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I agree that offensively he probably won't, but he could have moments of impacting a game on the defensive side of things year 1. He's just got the size and raw skills that few do. He will take time to develop for sure, but let's be honest, Clint's offensive game is limited to putbacks, lobs, and rim running now. His post game is not good at all, yet he impacts the game at times on the defensive end. I think Sarr will have moments similar to that.

He's got a little Jermaine O'Neal type turnaround that he loves to use. He's not consistent enough with it as he sometimes rushes it, but the framework for that shot is there. That's a solid shot to have in the bag for a big. He's also got a decent looking shot so it's expected he will at least be respectable in the mid-range and beyond.

I'm not an advocate for trading Trae in general, but if there were some assurances to a Mitchell extension, this is one of the few deals I could see as being good for him. DJ and Mitchell could work both size and skill wise. Unless Cleveland moves off Garland though, I'm not sure they'd be into it as much. Maybe they flip Garland to a 3rd team (NO?) for another scorer.

Not to hijack the thread, but for real, I want Vit on the team if for no other reason than his bench celebrations and hype.

We should trade Murray and Trae and sign Vit to a multi-year deal since he played like a dynamic rotation piece for those few weeks while Trae was out. I actually do hope we sign him to a reasonable extension but clearly this is tongue in cheek.

DJ played out of this world while Trae was hurt. I won't argue that, but he's played alot without Trae during his career and you can't assume a player would do what they did over a few weeks or a month over the course of an entire season. There's a larger sample size of his time with the Spurs. DJ is a really good player, but to continue arguing he's the same level of player as Trae is ridiculous. If he was, the team would've been much better record wise the past 2 seasons.

I totally agree that deal made no sense. I was honestly shocked there was finally one in the Hawks favor. Normally it's Trae Young for No D Russell, Rui Hachimura and a 2082 FRP.

Did anyone else see the B/R article today that talked about deals Atlanta could do for #1? One of them was actually Mikal Bridges and DFS, Suns '27 FRP and '28 Grizzlies SRP for Capela and #1. I am intrigued by Sarr, but if that offer ever became a reality, that's one we'd have to do. Bridges is EXACTLY what this teams needs next to Trae. I know it's B/R BS, but it was actually a deal that seemed fair for Atlanta for once.

I knew we could've added Hunter. He was included in @Sothron roster construction with Giannis so I questioned how we got to that. If you're doing this kind of move, we'd have to use our TPE and MLE to fill out the roster with quality pieces. There would be no shortage of vets who are title chasing that would accept minimums or take reduced rates to be part of a squad like that, especially since there should be minutes to go around. I'd also see us as a legitimate buy-out candidate destination for the first time in a long time.

They'd want Vassell's defense next to Trae.

I'm still not seeing how salaries match up with the potential deal for Giannis. Giannis $49m Capela $22m Jalen $4.5m #1 pick $10m TOTAL $36.5m We'd need to add a little more salary to that wouldn't we?

That is poverty mentality. We complain about Ressler being a "cheap" owner because he's yet to pay the LT, yet you'd take a deal simply to "get off" a top 15 player in the league, who is entering their prime years and has improved every season's "salary".

@Sothron how does that 1st deal work exactly? Capela, #1 pick and JJ doesn't match salaries for Giannis. What am I missing? Who else is being included to match salaries?

I don't think they can trade a FRP until 2026. At the rate of their decline, I don't know that I wouldn't mind a pick from them that's not too far into the future.

Bucks also had locker room turmoil, hence them firing their coach when they were a top seed in the EC. They replaced him with Doc. Trae is better than Dame is currently. Depending on how the deal actually shook out and what was remaining and what we filled out the roster with, I'd dare say we'd have a better overall roster than last year's Bucks squad and comparable to the year they won. Of course, this is all hypothetical since no one has definitively said it was Giannis. Where is the shooter in this? Smart is a great defensive bulldog, but a shooter he is not.

That's not a laughable matter. It's a real thing isn't it?

Don't hate it, but boy you better have some elite shooting outside of these guys. Dyson and Giannis are both bad shooters. Love the defense added though.

C'mon Soth. Get with the times. We're all using Teams these days (I type as I'm in a Teams meeting currently...not with Trae and/or Hawks FO to be clear).

Hell, keep Murray in this case. To quote Nacho Libre, "I wanna win".

Regardless of who the "superstar" is, there would most likely need to be additional salaries added to that to make the deal work. Even the cap hit on the top pick accounts for what $12m? Those 3 salaries alone put you at just over $35m salary. That's not getting you many established Superstars unless they're still on their rookie deals or they blossomed after signing their first extensions.

I think that's where Jalen and the future 1st become the sweetener. Jalen is probably the central point of the deal and the picks are the sweeteners.

Damn, everyone caught my mistake before I corrected it. 3 people corrected me as I was editing my post. Nothing slips by y'all. Love it.

Yeah, I edited my post because I got a little too giddy with potential on that one. haha.

yeah that might be worth it. We'd need hella shooters everywhere else, but it would certainly make up for our lack of defense. I'm drooling over the potential lineup of Giannis and Sarr manning the paint. Good luck scoring there. Oh wait. Nevermind. #1 pick would be involved in this potential dream trade. lol.

That's way too much for a 35 y/o Durant.