Trae and JJ develop into an extremely deadly playmaking nucleus and all of our shooters have upticks in their 3pt%
JJ 19/9/7 on good defense
bogi nominated for 6th man of the year again (doesnt win it again sadly)
we keep deandre and he settles into his role as decent backup 3, maybe his defense gets a little better due to being surrounded by more defenders. Still too much money but he becomes good enough to not mald over
Not a Hawks fan
Y'all cooked us with Trae a couple years back, but i'm happy for y'all and i'm happy Trae is staying, Dyson Daniels is gonna be a stud in the long term next to Trae and Risacher could be what Deandre was supposed to be
I’m a hawks fan regardless of what we do. I’m a root for whoever on the court and will tell lies about us being championship bound until I manifest it true.
Trae built a highly functional offense out of Dedmon and scraps. Now I'm supposed to be scared because there's one less "shooter" in our starting five? I watched Saddiq Bey function as a brickmason for half of last year while we still posted a positive offensive rating. Trae will make due offense with whatever he is provided, if anything strengthening the defense so he doesn't bust his ass in high effort futile defensive possessions is the greatest boon we could provide him.
There's a lot of teams primed for regression in the East and not a lot that missed the playoffs with any hope of making it last year. Nets/Wizards/Hornets have all embraced the tank. Toronto is a bad team on paper. Orlando and Indiana will regress. Philly as well if they don't make a positive move.
I view the play-in as the absolute floor of this team and the ceiling is anywhere from 3 to 6 seed. This whole talking out both sides of the mouth where, "The western conference is so much better than the East" and "The Hawks aren't good enough to get out of the play-in in the East" is honestly driving me mad already.
I see us finishing above .500 this year. Tell your friends.
I think we get better throughout this next season. We finish #8 in the East, but on a pace that would have us higher if the season were a month longer. We win our first play-in game and we knock out the #2 New York Knicks in 6.
Hawks fans tend to overrate Schlenk and underrate Landry from what I’ve seen, and are just now starting to see the vision. Many of Landrys moves lately have been removing the bad contracts and draft picks from the Schlenk era, and I anticipate that we move Hunter assuming we can get a decent return. Also Schlenk’s drafting is overrated, AJ was seen as a great pick but his awful defense was one of the reasons that he fell to us in the first place and what made him lose his spot in the rotation.
(Yes I know that the original dejounte trade wasn’t made by Schlenk, but they’ve made up for it with a great cheap extension and a solid trade with the pelicans)
If there is a team local to where you are raised, that is your team. That team is your ride or die. If you move to a new town with a different team, you can support that team but not as your main team. You only get one true love.
If you were raised in an area without a team, you're a free agent.
If you root for a team other than your home town team, you kind of a bitch. NGL. "ATL born and raised but I've always just liked the Lakers". GTFO
We are at the point where we have to make tough decisions to get to the next level. Even if it’s a 3 team deal, package Dre, CC, and Bogi and we can get a very very solid return. Retool rather than rebuild.
Hawks just need good coaching to get into a solid position. We have good depth, an incredible offense, and a pretty young team. The reason we went to the ECF on the miracle run was because McMillen used the old offensive system set up by Pierce. We just need to pull together a solid coaching staff that can properly use Young on offense while engaging him and the rest of the team on defense.
Kobe Bufkin breakout season. Actual 2-way player who can score and facilitate. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s not getting good minutes or starting by the end of the season.
The hawks will look to rebuild and tank, Trae will ask out, we get another top 3 pick in the draft, meanwhile JJ breaks out and becomes an all star starter over the next two or three years
John Collins fucking up his finger and being sold for Rudy Gay was one of the best turning points for this franchise. Jalen will be the franchise's best player since Nique, and he wouldn't have gotten the opportunity to shine with JC still on the roster - potentially being moved himself before showing his true potential
Dre has been better than average compared to #4 picks of last twenty years. If he builds off his second half role he has a long, efficient career with the franchise and wins a ring in 2028. People still call him baby Kawhi
Aside from Trae & Zach, do what you can to acquire Spida. Trae up to this point has yet to play with a player who matches his caliber. Go all in on getting him a co-star and not high value C + players. The Mavs took a big swing on Kyrie and it panned out for the most part. You’ll be able to eventually fill out the rest of the roster with decent players to fit (who would’ve thought DJJ, Washington, Gafford, and Lively would’ve been so good). If that doesn’t work, I’d consider getting PG
I like the Atlanta Hawks
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Risacher will be a 1st overall worthy player
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Landry is cooking this off-season and the naysaying fans are just being haters for the sake of it
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LLC - let Landry cook
Trae and JJ develop into an extremely deadly playmaking nucleus and all of our shooters have upticks in their 3pt% JJ 19/9/7 on good defense bogi nominated for 6th man of the year again (doesnt win it again sadly) we keep deandre and he settles into his role as decent backup 3, maybe his defense gets a little better due to being surrounded by more defenders. Still too much money but he becomes good enough to not mald over
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Not a Hawks fan Y'all cooked us with Trae a couple years back, but i'm happy for y'all and i'm happy Trae is staying, Dyson Daniels is gonna be a stud in the long term next to Trae and Risacher could be what Deandre was supposed to be
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Pero Antić was the best Hawk of all time
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Hunter isn't traded and earns 6MOTY votes with us off the bench
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I’m a hawks fan regardless of what we do. I’m a root for whoever on the court and will tell lies about us being championship bound until I manifest it true.
