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12 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

Update:

Hawks are trying to move targeting Cam Whitmore. 

 Clint is likely to be moved for a mid 1st. Dallas been trying to get him but their refusal to trade 10 without asking for 15 is killing the trade. 

Brooklyn is watching Portland to see what's next for them. 

They have DFS on the block and believe they can get a 1st for him. 

I can confirm Atlanta targets at 15

Cason Wallace, Bilal Coulibaly, Lively, Brandin Podziemski, Kobe Bufkin, and Nick Smith Jr. 

Players they are high on: Walker and d*ck

Players they are very high on: Whitmore, Wemby, Scoot, and Miller. 

Thanks for the info, interesting stuff.

Question though for mods or anyone who knows, do we have to scrub Gradey's name every time? Is there a rule against bad language/a bot that blocks it?

12 minutes ago, Sothron said:

pacers and hawks are talking about Hunter again. both teams are trying to get the most value out of rosters/picks. 

For those doubting the Hawks want to move up and get another pick, that is real. Feeling is we got some young guys ready to step up and we can move contracts to (sigh) save money for Ressler as well as get more guys on rookie scale contracts.

So save money while also being ok with going into the tax? Feels like an odd dichotomy 

Just now, capstone21 said:

If Grant gets 150 for 5 years … that will be the worst contract 

Nah, JC got 5/125 with this salary cap. 30/yr for what Grant brings will be fine as the cap goes up

1 minute ago, yungsta said:

Jordan Poole is a top 5 worst contract in the league. I would be heated if I was a Wizards fan. He is a 6th man being paid all star starter money.

You should be happy if you're a Wiz fan - get to appt a chucker as your tank commander, let him get some gaudy stats and trade him while his value is hot as he leads you deep into the lottery

Just now, Hawkish said:

What’s wrong with my profile?  Is it that I’m new? The ‘sign up’ function finally worked for me.  I’ve been on this board since the DerMarr Johnson vs. Mike Miller draft debates. 

Nothing wrong lol, welcome to the board

55 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

How bad do you want Gradey {male parts }? Just want to get a gage on how bad you want D!ck.

I think this dude is a sure fire NBA player, can't go wrong with him. Would love to have eggplant on our team

Regardless of how today goes, draft day is always awesome - so many rumors and arguments happening over speculation that turns out to be so far from the truth.

Speaking Siakam + OG into existence 

Nothin like NBA drama szn 

Also

18 minutes ago, Dean Walker said:

 

nobody’s beating Boston!

ahh damn, wanted Zingis with us

Just now, NBASupes said:

I know you think this is a good post, but it's not 

Yeah cause this is much better lol

1 hour ago, bird_dirt said:

I’m curious to see where Emoni Bates falls in the draft and follow how his career may turn out. 

Someone will take a flier on him the second round and see if they can teach him how to play team basketball, otherwise I think he'll bounce around the g-league before going international

11 minutes ago, sturt said:

So, curious, any GT grads around here who we might wanna give special audience to?

I'll start a public twitter and start quoting myself here  

23 minutes ago, sturt said:

 

This is who you're quoting, as-if someone with insight.

 

 

But oh yeah... I forgot... you're the one here who voted a big Bugs Bunny "NO!" on discernment.

... hehe...

never mind then.

But for the record, there's about a dozen people here, I imagine, who deserve at least  as much of your attention when they post something on Twitter or otherwise. Just sayin.

 

As to the UGA grad's logic... huh???... if you're wanting #10 with Lively as the target, theoretically, why wouldn't you be willing to part with your current starting center.

 

But Grant said he got the info from Fischer so what's the issue?

2 hours ago, Spud2nique said:

Do you all think that Korver might have a thing for D!ck?  I bet he would mentor the heck out of D!ck.
 

d*ck dropped in the latest CBS mock to 18, the furthest I’ve seen him in any mock. The lowest is seen him was 12 in other mocks.

 

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/2023-nba-mock-draft-brandon-miller-scoot-henderson-go-behind-victor-wembanyama-in-two-round-projection/amp/

All you D!ck lovers out there holla and hoot about it. 
 

