kg01

I like Wagner as a late-2 throwaway pick.  Highly likely to be college fool's gold.  Bullying college kids like Tyler Handsblow used to.  Lack of defense hurts immensely imho.

13 hours ago, EazyRoc said:

Their track record is unimpressive. They are just another group of guys.

At this point, I don't blame the dingo for continuoulsly eating our babies.  I blame us for continuing to lay out scraps to keep the dingo coming back.

On topic ....

Euroleague scout, Austin Green was on NBARadio Saturday.  Nothing earth-shaking but did mention the likelihood that Doncic would choose not to come over for certain teams was an over-stated assumption.  

IOW, all the talk that he doesn't want to come over for the Hawks or anyone else was just that ... talk.

12 minutes ago, Afro said:

Not that it really matters, but I don't remember bud doing all these public engagements. 

Lloyd has been everywhere. 

Not that it matters to the Xs and Os but it's very endearing. I never felt like bud was part of this community. 

Agree with all you said.  Doesn't matter, in the grand scheme of things, but it is nice to see him publicly embracing the city/community.

Only evidence I recall of Budz doing the same was him attending GT games with his son.

Didn't appear to be in Buttz personality to do stuff like this, which is fine.

Brett Brown did the same PR-type stuff in PHI.  Played up to the media, made himself a cult hero despite imho being a mediocre coach.  Hope CLP can be a 'face' and a good coach.

7 hours ago, Sothron said:

I can't speak for anyone but myself but I feel like we've talked about this Bagley/JJJ thing to death, brought it back as a zombie horse, and then spent the last 10 pages beating on the undead horse. Can't we just let this thing die?

I think more interesting choices might be who we take with our other picks.

I'v been using the virtual 'ignore' button on ...certain posters.  Works wonders.

Best candidates for 3 for kg ...

Porter, Bamba.

Rip away ....

3 hours ago, Dragitoff said:

Wait a damn minute.  I'd like a rephrase here to avoid giving people the wrong impression about us!  

So help me .... if I ever figure how to sig that .... you're gon' be famous. 

1 hour ago, Spud2nique said:

Squawk gave me 1 like today not 10...and I blew my load on @Dragitoff

 

CONGRATS SON!

Ah man, how do I edit my sig?  I must capture this spud moment.

58 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

Squawk gave me 1 like today not 10...and I blew my load on @Dragitoff

 

CONGRATS SON!

I will be creatively sig'ng this, btw.

1 minute ago, GameTime said:

The more time I have to ponder upon this draft I think we should:

1. Draft Bagley or Doncic

2. If both are taken trade down and draft Trae Young.

I'd say take Porter or Bamba and let someone else take them busts.

8 hours ago, Sothron said:

I don't need to tear down JJJ. I just would rather draft Bagley over him. I think the bust to meh player potential is far higher in JJJ than in Bagley.

I think JJJ will be a bizarro mix between Noah Vonleh and Marquise Criss.

8 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

I find a switching defense as the main staple to be a lazy cop out.

Leaves a player with no responsibility. Play Man defense with help.  Be responsible for your own guy first and foremost.

 

Egggsactly.  I get switching when you absolutely need to but now teams just automatically switch.  They don't even try to fight through screens.  It comes back to bite teams in situations where they need to stay connected.  Every time a guy pops for an open shot, you see the 2 defenders do the whole 'palms up, what were you doing?' thing.

1 hour ago, hazer said:

Well we have one thing in common, at least.

He's starting to make me miss lurker.  Yikes.

23 minutes ago, Flight said:

That’s like saying to appease fans that want Patrick Ewing, we should sign Neil Patrick Harris. 

Nah, it's like saying Trae Young is overrated to the point where I'd prefer we sign the player who's destiny I expect him to mimic. 

Similar names was just a coincidence.

That said, I bet NPH could get buckets in the post.