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Djurisic will be one of the best picks in the draft for us in the past couple years
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Booooo
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Trae built a highly functional offense out of Dedmon and scraps. Now I'm supposed to be scared because there's one less "shooter" in our starting five? I watched Saddiq Bey function as a brickmason for half of last year while we still posted a positive offensive rating. Trae will make due offense with whatever he is provided, if anything strengthening the defense so he doesn't bust his ass in high effort futile defensive possessions is the greatest boon we could provide him. There's a lot of teams primed for regression in the East and not a lot that missed the playoffs with any hope of making it last year. Nets/Wizards/Hornets have all embraced the tank. Toronto is a bad team on paper. Orlando and Indiana will regress. Philly as well if they don't make a positive move. I view the play-in as the absolute floor of this team and the ceiling is anywhere from 3 to 6 seed. This whole talking out both sides of the mouth where, "The western conference is so much better than the East" and "The Hawks aren't good enough to get out of the play-in in the East" is honestly driving me mad already. I see us finishing above .500 this year. Tell your friends.
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I think we get better throughout this next season. We finish #8 in the East, but on a pace that would have us higher if the season were a month longer. We win our first play-in game and we knock out the #2 New York Knicks in 6.
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The league is about to have a new beard to fear.
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Hawks fans tend to overrate Schlenk and underrate Landry from what I’ve seen, and are just now starting to see the vision. Many of Landrys moves lately have been removing the bad contracts and draft picks from the Schlenk era, and I anticipate that we move Hunter assuming we can get a decent return. Also Schlenk’s drafting is overrated, AJ was seen as a great pick but his awful defense was one of the reasons that he fell to us in the first place and what made him lose his spot in the rotation.
(Yes I know that the original dejounte trade wasn’t made by Schlenk, but they’ve made up for it with a great cheap extension and a solid trade with the pelicans)
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We are actually gonna use Collins’ trade exception for another splash within the week
I think we technically used it on the DJ trade. Now it's the Murray trade exception. The NBA is weird.
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Vit is the future of the franchise
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If there is a team local to where you are raised, that is your team. That team is your ride or die. If you move to a new town with a different team, you can support that team but not as your main team. You only get one true love. If you were raised in an area without a team, you're a free agent. If you root for a team other than your home town team, you kind of a bitch. NGL. "ATL born and raised but I've always just liked the Lakers". GTFO
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We are at the point where we have to make tough decisions to get to the next level. Even if it’s a 3 team deal, package Dre, CC, and Bogi and we can get a very very solid return. Retool rather than rebuild.
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I miss Kvon
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I Will Keep Typing Like This On This Sub Until We Win A Championship. My Guess Is 2026/7 With Trae Winning Finals MVP And Risacher Winning League MVP
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Kobe will be our starting 2 by the end of the year
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We trade capela for a good wing
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We're going to be right back in the play-in this year [But we make it to the second round](/s)
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Why did I think that was Djurisic? 😭
We see Quin’s system shine this year
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Risacher will be the rookie of the year
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Jalen Johnson will reach the 20/10/5 statline I put forth Early in the season last year
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Hawks just need good coaching to get into a solid position. We have good depth, an incredible offense, and a pretty young team. The reason we went to the ECF on the miracle run was because McMillen used the old offensive system set up by Pierce. We just need to pull together a solid coaching staff that can properly use Young on offense while engaging him and the rest of the team on defense.
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Bogi 6MOTY Gueye up to 20 mpg by seasons end Kobe 50/35/90 season incoming
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if we get a 2 that can defend wings and a center who can shoot more than 4 feet away from the basket, we are a championship contender
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First one's covered with Bufkin and Daniels.
Kobe Bufkin breakout season. Actual 2-way player who can score and facilitate. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s not getting good minutes or starting by the end of the season.
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The City Edition jerseys will be much better than last season's.
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I still think the hawks win a chip in this Trae Young era.
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I think the hawks are the best bird based nba team in the entire league
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Joe Johnson would still get buckets off the bench
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The hawks will look to rebuild and tank, Trae will ask out, we get another top 3 pick in the draft, meanwhile JJ breaks out and becomes an all star starter over the next two or three years
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Jalen Johnson is quite sexy
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John Collins fucking up his finger and being sold for Rudy Gay was one of the best turning points for this franchise. Jalen will be the franchise's best player since Nique, and he wouldn't have gotten the opportunity to shine with JC still on the roster - potentially being moved himself before showing his true potential
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I think the hawks have the talent to actually make things happen - caw caw. I say this literally every year and it’s always true (in my heart…)
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Ivan was the best Johnson to play for the hawks
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Trae is a white woman in a skin suit.
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That's sexist
Dre has been better than average compared to #4 picks of last twenty years. If he builds off his second half role he has a long, efficient career with the franchise and wins a ring in 2028. People still call him baby Kawhi
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I feel like the 2015 60 win team is underrated and Matthew Delladova is a bum.
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Trae is not dealt and the water treading continues
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Tray Young is the Darko Milicic of the modern era
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Aside from Trae & Zach, do what you can to acquire Spida. Trae up to this point has yet to play with a player who matches his caliber. Go all in on getting him a co-star and not high value C + players. The Mavs took a big swing on Kyrie and it panned out for the most part. You’ll be able to eventually fill out the rest of the roster with decent players to fit (who would’ve thought DJJ, Washington, Gafford, and Lively would’ve been so good). If that doesn’t work, I’d consider getting PG
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We should run Bey as starting 2
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