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The only way he works on the Hawks is a super sub or trade Capela and let him play center. I don't know if Ben's rebounding is good enough for that, but to me that's about the only way I'd see a good fit on the Hawks. I'd rather wait to see what Jalen Johnson turns into. I think Ben is a very good player that's being used improperly. He's power forward and should be played as such.

I hope Trae stays his entire career and brings Atlanta several championships.

Good luck moving that contract Houston. He's going to have to get a buy out.

I can see Fox being ahead of him, but not Lonzo...lol.

It's the boring time of the year, so why not do this exercise. I can honestly put him anywhere from 3 - 5 . There is no way Lonzo Ball should be ahead of John Collins. Here are John Collin's rank in his class. I haven't verified these, but he sure looks like the 3rd - 5th best player. Where would you rank him?

I need photo evidence.

MVP is a narrative and popularity contest. So you are basing your idea based off of media and not play on the court? How about Luka does what Trae did and get his team to the conference finals? If the Hawks wanted to trade Trae, they could get any point guard outside of Curry probably and they may be able to get Curry if GS is looking to the future. Luka's top 10 is subjective. Trae being 15 is subjective. You look at what they do on the court and the success they've brought their team. Luka had the edge the first two years even though Trae's supporting cast wasn't stellar. Trae took it to another level in the playoffs and got his team to the ECF. Something Luka hasn't done. So outside of media hype, what has Luka accomplished to make you need to see more from Trae?

Nothing questionable about a nonguaranteed contract for a training camp body.

This movie has forever ruined my pronunciation of superstar.

https://www.basketballnews.com/stories/top-10-players-under-age25-for-the-202122-season From 16th on Espn before last season to number 2 this season on basketballnews.com. It's amazing what happens when you surround a budding young superstar with competent talent.

What's your definition of a superstar and what puts Luka so far ahead of Trae? What makes you say Trae needs to do it again to be considered a superstar? Trae is clearly the number two player in his draft and he's now widely viewed across the league as a star. The consensus is he's at a minimum a top 20 player in the league at 22. Most have him top 15. The only thing that separated Trae from Luka in the eyes of many across the league was exposure. Trae got exposure during the previous playoff run and many started to say he was a superstar.

In one of Travis' most recent interviews he did say Cam was 6'9".

LOL! Man that was one of the best predictions of my life...pure luck is all it was.

Pretty good article from Forbes discussing what many here have been saying about the Hawks being able to keep their young core together a little longer than outsiders may expect. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryantoporek/2021/09/07/atlanta-hawks-might-be-light-years-ahead-with-their-team-building-strategy/?sh=2a64fb97246c

Yeah I was meaning thrid piece as the third selection in the rebuild.

Kevin says he's the third piece so I hope they get him taken care of within the next 6 weeks or so.

I was just thinking this.

Some are looking at this deal as a percentage of the current salary cap. The salary cap is going to more than double once the new TV deals kick in 24/25 or 25/26 I forget which. This is the thing that allowed the Warriors to sign KD. This can allow the Hawks to keep ALL their young pieces if they so choose. So those worried about Toni's money, he's going to have to spend a lot and the Luxury tax may not be too big of a conccern for him once it more than doubles.

lol what is there to speculate about?

THIS!!!!

Happy Birthday! I feel a breakout year coming for him. We are going to see the ECF Cam more consistently throughout the year. I don't expect the shooting percentages to be that elite, but way more consistent shot making and elite defense. I'm still a Cam Stan!

Ben would actually fit really well with the wolves. The sixes probably can get Russell who will fit pretty good on their roster.

Looks like it's started in Philly.

The goal should be getting the number one overall seed and avoiding one or both of Brooklyn or Milwaukee until the ECF. I like our shot at the number one overall seed with our depth.

The force they used in this instance was excessive. However, Jaxson should have complied. The officers did not do a good job explaining that in domestic violence instances the officers will need him to stay outside while they ring the doorbell to talk with his girlfriend. If they let him back inside, what if he decides to kill her while the officers permit him to go back inside. I believe they were following protocol by keeping him outside. Just ended up badly for everyone involved.