Jamaaliver wrote:hawks_fan25 wrote:Any word on how Omari is doing this offseason?
Just needs to lose about 20 pounds to unleash all that potential.
Looking...MUCH better.Spoiler:
I can dig it.
Edit....didn't need the spoiler.
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Jamaaliver wrote:hawks_fan25 wrote:Any word on how Omari is doing this offseason?
Just needs to lose about 20 pounds to unleash all that potential.
Looking...MUCH better.Spoiler:
hawks_fan25 wrote:I'm guessing we start the year with Trae, Huerter, Hunter, Collins, Len as our starters. Bruno and Cam will push Huerter and Len for starting roles by midseason. I'd actually like to see Huerter as the 6th man and primary ballhandler when Trae sits. I think if Huerter is forced to be the decision maker and primary scoring option while on the floor he will be more likely to succeed.
Jamaaliver wrote:hawks_fan25 wrote:I'm guessing we start the year with Trae, Huerter, Hunter, Collins, Len as our starters. Bruno and Cam will push Huerter and Len for starting roles by midseason. I'd actually like to see Huerter as the 6th man and primary ballhandler when Trae sits. I think if Huerter is forced to be the decision maker and primary scoring option while on the floor he will be more likely to succeed.
I suspect Hawks may give Reddish free reign as super 6th man...able to play the Point, SG or SF off the bench.
Give him a green light when Trae's on the bench and see what he can do with the ball in his hands.
What a dumb statement. It doesn't take much to be a playoff team in the east. At a minimum, two overpriced free agents would get us there for sure.
SichtingLives wrote:life hack:
When a man heaves a live chainsaw towards you from distance, stand still. No one has good accuracy throwing a chainsaw.
hawks_fan25 wrote:What about using the money we have left and signing Beverly? I like Lin for the leadership he can bring, but Beverly would light a fire in these young guys and not allow them to take any practices off. Add Vince to the mix and you’d have kind of a good cop, bad cop mentor scenario for these young guys.
Any time another point starts to take too much advantage of Trae’s lack of defense you could bring in Bev for a few minutes and frustrate the living crap out of whoever it is.
hawks_fan25 wrote:I'm guessing we start the year with Trae, Huerter, Hunter, Collins, Len as our starters. Bruno and Cam will push Huerter and Len for starting roles by midseason. I'd actually like to see Huerter as the 6th man and primary ballhandler when Trae sits. I think if Huerter is forced to be the decision maker and primary scoring option while on the floor he will be more likely to succeed.
The AthleticQ. Is it time [for a big move in Free Agency]?
“No,” Schlenk said. “Our young group has to show they’re capable of winning, and then that one player can say, ‘I can put them over the top.’”
Schlenk was with Golden State when the rebuilding Warriors made the playoffs in 2013 and upset Denver in the first round. It was only then that the Warriors made their first significant move in free agency, signing Andre Iguodala — from Denver.
“We had just beat them, and he said, ‘I want to go play with those guys,’” Schlenk said. “He ended up taking less money to come to us.”
Hawks head coach Lloyd Pierce is on board with the strategy to wait a year, given the team’s development and the mindset of free agents.
“They have to decide: This is a destination,” he said. “When players start talking to us, and the media starts talking about us, there will be a reason. We’ll know. The third year can really be good. Free agents can say, ‘Man, here’s a roster that’s going to be really good for the next five years. Imagine if I join them.’”
hawks_fan25 wrote:It seems like we essentially have a rotation that will look like this now:
Young, Turner
Huerter, Bembry
Hunter, Reddish
Collins, Spellman
Len, Fernando
I don’t like the idea of small ball with Cam starting in place of Len, so I’d say our biggest weakness is at the 5 right now. I’m a fan of Dedmon, but if we can cut Adams and somehow get some combo of buyouts from Crabbe, Hill and Plumlee where they take less to sign contracts elsewhere then we might be able to sign someone like Horford or Randle. I’m a fan of both. You insert either into that lineup as the starting center and we are easily a playoff team.
Thoughts? I only consider Horford because I read that he’s been linked to Atlanta and Sacramento as possible surprise landing spots.
Dewayne Dedmon
Atlanta will have Early Bird rights on Dedmon, which allows the team to give him a contract with a starting salary of up to 175% of his previous season’s salary. He made $7,200,000 last year which will allow Atlanta to offer a contract starting at $12,600,000 versus his cap hold of $9,360,000 which would actually allow Atlanta to sign Dedmon after using up all of their cap space. The team could eschew Early Bird rights and re-sign Dedmon with their cap space, but that would appear to be about $13.66 million at the moment (or $14.98 million after waiving Adams).
. Is it time [for a big move in Free Agency]?
“No,” Schlenk said. “Our young group has to show they’re capable of winning, and then that one player can say, ‘I can put them over the top.’”
......Hawks head coach Lloyd Pierce is on board with the strategy to wait a year, given the team’s development and the mindset of free agents.
jayu70 wrote:Dewayne Dedmon
Atlanta will have Early Bird rights on Dedmon, which allows the team to give him a contract with a starting salary of up to 175% of his previous season’s salary. He made $7,200,000 last year which will allow Atlanta to offer a contract starting at $12,600,000 versus his cap hold of $9,360,000 which would actually allow Atlanta to sign Dedmon after using up all of their cap space. The team could eschew Early Bird rights and re-sign Dedmon with their cap space, but that would appear to be about $13.66 million at the moment (or $14.98 million after waiving Adams).
Hoops RumorsHawks center Dewayne Dedmon has been receiving plenty of interest from teams as a mid-level target, according to Lowe, who refers to Dedmon as “sneakily the most coveted under-the-radar free agent in the league.”
-ESPN Radio