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I wonder if the Hawks are going to attempt to tinker with deferred money as a way to stay under the luxury tax.

According to LinkedIn, yes.

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Interesting. Seems to be more of a contracts/cap guy. He has a background of working in the Spurs organization as well. Also, he has a wicked ass beard.

It's largely because you are biased against Trae for whatever reason.

You would see a dramatic difference in the media perception of Trae AND how he is officiated if the Hawks did deal him to the Lakers.

Except that they didn't. The offense was significantly worse, and the defense was buoyed by the fact that they were either bad offensive teams or team's that had nothing to play for (Boston).

So, I did my own mock first round with fanspo's sim app: https://fanspo.com/nba/mock-drafts/K9mOeSjOAwCfV9 Of course, this draft order has Sacramento keeping their pick at 13. So, we will see after tonight. I also did my own lottery sim, and wouldn't you know it. The Spurs won the #1 pick.

I think they would still be looking at the same pool of players if that happened. Maybe you see them add Yves Missi and Kel'el Ware if they drop to 12.

So, let's look at this draft in tiers. By tiers, I mean who is likely not going to be available, who could be available, and who is likely going to be available. Who won't be there: Alexander Sarr Zaccharie Rissacher Reed Sheppard I think these are the three that there is absolutely no chance they make it to 10. They are also potentially the three guys to choose from if that 14% chance of getting into the top 4 picks cashes in. Who could be there but likely won't be there: Donovan Clingan Matas Buzelis Nikola Topic Rob Dillingham I think there is a slim chance one of these could drop to the 10th pick. Clingan is the most unlikely, and I almost considered him in the first group. I'm not convinced on Clingan yet, but I can see the upside. I could also potentially see the Hawks take him #1 overall if they were to land that pick. One of these players will likely be there at 10: Cody Williams Ron Holland Stephon Castle Dalton Knecht Jakobe Walter My guess is, this is the group that Atlanta will ultimately choose from with the 10th pick. My favorite of this group is Castle, but many will turn their noses up at drafting a guy who projects as a guard even though he can defend on the wing. Dalton Knecht offers the most potential immediate impact, but there are enough defensive question marks for me to wonder how he will fit.

Those GLP-1 agonists will do it to you.

No

This is complete nonsense. Mike Budenholzer is a great coach. One of the best in all of basketball. Look at Milwaukee and their win total before Mike, with Mike, and now without Mike. He’s one of the five very best coaches in basketball.

This is off topic, but I’ve got my three year old in the ER with seizures right now.