Devon

I was and still am against the hiring of Larry Drew. I believe it sent out the wrong message and as a Hawks' fan I felt completely jerked around by the "will they or won't they" situation with Avery Johnson.As a season ticket holder I was infuriated by the line of "we are going to search high and low to find a new leadership voice for the team" only to hire Woodson's top assistant and make him the lowest paid coach in the entire NBA.This ownership group is honestly a bigger black eye on the city than Rankin & Taylor Smith ever were.

Nobody thought anything about mine & Colin's team... I think we've got one of the better squads in terms of depth & athleticism. I'd love a Diesel or Capstone analysis... Then I will go into my thoughts!

So you're telling me I could possibly have 2/5th's of the 2-time National Championship team; some would say the most important 2/5th's of that team, on the Hawks in Noah and Horford?Sign me up, I'm in...We get a legit 5, turn Horford into a 4, trade Josh to Philly for Thad Young & change to make the #'s work... I'm in.

OkC has some pretty decent defensive bigs man... Ibaka has ridiculous wingspan to block shots, Perkins is crazy physical, Durant is a 6' 10" SG... Hell even Collison and Aldrich are ginormous and "no bull" type players.I'm just saying... I've read everyones argument; pro and con, and in the end this is the league that's been created by the new CBA. If players want to create a mega-team when they get to their pre-expiring year by forcing trades with the threat of diminishing returns should those trade demands not be met..."Hey Coach... My uh, back, uh... hurts, or something... think I'm gonna sit this one out, maybe the next 3 too..."In the end if it nets us Gasol and maybe a Sessions/Devin Ebanks throw-in salary matcher and rids us of Marvin, I'm all for it...Straight up doesn't work I don't think.I think a front court of Horford and Gasol could be pretty cool... I don't love Pau's game, but he's got the potential to get a fresh start in the Eastern Conference and hopefully bring some of his championship level caliber experience to our growing team... Maybe I'm being overly optimistic, I'm just of the mindset that when a hometown guy says "I want out"... let him go, this is a business, get the absolute best package you possibly can and move forward.I'd rather have his brother though.

#1. Move Josh Smith on draft night... - We will wrangle over this all off-season but if we could get 1-2 "better than serviceable" players (say Kyle Lowry/Luis Scola, or Gasol/Sessions or Thad Young), or a lottery pick to get one of the 3 UK studs (Davis, Kidd-Gilchrist, T-Jones) that would be ideal. Another phone call I would make would be to Indiana to see if Paul George could be pried away for Smith; they've (Indy) got too many good options to pay them all and too many contracts coming due for renewal. #2. Find someone to take Marvin Williams... I don't care if it costs us in supposed "talent level"... Marvin is a bust and his stain needs to be removed from this franchise. That chapter needs to be closed.#3. Hire a GM with at least (1) CONFERENCE championship on their resume...#4. Have the ASG find a buyer with sufficient capital to finally remove them from this city.- from David McDavid to Steve Belkin to Alex Meruello the ownership, or non-ownership or whatever, has made us a laughing stock of the league. Totally unacceptable and efffffff David Stern for allowing the debacle to continue.#5. Remove any and all remnants of this current coaching staff; all of them. - Remember how the ASG tried to sell us that they would conduct an extensive coaching search, post-Woodson, leaving no stone unturned in the hopes of bringing a "new voice" and "solidarity" to the team following the Orlando blowout debacle... Well, they didn't have to look too hard in bringing in... the assistant Head Coach. I could keep going but I'll stop at 5.

- Josh to Charlotte for D.J. Augustin and their #1- Josh/Teague to Minnesota for Kevin Love (dream, I know)- Josh/Marvin to LA for Pau Gasol

ASG has to be gone... Sund & Drew HAVE to be gone... New ownership has to Amnesty JJ New GM has to make moves... Atlanta would support a winner, but a team that sells draft picks to avoid paying "the tax"... GETTHEF*CKOUTTAHEEEEEEEERRRRREE

I can dream, can't I?

Kevin Love or no deal... I don't even want to hear people talking about Monta Ellis if we still have JJ; that's 2-iso only players in one starting lineup... NO THANK YOU

I don't see Howard in a Hawks' uniform... I've tried, I've attempted to forsee it, but it just doesn't happen. Ultimately Dwight wants to be the next Kazaam, and that means LA.

I was so hopeful that these windbag douches were out of the picture and then Mereulo didn't have the funds... Why are we stuck with this group of Assclowns?

Why do you have a picture of me as your avatar?

No... Next

I'm not talking SUPERSTAR center but what would it take for us to get either a Young 5 w/potential or a Serviceable Brendan Haywood-esque veteran? Would Sacramento part ways with DeMarcus Cousins for anything we've got? Long time fellas, long time indeed... BTW, my Hawksquawk Fantasy Draft teamed would've quietly CLOWN-STOMPED all of you; but damn did Diesel have a sick frontcourt... Good to potentially have our game back fellas!

The FINAL member of the Parliament Funkadelics is the one and only Andres Biendrins... Our team is done. PG: Steph Curry / Darren Collison SG: Kevin Martin / Rudy Fernandez / Boris Diaw SF: Nicolas Batum / Shane Battier / Gordon Hayward PF: A'mare Stoudemire / David Lee C: DeAndre Jordan / Chris Kaman / Andres Biendrins HC: Scott Brooks - I think Hawksquawker analysis of each team is going to be priceless... This has been a great thread and a lot of fun!

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The PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC's 2011-2012 Roster: PG: Steph Curry / Darren Collison SG: Kevin Martin / Rudy Fernandez SF: Nicholas Batum / Shane Battier PF: A'Mare Stoudemire / David Lee C : DeAndre Jordan / Chris Kaman Head Coach: Scott Brooks

Anything the ASG can touch, measure, edit/delete, filter, sanitize etc; I'M NOT INTERESTED... The sooner those f*cks leave town, the better. I doubt they'll show their pathetic faces at a game next season, and if they do, I'll find a way to get a beer onto one of their heads.

How about you just post your roster in your pick... Like thisOur squad so far:PG - Stephen CurrySG - Kevin MartinSF - Nicholas BatumPF - A'mare StoudemireC - DeAndre Jordan6th - David Lee7th - Chris Kaman8th - Darren Collison

coachX is the Josh Childress of Hawksquawk

yeah, I was confused... I saw the two picks and was so used to IheartAtlanta picking 2 in a row after our selection...

I'll PM you the text so you can reinsert it after IHeartAtlanta makes his picks.

Colin & I are going to go with CHRIS KAMAN to give us an even larger frontcourt with A'Mare, DeAndre Jordan and David Lee!

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I agree, CoachX it's on you.I also believe that post-draft there should be some "free agency" for NGC7's players but they'd cost you in someway if you pick them up (like say a round-for-round swap out of players or something like that)