I’m just gonna put this out there..

If we get the and D!ck.. half the board will lose their minds! 
 

 

D!ck n Staps! It’s catchy even Staps likes it! 

This dude is too skilled to not make it in the NBA, his shots look easy and he plays smart. I'm a d*ck believer for sure

4 hours ago, Diesel said:

What about the sun??

Not to mention Doomsday and Brainiac?

I feel you on Spiderman though.   Not my favorite but much respect. 

 

I'll be honest, all i know about superman is from this video I watched like 10 years ago lol - 

In the vid though, IIRC, Supes got energy from the sun, and if there was a star around he was pretty much invincible so under most circumstances no one can kill him.

Unless you're batman with prep time - then you beat everyone   

Favorite superhero is Spiderman

Strongest superhero has to superman cause the creators gave him every power possible and he's unkillable unless you have this green rock....

57 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

If you had to pick one?

 

Greg Swartz from Bleacher Report has listed Jevon Carter, Patrick Beverley, and Reggie Jackson as potential targets for the Atlanta Hawks backup PG role. “Atlanta has quietly become one of the deepest teams in the NBA, with two potential All-Stars at guard, a load of wings after the trade for Saddiq Bey and a frontcourt that somehow still features John Collins. The Hawks can't afford to be big spenders in free agency but could use a veteran point guard behind Trae Young and Dejounte Murray.”

out of these players I'd take Jevon Carter. Played nearly every game, shoots efficiently, and is fine on defense.

Would probably also be a good vet presence?

Just now, Final_quest said:

Chris coming off the bench would be cool for us, but feels like he's LA bound

2 minutes ago, shakes said:

there's a huge drop off of talent in this draft once you get around #10 or #11.

Last year had a lot more depth in the teens than this draft.

So odd, I feel like for years this draft has been talked about as THE one that's super deep and people want picks for - saying things like the top few players in this draft would all go #1 in years prior, and you can find good talent all over the first round.

Wonder why the hype has died down, and if there really isn't an immediate impact player available, I hope we trade it away.

Or draft a long boi with potential, that's always fun.

20 minutes ago, Final_quest said:

Those are probably not the options.  At least option B isn't available because we would be capped out.  I think it's either pay him or trade him.  He may end up like Joe Johnson, or any other player that you knowingly overpay to retain.  Trade often comes a year or two later.  

A DJM on a max trade a year after signing him is gonna be a sad sight, hope we don't get there lol.

Thanks for bringing up we're capped out, totally forgot. We've cornered ourselves into a tough position team building-wise, it'll be interesting to see what the top minds at Hawks hq do about it.

No because Clint can get more on his own, and throwing in a FRP for a backup guard/big seems like poor value to me

I love chocolate, and this is the goat in that dept cereal wise - shoutout to cocoa puffs for a close second place

1 hour ago, benhillboy said:

Bigger picture though this is the type of utter nonsense that Quinn and Kyle loathe trust me

Why would Quin or Kyle care about Trae's off-season social media life lol

Based on this season, I wouldn't wanna pay DJM a max - a bit more than Jordan Poole money probably?

Is there a minimum standard yall need to see from Murray before feeling comfy paying him a max?

My criteria for max

- All star/all NBA season

- Put on muscle and actually become the defensive POA stopper we were hoping for consistently every night

- Trae goes down and Murray replaces that production 1-1 for 20+ games while Trae is out

- 50/40/90 szn on decent volume

From my quick spitballin, feels like Murray isn't gonna hit the things needed to be given a comfy max. Worried he's gonna play just well enough we won't be able to shed him with no recourse given we gave up those picks, but also maxing him would limit our team tremendously.

If there was a world where it was 

a) max DJM

or 

b) use the DJM max money on 2-3 high level role players

I'd go with B

Which means, Murray trade during trade deadline if some playoff hopeful team realizes they need a pg (Boston?)

In any case, next season should be fun, full of drama, and hopefully good ball 

10 minutes ago, KB21 said:

I still think someone will unexpectedly fall to the Hawks pick and will end up being the pick

Our yearly draft strategy keeps up lol