Can we just sign Trey Burke for all you Trae Young fans instead of wasting a lotto pick on him?

2 hours ago, Spud2nique said:

So what happened? 

Ask the real question.  How many kids pointed and laughed as @High5 made that walk of shame to get a change o' shorts?

2 hours ago, Vol4ever said:

 

I said organization dont seem to have a clue imo - Smile

I said Im not sure the GM is really the GM, just a yes man - Smile 

We will be rebuilding for years - Smile

 

 

Mmkay, but was it more of a ...

or a ...

I'm guessin you were all ...

With all this smile tea leaf reading, I think most of us are ...

Your conversation shoula went ... smile, smile, smile, punch.

P.s. you're welcome for all the nightmares.

1 minute ago, Buzzard said:

No he is not. At best he is a point small forward or point shooting guard. We still need a PG to depend on at times even if we let him handle the ball like a Durant, Bron, or Jimmy Butler. 

Agreed on Doncic.  He's a playmaking forward a la Hedo Turkoglu and/or Evan Turner. (yuck, #EZPassLane)

7 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

I agree with @Sothron..and @kg01 and the rest of u...

 

But you do realize that I gotta treat my “likes” like gold pieces right? Like 1st round draft picks! GOLD.

 

ps Get away Ainge..

"You guys gotta lay off the guy.  Don't you realize he invented the game of basketball.  Him and Bard Stevens are geniuses!!" - Anny Dainge

Don't judge me.

1 hour ago, Buzzard said:

To be honest you need to look at the number of likes vs the number of post. Your ratio is pretty good, 2 to 1 200%. Mine is only about 1 to 4  or 25% and Supes is around 1 to 2 at 50%. When I get one I go see what post it was to and we could before the changes see who gave it to us as well.

It is nice to get them; but they do not change my posting. Being wrong does that ;)

Dang.  Analytics has infiltrated the message board-a-sphere.

Also, I should add, my like-ratio reflects a bunch-a pity likes.

Aye how come @somebody gots like a bajillion 'likes' but the rest of us only have 10?  Thas some bull!  Probably dating a mod or something.

6 minutes ago, Dragitoff said:

I'd be plenty happy with Klay Thompson right now.  Dude is an elite 2-way player.  I understand a lot of his offense is predicated on the system he's playing in but I don't think any Hawks fan would not be thrilled with that level of talent coming out of this draft.  

Eh, without Steph .... you can have Klay.  He's more of a dependent player than people seem to realize JMEO.

16 minutes ago, Vol4ever said:

Well we are going to see what Schlenk is made of this draft for sure.  Im still not sold on our owner and front office.  I spoke with a former employee over the holiday weekend and they just smiled. 

Man ... what the heck does this mean?  He smiled 'cause a hotchik passed by?  He smiled 'cause you had spinach in your teeth?  Was it just gas?

What are you trying to say, mayne?

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

What an NBA season, lololol.

And the Lebron free agency circus hasn't even (legally) started yet.  Giddy up.

7 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

Is Boston open to moving Tatum?

Surely not.

Good thing we can just keep 3 and take the guy I expect to be better than Tatum .... #MvPorterJr

Yuck.  As an opposing fan though, great job!

I've literally been in a plant that retreads tires.  I think they call the process Clifford'ing.

4 hours ago, Plastic Man said:

Will they pursue Malik Rose? No way BC stays there, regardless of the findings.

David Griffin aka Lebron's main GM squeeze.

Agree Colo's done ... or at least he should be.  Daddy's got a long rep in the league which could save him.  If his name were Bryan Thomas, he would've been fired for the Fultz/Tatum fiasco.

Also, isn't this just the Hawk-iest controversy.  I would've totally eggspected something like this from GoneGearon.  Glad it's somebody else in the cross hairs this time.

Speaking of which, @Spud2nique and I are on the hunt for the Gearon burner HS account.  I have my ideas .....    Any thoughts, spud2?