davis171

Using cap flexibility to sign intriguing vets that fit around the young player... you are overstating it Zach Randolph and George Hill signed with the freaking kings...

Okay move him before the extension he is making 2 million for the next 2 years! Use that then let him walk or trade him before you give him the big contract.

Not for the contract he isn't Oubre is making 2 million a year to Hardaway's 17! Why would he have not tested the market to be "proud" to be an eastern conference fringe playoff team?

Huh 3rd seed?????????? Whatcha smoking and can I get some! We were 4th our last year with Al???

DMC was on a prove in contract it makes since. Sap should have been traded the season after for assets. Ik you think that sounds crazy but Boston traded a guy top 5 in MVP voting. After resigning him and making it to the deadline everyone should have realized the core isn't strong enough and made some big shaking moves.

Yup so pay him a third of the cap for the next 3 years to fight for the elusive 8 seed I like it!

OKC doesn't want to win they are tanking now!

Wtf......... PG13 to ATL

Yeah your just wrong. The point was "Flexability" which is awesome. Sap and DMC were never supposed to be multi contact guys otherwise you pay the extra (hawks went into that season under the cap). The entire point was to move them for assets if they over preform the contract but Ferry wasn't here to make the deals. Schlenk has a plan that ownership likes please just shut up and in 3 years if you don't like the direction I may agree but the dude has been here for less than a year and no one is complaining from the hawks side. How do you know there is no plan on how to use the cap space Schlenk give you a phone call?

So explain what you would do with Dwight and Sap taking up over half your cap this coming off-season so you have no cap space to improve your "proud" 8-seed atl hawks! I honestly don't think had we brought our core back minus THJ we make the playoffs so it would be all for not but just humor me what moves are you making? You have the 15th pick of the draft for past examples the 15th pick was traded for George hill BUT you need to include players because you are over the cap obviously so let's hear it!

That's why they should have been moved for assets as I alluded to which I 100% believe was Ferry's plan or just let them walk they weren't meant to be lifers.

Okay so what did they trade for him?

js the reason Jimmy is there is because of the assets they accumulated.

I'm sorry nothing you say will make me think giving over half our cap to Sap and Dwight makes since 0.

They did have a really nice pick in Kelly Oubre Jr and traded him on draft night because "he wasn't immediately ready" for THJ and what did that net us now? Shlenk had no choice but to blow it up Sap THJ, and Dwight are not assets on their current contracts bottom line. Ferry 100% knows about bird rights why would he have not given them contracts that are 3+ years if they were supposed to be around in the future you think Ferry is an idiot?

They weren't supposed to win like they did they were supposed to be assets traded away and never kept. Ferry had a vision and a good one sucks Bud messed it up by not trading assets like Sap. None of that is on Shlenk we had no assets so draft is the best way to acquire them. Al Horford isn't here anymore like when Ferry got here.

You clearly haven't watched enough of the hawks this year. Collins biggest nock is he can't play center due to him seeming to be inept as a rim protector (1.1bpg) which is why a lot of mocks have us pairing bigs like JJJ and Bamba who project out as good rim protectors. Mikal Bridges (Thought you only wanted PG) is good he isn't close to Luka, Ayton, Porter, JJJ, Bamba, and Bagley as a prospect. Worst case my ass they probably wouldn't make it regardless. So lets go with you all's dream scenario we barely slide in as an 8 seed way over the cap with no flexibility and a non lottery pick. Please explain what you would do a year later to try and improve the maybe 8 seed, because clearly you are brighter than the guys being paid millions to do this. This guy needs to be in a hawks uniform next year.

We have been over this Sap's contract makes 0 sense when trying to build. He was less than a 6th of the cap when he came here with Ferry. Ferry was really good at managing cap and deciding how much to spend on guys. Sap was only here in the first place because he signed a team friendly deal. 30 million is by no means team friendly (a third of your cap). When you can go out and sign guys like Hezonja, Exum, Barton, etc and see if they come here with a chip on their shoulder and take the team to unprecedented heights ala DMC and Sap. We don't have that potential with keeping the roster the same.

Lmao it has been 5 years for the 76ers the longest playoff drought the east is weak so playoff teams tend to fluctuate more than the west

No way we want the sister to play for us!

Exactly Wiggins is just getting better. He has plenty of time to become an all time great even (not saying he will) with at least 10 years left baring injury or off court issues.

Yes to reach their ceiling. That doesn't mean they aren't good players the Wolves and Bucks are going to the playoffs this season, but to see what the player is truly going to max out at yes. What all time player was best at 22-23?

You are judging 20-23 yr olds please wait until they are at least 28ish to begin thank you. Gordon hayward had a negative bpm as a rookie don't want him either.

That's a bet I'm all about Reddish, Barrett, and Doumbouya, but idk if Schröder, Baze, Prince, Collins, Ayton with Murray, cap space, and draft picks only wins 25 games we may win more than that this year.

Andrew Wiggins is 23 please at least let the kid have a 25th birthday before you say he is a terrible player it isn't exactly easy to be starting for a Western confrence playoff team at 23.