Hawks Sign Bazemore

[CTann]

How many more years do we have to keep hearing this.  "Just wait until next offseason"...  You want to know what happens next offseason?  Millsap signs a big deal with a different team and we have his cap space that we'll use to sign more bench players/fringe starters then the next off season Horford will move on to a team that actually wants to compete for championships and then Ferry will finally start the rebuild buying himself another 5 years of cap space and lotto picks.  Hopefully we'll rid ourselves of Teague's contract during that time and then we might actually get away from the treadmill philosophy and make some real progress instead of this faux-progress that a lot of the fans have bought into for the last decade.  We sure do love our core...  

 

And no I don't think that's being negative.  It's being realistic based off of everything(or nothing) that Ferry has done in his offseasons up to this point.

 

"How many more years do we have to keep hearing this." Lol I don't know how many years. Maybe you could answer that yourself since you can apparently predict the future (bolded words). 

 

Lol no hostility at all towards you bud, just messin' around with ya! :)

[ATLHawks3]

Bump to the infinity.

[RVJATL]

Teague/Dennis/Mack

Korver/Thabo/Bazemore/Jenkins

DMC/Patterson

Sap/Scott/Payne

Horford/Antić/Muscala

 

15 players

 

That is your team people. What a joke.

[ATLHawks3]

@MrMeltdown where you at. 

[Sothron]

I'm glad I was very happy with the Bazemore signing when it happened. I knew this kid was something special. He was on my top five Hawks to watch thread that I started before the season.

[AHF]

Lots of posts that look bad 6 months later on this team. I think mr meltdown is pretty happy to be wrong!

[ATLHawks3]

2 MILLION A YEAR WOW

 

STEAL OF THE YEAR IM TELLING YALL

Dude can be really good for us

 

You called it.

[Guest]

Come one come all - come and get your crow: baked, broiled, BBQ, fillet, fried, sautéed, braised, pan seared, steamed or plain ole raWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

Edited January 31, 2015 by JayBirdHawk

[Guest]

ECF here we come...

Yep

[Dejay]

Come one come all - come and get your crow: baked, broiled, BBQ, fillet, fried, sautéed, braised, pan seared, steamed or plain ole raw.

I'll take mine fried. I thought that I knew more than the GM...

[DJlaysitup]

How tall is Bazemore?  He looks like a fairly "stocky" but athletic 6-4 or 6-5...plays taller.

 

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Edited January 31, 2015 by DJlaysitup

[gHost83]

How tall is Bazemore?  He looks like a fairly "stocky" but athletic 6-4 or 6-5...plays taller.

 

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He is 6'5", but his impressive 6'11" and 1/2 wingspan is what gives defenders trouble. Long arms help him get into the passing lanes and block shots with ease.  He and Thabo have some really impressive wingspans.

[DJlaysitup]

The biggest question is whether Kenneth will reclaim his old #24 jersey. We saw Sap not willing to undertake the pressure of living up to that legendary number but does Kenneth have the confidence to make the jersey proud?

 

Well said Mace 

Edited January 31, 2015 by DJlaysitup

[DrReality]

Love seeing him step up. Guys do it regularly for Spurs

[turnermx]

I knew Baze was athletic and Lakers fans were sore about losing him but damn he is probably one of if not the most athletic wing in the NBA. He is still getting better offensively!

[benhillboy]

All I wanted was for him to slash. He's starting to learn the angles of the offense, and I believe Bud is drawing up those delayed drives for him late in the clock. All the perimeter ball stopping, steals, and playing volleyball with poor guys' shots on the other end is just a premium. Love the kid.

There isn't much room for our starters or Pero to get better, but we'll see an even larger uptick in play as the kids Dennis and Baze comtinue on their inclines with more scouting work, experience, increased grown man strength, and improved perimeter shooting. What's crazy, Bud may not even be worried about them. He's trying to find a way to have Jenkins and Moose be regular contributors by season's end to keep us even fresher and deeper. We already 10 Strong, we need to be around 12 Deep for that dominant '14 Spur run.

Edited January 31, 2015 by benhillboy

[Admin]

I didn't really have any thoughts about him other than he looked exciting and had some potential but I really didn't expect him to so important to the team chemistry so quickly. And his defense is stellar! I think Bud said that along with Thabo he's probably their best defender. That's saying a lot with Al and DMC being on the team. 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Baze played well last night. What's most impressive us that he played 40 minutes.

[Admin]

Baze played well last night. What's most impressive us that he played 40 minutes.

 

Impressive? He's 12 years old and hasn't played much all year so his legs should be fresh!

[Duff_Man]

LMAO, Bazemore and Thabo. What a joke. This is the same thing as Antić, Brand, Ayón last year

Do you ever wake up and just ask "why do I even bother"?