Premium Member JayBirdHawk Posted June 18, 2022 Premium Member Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 It's very early but, here comes the 1st rankings: 19. Atlanta Hawks 2021-22 record: 43-39 Result: Lost in Round 1 2023 title odds: +6000 Atlanta handed out $300 million in new contracts last summer after making the Eastern Conference finals, but there's a looming decision to make about whether or not to pay the luxury tax after a disappointing end to the 2021-22 season. The easiest way to do so is by waiving Danilo Gallinari, who is set to be paid $21.5 million in 2022-23, since only $5 million is guaranteed. They could get under the tax easily if they do so by June 29. -- Lopez 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member JayBirdHawk Posted June 18, 2022 Author Premium Member Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 Coach Jent on the move? Brad Turner: Sources: Chris Jent/Rasheed Wallace both are candidates to be assistant coaches on Lakers coach Darvin Ham’s staff. Jent is an assistant with Atlanta and was an assistant with Cleveland when LeBron James was there. Wallace and Ham were teammates on Detroit’s 2004 NBA title team. – via Twitter BA_Turner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBASupes Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 6 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said: It's very early but, here comes the 1st rankings: 19. Atlanta Hawks 2021-22 record: 43-39 Result: Lost in Round 1 2023 title odds: +6000 Atlanta handed out $300 million in new contracts last summer after making the Eastern Conference finals, but there's a looming decision to make about whether or not to pay the luxury tax after a disappointing end to the 2021-22 season. The easiest way to do so is by waiving Danilo Gallinari, who is set to be paid $21.5 million in 2022-23, since only $5 million is guaranteed. They could get under the tax easily if they do so by June 29. -- Lopez Lakers shouldn't be ahead of the Hawks 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 14 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said: Coach Jent on the move? Brad Turner: Sources: Chris Jent/Rasheed Wallace both are candidates to be assistant coaches on Lakers coach Darvin Ham’s staff. Jent is an assistant with Atlanta and was an assistant with Cleveland when LeBron James was there. Wallace and Ham were teammates on Detroit’s 2004 NBA title team. – via Twitter BA_Turner Does anyone here know whom among our assistant coaches is outstanding, who is not outstanding, and who we might want to bring on board to help with specific deficiencies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member JayBirdHawk Posted June 18, 2022 Author Premium Member Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, LongTimeFan said: Does anyone here know whom among our assistant coaches is outstanding, who is not outstanding, and who we might want to bring on board to help with specific deficiencies? None of these guys jump off the page: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bird_dirt Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 2 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said: None of these guys jump off the page: Dipesh: “As Assistant Coach…” Nate: “Assistant TO the coach.” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member JayBirdHawk Posted June 18, 2022 Author Premium Member Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 Yahoo Sports 19. Atlanta Hawks: Falling to the play-in after reaching the East finals a year ago was a disappointing, if somewhat expected, regression. They are committed to building around point guard Trae Young and have shown they will be aggressive to do it. B/R The Atlanta Hawks were one of this season's more disappointing teams. After making a surprise run to the Eastern Conference Finals last year, they fell five wins short of their preseason over-under and got crushed in the first round of the playoffs by the Miami Heat. That may not warrant a drastic response, though. Trae Young, John Collins, De'Andre Hunter and Kevin Huerter are all 24 or younger. Organic growth remains a real possibility. Pushing in chips for someone like Rudy Gobert would make sense, too. Despite never playing with a solid lob passer, Gobert has averaged 15.2 points while shooting 68.5 percent from the field over the last four seasons. He and Young, one of the best alley-oop creators in the league, would be a nasty pick-and-roll tandem. Sporting News 19. Atlanta Hawks 2021-22 record: 43-39 How season ended: 4-1 loss to Heat in Eastern Conference 1st Round Why they're here: Following a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2021, the Hawks had to earn their way into the playoffs via the Play-In Tournament and were gentlemen's swept in the first round by the Heat. That's a discouraging step back. Like the Jazz, all of the signs point towards the Hawks being featured prominently in this offseason's rumor mill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Peoriabird Posted June 18, 2022 Premium Member Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 18 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said: Organic growth remains a real possibility. You can't use big words like this around here! You'll just confuse people and make them more determined to prove that players are who they are at 22-23. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member JayBirdHawk Posted June 18, 2022 Author Premium Member Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 10 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said: Coach Jent on the move? Brad Turner: Sources: Chris Jent/Rasheed Wallace both are candidates to be assistant coaches on Lakers coach Darvin Ham’s staff. Jent is an assistant with Atlanta and was an assistant with Cleveland when LeBron James was there. Wallace and Ham were teammates on Detroit’s 2004 NBA title team. – via Twitter BA_Turner Done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warcore Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 Great. There goes our good coach. If I'm warming up and I look over at my opponents bench and see Joe Prunty, I'm thinking "Oh these nerds are dead" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member JayBirdHawk Posted June 18, 2022 Author Premium Member Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 10 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said: None of these guys jump off the page: ...and we just got even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud2nique Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 13 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said: Done. Damnit. Lakers poaching our coaching squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4wkfan Posted June 19, 2022 Report Share Posted June 19, 2022 Any chance Nate had another son he could add to the squad now? His son may be a good coach. And I could just be petty about it. Or just annoyed we lost a good coach. But I don’t like the combo of a father/sons coaching together in general. So maybe some more coaching turnovers will come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member JayBirdHawk Posted June 23, 2022 Author Premium Member Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 Meanwhile... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators macdaddy Posted June 23, 2022 Moderators Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 Trae starting to look like a video game character. Dude's body fat must be crazy low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDawg#8 Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 2 hours ago, macdaddy said: Trae starting to look like a video game character. Dude's body fat must be crazy low. He was at 3.5% during the NBA combine in 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco102 Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDawg#8 Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 18 minutes ago, marco102 said: Wow! Damn that sucks when you have to return to your ex after no other options want you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kg01 Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 Retread alert! Try some new blood, man. Sheesh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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