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Stay far away unless a contract is agreed to

The original details were much better for both sides. Now I think Philly won outright.

Great trade for both sides.

We might not be tanking but with this plan we'd be bad enough anyway.

Dangle 19 and the Cavs pick. I think that gets you into the lottery. I'd go for Zach Collins.

This poll is just a little leading.

In my opinion, it's Jawun Evans or Justin Jackson. Maybe OG Anunoby if he slips, but he's injured which hurts his value.

The Hawks have not had as much success as Boston over the last 10 years. Boston won a championship, went to another finals, made another ECF, rebuilt and are better than the Hawks again within that timeframe. And yes, there are playoff teams that have no chance of winning a title as constructed. None have been stuck in this mode for 10 straight years like the Hawks. If you don't want to count the 2015, then 9 out of 10. But getting swept by the Cavs without Love or Kyrie takes a lot of wind out of their sails. Which circles back to why resigning Millsap would just be another commitment to mediocrity.

Injuries only hurt your championship window. Contenders are contenders, if you're a contender and you get hurt then better luck next year. Being a contender doesn't guarantee a ring, it gives you a legitimate chance.. which is all you can ask for. To be a contender you need excellent role players and at the least 1 bonafide star. Heat had Lebron, Wade, Bosh but also surrounded them with guys like Mike Miller and Shane Battier. Golden State has role players like Iguodala, West, Livingston. For a team that contended but didn't win, OKC from last year. Durant and Westbrook were the stars, but they also had guys like Roberson, Adams, Ibaka (he might've been a part of the big 3 earlier in his career but at this point he's just a supplemental guy). As you can see, it's not easy to build a championship level team. There's inherently a lot of luck involved. But after 10 years of nothingbombs, I'm ready for the team to really put their foot forth and go for it.

Yeah. Lost Blake this year, lost the whole team the year before that. What was inexplicable was blowing a 3-1 lead to Josh Smith and the Houston Rockets after knocking off the Spurs in round 1. That's where I start to believe maybe CP3 just isn't meant to win ever.

More like 6, they've won 50 games all in 5 out of 6 years except for the lockout season where they won the equivilent of 50 games over a full 82 game season. He took that team from 32 wins to 50 wins instantly. This year they were without Blake and didn't miss a beat. I'll always rep CP3, he's a difference making player to any team in the NBA. If the Hawks could churn out anything close to that regularly then they wouldn't be a treadmill team. Unfortunately they can't and they are.

Indiana got Paul George in 2010 and ascended from 32 wins to 56 over the first four years of his career. Then lost Paul George for the season right after that and got Myles Turner. Now their team is vastly different than those teams that made the ECF. Should've been steadier with building around PG and Myles IMO, didn't really look like they had a plan when they were just signing whatever 'name player' was available last year. Maybe they had an indication that PG wanted to go to LA. IMO the stars that you can currently build a championship level team around are Lebron, Durant, Steph, Harden, Kawhi, and CP3. I'll probably catch hell for omitting Russ but his style of play doesn't really win. It's just not efficient enough. He could play on a championship team but he couldn't be your best player. Probably one of my favorite players in the NBA though. Lebron Durant and Steph are obvious. Harden is like Russ but more efficient. He might be a quitter though. CP3 is another one I'll catch hell for because he hasn't even been to the conference finals. IDK, his teams are consistently really damn good. He's really good too so I don't have a problem putting him up there. Just an unfortunate career for him. His health is getting concerning though. In the future you'll be able to win with Anthony Davis, Giannis Antetokounmpo, KAT, Joel Embiid (health permitting), and maybe still Kawhi. Of course there are more young players to be drafted soon.

Funny thing is the Pacers briefly were good enough to make the finals with Paul George. They gave the Heat a good bit of trouble (took them to 7) then had all kinds of locker room problems because of Lance Stephenson and fell off.

I love Jordan Bell, but I don't think his age is why he's lower on draft boards. If he had better size or length, he'd be a lottery pick. He's about 6'8 225 with a 6'11 wingspan. Draymond is actually shorter, but he has a tremendous base and longer arms. It'll be important to see if Jordan Bell's leaping ability** can balance it out. But there were plays where his size was clearly an issue like vs North Carolina when Kennedy Meeks bulldozed him out of the way twice. That said I'd be cool with taking him at 19. He can be a high level role player on a championship team, probably not a starter unless he develops a 3 point shot.

He has a lot of offensive playmaking equity. If he figures out the defensive end that's a nice piece.

Blake is very good. One of the best passing bigs in the league... that series vs the Spurs from a couple of years ago was incredible. Overshadowed by CP3's clutch play but yeah he played amazing.

That really sucks. He had a lot of potential.

I like Kuzma, reminds me of a calm Markieff Morris. Don't know anything about Burton besides the fact that he has a crazy fun to watch highlight reel.

I really like this fit. It would be a slam dunk to come away from this draft with Justin Jackson and a potential playmaking big like Hartenstein or Bolden. Two very valuable archetypes to winning teams.

You're probably right. I listed Jawun because backup PG has been a weakness and he's probably the best player available though. I don't think they actually take him, but I miss the days where the Hawks always had a starting caliber PG on the floor.

Praying that they slip: Frank Ntilikina Lauri Markkenen Injury risks: OG Anunoby Harry Giles Likely there at 19: Luke Kennard Jarrett Allen Ike Anigbogu Isaiah Hartenstein Jawun Evans

I wish he could shoot, then I'd like him as much as I liked McCaw last year. I don't think he goes first round personally. We could probably snag him at 31.

It's funny because this team won 43 damn games and they are about to recommit to a declining Millsap and Dwight. Dennis playing the best ball we could hope for couldn't even save them in the first round. They might not make the playoffs this year* *Charles Barkley voice

Markkanen is an elite shooting big prospect don't get it twisted. If he adds more of a floor game he could be a guy u build around

I wouldn't call that the difference in the series either. He was a net negative vs us. Wasn't much better than Jose Calderon.. vs the Celtics he was so bad that Scott Brooks started cutting his time.