JJ Trade Effect...

[Watchman]

Josh is more interested in being wanted and appreciated than he is towards being traded. His entire premise for wanting to be traded is that he feels he has been slighted by the Hawks ownership and the PREVIOUS management. Remember, he blames the Hawks organization for not doing enough to promote him for the All Star game and the All NBA team, which he should have made, IMO. He also feels slighted by the fan base because they don't appreciate the fact that he is the single most impactful player on this team.Well, guess what. There is a new sheriff in town, and this sheriff understands evaluating things with analytics. Thusly, you see Atlanta trying to move Joe Johnson and reports that they aren't interested in any of the deals to move Josh Smith. Danny Ferry appears to be a person that may actually respect what Josh brings to the table, and you can bet if Danny approaches Josh this offseason and offers him a chance to make this his team, Josh loves this city and this team enough that he will take that offer.

So you'd be willing to give Josh a JJ type contract to keep him here? (Which of course would be just as big an albatross as JJ's contract) If we do that we are shooting ourselves in the foot. Gosh, i hope Ferry isn't that stupid.

[Plainview1981]

Josh is more interested in being wanted and appreciated than he is towards being traded. His entire premise for wanting to be traded is that he feels he has been slighted by the Hawks ownership and the PREVIOUS management. Remember, he blames the Hawks organization for not doing enough to promote him for the All Star game and the All NBA team, which he should have made, IMO. He also feels slighted by the fan base because they don't appreciate the fact that he is the single most impactful player on this team.Well, guess what. There is a new sheriff in town, and this sheriff understands evaluating things with analytics. Thusly, you see Atlanta trying to move Joe Johnson and reports that they aren't interested in any of the deals to move Josh Smith. Danny Ferry appears to be a person that may actually respect what Josh brings to the table, and you can bet if Danny approaches Josh this offseason and offers him a chance to make this his team, Josh loves this city and this team enough that he will take that offer.

I think there is a good chance that a trade of JJ could change Josh's mind. I suspect those 2 are far from the best of friends.