The Trae Young Dilemma

jayu70 · Post #141 » by **jayu70** » Fri Jul 5, 2024 11:56 pm

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LAL:
The Lakers, too, have shown little recent interest in Young, sources said. That could change if the price drops to L.A.’s liking.

So this pretty much means to me that LAL can't meet the Hawks price. Hawks aren’t giving discounts.

SAS:
The smoothest way to reclaim those picks is trading Young to the Spurs, but San Antonio has not shown much recent interest in that, sources said. The Spurs understand the potential value of those picks, and they (for now) appear to favor holding them hostage over swapping them back to Atlanta

I was always averse to this strategy of picks back.

These are the PG needy teams remaining: LAC, LAL, ORL, DET.
LAC and LAL don't have the assets, Hawks unlikely to trade within division to Magic, Det is..... well...Detroit.

Post #142 » by **HMFFL** » Mon Jul 8, 2024 11:22 pm

The Lakers look like a strong possibility since they have their 2026, 2028, 2029, 2030, and 2031 first round picks. We can figure out a return that benefits us since the Lakers will have value.

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Post #143 » by **Jamaaliver** » Tue Jul 9, 2024 8:51 pm

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jayu70 · Post #145 » by **jayu70** » Thu Jul 11, 2024 12:10 am

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Landry, Landry, Landry - he some lessons in the Art of responding to media questions. For someone who went to Standard, leaves a lot to be desired. :nonono:

Post #146 » by **Jamaaliver** » Mon Jul 15, 2024 12:35 am

Jamaaliver wrote:One Tweet: "I love this city. I love this team.

I ain't going nowhere"...would quash most of the rumor mongering.

Pin it at the top of his Twitter/IG accounts.

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Post #147 » by **Jamaaliver** » Thu Jul 18, 2024 2:08 pm

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jayu70 · Post #148 » by **jayu70** » Thu Jul 18, 2024 4:22 pm

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As long as the Hawks keep cutting talent and not adequately replacing it - there will be a tipping point.

Post #149 » by **HMFFL** » Thu Jul 18, 2024 6:29 pm

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As long as the Hawks keep cutting talent and not adequately replacing it - there will be a tipping point.

And I believe it will tip quickly. I believe Trae wants out, but I hope he stays as classy as possible about it, and things don't get ugly. For now, I will enjoy the moments while he's here

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Post #150 » by **Jamaaliver** » Thu Jul 18, 2024 7:02 pm

HMFFL wrote:
jayu70 wrote:As long as the Hawks keep cutting talent and not adequately replacing it - there will be a tipping point.

And I believe it will tup quickly. I believe Trae wants out, but I hope he stays as classy as possible about it, and things don't get ugly. For now, I will enjoy the moments while he's here

Trae's departure does seem inevitable.

I just really want to see one last season of this iteration with decent health.

Half of the teams in the Conference Finals this year weren't even in the playoffs the previous season.
And we are, when healthy, just as talented as either that Dallas or Indiana team.

I hope we get to see Trae/Quin/Jalen/Okongwu/Bogdan give us 1 more go round.

Post #151 » by **HMFFL** » Fri Jul 19, 2024 1:32 am

Jamaaliver wrote:
HMFFL wrote:
jayu70 wrote:As long as the Hawks keep cutting talent and not adequately replacing it - there will be a tipping point.

And I believe it will tup quickly. I believe Trae wants out, but I hope he stays as classy as possible about it, and things don't get ugly. For now, I will enjoy the moments while he's here

Trae's departure does seem inevitable.

I just really want to see one last season of this iteration with decent health.

Half of the teams in the Conference Finals this year weren't even in the playoffs the previous season.
And we are, when healthy, just as talented as either that Dallas or Indiana team.

I hope we get to see Trae/Quin/Jalen/Okongwu/Bogdan give us 1 more go round.

I believe he's going to like his new running mates. Our front office just needs to continue to build. We should see more of OO this season and we'll know where he stands in our future plans.

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Post #152 » by **Jamaaliver** » Mon Aug 26, 2024 6:16 pm

What 6 years of playing for a bad franchise will do to you...

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Post #153 » by **Jamaaliver** » Sun Sep 1, 2024 5:04 pm

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Post #154 » by **HMFFL** » Sun Sep 1, 2024 11:32 pm

Jamaaliver wrote:What 6 years of playing for a bad franchise will do to you...

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When I first saw that picture of him I thought the same. I will enjoy him being a Hawk for as long as he's here. I hope he has his best season yet.

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jayu70 · Post #155 » by **jayu70** » Wed Sep 4, 2024 1:53 am

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Post #157 » by **Jamaaliver** » Mon Sep 9, 2024 1:55 pm

I wish any of the NBA writers would have an original thought of some kind when it comes to the Hawks.

None of them pay any attention to us, so they put out the same lazy content year after year, season after season, month after month.

Hawks: Is the Trae Young era ending?

Atlanta pulled the plug on the Trae Young-Dejounte Murray duo this summer by trading the latter to the Pelicans. Murray needed to be dealt, him and Young just didn't work together, and the Hawks got a good haul for him with Larry Nance Jr. and Dyson Daniels, while acquiring two first-round picks. But without upgrades to immediately help this team, could we be nearing the end of Young's time in Atlanta? After this season, Young will have two years left on the rookie max extension he signed in 2021. There wasn't a trade market for Young over the summer when there were reports of Atlanta trading him or Murray, and while some of that is due to him being a defensive liability, it's also likely because of the $138 million he's still owed over the next three years.

Could a trade market materialize at the deadline if a team gets desperate, or maybe next summer when Young will have one less year on his deal? There's nothing suggesting that the Hawks want to trade Young now, or that the All-Star guard wants to leave Atlanta, but it feels like Atlanta is slowly heading towards another rebuild. They landed the No. 1 overall pick and selected Zaccharie Risacher, and have some promising young pieces in Jalen Johnson, Onyeka Okongwu and now Daniels too. There's plenty of veterans on the roster who could be dealt, like Bogdan Bogdanovic, Clint Capela and Nance so it would make sense for Young to be on the trading block as well. He's about to enter the middle of his prime at 25 years old, and would probably like to be on a steady title contender rather than a team that seems to be reshuffling guys around him every couple years.

If the Hawks overachieve this year, this question may be pushed further down the line, but if the losses start to pile up and the focus shifts towards developing the young guys, Young could either push for a trade, or the Hawks could initiate it.

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Post #158 » by **Jamaaliver** » Mon Sep 9, 2024 1:56 pm

Do they not have editors at CBSSports.com? :roll:

"Murray needed to be dealt, him and Young just didn't work together, and the Hawks got a good haul for him with Larry Nance Jr. and Dyson Daniels, while acquiring two first-round picks."

NDaATL · Post #159 » by **NDaATL** » Tue Sep 10, 2024 1:25 pm

I can't wait to see this team this year, we are 5 deep at the wing. It's the first time we have built the right type of team around Trae with long, defensive players and shooters.

Now we just need to get rid of Capela to unclog the paint, he just kills our offense so much. We need another C who can at least hit a midrange J.

jayu70 · Post #160 » by **jayu70** » Tue Sep 10, 2024 8:48 pm

NDaATL wrote:I can't wait to see this team this year, we are 5 deep at the wing. It's the first time we have built the right type of team around Trae with long, defensive players and shooters.

Now we just need to get rid of Capela to unclog the paint, he just kills our offense so much. We need another C who can at least hit a midrange J.

Which C would you like to see us get?