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Andersen will be on the Hawks next season, hopefully.

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Cenk. Anderson. Now this..

At least find someone who has a chance to make this Hawks team as a bench contributor..

Any player the Hawks draft will be worthless. The only chance the Hawks have of winning a single game next year is if our opponents lose on purpose.

-Coldlanta1979

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It's not negativity, but another international pick who is not likely to play for years..

It's a stark truth...

So we should rather draft a college guy in the 2nd round of a weak draft, where even 1st round college guys might not contribute much, and then cut him during training camp because he wouldn't help us (or let him sit on the end of the bench for 2 years and then cut him)? In a weak draft it's always the right choice to gamble on a international prospect that we can park overseas.

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Any player the Hawks draft will be worthless. The only chance the Hawks have of winning a single game next year is if our opponents lose on purpose.

-Coldlanta1979

And the post of the day goes to...drzachary!

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Reebok Eurocamp, Day Two

June 8, 2009

Another young player with some serious game is Ukrainian guard Sergei Gladyr, one of the more unknown international early-entrant draft prospects going into this camp. Gladyr averaged 15 points per game in the Ukrainian first division this year for a reason, as he’s clearly an extremely skilled shooting guard regardless of his age. Gladyr is one of the best shooters at this entire camp, looking absolutely terrific coming off screens and elevating off the ground sharply with picture perfect mechanics. Beyond that, he’s also one of the best athletes you’ll find here, being extremely quick, with a great first step and excellent leaping ability. While his ball-handling skills are improvable, and he’s prone to making bad decisions from time to time, he seems to have a good demeanor on the floor (always a concern with players from his country) and clearly has major potential to continue to develop. He had a team high 18 points in the evening’s all-star game.

^^^From DX

http://thepaintedarea.blogspot.com/2009/06...giy-gladyr.html

On Tuesday we took a detailed look at Euro prospect Jonas Jerebko, today we take a look at another Euro, Ukraine's Sergiy Gladyr. Gladyr is a 6-5 shooting guard with nice athletic ability, who was the second leading scorer on MBC Mykolaiv of the Ukrainian League. Sergiy averaged 15.4 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 2.4 apg, & 1.5 spg in 29 mins. a game in the Ukraine.

Sergiy is currently projected as a 2nd round prospect, and possibly could have been a 1st-rounder if he had more exposure. Didn't get to see Gladyr play quite as much as I did with Jerebko, so realize this analysis is based on a small sample size.

What makes Gladyr intriguing is his shooting--he's one of the better pure shooters in the draft. His shooting numbers are not overwhelming (36% from 3pt), but he clearly has a sweet-shooting stroke. As opposed to Jerebko, does a great job getting his legs into the shot and shows great balance on his jumper.

Only 19 years old but already shows the ability to drill shots coming off screens. A few times where he pulled the trigger in triple-threat position with a defender in his grill. Overall quick release on his shot. Seems pretty confident in his abilities.

He's not strictly a shooter thanks to his athleticism and good ball-handling. Pretty nice handle where he loves to use his left hand, and has an effective crossover dribble. Looked comfortable playing off the dribble, and showcased solid finishing ability.

Did have some issues when trapped on pick/rolls which led to a handful of turnovers; had some issues in general when a second defender approached him. Seemed to be a little careless with the ball sometimes. Solid rebounder for a 2-guard.

Sergiy is a pretty good athlete by Ukrainian League standards, but how he rates as a NBA athlete is hard to gauge. If he was a Top 10 scorer in the ACB (Spain) or Italy then I'd feel more assured of his potential. But the Ukrainian League is a considerable step down from those domestic leagues. Though, Draft Express said Gladyr's athleticism appears pretty good at the Euro Reebok Camp, so that's encouraging for his NBA future.

Could very well turn into a 2nd-round steal if his athleticism can transfer over, because he might have the most polished offensive skill-set of any 2-guard in the Draft after James Harden.

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Alade Aminu please be undrafted

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Any player the Hawks draft will be worthless. The only chance the Hawks have of winning a single game next year is if our opponents lose on purpose.

-Coldlanta1979

Not that far off...

Cal Bowdler

Dion Glover

Shelden Williams

Acie Law (Or it appears right now)

Salim

David Andersen

Royal Ivery

Donta Smith

How far back do we need to look to find all the crappy players that have been drafted? When was the last time this team drafted an all star? 1984 was it?

Your attempt at humors fails unless it relates to people that are easily amused.

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