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You may very well be correct but, I think there are scenarios where Atlanta can get an unprotected 1st from NY or Portland that are likely to be mid to late lottery projected...

When healthy he's pretty good...therein lies the rub...

That should've said..."getting an unprotected pick from a team projected to be in the mid to late lottery".... Sorry...didn't edit fast enough..

I believe Chip is excellent... I believe Ben's shot is beyond Chips ability to fix...

That depends on what you expect the final iteration of the trade to be. I am working off the premise that it'd end up being a 3 team trade getting an unprotected pick from a team in the mid to late lottery (unless Atlanta can entice the Kings) and its up to Atlanta to find that team. I also think...

You only do it if you can't find Allstars to pair with them...

I understand your view on team building and you've expressed it for several years now and for the most part we've followed it. I'm not saying the team is listening to you per se just that your view has been their view or close to it. I'm not even opposed to it if I could see a way to improve to...

Curious (since you really like Detroit's draft as do i)...what do you think the holdup is on getting Duren from the Knicks....that deal apparently still hasn't gone through..

I agree..

Should have said " I'm all ears if you can paint that path in a picture "..... it's a little frustrating not being able to edit my posts..lol

Next offseason his value will be lower than it is now because he'll be on the last year of his contract and likely won't be an allstar this year. I am looking at in a vacuum though because we all are...none of his have true inside info on what the FO tried to do or is even trying to do. We all base...

I'm not saying teams can't add a top banana to a team with a 2nd banana... I'm saying there's no deal on the horizon to do that in this scenario so we have two options 1) max him and pay for the privilege of being a perpetual play-in team or 2) cash in on his value to give us a shot at getting an...

Yea...that was Plan A I'd guess but we couldn't find away to add 2 better players to this roster....that leaves us with 2 options 1) max him and pay for the privilege of being a perpetual play-in team or 2) cash in on his value to give us a shot at getting an elite talent to build around.

I don't disagree and I just made a similar argument on here..

Not remotely... DJ is a very good player and it's not his fault that the team can't put 2 better players alongside him to be able to elevate this team. He's not good enough to the the main guy and we can't get a main guy that fits his timeline...nobody is suggesting thays his fault.

Our FO has never been in a position where their best player simultaneously has real value and an inability to take this team to a championship level.

Not one person is talking about trading for the #1 pick after the lottery....it's all about increasing our chances of drawing the #1 pick in the lottery..

Mid lottery picks just increase your chance of getting a high pick because you have more balls in the lottery... that plus our own pick would give us a decent chance to move one of them up.

Totally agree

I'd really like to hear timvp's take...his sources have been good as of late..

No clue..

I didn't say that...I said it'd give us a shot to get into the mid to late lottery. DJ isn't elevating that team unless they can add another player to he and Trae...maybe they can but wouldn't have much left to offer after they acquire DJ... A trade that gives NY cap space for their...

MAYBE the Kings (they are the Kings remember) bit none of the rest are on the table I wouldn't think. I think you're looking at teams who'll be projected to be mid to late lottery that could gall with an injury or slump. That would include NY...Portland...and to a lesser degree Atlanta itself...

So Harris confirmed its been resurrected with Gallo. Is that the 1st confirmation from our side?

I don't disagree... Although I think it's in our best interest to move DJ and try to get two top 6 picks in this draft I don't subscribe to trading him for middling picks. I've been consistent in saying I'd expect a 3rd team to be added that gives up an unprotected 1st so we have two bites at the...

Who are these under 25 y/o starters we could acquire and are they better than DJ because if they are on a similar level it relegates us to a 7-10 seed treadmill.

Taking bad contracts won't get you top 6 picks though and thays what we should strive for if we move Murray and Jak. The only guys we have that might get is picks in that range are DJ and maybe KJ I'd think.

That would truly be baffling..

That would truly be baffling..

If we do this Hawks deal I wouldn't mind getting oo out of the trade..