Final_quest

People who didn’t want Siakam were wrong. Although if he leaves Indy for the Sixers, I get it.

Less to negotiate on a contract with the league, but doesn’t the agent also source endorsements? I met with the star from the MTV teen mom reality series. She had someone rep her social media where she got paid $10-40k for product posts.

After the ECF run there was an overwhelming sentiment to commit to our core, what you are calling status quo. I wanted us to trade Cam, JC, Hunter, and Gallo for guys like Sabonis, Siakam, and Levine. The dominant opinion was Hawks’ players would be better than those guys.

Our record stayed meddling, but they traded a whole lot of draft capital for a top player. To me status quo means you aren’t making moves or showing effort. They tried and failed. Now they are regrouping.

Ray Young is probably gonna use AI.

We actually added talent the year after the ECF. Brought in Delon Wright and drafted Jalen. That team started the season 4-8. Finished 9th in the east. Got smoked by Miami in the playoffs. To say we were on an upward trajectory until we let go of Huerter takes a lot of revision. Also if you call adding Murray going status quo…I think that’s off by quite a bit. The primary move they made was a pretty big gamble. The main issue was betting on paying JC and Hunter to be worth 1/3 of your payroll. Second mistake was using your draft capital on a second star that isn’t complimentary to your Trae. Adding a MLE player or retaining Huerter doesn’t fix either of those mistakes.

Just heard Brad Rowland say any Trae trade buzz is most likely media hype based on nothing per his Hawks sources.

In short Murray for the best player possible. A top 50-60 player that fits our roster better. If we can't get equal value for Murray, it would take finding a diamond in the rough to turn this franchise around.

I listen to Rowland at times because he’s the closest thing to “insider” info outside of some posters from the Squawk. One thing he said on another pod is that until he hears otherwise Trae would still be a Hawk. Said after the play in loss to Chicago that no source he trusts is saying either that Trae wants out or ownership wants to move him. Although he did acknowledge that he thinks for the first time since Trae was drafted that could change. Basically be careful listening to national media smoke on Trae. I will say Brad does not really focus on insider scoops, but he will address rumors and kill them if he has info. So he really separates fact from fiction in the rumor mill and almost never reports a new rumor or scoop.

I think the grade is incomplete. Don’t care if Ressler is cheap or not. Fact is JC had to go or else we’re in complete cap hell. Then the extensions for Murray and Okongwu were good value. The draft picks got injured but have promise. Gonna see what they do this off-season before I call Landry incapable. I’m not optimistic or pessimistic.

I’m not convinced either way. Maybe I’ll check out the Purdue forum. Probably 3000 pages to read over there.

Yes, they overpaid to retain their rookie contracts Mostly Collins and Hunter that got too much. Then we tried to redeem the situation by trading our draft capital for Murray. Left us with no money to spend and no picks to trade.

Not an allstar, but most overrated. Yet if he teamed up with Wemby, the Lakers, etc. ...those teams would be "unstoppable".

@JTB During the ECF run we had multiple guys on rookie contracts as starters and in the rotation. The best teams leverage ring chasers and rookie contracts. They are top heavy apart from that with their salary. We are top heavy with redundant talent, Trae and Murray. We’ve got only one rookie contract in the rotation, and no real ring chaser level talent that gets paid close to vet min salary. The guys getting paid are questionable fits. People act like signing one more guy to an MLE deal fixes everything. There are bigger issues that are much more complex. We need to trade a piece or two. Get another couple key contributor from the draft. Then sign that MLE guy that so many people hyper focus on.

I feel petty this year. Hard to find teams I can cheer for. Boston vs Heat. Knicks vs Sixers. I want all of them to lose. Getting a little satisfaction watching Halliburton get routed. Minnesota is at the top of my list followed by Denver. Milwaukee a distant third. After that it’s hard for me to like anyone. Clippers a little…