Hawks sign F Jabari Parker

[IheartVolt]

On 7/14/2019 at 3:08 PM, thecampster said:

Cam > Trae...okay? 

Oy!!!

Does this remind anyone else of the great Diesel hates Marvin threads?

No it's more like Hortford is the next Karl Malone threads

Edited July 28, 2019 by IheartVolt

[Thomas]

On 7/27/2019 at 8:54 PM, IheartVolt said:

No it's more like Hortford is the next Karl Malone threads

A very good memory by you there volt. It was so constant. Man oh man.

[Buzzard]

On 7/27/2019 at 8:54 PM, IheartVolt said:

No it's more like Hortford is the next Karl Malone threads

Al got close:

Horford Career

14.1 PTS, 8.4 TRB, 3.2 AST

Malone Career:

25.0 PTS, 10.1 TRB, 3.6 AST

In assist anyway

 

[Buzzard]

On 7/27/2019 at 8:37 PM, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

 

 

 

Jabari will be holding our bench up offensively in a solid way.

[AHF]

4 hours ago, Thomas said:

A very good memory by you there volt. It was so constant. Man oh man.

It was actually that Horford was better than Malone.  Too much time spent wasted on that one.

[Blunt91]

Q & A with Jabari from Hoopshype

https://hoopshype.com/2019/08/01/nba-rumors-free-agency-atlanta-hawks-jabari-parker-interview-zion-williamson-trae-young/?utm_source=smg&utm

 

Nice read 

 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

 

Hopefully we can see some defensive effort like this during the season!

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

So far so good for the Hawks.

[AHF]

Anyone know what his objections were to the contract and Parker generally as a signing?  I saw that as a low commitment (only 2 years and not huge dollars), reasonable upside (he could opt out after a single year but gives you the chance to look under the hood at his game before having to commit to a long-term deal) positive move of the offseason.

[Gray Mule]

I know.  Parker has been injured - - a lot.  He is still recovering.  He has Emory Healthcare and our own female health guru.  This is great.

Considering where he was drafted, evidently someone thought he showed real promise.  Then, our own GM recognized what he could be and took a chance on him.  Hopefully, he lives up to this and stays with us next season also..

[macdaddy]

17 minutes ago, AHF said:

Anyone know what his objections were to the contract and Parker generally as a signing?  I saw that as a low commitment (only 2 years and not huge dollars), reasonable upside (he could opt out after a single year but gives you the chance to look under the hood at his game before having to commit to a long-term deal) positive move of the offseason.

I agree with you that it seems  like a perfectly good deal from the Hawks perspective.

I think some of the issues were that they didn't like that the second year was a player option, not for fear that he opts out but opts in, was my impression.   I'm guessing it took that to get him interested.  

[JayBirdHawk]

21 minutes ago, AHF said:

Anyone know what his objections were to the contract and Parker generally as a signing?  I saw that as a low commitment (only 2 years and not huge dollars), reasonable upside (he could opt out after a single year but gives you the chance to look under the hood at his game before having to commit to a long-term deal) positive move of the offseason.

It wasn't just him. Most 'experts' gave the signing an F.  I didn't get it, it was a 2 year deal, less than the MLE.

Like macd said, most also didn't like the player option.

 

 

[AHF]

I would have preferred a simple 2 year deal but if it took giving a player option to Parker that made sense to me.  I don't get the grumbling about it.  The bigger downside is that he breaks out and opts out to leave.  If we end up carrying him another year after he disappoints, it simply isn't enough dollars to worry about given how many contracts drop off our books this summer.  You know he'll be at least more productive than the dead money contracts we've carried the last couple years (Plumlee, Parsons, etc.)

[Buzzard]

2 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

It wasn't just him. Most 'experts' gave the signing an F.  I didn't get it, it was a 2 year deal, less than the MLE.

Like macd said, most also didn't like the player option.

 

 

Despite a bad couple of games, I still love the Parker signing. He knows what's up and he will do his best to perform to get some security next season.