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If we can't land a Kobe ...Could we land a Dampier and a Payton? Then resign Sura, SJax and Pryz?...

We would have a team of..

PG..Payton, Sura, Rookie

SG..JT, Sura, Diaw

SF..SJax, Diaw, Crawford

PF..Crawford,(Okafur,Howard..if we keep losiing and get lucky), Hendu

C..Damp, Pryz

I think this team could be decent in the east.

Then, in the next offseason we have the Hendu/Crawford money to go after a superstar.

Thoughts?

Its very true that you aren't going to win many games with only playing 8 people..JT, Sura, SJax, Crawford and Pryz all had good games but logged way to many minutes to have much left in the 4th.

I remember all the griping about Jon Koncaks 6 year 13 million dollar deal with the Hawks, and deservedly so..However..I believe Hendu's 7 year 40 something million dollar deal has to be the worst financial decision in the Hawks franchise history..Never has a player in Atlanta been paid so much for so little.

It only figures, in the one year we are gonna have plenty of money to spend there is very little to choose from. The more I look at it, the more I think that SJax may be the most appealing guy available after Kobe and Sheed. He is only in his 3rd season, keeps getting better, and looks like he is on the verge of becoming a 20 point a game guy. A backcourt and small forward combo of JT , Sura, SJax, with Diaw backing up all 3 positions may not be a bad thing. I also really like Pryz as a defensive pressence..He is also a very young player..We might be wise to try to draft a couple of power forwards, resign SJaz, Sura, Pryzand and a backup center, then make a real run at Tmac next year..Thoughts???

Agreed, there is no way the Hawks are gonna lose enough to get the good odds at the 1 or 2 pick..They are not as bad as we gave them credit for and most of them are playing for their next contract..Even considering how bad Philly is without AI the Hawks are clearly playing much harder than they have all season..I really like Pryz, Sura, and Rebraca..All 3 might be keepers according to how free agency and draft position work out.

Just not sure the big name is gonna sign with us..Kobe is very remote at best, we had Rasheed and let him go, and I am not thrilled about an aging AI coming via trade..We may have to become respectable next year then let the Hendu/Crawford cash lure the big name.

There is alot of irony going on here..Just as we know that JT's days as a Hawk are probably numbered, we finally get the backcourt player that can compliment him..Sura is the perfect compliment to JT..We get a glimpse of what Crawford can be with playing time and health..We get a throw in guy like Rebraca that might be the best offensive center this team has had since Moses Malone...We may need to rethink the complete throw away and think instead of using our cash for a Jamal Crawford and a Stromile Swift..Then sign Sura and Rebraca for depth, along with our 4 draft picks..Suddenly, we are a deep and talented team.

Always read..but have been too depressed about the team to post..Its good to back.

Cause...JT sucks, Diaw is potential only so far, and its extemely doubtful we get lucky enough to get a Carmelo type talent with our lottery pick.

No team with a flawed player like JT as a starter can win..Good scorer but..... poor passer, poor defender, poor decision maker, in between size, too many negatives for a building block player.

After reading Knights comments, it appears he may want to make sure there is no chance of Atlanta winning too many games and hurting draft position. JT, Diaw, Jax, Sheed and Doleac is a team that could concievably win a few games..He may want to eliminate that slight chance by decimating the roster even further.

If no other moves are made, and we have approximately 18 million(after paying for a high 1st round pick) to spend..Can we??

Sign Kobe to a max contract?

Then exceed the cap top resign Sheed since he is our player if we choose?

Please help..

Hi all, Its been awhile since I posted, but the recent flurry of activity has pulled me back in.

We have basically traded our entire 4/5 rotation, which in my opinion was at least a minor team strength. We still have JT, signed long term and trying to run the team. He is without a doubt a root of the Hawks problems. Any rebuilding MUST include ridding ourselves of this funamentally flawed player. He is a tweener who can score points, but that is all. He can't defensively play either guard position and makes terrible decisions with the ball.I have become convinced that a team with JT in the starting lineup cannot win. Opinions??