Sounds like a plan but have a plan if New Orleans decides not to match.Jamaaliver wrote:
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Sounds like a plan but have a plan if New Orleans decides not to match.Jamaaliver wrote:
CP War Hawks wrote:I was fairly high on KCP during his Det days, but have soured on him since. I mean 15-16 one year makes alot of sense. He seems like a very decent fit next to Trae.
Jamaaliver wrote:
Radioblacktive1 wrote:We’re apparently linked KCP and Derrick Jones Jr. this offseason. Thoughts?
Spud2nique wrote:Under the radar signing (if we wanna be cheap about it but continue to groom a 2nd round point guards from the 2020 draft, i.e. Quickley, Jones, Riller etc.).
JJ Barea- Can teach Trae how to annoy everybody forever. Invaluable. Cuban will sign him back.
tbhawksfan1 wrote:Spud2nique wrote:Under the radar signing (if we wanna be cheap about it but continue to groom a 2nd round point guards from the 2020 draft, i.e. Quickley, Jones, Riller etc.).
JJ Barea- Can teach Trae how to annoy everybody forever. Invaluable. Cuban will sign him back.
Ok, but I think Trae is already annoying defenders with his other-worldly dribling and pasing, Then he hits a 30 foot three. Then he goes between the defenders legs. Trae is the new most annoying player in the league and for Hawks fans that's great news
Bleacher ReportEvery NBA Team's 2020 Free-Agency Big Board
Atlanta Hawks
- Brandon Ingram (restricted)
- Joe Harris
- Bogdan Bogdanovic (restricted)
Potential Brandon Ingram pursuits may be a futile endeavor. Quality restricted free agents are impossible to poach, and tying up cap space in a player you won't get is a good way to miss out on other opportunities.
The Atlanta Hawks have the flexibility not to care. They can tender Ingram a max offer sheet at roughly $27.3 million and still have more than $15 million with which to play, depending on how they handle their own free agents. If all they do is ensure the New Orleans Pelicans pony up Brinks-truck money to keep their star, then so be it.
At the same time, this isn't a matter of setting an undefined market. Ingram is getting a max offer, if not from Atlanta then from one of the other few teams with the necessary space. New Orleans might even give it to him before he has the chance to shop around. It has the right to match whatever offer he receives, and cutting out the song-and-dance portion of restricted free agency helps build goodwill between franchise and star.
Chasing Ingram is instead a sign-and-trade play. The Hawks have all the space, but the Pelicans aren't letting him walk for nothing. Giving up cap room and then assets on top of that would sting a little, but Ingram is worth the trouble. He is both a secondary creator and from-scratch scorer, someone who can genuinely allow Trae Young to get moving off the ball. Atlanta shouldn't hesitate to put the No. 6 pick and its young wings—Kevin Huerter, De'Andre Hunter, Cam Reddish—on the table if New Orleans gets pocket-shy.
Pivoting to Joe Harris and Bogdan Bogdanovic is no less ambitious. It'll take serious money to scare the Brooklyn Nets or Sacramento Kings, respectively, out of keeping their own. The Hawks have that kind of cash and can use both. Harris guarantees spacing for what was the league's worst three-point shooting team this past season, while Bogdanovic can manufacture his own looks and alleviate Young's ball-handling burden.
hawks_fan25 wrote:I've been reading through free agents and I have compiled my list of the ones I'm interested in. Obviously, these all depend on the type of contracts they require and "get-ability" of all the free agents, but I have tried to create tiers. The top tier is full of the top scorers, markmen and defenders that I think could fit right in as a starter on our squad. The next tiers are more specialist/situational contributors:
Top: Austin Rivers, Joe Harris, Jerami Grant, KCP, Brandon Ingram, Davis Bertans
Second: Skal Labissiere, Gordon Hayward, Otto Porter Jr, Paul Millsap, Jeff Teague, Kent Bazemore
Interesting: Kris Dunn, Christian Wood, Rajon Rondo, Derrick Jones Jr, Jae Crowder, Mo Harkless, Andre Roberson
I'd be happy as anything if we could somehow land Rivers, Grant, KCP this off season. It's possible given how little everyone else has to spend.
Thoughts?
D21 wrote:It's a situation thing, that's all. If Kuzma had been dealt instead of Ingram, Ingram would have get Kuzma stats with LAK, and Kuzma would have shined with NOP, and maybe got the MIP title.
According yo reports today Steve Nash sat Joe down and assured him he'll be signed longterm and that he's going to be used.CP War Hawks wrote:I think they go after Joe Harris. He's a tougher, harder nosed version of Huerter and better shooter at range. Huerter coming off the bench opposed to Bembry makes a world of difference to that unit.