There is some people who've gotten through.
Worldwide Clyde - "People don’t want to admit it but Horford is a defensive liability. Sorry. AJC please don’t try and ban my IP address for saying this."
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Edit: sorry uga I did not see your last post. But the argument spun from Bogut vs Horford.
Bogut is the 1st option and Horford the 4th. And the fact Horford plays makes us undersized at center and we have actually been outrebounding teams since he went down.
ESPN Fantasy Projection: Horford is solid but unspectacular for a big man. He can get you at least 15 points and nine boards with great percentages from the field and charity stripe, but he's averaged just 1.1 BPG during his career and his percentages are a bit hollow (12.0 FGA, 2.4 FTA per game last season). The good news is that he took a career-high number of shots last season and churned out a surprising 3.5 APG. His production is reminiscent of Brad Miller's in his prime. He has the ability to do more, but the Hawks are deep on talent, so he won't be asked to do much more unless the Hawks' roster changes.
I would ship off Horford for Bogut, who takes Hawes out of the game and bothers Brand as well.
Smith could actually stick Hawes and Bogut could stick Brand. But we're not getting a quality big without giving up value.
But the identity of this team should be scrappy and grit with size to match. This trade does that.
The identity of the Hawks has changed for the better and its guys like Pachulia (ranked one of the NBA's toughest players) and Ivan and Smith that are tough.
And Bogut fits the new personality more than Horford. Bringing Horford back and debating if he's the 2nd or 3rd option would do nothing for the team.
Teague has more potential and he has Joe, he has Josh all he needs is a Bogut type role player. Set hard screens, foul defenders hard,rebound, roll to basket and score inside off penetration.
Horford is a 4/5 stuck between positions and developed a jumper to compensate for lack of inside play or ability to get inside and take hits. Zaza had 5 FTA yesterday with few touches. He kept balls alive with his height, was just as "efficient" on defense.
Al and Bogut are 2 different players just as Al and Zaza are 2 different players.
Horford's ability to "complement" the core has been overweighted for a long time.
