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Wow, essentially 2 firsts and an expiring contract for the #7 pick? I think that's a bit much. But in regards to the original trade scenario, I'm not fully advocating one way or another, but it would be sought based on two suppositions:

1) Saric is a star in the making.

2) They are selling high on Teague, believing that he will always run hot and cold, both in terms of effort and shooting ability. And he will never be a committed defender.

I haven't been able to scout Saric to be able to agree or disagree with 1). But I tend to go along with the notion of 2). I wouldn't mind selling high on Teague, even if it meant relying on a combo of Schröder/Mack or Schröder/Stuckey next year.

Ha ha. Well, I was out watching Maleficent with the family. Overall it was pretty good, but during some slow parts my mind drifted off to where it goes a lot these days, the Hawks offseason. Then it just...came to me, lol.

I know that teams work out all different players before the draft, but it still struck me as kinda odd that the Hawks worked out a top level point guard prospect in Tyler Ennis. But then when I put this factoid together with another rumor, a draft/trade strategy emerged...

1) Hawks trade Teague to Sac for #7 as was somewhat rumored. Sac gets a good young veteran. Ferry moves a bigger contract attached to a PG that they like but don't love. And I believe as do many others on HS that they would target Dario Saric with this pick. And in fact I think the trade could even be predicated on Saric being there at at #7.

2) At #15 the Hawks take either Ennis or Elfrid Payton (who I believe they also worked out). Then they have this pick battle with Schröder for the starting spot, along with either Mack or some other vet PG on a 1 yr deal. Just trying to read the tea leaves here.

3) I think they could still use a young shooting guard at this point and could swing a deal for a mid to late first rounder, likely by absorbing a contract (such as C Boozer or either of Asik or Lin). Then they could grab either KJ McDaniels or Jordan Adams (or even Rodney Hood if he unexpectedly slides).

4) After a Teague trade I believe you'd be looking at $18-20 mill in cap space (unless u also talked them into including Ben McLemore). Depending on how big a contract u absorbed in 3) above, u could probably sign one midrange FA, like a Rodney Stuckey. And who knows, maybe u could talk Luol Deng into a 1 or 2 year Sap-like deal to rehab his value.

This was just a pattern that meshed in my head when wrapping my brain around some of the rumors and workout schedules. Definitely a fun time to be a Hawks fan.