I can’t see if we do… does anyone know if we have a second rounder… also do you think we will trade for another pick. Anyways hope we get a center like Kelel ware…

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Dear basketball Gods, can you hear me? It's me, u/ice2jc*. (*Yes, I'm still watching basketball even though you try to kill that part of my life every year. Sorry.)

I have but one request on today, draft lottery day, one of the holiest days on the basketball calendar.

Could you please, pretty please.....stop using State Farm Arena as your own personal toilet and maybe make those stupid little plastic balls bounce the right way for us?

It would mean a lot. Those 7 foot french centers are all the rage right now and we would like to have one of our very own.

People are saying this is the weakest draft ever and it will be downplayed even more if we get the #1 overall pick. I don't care. I'll take that.

Our front office doesn't deserve this, but damn it our fan base does.

Amen.

Happy draft lottery day! Here is hoping we get into the top 4 today, but with our luck it’ll drop to 11th. Who do y’all think we should draft and why?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6KqK_pkRnw

I watch him for fantasy stuff and while he absolutely isn't perfect, he is one of the best people as far as illustrating players strengths and weaknesses for ALL teams.

He mentions that he had sources in regards to DJ/Trae situation that he alludes to it being more of a DJ blowup. That the locker room got really toxic around deadline. He says he was shocked they didn't trade him. Also mentioned Quin is the one that said they should keep him.

Very clearly lays case for keeping Trae...he's just unequivocally better. If they traded him, then it would be to kick start a full rebuild.

Mentions that AJ's disappearing isn't mainly due to basketball.

Also he just shits on Hunter and Bey lol. Those two are honestly just bad man.

He puts out the case that Krejci should start at the 3. He's low usage, does all dirty work and is already middle of pack in DPM.

I def felt like DJ was doing too much when he started responding to dms from Hawks fans with paragraphs. Really wasn't professional, seemed like he was done. And clearly affected the team. On the flipside, I understand him being frustrated he's being told to do something that he doesn't want to do.

That being said, I can't feel too bad for him considering John Collins was right there last year in virtually the same spot and I didn't hear shit outta his mouth. In fact, he was a great locker room guy lol. So yeah tough shit DJ.

Thoughts?

Seeing Gobert and Mitchell thrive in these playoffs makes me think the Jazz were more about those two than Quin. What are community thoughts?

Before the draft lottery this Sunday ATL is in a pretty easy spot. If they do NOT get the 10th-11th pick then they are pretty much guaranteed a top 3 spot the way these odds are set up. There’s not a lot of possibilities for the Hawks. That 1.6% chance kicks up to 33% immediately following them skipping on 10.

So if we get skipped on 10 it’s pretty much all smiles until pick 3-1 since in order to jump we have to kick one of the top 3 out.

With private equity firms get into football, I started thinking about my favorite teams from an economic angle vs a fan angle. Sports teams generate a lot of money by just being apart of the league due to the CBA. Because of the Braves and the Battery, a lot of teams are trying to amplify that cash flow by building mixed use areas around sports arenas. For many owners of these teams/areas, this is their championship. Year-round cash flow. They could care less about how the team is actually performing. They may get lucky and get an Ant Edwards. Generational talent that can bring winning to your team but they may not like the Hawks. If they’re not really interested in winning and would rather invest capital into getting more money from consumers, is it worth our support? Is it worth cheering for the laundry(let’s face it, players come and go. We really root for the jerseys).

I’m looking at the Timberwolves play defense this playoffs and man their jus merciless. Long, physical, and connected all over the court. Even mike Conley at jus 6’1 is great at getting through screens and chasing shooters off the point line. Do y’all think it’s possible for us to build a defense that elite around Trae or do some of his defensive shortcomings make it impossible to build a defense at that level even if we add more versatile wings and a rim protector ?

Not even saying who’s better I’m just surprised how little slander luka is getting. We all know if Trae did this people would spam lollipop memes.

Me personally I would keep Dejounte Murray in Atlanta as the point guard and build the team around him. Trade Trae and you would get adequate compensation for him in terms of draft picks, pick swaps and whichever young players you can get back for Trae in a trade. Trae has done everything he can for this franchise but it is time to move on. But that's just me. I would love to get all your guys' thoughts on this.

Hey all!

Was hoping we could get some information on team reporters/journalists/beat writers that cover primarily the Hawks.

We're working on a website that provides reliability ratings for journalists, so people know who's trustworthy and who isn't when rumors/news drops.

We have Brad Rowland, Lauren Williams, and Grant Shirley. Who are we missing?

Thanks so much!

For some reason Trae is hated and everyone loves Brunson. Both PG who always have the ball in their hand . So what is Brunson doing that Trae is not?

Good job everybody

While I have to be honest I don't have a great level of belief in current age Okongwu to be a real difference maker yet we should give him until the trade deadline to see what we have.

The advanced stats say that the JJ/OO front court is superior though

Saw this shit on instagram saying we the worst fit lol.

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