ShooterSays

Some good news on Hunter and Dunn today!

Yeah that would make much more sense on why they couldn't come to an agreement.

If we offered 4/90 and he wanted 4/100....I'm gonna be pi$$ed if we lose him for nothing or if he gets an offer exceeding that and we end up matching. Literally $2.5M per year...

Completely agree. The injury history, lack of defense, and money owed makes this an easy pass.

I was just reading up on this. I went into it wondering if I'd want us to offer JC for Porzingis. Then I saw this: "Mavericks' Defensive Rating is 11.8 points worse when Porzingis is on the court. Digging a little deeper into some advanced analytics, Porzingis is the second-worst defensive center in the league according to Bball-Index's LERBON statistic and he's the worst defensive big according to FiveThirtyEight's RAPTOR statistic." Pretty big red flag and I doubt that would work with Trae.

A lot of these issues just come down to injuries. These injuries force Huerter and Cam into roles where they don't belong at this point in their young careers. They should be leading the second unit. We're seeing just how bad the injuries to Bogi and ESPECIALLY Hunter are in this 10 game stretch. The next biggest issue to me is backup PG. This might be one of the bigger misses of TS time in ATL so far. Yes, Rondo and Dunn have been hurt, but even when Rondo has been healthy, he's looked terrible. I wanted OO17 in the draft, but looking back, Hali and Deadmon would be making a huge impact for us this year. I'm not giving up on OO17, but the Rondo/Dunn signings have been huge duds so far. I wish we could move Rondo and make a trade for a quality backup PG. Then get our guys healthy, and I think we're in much better shape. But obviously, you can't control injuries. Has Trae looked a little worse this year? Yeah, I'm not too worried about it though. I don't think LP has coached the best either, but I think the injuries and backup PG are the 2 biggest factors that have gotten us to this point of 11-16.

Off thread topic - but speaking of Pippen, maybe it's been discussed elsewhere, but does Hunter remind anyone else of Scottie (more so than Cam)? They have a similar build, Hunter is 6-8, 225; Scottie 6-8, 210. He's outperforming Scottie in their respective year 2's, but damn. I see a player who looks like Scottie running up and down the court when I see Hunter. AND De'Andre shoots better. The dunks he's been throwing down this year remind me of Pippen too.

Some of their quotes: * More impressed by us than BKN and a dangerous out in the eastern conference. Wouldn't be surprised if we made it to the EC Finals. * Trae is un-guardable and we have lots of fire power on offense * Will be a dangerous and scary team come playoff time. No one is going to want to face us. * Reminds them of the baby Hawks team who pushed Boston to 7 * Perk called Trae Young a TOP 5 player in the league - Steph Curry 2.0 and on a whole other level right now * Mentioned how Trae and Harden are the only 2 players teams are doubling immediately after crossing half court * JC is underrated and will be playing hard since he's in a contract year and out to prove something

Kendrick Perkins on the Jump gave us a ton of love. Called Trae, Steph 2.0 and even said he’s a top 5 player in the league.

Anyone else getting the Grizzlies broadcast team on FSSE tonight???

It's finally here... First Hawks game in 9 months....the longest 9 months of our lives. I for one am PUMPED and will be watching every second!!

If they hatin', means we're doing something right.

Hopefully when their contracts are up, Huerter, Hunter, and Cam have arrived and we have no need for Gallo or Bogi anymore.

I was thinking about this, this morning - If Haliburton doesn't inexplicably fall all the way to the Kings at 12, I wonder if they would have matched the Bogi offer sheet?

Turrible...just turrible news that an all world player like Brian Scalabrine doesn't like our offseason or Trae. He'll eat crow soon enough.

Who's the longest tenured OKC Thunder now? Gotta be future first round pick.

We're really going to do a John Collins thread every day until he's extended, aren't we? Lol

Trae / Dunn / Rondo / Goodwin Huerter / Cam / Mays Hunter / FA / Snell Collins / Gallinari Capela / Okongwu / Bruno I count 14 if we guarantee Goodwin. Fingers crossed we can get a deal done for Bogdan for that last roster spot. This definitely SHOULD BE a playoff team. It is on paper at least.

If we can get Bogdan, Trae literally might be going for 15 assists a game with all that shooting and with all the PnR big men we have.

Rashad called this signing a few days ago. He knows his Hawks. If Yoda likes the signing, hard for me to argue.

Any Bogdan update? Been away from Twitter and the Squawk all afternoon. edit: not sure why I put this in the draft thread lol

The last offseason piece... Get it done, Travis!

I haven't seen or heard anything regarding Brandon Ingram. Is it just assumed around the NBA that the Pels are going to give him the max?

I thought we were getting Gordon Heyward and 14 for him lol