Bud wants "HIS GUYS" back

[Peoriabird]

Say Bud gets his wish and Millsap signs for less than the exception... Which front court back up would you be most interested in?

 

1) Ed Davis

2) Kosta Koufos

3) Alexis Ajinca

4) Kevin Seraphin

5) or other?

[JTB]

He has made two moves. He dumped a good prospect (Payne) for very little in return. He dumped a decent draft pick in a great draft in exchange for a bad player. Both moves look amateurish on the surface. He also didn't make any moves at the trade deadline to help put the team over the top in a season when the Eastern Conference was ripe for the picking.

So, he's 0 for 3 so far. Until he makes a good move, it's difficult to presume he knows what he's doing.

Well let's see....

-the Payne trade didn't hurt us...you act like Payne deserved credit for the regular season success that included 60 wins this year. When truthfully pain wasn't important at all and you can't even prove that Payne was an important piece

-we were crushing the east and most knew we were going to finish off number 1 seed and there was no need to panic and make moves before the trade deadline....well because we were winning....the cavs ONLY made moves because they were sitting 4th in the east.

-you can't say the trade for hardaway jr was bad because he hasn't played or went through BUD and staff developmental program.

You made no points! Your just pissed off that bud isn't doing what you want him to do....but being that bud has ran this system for nearly 20 years I think the man knows what he is doing. We are fans just looking on the outside in and we think we know everything but truthfully we are all amateurs that has just been watching the NBA for years.....I'm sure it's different actually working in the NBA itself

[JTB]

Say Bud gets his wish and Millsap signs for less than the exception... Which front court back up would you be most interested in?

1) Ed Davis

2) Kosta Koufos

3) Alexis Ajinca

4) Kevin Seraphin

5) or other?

Kosta, ajinca, seraphin....in that order I say no to Ed Davis

[JTB]

Same rules apply to both teams. The difference is in the position of the teams not the rules that apply to them.

Both SA and ATL are under the cap. With Leonard, they have his Bird rights so they can wait and sign him for the max after they have filled up their cap space. He is also a RFA so there is no real risk of losing him elsewhere because they will make him a max qualifying offer if necessary. With Sap and DMC, we have early bird rights. Those are irrelevant for DMC because his value will be well in excess of that amount. With Sap, they could help us sign him over the cap for up to $16.5M (roughly) so we are better to wait and sign him after we fill the rest of our space above his cap hold. The downside for that is that he is an UFA so if he chooses to go elsewhere we lose him without any recourse.

SA also has Duncan and Manu who have signed sub-market deals to give the team more flexibility and are expected to do so again. Duncan was better than any player on the Hawks entire roster in the playoffs last season but he will sign for less than either DMC or Sap.

We will enjoy some of these things like Dennis as a RFA and Bird rights to Horford, but they don't help us this summer.

This is why the Hawks have to move quick

[Peoriabird]

We could probably sign 2 of these guys if we wanted to but Bud will probably use the left over money to sign more wings

[PSSSHHHRRR87]

Really? Or are you being sarcastic?

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[AHF]

This is all true, but we already have our roster so it's not as important now

Our core is a contending team already!!

Assuming we resign DMC and Sap. If someone breaks the bank for either we will have a big change coming and not a lot to replace the other.

[ATLHawks3]

Say Bud gets his wish and Millsap signs for less than the exception... Which front court back up would you be most interested in?

 

1) Ed Davis

2) Kosta Koufos

3) Alexis Ajinca

4) Kevin Seraphin

5) or other?

 

Chris Kaman.

[DJlaysitup]

Chris Kaman.

 

Is he still in the NBA?  I thought I saw him on one of those Alaska reality shows the other day.

[Guest]

Is he still in the NBA? I thought I saw him on one of those Alaska reality shows the other day.

Lol...hitting the sauce again eh? What kinda yack?

[ATLHawks3]

Is he still in the NBA?  I thought I saw him on one of those Alaska reality shows the other day.

 

Oops, looks like Portland picked up his team option for $5 million. 

 

http://www.blazersedge.com/2015/6/30/8873991/chris-kaman-contract-option-portland-trail-blazers