MrAloha

A team can not go consecutive years without a first round draft pick. Brooklyn had no first round pick this year (2012). So, as things stand right now, 2014 is the earliest Brooklyn can include a first round draft pick in a trade.

Some posters were wanting to trade our #11 pick for Haywood !!!!!

If Speedy is healthy, he will be the starting PG at the beginning of the season. Law will get increasing minutes and exposure to game conditions and players. If Speedy falters or gets injured or the team is going nowhere and Law is playing fairly well off the bench, Law will start. At that point, it will be Law's job to lose.

Best: Amare or Howard If no trade(s): At #3: Horford first, Yi second At #11: Conley, Law or Stuckey

... and it'll only get worse tomorrow.

The Hawks can not trade both the #3 and #11 picks without getting back a first round pick this year or for next year in the deal (or in one of the deals if two separate trades involving the draft picks are made).

Dated 5/27 1. Durant 2. Oden 3. B. Wright 4. Hortford 5. Noah 6. Conley 7. Brewer 8. J. Wright 9. Hawes 10. Yi 11. Law 12. Green 20. Crittenton Maybe we need to start talking to Seattle now - just in case ???

I believe both the 3rd and the 11th can be traded AS LONG AS the Hawks end up with either a first round pick this year or next year. Cannot go two consecutive years without a first round pick of some kind and (as mentioned before) doesn't have to be your own.

How critical is getting a potentially good PG this year ? When I see people post that we can get Law at #11, I think they are looking at mock drafts and basing their decision on them. In a draft that has few decent PG prospects (Conley, Law and maybe Crittenton) I think Conley and Law will be gone by #11. And it is possible that Crit will be gone too. Especially if he has good workouts. There's Portland willing to trade with any team that drafts Conley. Jack doesn't have to be part of a deal - meaning a team that doesn't need a PG could draft Conley and trade him to Portland. Memphis and Milwaukee are teams that may draft a PG. And there's always the possibility of a team trading up in front of #11 to pick a PG. Is it worth gambling to see if a PG will drop to #11 ? Even if we get a "value" pick at #11, but draft no PG or C, wouldn't it be another considered by most as just another "wasted" draft ??? And some would say we could always trade the "value" pick at #11 for a decent PG. Well, maybe we can and maybe we can't (or wouldn't). Is it worth the gamble ?

You're assuming Memphis doesn't pick Conley at #4 ...

Hawks don't pick a PG at #3. Memphis picks Conley at #4. Bucks picks Law at #6. Either some team between #7 and #10 or some team trades up before #11 and picks Crittenton. Conley, Law and Crit are gone before #11. Could happen. What now ?

Ban him to this new forum where he can argue and rant and rave and cuss and insult continuously. Similar to what he does on HawkSquawk with the difference being he would be the only one allowed to post in the new forum.

If the court said this past summer, the Hawks couldn't sign a free agent for longer than 3 years (along with not going over the salary cap), then what chance do the Hawks have trading for a player with 4 more years on his contact after this year ?

If Indiana lands a top ten pick this year (2007), what happens to the pick the next year (2008) ? Is it still top ten protected ? If not, then what ?

The Hawks do not need Gasol that bad. Gasol is not a legitimate center. He is more of a PF than a Center. He can play Center some because he is around 7-1 / 240 lbs. He is very good offensively, but is not supposed to be very good defensively. The Hawks do not need another defensively challenged big man.