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The offer was before the Gobert trade. It was reported that they turned down an offer from Brooklyn first immediately after they did the Gobert deal

I think because Cuban has kinda made the Mavs the unofficial Euro allstar franchise, it hurts free agency with most players. You gotta think, these American players have known each other since they were young now With all these camps, aau, and social media. Big time players team up with their friends.

We only traded 2 of our own picks for Murray and we got another teams pick for Huerter. We could still trade the nets our 2023, 2024, and 2029 pick with pick swaps in 2026 and 2028. And we kept all our players that weren’t getting waived. I don’t see how the Murray trade made anything a “practical impossibility”

LMA would be an interesting veteran on the bench. I’d like to have a guy like him in the locker room with Gallo and Lou gone. Plus he’s very familiar with Nate

If KD goes to Miami or Toronto I wonder what Ayton’s price tag will be. He could be gettable at a price the hawks are comfortable with this late in FA

I really hope two minimum guys won’t be the end of our offseason. I assumed giving 3 firsts for Murray was going all in but following it up with nothing else is a half measure I’m not a fan of.

Seems like a JC package isn’t very valuable to anyone. So what avenue do the hawks have to get better now other than cleaning out the whole roster besides the two allstars?

Seems like if you try to trade for someone for over a year while he’s on multiple teams you should probably just give what it takes

Where is the notion that Trae wants to play with Simmons coming from

He has played center some though. That triple double he got when he eliminated the wizards before they played us he was their center. He had also played center against the nets for 10 minutes and has 17 points in that stretch. I’m sure there’s more examples but that’s what I found with a quick google search

Ben Simmons just deleted his Instagram and last night there was a report that the Nets could move him so facilitate a 3 way trade sending Donovan Mitchell to Brooklyn. Something is up

I do think he could play center in the same way Draymond does. In fact I think of just accepted that type of role he’d be the ideal player for us to get so I’m hoping we are able to get him cheap if he needs to dumped to facilitate a KD trade. I hate the fit with him and Capela starting, but if we could get a guy like Myles Turner instead that’d be ideal. Even if we couldn’t I want Ben. Just thinking about every possession being run through either Trae, Murray, or Simmons has me salivating. And I think your closing lineup could be Trae, Murray, Bogi, Hunter, Simmons. That’s some killer Warriors dynasty stuff right there

Haliburton by a sizable margin

Lol yeah. Idk why I thought it was hawks 2016 champs. I honestly thought this website shut down years ago and just came back

Of course not. But Hunter doesn’t really have much of an offensive or defensive game rn. I think he can get there on defense but he hasn’t shown he can do anything besides take open shots. I know he didn’t get to put the ball on the court much in college but he said he was excited to get the opportunity in the NBA, but all he does effectively is shoot open jumpers. Kevin Huerter is a bad defender, an okay enough secondary ball handler, and a pretty decent shooter. He isn’t elite like people act. He was 61st in the league in 3 point percentage. I think a lot of that is he’s timid as hell. But as of now he hasn’t shown me enough to think he’s part of the future other than a trade piece

I’ve seen way too much talk about Anthony Edward’s fit and that we already have guys there. Y’all are crazy. Huerter is absolutely not the answer at the 2, and Hunter was bad bad bad as a rookie. The hawks weren’t bad as an accident. Trae, Cam, and John should be the only 3 players taken into account at all when making roster decisions. And really when it comes down to it Trae is the only guy that’s untouchable. Period.

Haliburton. He can do pretty much everything skill wise at an above average level. He’s just way too skinny. If he gains weight you could have a 2 way combo guard that fits perfectly next to trae and can run the offense when he’s on the bench. I am also warming up to Okoro too. He’s a project but everyone who has interacted with him say he’s the hardest worker they know. He could be a nice ++ defender and secondary creator with the starting unit. If he learns how to shoot you could have a real star on your hands

Donovam Mitchell seems unhappy and is good friends with Trae. There’s definitely smoke with the sixers trading Simmons or Emiid and I’m definitely throwing an offer to Philly for Ben. If the cavs think they can get him, we definitely could. I think I’d offer Huerter, John, and a first as long as it isn’t top 2. Beal is as good as gone but they will want to see him play with John Wall again first I’m sure. Derozan could be had and he’d definitely make the hawks a lot more respectable.

Word on the street is that Ben Simmons might be on the move. Would that be something the hawks would consider pursuing

The team has to do something this offseason. Nobody is going to want to play here if the team sucks again.

If the Spurs really do value Wiseman as the top guy and want to move up, we need to try and get Derozan from them. He’d help the team get to respectability and he’s only got one more year so he doesn’t interfere with having space for Two max FAs in 2021.