2018 Hawksquawk Dynasty Draft - Picks and Discussion

[Spud2nique]

14 hours ago, capstone21 said:

I’ll have a convo with him

Convo worked he got the 2k19 team USA edition cover.

http://bleacherreport.com/post/trending/180f1b0c-33b6-4aaf-a1fc-94e9d33abf44

[HopefulHawksFan]

Sorry everyone...Elections in georgia this week and I’ve been busy at events. Hopefully I’ll do better going forward. Quick pick coming...

 

STEVEN ADAMS

 

Write up to come...

 

 

 

[pimp]

38 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

(Looks around half awake..)

Back to ?. ✌️ 

@Spud2nique WAKE UP , i'ts your turn!

[lethalweapon3]

#PostThePeach! great pick!

~lw3

[Spud2nique]

Had the privilege of watching this kid play in some games at Cal a few years back and boy was he the real deal. A man amongst boys. At only 21 years of age entering his 3rd season in the NBA from Marietta GA, this SG/SF/PF possesses the ability to put the ball in the hole from inside and out. The knock on him was his outside shot, so he decided to shoot nearly 40% (39.5) to quiet them down. He shot over 50% from the floor. He’s always at the top in defensive win shares while guarding 1-4’s on the floor, including stars like Lebron, Westbrook and Kawhi. 

 

The reason for selecting him didn’t really have anything to do with his stats but rather the eye test. He has supreme confidence in himself and it shows on the floor. He is a fearless defender that will guard you 94 feet in a full court set and straight hound his opponent. The pound for pound strength, not to mention the core strength and balance is unbelievable.

 

Without further adieu..

 

With the 32nd pick in the 2018 Squawk Dynasty Draft, the Spudiculous Spudsters select:

 

JAYLEN BROWN

 

Up next is my main man and your wordsmith, @lethalweapon3 Aka the Philly funster! Have at it hoss!

[Spud2nique]

32 minutes ago, pimp said:

@Spud2nique WAKE UP , i'ts your turn!

? awesome ? @lethalweapon3 was PM’d!

[Spud2nique]

49 minutes ago, HopefulHawksFan said:

Sorry everyone...Elections in georgia this week and I’ve been busy at events. Hopefully I’ll do better going forward. Quick pick coming...

 

STEVEN ADAMS

 

Write up to come...

 

 

 

 

Do you like the Thunder? ? 

I won’t tell

[AHF]

With the third pick for the U-Niques, we were in a good position.  We had the reigning MVP as the cornerstone of our offense and with him the ability to let him run point or bring in buckets of points with great efficiency (or both).  We had the reigning DPOY as the cornerstone of our defense with his dominant ability to force opponents away from that efficient interior scoring that is so important, especially in the playoffs.

With those two needs met, we had a pretty free hand to just pick for value with our third selection.  I threw out a few names of some younger players with high potential and some older players with key production.  Ashley's response?

 

"You've got the 2016-17 DPOY and king of versatility on the board.  Just make the damn pick."

 

 

Fair enough.

Draymond Green  it is.

Green just finished his age 27 season after being drafted in the second round and kicking off his rookie year in 2012-13. He has made 3 consecutive All-Star teams, 4 consecutive All-NBA defensive squads and 2 All-NBA teams over the past 3 years.

Green finished top 5 in box score +/- for 4 consecutive years based on his dominant defensive presence, his plus passing ability and improved scoring.  His ability to play forward or center and to guard almost anyone on the floor gives us a real weapon to make opponent's life difficult on the floor.  Despite bodying up some of the biggest men in the game, his quick hands have led him to actually lead the league in steals and he has been near the top a couple times in steal %.

On offense you might be forgiven for thinking he is a point guard with him finishing in the top 10 in assists per game each of the last 3 seasons.  He fits our desire for guys who can move the ball as he has been an essential play maker and passer in Golden State's attack.  He has taken a nice 40% of his shots from 3pt range less for his deadly accuracy (which has ranged from subpar at 31% the last two years to a healthy 34% and 39% the prior two seasons) and more for the key spacing it provides for his teammates.  While we wanted two guys who could dominate defensively in our frontcourt, we didn't want them taking away from eachother offense.  With Green's versatility and elite passing, we are sure that won't be the case.

