Jarrett Jack to Hawks

[ATLHawks3]

1 hour ago, kg01 said:

Are you kidding me, Peo?  You givin' me summer league hype?  C'mon, sun.  You're better than that, Peo.  When's the last DLeaguer to come out of Summer League and make a significant contribution to a playoff team?  I'll wait.

Ironically his name is Kent Bazemore lol.

[Guest]

13 minutes ago, ATLHawks3 said:

Ironically his name is Kent Bazemore lol.

Aye, I was talkin' to Peo 

(Good call though.  Well, decent call as it took a few years for Bazeless to get to a level of contributing.)

[DJlaysitup]

So many of us Sqawkers wanted Paul Milsap and JJack a decade or so ago...finally we have them.

[sturt]

1 hour ago, DJlaysitup said:

So many of us Sqawkers wanted Paul Milsap and JJack a decade or so ago...finally we have them.

Not to mention.... Dwight.

[Peoriabird]

11 hours ago, kg01 said:

Are you kidding me, Peo?  You givin' me summer league hype?  C'mon, sun.  You're better than that, Peo.  When's the last DLeaguer to come out of Summer League and make a significant contribution to a playoff team?  I'll wait.

Udonis Haslem

[Peoriabird]

11 hours ago, kg01 said:

Are you kidding me, Peo?  You givin' me summer league hype?  C'mon, sun.  You're better than that, Peo.  When's the last DLeaguer to come out of Summer League and make a significant contribution to a playoff team?  I'll wait.

Hassan Whiteside

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Peoriabird said:

Udonis Haslem

 

1 hour ago, Peoriabird said:

Hassan Whiteside

Stop it.  Haslem is a bit player and always has been.  Whiteside is a stat guy.  The bottom line is these guys becoming major factors are rare exceptions.

[Peoriabird]

1 hour ago, kg01 said:

 

Stop it.  Haslem is a bit player and always has been.  Whiteside is a stat guy.  The bottom line is these guys becoming major factors are rare exceptions.

What's a bit player?  Who talked about Pangos becoming a major factor?  We are are talking 3rd string player!  Was Heinrich a major factor last year???

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, Peoriabird said:

What's a bit player?  Who talked about Pangos becoming a major factor?  We are are talking 3rd string player!  Was Heinrich a major factor last year???

3rd string?!  Then, what are we even arguing about!?!  Offseason, bruh.  smh.

[Peoriabird]

1 hour ago, kg01 said:

3rd string?!  Then, what are we even arguing about!?!  Offseason, bruh.  smh.

What in heck did you think I was talking about...Pangos to start??  SMH!!!

[Guest]

3 hours ago, kg01 said:

3rd string?!  Then, what are we even arguing about!?!  Offseason, bruh.  smh.

 

1 hour ago, Peoriabird said:

What in heck did you think I was talking about...Pangos to start??  SMH!!!

[Guest]

Three reasons the Hawks changed course on Jarrett Jack

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Jack is back.

The Hawks agreed to a one-year contract at the veteran minimum of $1.6 million with Jarrett Jack this week. The veteran point guard will return to Atlanta where he starred at Georgia Tech and was a part of the Yellow Jackets’ runner-up finish in the 2004 NCAA Championship.

Jack suffered a torn ACL in his right knee in January that ended his season with the Nets. He was waived by the team last month in a move to save his $6.3 million salary and became an unrestricted free agent.

When it was reported that the Nets would part ways with Jack, I posted a blog with a poll asking fans whether the Hawks should pursue the point guard. The poll results were overwhelmingly in favor of the move.

The Hawks balked at first. According to a person familiar with the situation the team initially was not interested in pursuing Jack. The Hawks needed another point guard to back up Dennis Schröder and several available veteran players were discussed.

Things changed rapidly.

Here are three reasons for the change and why the organization believes the signing of Jack will be beneficial:

1. The Hawks were not interested in trading for Jack when he was on the block due to his $6.3 million salary. Once he was waived and would agree to the veteran minimum then the signing made sense from a salary cap standpoint. The available space would allow the Hawks to sign the front-court player they also wanted. That turned out to be Kris Humphries, who Monday night agreed to a return on a one-year, $4 million deal.

2. Jack will be another veteran leader in the Hawks locker room, one that will now miss Al Horford. Jack has played in the NBA for 11 seasons and been a productive player. He played and started in 32 games for the Nets before the injury last season and posted averages of 12.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and a team-high 7.4 assists per game. The Hawks committed to Schröder to start at point guard. Jack provides a stable veteran behind Schröder who can be a mentor, take over if necessary and make sure the youngster stays on track.

3. The Hawks can and will bring Jack along slowly as he recovers from his knee injury. The rehabilitation is said to be going “very well.” However, Jack may not be fully ready to return at the start of the regular season. Remember when Lou Williams returned from his torn ACL. He missed the first five games of the season and really wasn’t near 100 percent for several months. With the Hawks showing a propensity to be patient with players returning from injury, it will give the team a chance to play Malcolm Delaney behind Schröder. The Hawks will sign the guard, who spent his entire four-year career playing overseas, to a two-year, $2.5 million deal. They need to know if he can play at the NBA level. They believe he can. He will get a chance to prove it right away.

http://atlantahawks.blog.ajc.com/2016/07/12/three-reasons-the-hawks-changed-course-on-jarrett-jack/

[RandomFan]

Yeah, look at CViv trying unsuccessfully to backtrack from when he said last week that the Hawks had no interest in Jack.

Give it up CViv. The Hawks don't leak. You tried, you failed. Move along.

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, RandomFan said:

Yeah, look at CViv trying unsuccessfully to backtrack from when he said last week that the Hawks had no interest in Jack.

Give it up CViv. The Hawks don't leak. You tried, you failed. Move along.

C-Viv writes a good story 'after the fact'

[ATLSmith]

10 minutes ago, RandomFan said:

Yeah, look at CViv trying unsuccessfully to backtrack from when he said last week that the Hawks had no interest in Jack.

Give it up CViv. The Hawks don't leak. You tried, you failed. Move along.

In all fairness, they may have told him they weren't interested in Jack at the time.  Stuff happens.

[RandomFan]

7 minutes ago, ATLSmith said:

In all fairness, they may have told him they weren't interested in Jack at the time.  Stuff happens.

Except the Hawks don't leak info to the media. CViv was just pulling stuff out of his arse. Or he asked, they denied (which they always do) and he didn't have the good sense to realize that their denial could have been a smokescreen.

[AHF]

45 minutes ago, RandomFan said:

Yeah, look at CViv trying unsuccessfully to backtrack from when he said last week that the Hawks had no interest in Jack.

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Things changed rapidly.

Here are three reasons for the change and why the organization believes the signing of Jack will be beneficial:

1. The Hawks were not interested in trading for Jack when he was on the block due to his $6.3 million salary. Once he was waived and would agree to the veteran minimum then the signing made sense from a salary cap standpoint. 

Jack was cut already when CViv made his post.  That changed before he shared that with the world -- not after.

[RandomFan]

14 minutes ago, AHF said:

Jack was cut already when CViv made his post.  That changed before he shared that with the world -- not after.

Yep, I noticed that too. One of the reasons I said it was a pathetic attempt on his part at backtracking.

[Trout7]

He really showed a lot of grit and toughness when we played Brooklyn in playoffs.  He kept Brooklyn in a couple of those games by himself.

[AUhawksfan]

On July 11, 2016 at 10:27 PM, sturt said:

Not to mention.... Dwight.

Right?  I'm just glad I won't see anymore 'Trade for Dwight' threads. Those got tiring...