Ghostdreamgal

On 2/24/2017 at 7:10 PM, NBASupes said:

We all know it's gonna be crazy. 

 

Here's what I hope: 

1. Resign Sap and Tim. Try to sign Ersan to a cheaper but long contract. 

2. Trade Bazemore for a backup PG. Someone like Brandon Knight or Rubio. 

3. Offer the same package to Chicago for Butler and offer a slightly lesser package to Indy for PG. 

4. Move from Hump, resign Moose and Kelly. 

5. Sign a backup SF. 

6. Resign Edy to the team. 

7. Keep one of Bembry or Prince if you trade for PG or Butler. 

I like your line of thinking.

My ideas are kinda weird, but here goes.

1.A .Get a shooting guard or a bigger shooting guard who can play point to run the offense, a little more fluidly.

1.B. If you cannot get 1.A. accomplish by draft, trade, or FA signing, then I would like at bringing any veteran point guard that can share time and the floor with Dennis.

2. Find way to trade Bazemore...you can tell management was hell-bent on keeping him.  I don't think should've paid him as much considering their needs in the backcourt.

3. I would try to keep all of the bargained young players for the time being.

4. Milsap -- I would walk a fine line with, I'd over pay to keep a few more year, but the amount of pay for the years and amount I'd have to strongly consider.I believe Milsap is "true" glue guy  at this stage in his career.  Though, I thought the team made the right decision

5. If you don't accomplish any or only one of the above,  put everything you have into getting a go-to scorer, like Butler, George, or Hayward.  I feel like the Hawks for over a decade now, have been a ready made playoff team  and only suffering from the NBA reality of "not having a Superstar," much less a questionable superstar.

What I love about Coach Bud is that he does maximize the talent of the roster for the most part.  I feel like if he had bits and pieces of the Woody/Larry Drew teams and the current roster. The roster would be near optimal. Having decent go-to scorer, like JJ  and an athletic ball hawk in Josh Smith  being supported by talents in Milsap, Prince,Bazemore, and Dennis. Pick Dwight or Horford (not both unless we let go of Milsap).  Maybe, players like Teague and Korver still on the roster.  This team would at least, make the Cavs sweat.

On 3/23/2017 at 0:32 PM, Spud2Nique said:

Nope. About nailed it. Higher pick but only a few spots in the draft. My ideal scenario would be for the Celtics to grab the #1 seed and us to land to #8...that way we would be in the playoffs, avoid the Cavs till round 3 if we somehow get there, AND, a higher pick than being stuck in the 5 seed. 

 

In conclusion...we beat the Celts in a 1/8 matchup then we beat the Raps/Wiz in the 2nd round and get to face Cleveland in round 3. 

And get the 15th or 16th pick in the draft..(Nuggets are currently 8th in the west at 34-37, while we are 3 games ahead at 37-34).

I agree with this alot.

We're too good to fail, yet we're too flawed to contend for a championship.  We're not quite in NBA purgatory, yet we're not anywhere close to an elite caliber team.

Phoenix has been type of team that Atlanta has struggled with about the 3 seasons or so.  Teams that are either freakishly athletic (Toronto/Milwaukee) or just out right a more talented than the Hawks (Pretty much any sixth and better Western conference teams or any team with indomitable superstar on it, like Lebron  or Beard). 

Phoenix is definitely the first type of team--Lottery team by all standards, yet they put a thumping on the Hawks, like similar place teams with talent and athleticism.

Booker scores a modest 34 in a close loss to the Hawks.  108-106 in favor of Atlanta.

OT -  He was the player I wanted Atlanta to draft two years ago, but I knew the Hawks at the time would no value, such a player (young, with potential, but not necessarily NBA-ready in the sense of fitting in with a contending playoff team). :(