The one thing you can't fix in a player is whether his motor runs hot and that is no worry with Draymond.  While he can boil over a bit at times, he is always fighting and always has his teammates' back.  

Welcome to the U-Niques, Mr. Green!

 

G:  James Harden

PF:  Draymond Green

C:  Rudy Gobert

[AHF]

Pick #	Team	Selection
1	Buzzard	Karl Anthony-Towns
2	turnermx	Anthony Davis
3	JayBirdHawk	Giannis Antetokounmpo
4	TheNorthCydeRises	LeBron James
5	capstone21	Kevin Durant
6	AHF	James Harden
7	HopefulHawksFan	Russell Westbrook
8	Spud2Nique	Steph Curry
9	lethalweapon3	Joel Embiid
10	Marvin24Williams	Nikola Jokic
11	pimp	Kawhi Leonard
12	LucastheThird	Ben Simmons
13	LucastheThird	Klay Thompson
14	pimp	Kyrie Irving
15	Marvin24Williams	Jimmy Butler
16	lethalweapon3	Victor Oladipo
17	Spud2Nique	Donovan Mitchell
18	HopefulHawksFan	Paul George
19	AHF	Rudy Gobert
20	capstone21	John Wall
21	TheNorthCydeRises	Kristaps Porzingas
22	JayBirdHawk	Devin Booker
23	turnermx	Damian Lillard
24	Buzzard	Bradley Beal
25	Buzzard	Myles Turner
26	turnermx	Robert Covington
27	JayBirdHawk	Kemba Walker
28	TheNorthCydeRises	Jayson Tatum
29	capstone21	Khris Middleton
30	AHF	Draymond Green
31	HopefulHawksFan	Steven Adams
32	Spud2Nique	Jaylen Brown

[Spud2nique]

4 minutes ago, AHF said:

With the third pick for the U-Niques, we were in a good position.  We had the reigning MVP as the cornerstone of our offense and with him the ability to let him run point or bring in buckets of points with great efficiency (or both).  We had the reigning DPOY as the cornerstone of our defense with his dominant ability to force opponents away from that efficient interior scoring that is so important, especially in the playoffs.

With those two needs met, we had a pretty free hand to just pick for value with our third selection.  I threw out a few names of some younger players with high potential and some older players with key production.  Ashley's response?

 

"You've got the 2016-17 DPOY and king of versatility on the board.  Just make the damn pick."

 

 

Fair enough.

Draymond Green  it is.

Green just finished his age 27 season after being drafted in the second round and kicking off his rookie year in 2012-13. He has made 3 consecutive All-Star teams, 4 consecutive All-NBA defensive squads and 2 All-NBA teams over the past 3 years.

Green finished top 5 in box score +/- for 4 consecutive years based on his dominant defensive presence, his plus passing ability and improved scoring.  His ability to play forward or center and to guard almost anyone on the floor gives us a real weapon to make opponent's life difficult on the floor.  Despite bodying up some of the biggest men in the game, his quick hands have led him to actually lead the league in steals and he has been near the top a couple times in steal %.

On offense you might be forgiven for thinking he is a point guard with him finishing in the top 10 in assists per game each of the last 3 seasons.  He fits our desire for guys who can move the ball as he has been an essential play maker and passer in Golden State's attack.  He has taken a nice 40% of his shots from 3pt range less for his deadly accuracy (which has ranged from subpar at 31% the last two years to a healthy 34% and 39% the prior two seasons) and more for the key spacing it provides for his teammates.  While we wanted two guys who could dominate defensively in our frontcourt, we didn't want them taking away from eachother offense.  With Green's versatility and elite passing, we are sure that won't be the case.

