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My after season mock draft for The Hawks
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Assuming they stay at 5th and 7th I'd take Jarrett Culver at 5 and Texas center Jaxson Hayes at 7. Culver will contribute right away. He'll fit in nicely on offense and he's solid defensively. Hayes won't turn 19 till next month. He is already 6'11'' 220lb with a 7'3'' wingspan. he runs like a deer and his defensive upside is elite. The Hawks are absolutley awful on defense. Adding 2 players with plus defense will be huge.
Now for the wildcard. Try to trade into a position to pick french forward Sekou Doumbouya. Like Giannis when he signed with The Bucks this kid is barely 18, he's already 6'9'' and he has eye popping athletism. Sign and stash him in Europe till he's ready. If he spent 2 years growing and maturing in Europe he'd still be just 20 years old to start the 2021 season in Atlanta.
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Hawks win the lotto and take Zion
By the way, who says they're picking 5th and 7th?
The whole Hawks organization is a dumpster fire filled with dog doo-doo. Just like the Falcons. Heads up their b holes. Just like the city of Atlanta. That's truth in a nutshell. WOKE.
Can we still lose the 5th spot? Having a team that can't tank properly doesn't inspire me with confidence that we can make good picks. However, if we land high enough, maybe we can't make a bad one. Well, of course, there is always Marvin Williams.
MeR3- ''assuming'', it's the first word in my OP. Of course in context that communicates an acknowledgment it might not play out that way. It is statistically more likely than moving up though.
We have a decent chance of moving up from 5th though. We have a 10.5% shot at the top pick. I don't know the odds of us landing the 2,3 or 4 spot.
domn. In the new format for 2019 I think the top 5 spots are subject to change. So I believe the lowest we could land is 6th. So potentially Dallas could draw a top 5 and keep their pick and we could end up with just the 6th and 34th picks.
Another name for consideration is Gonzaga's Brandon Clarke. He has Draymond Green type defensive ability with length and explosive athleticism. He can guard any position on the floor.
Unfortunately this isn't the deepest draft. I do think there are some excellent defenders in this draft, and that is a good fit for the Hawks.
I agree on both counts TNDawg. Either Jaxson Hayes or Brandon Clarke would seem like good fits with the Dallas pick. Add one of them and Jarrett Culver to the roster, not too shabby.
Sounds good to me, those are the types of players that help build contenders.
And draw a strong free agent like Klay Thompson, Vuckovic, and/or Middleton
TNDawg. They seem especially right for The Hawks given our young stars are both excellent on the offensive end and weak on defense. Add good defenders with enough athleticism and court sense to be good overall players.
How about trade 5,7, and next years 1st for number 1 pick.
no thank you.
Middleton actually has an option. I'm very interested in seeing if Milwaukee chooses to decline it and go in on Brogdon or if they want to risk letting him go get paid by someone else (and if the contract is not heartbreaking). I wouldn't mind either but Brogdon would honestly be my favorite even though he's a SG. He's an Al Horford type glue guy there...lol.
There's a 42.1% chance of getting in the top 4 but the highest odds for where the pick will land is 7th at 26.7%. Since there's very little chance of the pick being #5 unless we see chalk with the ping pong balls, I'm hoping the Hawks either move up a couple spots, or move down to #6 at the absolute most (which has the 2nd highest odds). Would love to win the lottery, but I'm not thinking that way because...ATL/Georgia sports.
So assuming #4 and #7 (think Dallas loses today and I'm hoping they draw #7), I'd prefer either Culver or Hunter with #4 and then probably Sekou with #7, maybe even trade down for him. With the Dallas pick conveying, I'd also put it at pretty likely they look at gambling on Reddish's upside. If it doesn't convey, then I'm not certain.