Hawks draft night open thread
by hawksdawgs on Jun 25, 2009 4:13 PM EDT
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Come one, come all. To vent and to freak out. To laud praise and cry disaster. After all, it is freaking draft day! The sky could both simultaneously fall and break into the heavens at the very same moment. Is there anything better?
Starting around 7 pm. I will be in the comments with a stream of conscious of where the Hawks may go and how I feel Mike Woodson will mess it up upon arriving there. Feel free to join me.
Jamal Crawford talk, links to rumors, and preposterous trade talk is all welcome.
Go Hawks!
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vince carter rumored to Orlando
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4287197
that would be great for the Hawks. the less shots dwight howard gets the better imo.
minus that dagger, game winner
vince hit against the hawks this year. i think i cried after that one.
apparently vince to the magic is a done deal
hedo not going to be resigned. i am kind of shocked.
plus, i loved courtney lee.
O trying to win now
The Magic are trying to win it right now. Replace Lee with Carter and they win that game 2 in LA. Lee was a nice player, but VC makes that shot 10x out of 10. Great move for the O.
knowing turk is probably gone
i don’t see how vince is going to put them over the top. and if he doesn’t all their eggs will be in aging, part time trying wing player.
tempting to get into Amare talks
They are taking offers for Amare. Its tempting to make an offer for him eventhough he might/will leave for NY at the end of the year. But a Bibby, Joe, Marvin/Smoove, Horford, Amare line up is nasty….and could challenge the Cavs
Amare or Bosh would be nice but if they have a dream of playing for the Knicks, oh well
First off, unless the Knicks get Lebron or D-Wade next summer they will not be as good as the Hawks anytime soon. Second, I have a funny feeling we are going to pick someone that falls like maybe: Brandon Jennings, James Johnson, or Dejuain Blair. If Jennings, Johnson, and Dejuain Blair and Jeff Teague are all there I would take James Johnson.
Lee’s going to be a solid player. Rod Thorn’s building a nice nucleus up there. Devin Harris and Courtney Lee, Brook Lopez. Nice little team.
And now they’ll have a ton of cap space in 2010, and a minority owner who happens to be LeBron’s mentor, and a new Brooklyn arena coming open in a few years.
Conspiracy theories on this one anyone?
still a long way to go with the nets
but i love the trade for them. a big star in 2010 and they are rocking no doubt.
The suits
So far, decent suits from the green room kids. Nothing Joakim Noah-esque yet.
David Stern...
Flustered by the fans. That’s new. I was half waiting for a “YOU SHUT THE HELL UP. I’M THE COMMISH!”
Im for Value
Whoever drops unexpectedly get him.
How long...
Until the ACL explodes? Six months? A year? Two years?
I'm in full on man crush
With Jeff Van Gundy. Can we hire this guy straight off the draft room floor and swap him for Mike Woodson?
Samuel Dalembert...
Your doppelganger has been drafted. Maybe one day Billy King will give you a similarly ridiculous contract. Let’s hope you never have to play against DeJuan Blair ever again.
Seriously...
How often do centers with zero offensive game become successful in the NBA?
I don’t get why you draft someone this high to just block shots.
"The transition from kicking it to using your hands..."
Hasheem Thabeet everybody.
God...
Sam Presti is a genius. Beautiful misdirection leading into this draft. Chaos will soon begin in this thing.
Though I think Harden will suck.
Wow...
I love Ricky’s broken English. How long before someone on the team nicknames’ him Speedy Gonzalez?
The T-Wolves should just keep all 4 of their 1st round picks.
They are seriously lacking talent. Maybe they roll the dice on Curry.
how does espn even talk like these guys are staying together
you don’t draft back to back point guards in the top ten so you can full court press.
Here’s what just happened-someone was deep in discussions to trade up to the pick to grab Flynn, but time was running out before the trade was finalized. Minnesota selected him in order to continue negotiating.
Of course, they wasted all their negotiating power in doing so. It’s not like they can just say “Oh yeah, we’ll just keep both these guys.” Only Memphis would do that.
Have to agree with you guys.
Maybe the ESPN guys were told not to speculate on trades?
Poor Stephen Curry
Wow. He just looks like someone crapped in his Corn Flakes.
I thought
The general consensus was the Warriors needed another PF, not a back court player.
Its like the Knicks and Warriors
Just need to swap these guys. Warriors need a banger down low. Knicks need Curry.
She was
In the background of the Dell Curry interview. Slammin’.
"giving the best health care i can give them"
might be the best thing i have ever heard a newly drafted player say.
well done sir.
