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Who should The Hawks take at #3 ?....

WCDawg

Let's assume Ayton goes 1st, because he will.
Of the rest either PG Luka Doncic, PF Marvin Bagley or PF/C Jaren Jackson will in all likelihood go 2nd.

My question is out of this group..

Luka Doncic
Marvin Bagley
Jaren Jackson.

Which should The Hawks take, and which would you take ?

It's a tough choice, Doncic has rare skills for a very big PG, Bagley will be among the most athletic and active bigs in the league and Jackson has superb defensive potential to go along with the ability to shoot from outside and finish with either hand.

Of course only 2 of those 3 will be available when The Hawks pick at 3, but we don't know which 2, so we'll include them all.

My pick as of now is Jackson. We know the new HC covets defense and JJ has All NBA 1st team defense like potential. Today's game also needs bigs who can shoot from outside and score with either hand, both of which Jackson shows ability at.

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WCDawg

@bmauldin said:
If performed well, this draft has potential to change the trajectory of the organization.

I agree.
If they make the best choice at #3, then maybe trade Schroder and move up from 19th to take Trae Young, we could have the nucleus of a contender down the road.

Kasey

Or if they make the type of blunder like Marvin Williams over chris Paul and deron Williams it will set them back another five years

Teddy

Hawks need to keep tanking to get 3 first picks in the draft, so they can rebuild like the 76ers. The top 2 spending teams are in the finals, surprise surprise. I don’t see the Hawks ever being a top spending team until they get new ownership. NBA is pointless to watch as most could've guessed the final 4 teams and finals participants.

bmauldin

@Kasey said:
Or if they make the type of blunder like Marvin Williams over chris Paul and deron Williams it will set them back another five years

Luckily Billy Knight isn’t in charge anymore...
Would have loved to see what Danny Ferry could have done with this... of course he wouldn’t have let Milsap and Horford walk with nothing in return....

bmauldin

@Teddy said:
Hawks need to keep tanking to get 3 first picks in the draft, so they can rebuild like the 76ers. The top 2 spending teams are in the finals, surprise surprise. I don’t see the Hawks ever being a top spending team until they get new ownership. NBA is pointless to watch as most could've guessed the final 4 teams and finals participants.

Hawks have an owner now that has deep pockets... I just don’t think he has the sports iq or surrounding himself with people that know how to operate an organization.

WCDawg

@bmauldin said:

@Teddy said:
Hawks need to keep tanking to get 3 first picks in the draft, so they can rebuild like the 76ers. The top 2 spending teams are in the finals, surprise surprise. I don’t see the Hawks ever being a top spending team until they get new ownership. NBA is pointless to watch as most could've guessed the final 4 teams and finals participants.

Hawks have an owner now that has deep pockets... I just don’t think he has the sports iq or surrounding himself with people that know how to operate an organization.

The Hawks' new GM was with GS for a long time, is credited with many of the personnel decisions that put their current team together.
I agree with the poster who thinks Ferry would have done a fantastic job if not for the lame ass PC decision to fire him over nothing.

DamnYankeeDawg

@Teddy said:
Hawks need to keep tanking to get 3 first picks in the draft, so they can rebuild like the 76ers. The top 2 spending teams are in the finals, surprise surprise. I don’t see the Hawks ever being a top spending team until they get new ownership. NBA is pointless to watch as most could've guessed the final 4 teams and finals participants.

Just hire Sam Hinkie. He will tank your team and get you under the cap to the point that you have to sign a player to meet the league minimum team salary. And you will definitely get a bunch of draft picks over 3-4 years. Just be patient with his picks as he either will draft injured players who will miss a year or two or the healthy guy he does draft will get hurt early in year 1.

Do this for max 5 years. Adam Silver will force him out and then you can hire Colangelo whose son creates burner accounts and knocks your players on social media.

Great model to follow.

Ending on a positive note - Thankfully, your attendance won’t suffer though as most fans who do go to the games pull for the opposing team so there is some upside there.

WCDawg

@DamnYankeeDawg said:

@Teddy said:
Hawks need to keep tanking to get 3 first picks in the draft, so they can rebuild like the 76ers. The top 2 spending teams are in the finals, surprise surprise. I don’t see the Hawks ever being a top spending team until they get new ownership. NBA is pointless to watch as most could've guessed the final 4 teams and finals participants.

Just hire Sam Hinkie. He will tank your team and get you under the cap to the point that you have to sign a player to meet the league minimum team salary. And you will definitely get a bunch of draft picks over 3-4 years. Just be patient with his picks as he either will draft injured players who will miss a year or two or the healthy guy he does draft will get hurt early in year 1.

Do this for max 5 years. Adam Silver will force him out and then you can hire Colangelo whose son creates burner accounts and knocks your players on social media.

Great model to follow.

Ending on a positive note - Thankfully, your attendance won’t suffer though as most fans who do go to the games pull for the opposing team so there is some upside there.

If we'd tanked well we'd have drafted Ayton. I'm not sure he really fits today's game as well as the 2 players who will still be available at 3 who I mentioned before though. Ayton will be a great center, but the last great true center to be important in winning a title was probably Shaq Pappy.

PTDawg

I'm trading Bagley if he's there. I think he might go 2nd, though. I do think trades find be in the picture. Not sure the Shroeder fits into the long range plans so he could be packaged with picks to move up.

WCDawg

@PTDawg said:
I'm trading Bagley if he's there. I think he might go 2nd, though. I do think trades find be in the picture. Not sure the Shroeder fits into the long range plans so he could be packaged with picks to move up.

Move up, from 19th ?
If Bagley was still available at 3, so would either Jackson or Doncic.
I'm not trading out unless it's for overwhelming value.

MODawg

@Kasey said:
Or if they make the type of blunder like Marvin Williams over chris Paul and deron Williams it will set them back another five years

Don't forget Josh Childress

Thelordjohnson

Kings are not interested in Donic. So is he isnt taken by his former coach at #1 he will slide a bit. I look at the draft and there are so many gaurds and wings that ATL has to take one of the bigs early. Don't leave out Mo Bomba as he fits in the Hawks ideas. Then with the latter two pills find a wing and gaurd and try to get rid of Dennis and either Bazemore or Dedmon and start year one of the rebuild.

JTMoyni

https://hawksquawk.net/community/forum/19-atlanta-hawks-forums/

I think you're confused on this forum. The attached link should help.

PTDawg

@WCDawg said:

@PTDawg said:
I'm trading Bagley if he's there. I think he might go 2nd, though. I do think trades find be in the picture. Not sure the Shroeder fits into the long range plans so he could be packaged with picks to move up.

Move up, from 19th ?
If Bagley was still available at 3, so would either Jackson or Doncic.
I'm not trading out unless it's for overwhelming value.

Meant to say drafting Bagley at 3 and yes I would try to package Shroeder with the 19th pick and try to move up. Maybe one of the 2nd round picks as well if necessary.

WCDawg

@Thelordjohnson said:
Kings are not interested in Donic. So is he isnt taken by his former coach at #1 he will slide a bit. I look at the draft and there are so many gaurds and wings that ATL has to take one of the bigs early. Don't leave out Mo Bomba as he fits in the Hawks ideas. Then with the latter two pills find a wing and gaurd and try to get rid of Dennis and either Bazemore or Dedmon and start year one of the rebuild.

Bamba offers nothing Jackson wouldn't bring and Jackson has better offensive upside.
Bamba will probably block more shots than JJ, but he is mostly a low post defender while Jackson can defend a huge area inside the 3 pt line.