DBac

Cam is just bad on offense. Very good on defense. But man.. he should be able to at least get some of those looks guys like Thybulle and Milton(?) were getting from three. All of his shots are rushed.

I think Quinn Cook will head to the Nets. He's good friends with KD.

1 minute ago, JTB said:

Looney???? Yuck he only works well in Golden State. Pass on Parsons...I will actually take whiteside atleast he built his name backup as one of the leagues best rim protectors. 

I like Looney. He's young, plays hard, and is a good versatile defender. I wouldn't pay him big money or anything but he'll be well worth his contract if its below 10M/y.

I'd actually prefer Parsons to Whiteside lol. I feel like Whiteside has some Dwight in him as far as the lockerroom goes (Whiteside wasn't mentioned by Kirschner though, while Parsons was. I just put it together based on how he is expiring, makes enough money to fetch two of our bad contracts, and is probably available for trade).

Kirchsner said the Hawks have interest in Kevon Looney. Also interested in packaging two of their bad contracts for one bad contract (like Parsons, Whiteside) to create a spot.

From his latest article, I don't have The Athletic.. just seen bits and pieces posted.

3 minutes ago, GameTime said:

Bazemore, after last season ended, was not an asset. He was a net negative. Schlenk got neutral value for him. Unless you are basing this off of locker room presence, if Schlenk views Turner as a backup PG, this trade makes sense. Not a great trade, but a neutral one that wiped away a component of a crowded wing rotation.

Compared to Evan Turner, Baze is an asset.

Ah, so the Taurean trade was a red herring. Schlenk needs a trade consultant.

I'm someone that doesn't even like Bazemore as a player, but this just comes off as lazy at best. Stop wasting our assets.

B.

The result of the draft is fine. The process to get there was terrible.

Trading 8, 17, and 35 along with the Cavs protected first (really two seconds) *and* taking on salary. If you told me we did that before the draft, I would've assumed we were getting one of the big 3 prospects.

Selling second round picks the day before the draft, then deciding to trade back into the second round later.

Just now, Sothron said:

It isn't so much the pick as the trade to give up that much to get a guy that frankly is on the same level as whoever we could have gotten at #8.

For real. Process not result.

Schlenk reminds me of TD in that he just does not give a f*** and gets his guy, which ain't the worst thing.

We got took to the shed on this one.

Not overly excited about Hunter tbh. He's a guy every team can use though.

Guy who was first on last year's trade FWIW

If we don't trade 17 I think it's PJ or Claxton.

https://twitter.com/hammernation19/status/1141724823321812993?s=21

Vardon is pretty reliable with Cavs news. So it looks like the top 5 will be

Zion, Morant, RJ, Garland, Hunter. And Woj says Coby White stock is rising. So one of the big 3 wings will be there for us. No need to trade up. 

Sold another

I stand corrected again. Basically sold the pick.

Not that we don't want a versatile roster, but I want us to get another pogostick big man since Collins is really the only true lob threat on the team.

Getting PJ Washington would make my draft night.

1 hour ago, DBac said:

Slick way of saying sold the pick lol

I stand corrected. Apparently the Hawks get the pick anywhere from 31-55. Now on the downside, we just flipped #45 this year for a 7th(?) grader so hard to be too excited.

Slick way of saying sold the pick lol

Kevin Love signed an extension for 4 years 120 million. I don't know if that's been brought up, but if anyone here would pay Love 30M a year in FA right now then you are crazy.

Just now, NBASupes said:

Cam Reddish is the safest bet in this draft for Atlanta. 

Outside of Zion

They can stay at 8 for him.

If Schlenk gives up both top 10 picks, he better nail it. I would rather them trade out of the draft than burn assets for the sake of it.

That Paul Crane guy is BS. Every FA season he puts out a couple bogus rumors and ATL fans eat it up.

I've warmed up to Hunter but he isn't an exciting pick to me . I'd be more excited for our second pick even though Hunter is a really good player.