The one thing you can't fix in a player is whether his motor runs hot and that is no worry with Draymond.  While he can boil over a bit at times, he is always fighting and always has his teammates' back.  

Welcome to the U-Niques, Mr. Green!

 

G:  James Harden

PF:  Draymond Green

C:  Rudy Gobert

I’ll echo lw3..I’m skurred...

[TheNorthCydeRises]

For those of you with a pick of #38 and above, the Northcyde Ballers would like to announce that the #45 and #52 picks are on the trading block.

Thanks for your time.

 

 

[capstone21]

1 hour ago, Spud2nique said:

Had the privilege of watching this kid play in some games at Cal a few years back and boy was he the real deal. A man amongst boys. At only 21 years of age entering his 3rd season in the NBA from Marietta GA, this SG/SF/PF possesses the ability to put the ball in the hole from inside and out. The knock on him was his outside shot, so he decided to shoot nearly 40% (39.5) to quiet them down. He shot over 50% from the floor. He’s always at the top in defensive win shares while guarding 1-4’s on the floor, including stars like Lebron, Westbrook and Kawhi. 

 

The reason for selecting him didn’t really have anything to do with his stats but rather the eye test. He has supreme confidence in himself and it shows on the floor. He is a fearless defender that will guard you 94 feet in a full court set and straight hound his opponent. The pound for pound strength, not to mention the core strength and balance is unbelievable.

 

Without further adieu..

 

With the 32nd pick in the 2018 Squawk Dynasty Draft, the Spudiculous Spudsters select:

 

JAYLEN BROWN

 

Up next is my main man and your wordsmith, @lethalweapon3 Aka the Philly funster! Have at it hoss!

I wonder how his and Tatum's play will be affected by the return of Blank from injury

[TheNorthCydeRises]

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Sources indicate that the Northcyde Ballers are close to reaching a deal on a trade of their 4th and 5th round picks in the Hawksquawk Dynasty Draft.   They have one more piece that they're targeting for their core, and do not want to take any chances on losing out on that player.  More information to come.

11:30 PM - 25 Jul 2018

[lethalweapon3]

In the 3rd Round, with the 33rd Pick in the 2018 Hawksquawk Summer Dynasty Draft, the Lethal Tender selects:

Are you being served? Ordering Rihanna’s phone number is probably out of the question, but Christopher Emmanuel Paul (Point Guard, 6'0", 175 lbs., Age 33) can fetch you basketballs on platters for days. Bon Appetit!

Aside from the well-documented playoff-career shortcomings, among the things that give future Hall of Famer Chris Paul notoriety is the fact that in every NBA stop he has been in, he has never been the highest-paid player on his team. That changes in Lethalopolis with CP3 joining the Tender.

By most observations, Paul has still got it defensively. He received the highest vote tally of any player not making an All-Defensive 1^st or 2^nd Team, barely missing out on joining fellow Tenders Victor Oladipo and Joel Embiid for that honor in 2017-18. Not that he needs such hardware. Paul has been named to that team nine times in the prior ten seasons, including each of the previous seven.

Paul will serve as a second coach on this roster, quarterbacking the team’s defensive strategies while raising up its young stars the right way. Even while playing alongside a high-usage player who led the league in assists in 2016-17, Paul still managed to finish 6^th in per-game assists.

Playing more off-ball alongside a backcourt scorer, much like the newly-established scorer Oladipo, Chris continued to shoot the rock well from deep (38.0 3FG%) last season. Meanwhile, he improved his offensive efficiency, nearly eliminating the long two-pointer shots he has long been accustomed to shooting (11.0 percent of his FGAs, down from 26 and 28 percents the seasons prior). This paid dividends at playoff time, when he nearly carried his team to a Conference Championship upset and a trip to the 2018 Finals. Paul remains as sure a shot as the charity stripe as you’ll find, his 91.9 FT% finishing 2^nd in the league.

A torn hamstring in the playoffs showed up at a most inopportune time for Paul, and it remains to be seen how much his lateral movement and vertical will be further hampered at his advancing age. While he has a shiny new contract extension to live up to, over the next four seasons, Paul will need an understudy to pass the baton toward for the Tender to sustain its championship-quality pedigree.

