Welcome to the Hawks, Kobe Bufkin!

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

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[bird_dirt]

7 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

 

 

 

Can confirm flying roaches is an eye opening experience for transplants. 

[Diesel]

19 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

 

 

The Table Slap!!!!  Welcome to Atlanta!

 

[Sothron]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

@Sothron this was your take in early May about us keeping the pick. 

 

I guess Bufkin fills that? Or no?

 

Yes. I wanted to talk about Kobe Bufkin for about a month but was told under no circumstances to talk about him. He was the mystery guard I referred to earlier today that we were hoping would fall to us.

[Sothron]

 

[gurpilo]

I think we got a rotation guard at 16 which is not bad, but again an undersized SG. 

Seems that he has good defense which is an improvement but we have a big problem of size and strength on the team, I thought we were going to close that gap a little bit on the draft, apparently we will not and we will need to look at FA to do it.

I think this selection would be a steal if he can play efficiently PG, and replace AH on the rotation. I would like to see the duo of AJ and Bufkin on the backcourt. If he can only play SG he is completely redundant with AJ and Bogi. Basically we need to add contributors that can help on filling the gaps of the roster, the guy can defend and that can earn him minutes but I don’t want that minutes at the expense of AJ minutes, I see AJ as the future SG of the team

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[h4wkfan]

I wonder if the long term vision is for him to fill the Jordan Clarkson role from Snyders time in Utah, and not be a starter? Some overlap in skill set. 

[kg01]

7 hours ago, Diesel said:

 

The Table Slap!!!!  Welcome to Atlanta!

 

No.

Nah.  Table slap was about 3.7% too much, but the double finger-point?  To no one in particular?  Ooh, chef's kiss. 

[Diesel]

5 minutes ago, kg01 said:

No.

Nah.  Table slap was about 3.7% too much, but the double finger-point?  To no one in particular?  Ooh, chef's kiss. 

 

Landry is going to be funny to watch!!!  I like the fact that we have a demonstrative GM!!

   

[bleachkit]

50 minutes ago, Diesel said:

 

Landry is going to be funny to watch!!!  I like the fact that we have a demonstrative GM!!

   

Schlenk used to do full speed running chest bumps with staff after he made a pick. 

[kg01]

8 hours ago, Sothron said:

Yes. I wanted to talk about Kobe Bufkin for about a month but was told under no circumstances to talk about him. He was the mystery guard I referred to earlier today that we were hoping would fall to us.

You could've told me, saffron.  I'm great at keeping secrets.

Did I ever tell anybody about that embarrassing rash you had?  Have I ever told anybody about @AHF's criminal record?

See, I'm great at keeping secrets.

[Final_quest]

I do not usually watch college ball, and I don't spend hours watching draft analysis on players leading up to the draft.  You take what the draft gives you, and one thing this team needs is defense and guys who can dribble, create, and attack.  Would have been nice to get an impact big, but trading Capela +15 for Bertans + 10 to draft Lively makes no sense. 

Also Kobe Bufkin sounds like country bumpkin.    

[TheFuzz]

Seeing a handful of folks unimpressed with the pick. Nobody is a sure thing, but he will impress you. Give him a year or two and he'll be what DJ was supposed to be.

[AHF]

I've got my head around him being a 6th man type long-term ala Marcus Smart, Jamal Crawford, Derrick White, etc. (not comparing games as much as the significance they have had to their team rotations).  With that combined with who else was on board, I am waking up more excited about KB than I was heading to bed last night.  

Welcome to the team, Mr. Bufkin.  

[NBASupes]

This quote from Fields screams, let's wait till December or January 

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Fields told The Athletic the Hawks weren’t close to making any trades Thursday, despite several discussions. He left the door open to something in the coming days or weeks.

 

“We’ve done early work on some things so far and right now I think there’s a lot of optionality, perhaps in the future,” he said, “But I wouldn’t consider it something that’s necessarily difficult. I don’t know if that’s quite the right word. We have some things we can look at in time. But part of this also is about development and improving our roster that way.”

 

[TheFuzz]

^^Waiting isn't the worst thing. We've got talent and I expect Quinn to maximize it. If we need to get under the luxury tax, Snyder will make a lot of our guys more tradable.

[JayBirdHawk]

37 minutes ago, AHF said:

I've got my head around him being a 6th man type long-term ala Marcus Smart, Jamal Crawford, Derrick White, etc. (not comparing games as much as the significance they have had to their team rotations).  With that combined with who else was on board, I am waking up more excited about KB than I was heading to bed last night.  

Welcome to the team, Mr. Bufkin.  

I saw Derrick White listed as his NBA comp on one of the sites.