K Love in ATL tonight

[louwill16]

Kevin Love has been sighted tonight partying at Flip Flops in midtown. Although the deal to Cleveland seems like a certainty could Danny Ferry throw a much needed curveball here and have a deal minny likes more for the swing 4? Since the wiggins deal is no certainty lets have hope hawks fans. It's been an underwhelming offseason but as is we're still better off than many teams and have many improving players like DMC. Have a little hope hawks fans. We may have the best coach in the NBA.

[Vol4ever]

I think there is -10% chance KLove suits up for the Hawks

[DrReality]

I think there is -10% chance KLove suits up for the Hawks

That's optimistic

[Guest BraveHawk]

That's optimistic

 

     +1 

[Twinblade]

Reports have it that Cavs agreed to acquire Love.

[hazer]

I think there is -10% chance KLove suits up for the Hawks

 

http://youtu.be/yCFB2akLh4s

[Guest]

http://youtu.be/yCFB2akLh4s

Priceless lol

[Duff_Man]

Well, that dream is dead. Bennett, Wiggins and a protected first for Love.

[Vol4ever]

That's optimistic

I guess i was pretty acurate.  

 

BTW.......if you think the Hawks are in any conversation to raise the payroll, we that is more than wishful thinking.  History is on my side.

Edited August 7, 2014 by Vol4ever

[Afro]

2 of the fishy first round picks for LeBron to get a star.

Totally not fishy nba lol

[Wretch]

The NBA lottery is for losers. {/sarcasm}

[tonegully]

SMH. Lebron is making moves man. You know you are running the team when the coach comes to SEE YOU at YOUR movie shoot. lol

[JETSET]

2 of the fishy first round picks for LeBron to get a star.

Totally not fishy nba lol

No one can convince me that there wasn't some rigging going on with this whole deal.  The NBA needed Lebron in Cleveland and they made it happen.  The lottery is a sham.

[buckeye242424]

Love is in my home state. I root for the Cavs, except when they're playing us. But what they've done... Forget it. They're gonna dominate the East for the next 5-7 years. All the talking heads speak of LEBron going home, Kevin Love... Ummm... Where is Kyrie Irving in these discussions? Behind a healthy Rose, he's the best PG in the East.

[Guest]

2 of the fishy first round picks for LeBron to get a star.

Totally not fishy nba lol

Anyone know where to get an Adam Silver puppet voodoo doll? I wanna stab that lil David Stern jr.

[Wretch]

Love is in my home state. I root for the Cavs, except when they're playing us. But what they've done... Forget it. They're gonna dominate the East for the next 5-7 years. All the talking heads speak of LEBron going home, Kevin Love... Ummm... Where is Kyrie Irving in these discussions? Behind a healthy Rose, he's the best PG in the East.

 

I think now is a good time to reemphasize a point that have been making over and over for the last 10 years.  The NBA is constantly evolving.  Overnight, things change dramatically and here we are again.

 

Who will it be next year?  

Who makes the next big trade?  

Who will be the next breakout star?

 

This is why you can't d*ck around as a middling team making incremental and lateral changes.

 

And it's always the same damn tired excuse why teams leapfrog us: "Oh, [insert new elite team] just got lucky.  They wouldn't even be in that position if [insert thing that puts them over].  If we had just [insert excuse for losing in the 1st/2nd round] we could have [blah blah blah]."

 

Guess what?  Nobody cares about that tired ass song.  All that matters is right now.  The only people that care about "if's" and "but's" are the whiners like us that don't get invited to the party.  

 

How do we get there?  It's simple.  We need to stop acting like there is any other way to win in sports besides building a team around guys who are the best at what they do.  It's not complicated, but we're making it complicated and prolonging the inevitable by LIMITING our options.  

 

The kind of talent we need is drafted in the lottery - like Kevin Love who is about to net Minny two very decent young building blocks/assets.  We are trying to make the playoffs every year so we are discarding an option.

 

Elite talent sometimes comes with some baggage.  Just like the BK era, we are targeting guys that "fit" a particular vision instead of focusing on talent acquisition.

 

Big time moves require big time assets - lottery picks, top tier talent, former lottery picks.  The only real asset we have is Al Horford.  Yet, the thought of trading this guy for the last few seasons causes everybody to gasp in horror and shout "blasphemy!"  Hell, we're holding onto Millsap the same damn way.

 

How exactly are we supposed to move the needle?  Are we banking on free agency...?  We can't even get players to schedule a serious meeting with us.

 

Danny Ferry's vision/plan is too narrowly focused.  We could land a miraculous late 1st/2nd round pick or pull off a surprising trade somewhere.  We could gamble on a Joe Johnson type RFA - IF they want to come here and IF they don't get matched.  Any of that could turn our favor...but it's stupid to put all of our eggs in a small basket.  We are not the Spurs and we don't have the luxury of being so picky.

[cam1218]

No one can convince me that there wasn't some rigging going on with this whole deal. The NBA needed Lebron in Cleveland and they made it happen. The lottery is a sham.

Exactly. This entire situation really pisses me off. Cleveland didn't win the lottery all of these years, they were handed the first pick. Even though they really screwed up with Bennett last year, they still had the number one pick.

[Afro]

Miami bought the East for 4 years.

Cleveland has been given the East for at least 4 more years.

Thats 8 years of non competitive basketball because teams rig the system. f*** this league.

[Afro]

Why was Chris Paul denied to the Lakers but this trade is fine?

What was the deal there?

[Afro]

If Wiggins balls out in Minny this will create more parity in the West while ruining it in the East. This is under the assumption that Love would have walked.

I'm not saying anything, but it's weird how much better the West always is. What's the deal?