Hawks 2021 Draft Night Thread

[Spud2nique]

I love this draft. We did exactly what we said we were going to do by taking BPA with both picks. We didn’t trade Cam and we got the steal of the draft. Cooper might be our immediate backup PG at 48. Well done.

Guessing he will be 3rd string and sent to G league quite a bit to develop but he looks pretty solid no doubt.

[atlantabbq99]

I didn't like the draft. I would have taken Springer and Charles Bassey.

I would have rather taken Springer's work ethic over Jalen Johnson's talent any day of the week.

I keep reading reports and scouting that Springer has the same insane work ethic and dawg attitude like Marcus Smart and Tony Allen had. These are the type of players the Hawks need to build a contending team.

Jalen already has a bad reputation of unmotivated and lazy like Okafor or Jabari Parker. We will see what happens when you give a guy millions of dollars and alot of free time if they will put in the work or be more focused on the life style. I hope im wrong but everything about Jalen Johnson's personality reminds me of Okafor.

Cooper is a fine 2nd round pick, but I would have just taken Charles Bassey. Bassey is screaming to be another 2nd round big body center who will have a +10 year career just like Dandre Jordan, Whiteside, or Mitch Robinson. Bassey actually reminds me of Marc Gasol

[HMFFL]

I like the Jalen Johnson pick.
I think he was the BPA and I'm thankful we drafted him.

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[Jamaaliver]

John Hollinger’s best, worst and weirdest from 2021 NBA Draft

Favorite draft: Atlanta

We’ll see if both the Hawks and I are smart, but based on my board, Atlanta had a great night. At picks 20 and 48, the Hawks selected the ninth- and 28th-rated players on my board in Jalen Johnson and Sharife Cooper.

Johnson, the 20th pick, offers unusual upside for a pick in that range as a big, athletic forward who can handle the ball. In retrospect, it’s odd to see that he slipped when teams lunged for more speculative plays with less upside in the teens.

Cooper, meanwhile, could play backup point guard minutes immediately. While he’s a smaller player with a poor outside shot, and that likely prevents him from ever being a starting-caliber player, he’s also an elite shot creator and passer who can run an offense off the bench. For a team that has struggled with backup point guard minutes and is going to need inexpensive bench options once Trae Young’s max contract hits next year, this could end up an inspired selection.

[Jamaaliver]

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