Atlanta Hawks 2025 Draft Pick Watch

[Manu-of-steel]

Allowing added contact is what makes Castle click on defense. I noticed that he is not being called for some fouls that normally would be called. That bodes well for Steph Castle on defense

[spurraider21]

[DPG21920]

And the beat BOS with Trae out lol

[Seventyniner]

Yeah it's not like the game was any worse with Young out.

Maybe the league should only fine the team if they lose, or only if they lose big.

[spurraider21]

FWIW - I've been told, including in the last 10 min, that Young was (and still is) dealing with an actual injury.The ruling is that he could've reasonably played, per the NBA.This is my own opinion now, but the Hawks not listing him on the injury report for the next game didn't help their case.

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[heyheymymy]

Yeah it's not like the game was any worse with Young out.

Maybe the league should only fine the team if they lose, or only if they lose big.

Yeah it's weird because in that case the entertainment product wasn't diminished.

Reminds me of 2012 when Pop left some stars home for an away game in MIA and the league fined SA heavily for it but the Spurs almost won that game with scrubs against MIA starters and it was exciting throughout.

Do people want to see exciting games or just look at star players?

[scott]

So stupid, league overstepping its boundaries again.

[Mugen]

Should make Atlanta forfeit that Celtics win tbh.

[spurraider21]

[LeBowen]

Wrong topic.

[objective]

In case anyone is interested in Hawks media thoughts:

Locked on Hawks host Brad Rowland said in either today's or yesterday's show, I think the mailbag one, that he expects Atlanta to win more games than they lose the rest of the season

[onechance87]

In case anyone is interested in Hawks media thoughts:

Locked on Hawks host Brad Rowland said in either today's or yesterday's show, I think the mailbag one, that he expects Atlanta to win more games than they lose the rest of the season

could happen.76ers,heat,hornets,pacers,bullls,pistons,ne ts can go full tank at any moment.

[Mr. Body]

I don't see Atlanta finishing worse than any of the teams below them with the exception of Philadelphia or New Orleans tbh and those are maybies. Then I think Detroit, Portland, Charlotte, maybe Chicago, will all start tanking at some point.

IMO the Spurs wind up in the bottom play-in area, but with a better record than straight up playoff teams in the EC. And the Hawks will also be a play-in team but with a worse record.

So the Spurs will have something like the 10 and 14 picks. CHA and CHI do not convey.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I don't see Atlanta finishing worse than any of the teams below them with the exception of Philadelphia or New Orleans tbh and those are maybies. Then I think Detroit, Portland, Charlotte, maybe Chicago, will all start tanking at some point.

IMO the Spurs wind up in the bottom play-in area, but with a better record than straight up playoff teams in the EC. And the Hawks will also be a play-in team but with a worse record.

So the Spurs will have something like the 10 and 14 picks. CHA and CHI do not convey.

Damn, would’ve loved a top 7 pick for
This draft but castle is him

[CorrectCrusader]

I don't see Atlanta finishing worse than any of the teams below them with the exception of Philadelphia or New Orleans tbh and those are maybies. Then I think Detroit, Portland, Charlotte, maybe Chicago, will all start tanking at some point.

IMO the Spurs wind up in the bottom play-in area, but with a better record than straight up playoff teams in the EC. And the Hawks will also be a play-in team but with a worse record.

So the Spurs will have something like the 10 and 14 picks. CHA and CHI do not convey.

I have higher hopes about the CHA pick. Their backcourt is decimated and Lamelo is playing like an All-NBA guard, with Miller taking a second year leap.

[exstatic]

I don't see Atlanta finishing worse than any of the teams below them with the exception of Philadelphia or New Orleans tbh and those are maybies. Then I think Detroit, Portland, Charlotte, maybe Chicago, will all start tanking at some point.

IMO the Spurs wind up in the bottom play-in area, but with a better record than straight up playoff teams in the EC. And the Hawks will also be a play-in team but with a worse record.

So the Spurs will have something like the 10 and 14 picks. CHA and CHI do not convey.

I think Chicago is going to have a hard time tanking because it will be monumentally difficult to get rid of Lavine for contract reasons in the age of the second apron. Look at New Orleans struggling to get rid of a youngger ,healthier Brandon Ingram.

[Mugen]

I don't see Atlanta finishing worse than any of the teams below them with the exception of Philadelphia or New Orleans tbh and those are maybies. Then I think Detroit, Portland, Charlotte, maybe Chicago, will all start tanking at some point.

IMO the Spurs wind up in the bottom play-in area, but with a better record than straight up playoff teams in the EC. And the Hawks will also be a play-in team but with a worse record.

So the Spurs will have something like the 10 and 14 picks. CHA and CHI do not convey.

Agree with Mr. Meltdown for once tbh

[Mugen]

I think Chicago is going to have a hard time tanking because it will be monumentally difficult to get rid of Lavine for contract reasons in the age of the second apron. Look at New Orleans struggling to get rid of a youngger ,healthier Brandon Ingram.

He'll either get hurt again or they'll trade him to the Lakers for DLo/Hachimura and a 1st tbh.

[CGD]

Damn, would’ve loved a top 7 pick for
This draft but castle is him

I think it’s still in play tbh. The wide variance with Atlanta is that the Eastern conference is ass. So they can have a relatively poor record (.400) and still fall outside the lottery. BUT, if they manage to land at 9 in the east, then they are in the draft pool with the rest of the bottom feeders including those with superior records in the West. Bascially, it’s why they vacillate from 14 to 7 on a nightly basis, as opposed to just dropping a position or two.

[exstatic]

I think it’s still in play tbh. The wide variance with Atlanta is that the Eastern conference is ass. So they can have a relatively poor record (.400) and still fall outside the lottery. BUT, if they manage to land at 9 in the east, then they are in the draft pool with the rest of the bottom feeders including those with superior records in the West. Bascially, it’s why they vacillate from 14 to 7 on a nightly basis, as opposed to just dropping a position or two.

There’s a big group of ass Eastern Conference teams just above the lottery line, and a big group of meh Western Conference teams just below it. There have been years of imbalance before, but I’ve never seen it this pronounced.

[Mr. Body]

The problem is not just that these teams are ass, it's that none of them have any pressure not to tank. Only Atlanta.

[CGD]

There’s a big group of ass Eastern Conference teams just above the lottery line, and a big group of meh Western Conference teams just below it. There have been years of imbalance before, but I’ve never seen it this pronounced.

It’s pretty bad. On the flip side, it DOES improve the chances that one of the CHA/CHI picks conveys if one of those two sneak into the 8th slot with a .400 record.

[exstatic]

The problem is not just that these teams are ass, it's that none of them have any pressure not to tank. Only Atlanta.

The problem for the EC teams currently in the playoff picture is that it’s probably too late to tank. If teams below them see them dropping games, they’ll just tank harder. We may well see an EC playoff team at like 32-50.

[CGD]

The problem is not just that these teams are ass, it's that none of them have any pressure not to tank. Only Atlanta.

Fair point. The wildcards are the Sixers and Nets tbh. Will the former make a run or shut it down? And, when Nets decide to tank will their good early start hurt them?

[Mugen]

The problem for the EC teams currently in the playoff picture is that it’s probably too late to tank. If teams below them see them dropping games, they’ll just tank harder. We may well see an EC playoff team at like 32-50.

Where there's a will, there's a way. We're not even 20 games into the season tbh.