The Athletic (Sam Amick): Nick Ressler runs the team now (The Resslers = Atlanta Spirit Group 2.0?) (OPEN THE FLOOD GATES Y'ALL)

[JayBirdHawk]

4 hours ago, sturt said:

I'll just adopt a distant-second favorite team and pay less attention to the NBA overall unless/until the day would come that they re-legitimize me spending any time on them.

Whereever JC gets traded to, will be my 2nd team. ....until such time 

[Hawkmoor]

4 hours ago, BudBall said:

Stuff like this can set an organization back years! We are screwed and I would not be surprised there is truth of Trae Young eventually asking out of this mess. 

Trae Young asking out of this mess?  Trae Young IS THE CENTRAL PART of the mess.  The article CLEARLY made you aware that Trae and Nick are tight.  Soo tight that Schlenk got run out of there.  You got folks speaking under condition of their names being withheld, etc.  Other players scared to say something outside of Collins, which is WHY he has been on the trade block for 3 years.  Trae IS the defacto GM of the Hawks.  Who do you think instructed Nick to go out and trade for Murray?  Remember, Trae and Murray got the same agent.  What would prompt Nick to go after Murray unless Trae was in his ear?

Trae is the GM

[sturt]

Okay, guys. You've had your fun. Now stop. This isn't funny anymore. This massive conspiracy to persuade me to leave the Squawk by inventing all this wild drama, taking advantage of the fact that I'm not a subscriber to The Athletic anymore... you've just went too far, people. There's no need. All you had to do was man-up and ask me to go.

[terrell]

8 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Correct, The rumor article, did mention that Indy has the capspace to absorb Collins contract. The question was - what was the Hawks looking for in return.

Indy owns protected 2023 picks from BOS & CLE right?

Hawks could flip Duarte and a pick for Bojan to meet Detroits asking price.. Just sayin.. 

Or we could just go full on tank mode.. lol

Edited January 13, 2023 by terrell

[JayBirdHawk]

3 minutes ago, sturt said:

Okay, guys. You've had your fun. Now stop. This isn't funny anymore. This massive conspiracy to persuade me to leave the Squawk by inventing all this wild drama, taking advantage of the fact that I'm not a subscriber to The Athletic anymore... you've just went too far, people. There's no need. All you had to do was man-up and ask me to go.

You can root for other teams but you know you aren't leaving the Squawk. Just too much shenanigans here. You know you love us all here.

[shakes]

4 minutes ago, sturt said:

Okay, guys. You've had your fun. Now stop. This isn't funny anymore. This massive conspiracy to persuade me to leave the Squawk by inventing all this wild drama, taking advantage of the fact that I'm not a subscriber to The Athletic anymore... you've just went too far, people. There's no need. All you had to do was man-up and ask me to go.

I think it's time for the "wait till the next owner to complain" pledge!

[macdaddy]

Still I ask if Trae is the 'de facto GM' then why does he want to trade for future picks?  By the time those are useful we'll have wasted a bunch of his years. 

[sturt]

4 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Just too much shenanigans here.

Yes, please tell me this is a shenanigan. A big ruse. Led by the biggest jokester on this site... and you know who I'm talking about, of course...

[macdaddy]

Feels like game thread is going to be a doozy.

[GameTime]

 

[smoove31210]

8 minutes ago, GameTime said:

 

Hell....at least Ivan would bring some toughness in that office!

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 hour ago, marco102 said:

All I can say is this.  Atlanta fans are not New York fans and are not LA Lakers fans.  We will not show up to a terrible product on the floor whether Trae is out there or not. 

Once Ressler start feeling that impact.  He'll make a change. 

I don't know about that.

One thing that Steve Koonin and the marketing team have done with Philips, err, State Farm Arena, is make it one of the best in-game experiences in the NBA.  The Hawks are mediocre as hell on the court, and have lost way too many winnable games at home.  Yet, they are 2nd in home attendance % only behind the Dallas Mavericks, at 102.9% capacity.  This means that Hawks games, from a ticket sales standpoint, are sold out nightly.

Hawks games are the place to be.  And if the product wins at home more than they lose, it gives incentive for the fans to come out, because the in-game experience is so good.

 

[Sothron]

35 minutes ago, MarylandHawk said:

The real question is, will Tony fire his son if all this doesn’t work out?  This isn’t a Jerry Jeanie situation. We are not as successful as the Lakers were to be fooling around like this. 

This is just my thoughts. Not from a source. Just me.

I think this is going to get so bad that Adam Silver steps in behind the scenes and "urges" Ressler to sell the Hawks with a new CBA coming. Ressler and his group will make a crap ton of money off the sale and we get new owners that will hire actual basketball people to run the franchise.

That's what I think will happen. I have zero confidence in Nick Ressler and his yes men. The fact he's an outright stan of Trae Young is frightening to me.

[Sothron]

30 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

Still I ask if Trae is the 'de facto GM' then why does he want to trade for future picks?  By the time those are useful we'll have wasted a bunch of his years. 

If you are a NBA 2k Gm you know that teams can't resist first rounders. Getting out of John's contract means aren't paying the LT next season either so Daddy is happy and you have first rounders to use for either trades or at worst take them. 

Trae has a powerful voice but Nick Ressler is the one running the show.

[ShooterSays]

25 minutes ago, Sothron said:

This is just my thoughts. Not from a source. Just me.

I think this is going to get so bad that Adam Silver steps in behind the scenes and "urges" Ressler to sell the Hawks with a new CBA coming. Ressler and his group will make a crap ton of money off the sale and we get new owners that will hire actual basketball people to run the franchise.

That's what I think will happen. I have zero confidence in Nick Ressler and his yes men. The fact he's an outright stan of Trae Young is frightening to me.

Selling the team could be the only way we get to that Number 1 pick this year. 

I 100% believe in the conspiracy about the NBA "sweetening" these sales by handing over the number 1 pick to help incentivize buyers.

[Wretch]

[Spud2nique]

1 hour ago, MarylandHawk said:

Hawk Moore is wrong about this being only about money

He is. Dude wanted Kyme on this squad… #blockoutthebs

[Spud2nique]

4 hours ago, kg01 said:

Honestly, if my dad were a bajillionaire, I wouldn't feel comfortable just being given this type of position without atleast pretending to earn it.

This lil bastard better be perfect or he deserves all the booing he’s gonna take.

[Spud2nique]

4 hours ago, LongTimeFan said:

Post of the year nominee…

I LIKE…

and I cannot lieeeee you other squawkers can’t deny…

[deester11]

Like all of us haven been saying, this  reeks of some ASG type ish.  My question though is...how can an owner sit at State Farm Arena and not see a prime chance to own a part of this city the way the Braves and Bulldogs do?  The Falcons could but their trajectory and front office are at least giving me solid reasons to believe they have something.  This "structure," not so much.

This team is not devoid of talent, but a few pieces and less FO drama would certainly do wonders.  Here's betting this structure is going to be azzzz.