite their best efforts to overcome this fit issue, and even with a new coach, the odds of success are slim, no matter how bad the Hawks Wanna Be Starting Something?

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@NBASupes What has been the influence of Landry Fields? He was touted for his relationships around the league, when he was brought in. Have these relationships contributed to trades and Free Agent wooing? If Travis had a weakness, at least early on, it was his trades, starting with his weak-sauce means of offloading Dwight Howard. But he seems to have improved considerably when it comes to value exchange in his trades. You don't hear much about Fields, so I was curious as to whether you had some insights on him.

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I think you've put together a pretty accurate last as to who the Hawks are likely to zero in on. The only exception I believe is Trey Murphy, as he is generally regarded to be a poor dribbler who statistically has relied on being assisted for the vast majority of his baskets. And it is now looking like Duarte will be picked ahead of #20. So that leaves Mann, Butler, C. Thomas, K. Jones, and Springer as the likely suspects.