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You know what i just decided? Skrew Bibby and Zaza, We need to go for
RAMONE SESSIONS, AND DAVID LEE BABY!!!
I really liked...
The retro box cut he rocked at the All-American game.
Woody is the worst coach in the league
The whole offense is run the shot clock down to 5 seconds and then pass it to Joe.
None of the Louisville guys...
I thought were really impressive.
Poor Sean May.
I sold him a computer on campus a few years back. Nice guy.
One of my co-workers..
Didn’t recognize him. Totally surreal moment.
Ty Lawson next off the board
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Typical Warriors.
Moves that make little sense.
Jennings seems like a jerk.
Sebastian Telfair anyone?
"Europe: Where riding the bench counts as real basketball experience for the NBA."
The mental gymnastics to buy into that are amazing.
Dear God....
Tell Rick Sund BJ Mullens has already been drafted.
Austin Daye and Tayshaun Prince...
Team Anorexia.
Why take Daye
When there’s more NBA ready guys available?
Lawson I'm on board with
but Teague? the Hawks need a passer.. Then just maybe I’ll purchase 2k10 this year
James Johnson should be the Pick
James Johnson is better than Marvin Williams right now. This should be the pick if he is there.
Watched him a bunch in the ACC this year
Guy has bust written all over him. We have enough players without any basketball IQ.
I just know this is gonna be BJ Mullins...
Sorry guys, it just makes no sense, so it’ll make perfect sense to the Hawks…
I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I only lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.
Elayne Boosler
See?
I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I only lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.
Elayne Boosler
Thank God
Johnson is gone.
Maynor would be intriguing, but he reminds me too much of Law.
I don't want to draft anyone...
On karate kicks.
No to Mullens
Anyone other than Mullens will be okay.
Just a warning..
They pick Mullens, I’m kicking a puppy. Be warned Sund.
I love Lawson.
Completely under-rated in this draft.
Lawson or Teague Im Great
Either but pass on Maynor. He good be Billups or he could be Acie.
I would love Blair
If we could get another pick.
WTF?????
Who drafts three points guards in a draft.
Blair isn't Hortford
Phuck Minnessotta they are stupid ass hell.
Excuse me
I’m going to slam my dick in a sliding glass door.
okay is the Wolves GM sleeping???
and the his hand is resting on PG on the scout page so the intern just keeps telling them take a PG
Its like the Wolves draft is...
Being done on auto-draft for a fantasy basketball site.
He's a great offensive player.
Torched Carolina this year.
Teague so no way we re-sign Flip
Teague, Crawford, and Flip are all the same. This is a C+ pick as of now.
There's no way Flip was going to replicate his play from last year.
Both Bibby and Flip had career years. Had to improve those guys somehow.
We need to make a trade to get Blair
Future consideration type stuff.
Teague, bleh
Could have taken Blair, dealt Childress’ rights to New Orleans for the 21st pick, and taken Teague there.
And another no-D guy for our coach of D.
What a joke.
Well
It ain’t as if his philosophy has led to a good defensive team.
It's because he only talks about defense.
Obviously he doesn’t give a sh*t about it.
This has nothing 2 do with Bibby
Crawford nor Teague are true points.
Dunno. Be tough to do because a sign and trade with Marvin is tough
Since he’s a base year compensation player.
We need to find a way to get Blair
Make it happen this is great value.
Did we?
Who says Teague’s fate will be different form Acie’s or Salim’s?
I meant with Crawford/Speedy becoming final.
Teague will be OK. I still have faith in Acie…will be interesting to watch him under Nellie.
said and done I'd have felt better with Blair, though.
I’d have looked forward to the stories in the news about how he took Smoove’s lunch out of sheer meanness,
What about...
Making a play for Tyson Chandler? Moving horford to the 4?
Chicago or Portland
One of these two will deal with us to get Blair. I just know it Chicago has already picked and they have cap situations. They need to re-sign Gordon they dont want this guaranteed contract, 2 in the 1st round, nope.
he tore his ACL's in HS
had surgery
and he’s overweight…..one collision with D Howard away from being on the inactive list
We should happen to him
If he falls to Chicago we should be able to get him.
Seriously, how come Childress’ rights haven’t been dealt to anyone yet? This is going to be the best night to get a return on them.
I dont think u can do that
I think you have to sign him first.
by Hawks-Semi Fan on Jun 25, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
hey yall head to the second draft thread for the 2nd round
and possible hawks trades.
and grade the hawks first pick on the way there.
thanks for joining so far.
unbelievable.......
who is that guy the hawks got in the second round? Has anybody heard of him?
Atlanta will win a championship....someday
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