We should sign OJ Mayo

[gurpilo]

He is not demanding a lot of interest so we could sign him cheap, probably 5-6M$ a year not affecting financial flexibility for next year, he is certainly underrated, we could offer him a starting job that Pacers for example would not offer, fills a need as we don't have a starting SG, could replace JJ scoring, could become a good compliment to Teague or Harris and will be a good piece to attract a good FA next year.Next year you could offer a young core of Teague, Mayo, Jenkins, Horford + 2 first round picks, at a cost of only 20M$, that means you have around 40M$ to sign any FA.

[Admin]

We already have 2 PGs and 2 SGs. We have no need for Mayo at all.

[phoostal]

And Joker will respond in 3...2...1...

[IheartVolt]

No please hold the Mayo.. Mayo has a habit of spoiling very easily

[gurpilo]

We already have 2 PGs and 2 SGs. We have no need for Mayo at all.

He is a SG, not a PG, a starting caliber SG, Jenkins, Morrow and Stevenson are not, Besides Morrow, Stevenson and Harris are FA next year, they should not be on our long term plans, but Mayo could definately be a player we can use many years here, he is an underrated offensive player.

[IheartVolt]

He is a SG, not a PG, a starting caliber SG, Jenkins, Morrow and Stevenson are not, Besides Morrow, Stevenson and Harris are FA next year, they should not be on our long term plans, but Mayo could definately be a player we can use many years here, he is an underrated offensive player.

And tie up needed cap space-

[EazyRoc]

I don't see this as a year where we are actually competing for anything. I think the idea might be to let our assets showcase themselves and build value. I could be wrong, but either way we don't need another 6'4" wing player whether you feel he's starting caliber or not (FYI he didn't start in Memphis).

[Admin]

He is a SG, not a PG, a starting caliber SG, Jenkins, Morrow and Stevenson are not, Besides Morrow, Stevenson and Harris are FA next year, they should not be on our long term plans, but Mayo could definately be a player we can use many years here, he is an underrated offensive player.

Mayo is an undersized SG, even moreso than the 2 guys we already have. He's fine size wise fir a PG but worse than the 2 guys we have. We will also have Jenkins and likely Morrow and 1 of Teague / Harris here next year.

[ATLscrubLove]

No please hold the Mayo.. Mayo has a habit of spoiling very easily

Lol, very true.

[WraithSentinel]

I really wished we would pursue him. He would be a very good addition. Structure the contract where it is backloaded. That way it will not hurt a potential run at Howard and/or Paul. Granted those two are a longshot. If anything he would make the team look even more appealing to those guys.Jenkins is going to be nothing more than a JJ Reddick off the bench if we are lucky. Morrow is just a stopgap for this season only. He will be gone after this season. Mayo could be a long term solution at SG and he would be cheap.

[yungsta]

OJ mayo wants like 8 mil a year no thanks.

Edited July 6, 2012 by yungsta

[gurpilo]

I don't see this as a year where we are actually competing for anything. I think the idea might be to let our assets showcase themselves and build value. I could be wrong, but either way we don't need another 6'4" wing player whether you feel he's starting caliber or not (FYI he didn't start in Memphis).

True he did not start at Memphis but the truth is that Memphis did have too much scorers (Gay, Randolph, Conley) and needed a defensive specialist as Tony Allen to compliment Conley and Gay, that does not mean he will not start on other NBA team He is not so undersized, is a good scorer, much better than anything we have, could be signed cheap and provide a good ratio quality/cost, I think will be a good compliment to Teague and anyway could play a similar role as Jamal Crawford, we don't have any wing player that could play more than 10-15 min on any NBA team right now

[capstone21]

Memphis even recinded the QO for him.They must really regret trading Kevin Love for him

[EazyRoc]

I really wished we would pursue him. He would be a very good addition. Structure the contract where it is backloaded. That way it will not hurt a potential run at Howard and/or Paul. Granted those two are a longshot. If anything he would make the team look even more appealing to those guys. Jenkins is going to be nothing more than a JJ Reddick off the bench if we are lucky. Morrow is just a stopgap for this season only. He will be gone after this season. Mayo could be a long term solution at SG and he would be cheap.

Jenkins could be better than Reddick. He could become Arron Afflalo or a similar player. He's a hard worker, so I'm confident he will be a contributor in due time.

[Buzzard]

True he did not start at Memphis but the truth is that Memphis did have too much scorers (Gay, Randolph, Conley) and needed a defensive specialist as Tony Allen to compliment Conley and Gay, that does not mean he will not start on other NBA team

He is not so undersized, is a good scorer, much better than anything we have, could be signed cheap and provide a good ratio quality/cost, I think will be a good compliment to Teague and anyway could play a similar role as Jamal Crawford, we don't have any wing player that could play more than 10-15 min on any NBA team right now

Mayo's career FG% is .433 and last season he shot .403. In what world does that indicate a good scoring option? 6'4" is undersized for a SG. We just traded away JJ and he was 6'8". Most SG's are around 6'6" on average.

[phoostal]

Actually according to this AJC article just posted we are looking at OJ Mayo among others.http://blogs.ajc.com/hawks/2012/07/06/atlanta-hawks-wings-are-the-thing/?cxntfid=blogs_hawks

[Pmeehan]

The point of this year is to free up cap space and to LOSE. Having one bad season, and getting a lottery pick, is much better than being in the hole we were in prior Ferry. I dont think were bad enough not to make the playoffs yet, but there might be more trades coming, who knows.

Edited July 6, 2012 by Pmeehan