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Think this board is best served with politics left out.
I'm certainly not in line with today's republicans on this or most any other subject.
Playing Euro-ball together is quite different than playing in an NBA offense against NBA defenses designed to stop them.
Only Dirk has been among the best scorers in The NBA.
That's a BINGO.
The difference is, where's the defense, other than the 3rd pick, he has potential as a shot blocking outside shooter.
He does at that.
I have close to the same questions as I have with Doncic though. It comes down to whether he can work his game against NBA defenses. I think he can, let's watch and find out.
Yeah this seems like a bad trade to me. This isn’t the NFL, and a lot of people had Doncic as the best player on the board. If the pick weren’t top 5 protected it would be a little better.
Young is much quicker than Doncic, that will matter.
I won't be surprised at all if Young turns out to be a better fit in The NBA.
Next question, do they keep Chocolate Kraut or trade him ?
Dennis wants out. Get whatever you can for him. Don't need a bad attitude messing with the locker room
get more assets...he should yield a couple of 2nd round picks. Not sure, though, if the Hawks want to leave the starting PG position in the hands of a rookie.
The Hawks went for the home run. Doncic will very likely be solid, maybe an all-star. Young has the higher risk, but the potential to be a star in today's 3-point shooting, faster NBA. Who give two poops about his defense. There is a long list of NBA all-timers who could not play defense. They compensated by wearing out the person guarding them. The Hawks drafted shooters, that is today's NBA.
I think trading for a good veteran would be the best move, if it can be done. A good center or another PG and a pick would do nicely.
The GS model is all around position-less players, but they all play good defense except for Curry.
And Young is seen as a Curry for the Hawks...now that does mean that others will have to step up on D
I like Doncic a lot, but getting Young plus a draft pick next year that may well be in the lottery range given the strength in the West, is a move that makes sense to me. The Hawks Plan next year can best be described as Tank 2, so I would look for them to let the youngsters play, lose a lot of games, and head into next year's draft with 3 more first round picks, if Lebron stays in Cleveland (good chance it stays protected if Lebron goes). Not sure what they do with Dennis - seems he has little value in the market today. Perhaps if they keep him and he shows improved shooting and a better attitude next year his market improves if a contender loses their point guard to injury or he is seen as someone who can help a contender at the trade deadline.
I think Atlanta wanted Young anyway. That would mean they get a free 1st rd pick and the player they wanted at #3.
If this is accurate, then the new GM is pretty shrewd. Bodes well for the future if that's the case. It sounds almost Boston-ish.
Word supposedly coming from inside the organization was they'd focused on Young by the week before the draft.
Then some tweets revealed Dallas was interested in Doncic, all of a sudden it was leaked the team was interested in Doncic and a deal was made. It seems likely they wanted Young and played their hand to land an extra 1st rd pick in 2019 that could be as high as #10.
I've said all along I like Young a bit better. The more I focus on his ball handling, passing and driving to the basket while watching his video, the more I like him. The kid understands how to play the game.
You were right. Most of the "experts" on this forum didn't really know what they were talking about.
I can assure you that we in Dallas were excited to get Doncic on draft night and we are even more excited to have him now.
Turns out the kid can play.