For now, with Paul, Oladipo, and Embiid among the league’s Top 20 in Player Efficiency Rating, this is a solid and balanced Big 3.  If CP3’s physical core holds up long-term, the title-contending core in the near-term will, too.

A fella who has always been a wiser selection than CP3 is up next... @Marvin24Williams has been P to the M'd!

~lw3

[AHF]

27 minutes ago, lethalweapon3 said:

In the 3rd Round, with the 33rd Pick in the 2018 Hawksquawk Summer Dynasty Draft, the Lethal Tender selects:

Are you being served? Ordering Rihanna’s phone number is probably out of the question, but Christopher Emmanuel Paul (Point Guard, 6'0", 175 lbs., Age 33) can fetch you basketballs on platters for days. Bon Appetit!

There will be much more on The NBA Finals Virgin in this space in the coming days.

A fella who has always been a wiser selection than CP3 is up next... @Marvin24Williams has been P to the M'd!

~lw3

Paul is still killing it on the floor.  Had him, Tatum and Green in my "queue" when I was two picks away from making my last selection.  Like it.

[Spud2nique]

41 minutes ago, lethalweapon3 said:

In the 3rd Round, with the 33rd Pick in the 2018 Hawksquawk Summer Dynasty Draft, the Lethal Tender selects:

Are you being served? Ordering Rihanna’s phone number is probably out of the question, but Christopher Emmanuel Paul (Point Guard, 6'0", 175 lbs., Age 33) can fetch you basketballs on platters for days. Bon Appetit!

There will be much more on The NBA Finals Virgin in this space in the coming days.

A fella who has always been a wiser selection than CP3 is up next... @Marvin24Williams has been P to the M'd!

~lw3

Now I’m skurred of u...prototype pure passing pg to the next Hakeem. Great start.

[Spud2nique]

1 hour ago, capstone21 said:

I wonder how his and Tatum's play will be affected by the return of Blank from injury

Feels crowded and the Celts have been rumored to be interested in moving Brown but I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the Celtics have done pretty well the last three years since the arrival of Brown. I actually hope the C’a trade him just because I think he’s a big piece to their identity...and I hate the C’s... ? 

Wait, oh Lucas took Tatum nevermind.

[Buzzard]

40 minutes ago, lethalweapon3 said:

In the 3rd Round, with the 33rd Pick in the 2018 Hawksquawk Summer Dynasty Draft, the Lethal Tender selects:

Are you being served? Ordering Rihanna’s phone number is probably out of the question, but Christopher Emmanuel Paul (Point Guard, 6'0", 175 lbs., Age 33) can fetch you basketballs on platters for days. Bon Appetit!

There will be much more on The NBA Finals Virgin in this space in the coming days.

A fella who has always been a wiser selection than CP3 is up next... @Marvin24Williams has been P to the M'd!

~lw3

I looked at him to go with Beal but decided on youth instead. Getting CP3 this late could automatically give you the 1st year championship. It definitely puts you in the conversation. In my opinion Paul is still top 15 to 20 value.

[Spud2nique]

1 hour ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

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Sources indicate that the Northcyde Ballers are close to reaching a deal on a trade of their 4th and 5th round picks in the Hawksquawk Dynasty Draft.   They have one more piece that they're targeting for their core, and do not want to take any chances on losing out on that player.  More information to come.

11:30 PM - 25 Jul 2018

Woj bomb! ❤️ it ? 

[Spud2nique]

1 hour ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

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Sources indicate that the Northcyde Ballers are close to reaching a deal on a trade of their 4th and 5th round picks in the Hawksquawk Dynasty Draft.   They have one more piece that they're targeting for their core, and do not want to take any chances on losing out on that player.  More information to come.

11:30 PM - 25 Jul 2018

Hold up...is this just to get “feelers”?

oooohhhh you are smooth Noth!