Hawks in the business of giving favors?

[Diesel]

The Thabo SNT is one thing.  It benefits OKC... OK.

 

However, didn't we do something before the deadline to help another team via trade?

 

My question is why are we helping these other teams if there's no reciprocity?

 

[MaceCase]

The Hawks are receiving money for each of these deals.

[PSSSHHHRRR87]

...and I thought this was going to be a Derrick Favors thread. lol

 

 

We did get cash considerations out of it, so basically that pays for John Salmons for the ASG.

[Vol4ever]

We are giving favors for cash.

I thought a Derrick Favors thread for a minute

[Sothron]

They did this deal with OKC to get money which was probably used on the Salmons buyout.

 

I actually think doing minor deals like this is just smart business. It gets the team a little bit of money to help reduce costs and it helps build Ferry's rep around the league as a nice guy willing to help other teams out. This is a win/win situation for all involved.

[DrReality]

I'd do it to grease my palm

[Admin]

They did this deal with OKC to get money which was probably used on the Salmons buyout.

 

I actually think doing minor deals like this is just smart business. It gets the team a little bit of money to help reduce costs and it helps build Ferry's rep around the league as a nice guy willing to help other teams out. This is a win/win situation for all involved.

 

Oh great someone has hacked @Sothron's account. Cause there's no way this can be you being so level headed about this type of move. 

 

Quick, remember the Trashers? 

[RWF]

The Hawks are receiving money for each of these deals.

 

That will put people in seats.

[Twinblade]

We are giving favors for cash.

I thought a Derrick Favors thread for a minute

So the hawks are prostitute?

[MaceCase]

That will put people in seats.

Have you considered that because people aren't in those seats that the Hawks have to resort to these alternative forms of income?

[RWF]

Have you considered that because people aren't in those seats that the Hawks have to resort to these alternative forms of income?

 

But why does it seem a forum of basketball fans are so excited for a move that doesn't improve the product on the court, but instead gives the ownership back money they lost by having the product they put out on the court to begin with? Then defend them when it is sarcastically played with on a forum out of frustration of said product?

 

Excuse me for being a sports fan that wants the treadmill team to change it's way, and don't support the conservative ways of roster building. I wonder why they lose money?

[MaceCase]

But why does it seem a forum of basketball fans are so excited for a move that doesn't improve the product on the court, but instead gives the ownership back money they lost by having the product they put out on the court to begin with? Then defend them when it is sarcastically played with on a forum out of frustration of said product?

 

Excuse me for being a sports fan that wants the treadmill team to change it's way, and don't support the conservative ways of roster building. I wonder why they lose money?

You seem to be of the mind that ownership somehow created Atlanta sports apathy and dug themselves into a hole on the basis of the moves that they made.....just last year.  This team has won in the past, friendo.....and no one showed up.  This team has sported athletes, highlite reel players, top 30, maybe even top 20 players......and no one showed up.  This is not some new development.

 

No one is excited about the move.....I honestly don't know how that gets made up.  Most reasonable headed posters see it as nothing but a routine run of the mill transaction not really worth the bother except for bookkeeping purposes and a historical footnote but.......then there are some.......individuals...... who by themselves and on their own and in a very tiresome and repetitive manner have managed to make more out of the move in an attempt to cast it in a negative light. 

 

Excuse me for not giving a shit to cry about every minutia.

[Guest]

I didn't see any reports on money sent to ATL, although it makes sense. Can someone point me in the direction of this report?

[Sothron]

Oh great someone has hacked @Sothron's account. Cause there's no way this can be you being so level headed about this type of move. 

 

Quick, remember the Trashers? 

 

Just because I can't stand the A$G doesn't mean I can't appreciate moves that are beneficial to the team.

[NBASupes]

I think we are the worst franchise in sports. 

[LamarHampton]

I didn't see any reports on money sent to ATL, although it makes sense. Can someone point me in the direction of this report?

It was in a tweet that someone posted in the Thabo thread a couple pages back i think. Said we did a snt with okc for thabo, they were giving us cash and the rights to some greek guy and we were giving them the rights to shortisantis (sp?). If i wasnt on my phone, i would actually dig it up for you.

[Guest]

Why the heck is favors with a capital F? Serious soap opera stuff. Smh.

[Guest]

It was in a tweet that someone posted in the Thabo thread a couple pages back i think. Said we did a snt with okc for thabo, they were giving us cash and the rights to some greek guy and we were giving them the rights to shortisantis (sp?). If i wasnt on my phone, i would actually dig it up for you.

Ah, thanks. I'm assuming the tweet didn't have the actual amount on it either. Well have to wait for Deeks to give us the update later.

[LamarHampton]

Ah, thanks. I'm assuming the tweet didn't have the actual amount on it either. Well have to wait for Deeks to give us the update later.

Nope, didnt say how much.

[Gianluca]

This...

 

http://www.peachtreehoops.com/2014/7/15/5903513/atlanta-hawks-oklahoma-city-thunder-thabo-sefolosha-trade

 

 

Thabo Sefolosha was signed and traded by the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Atlanta Hawks, the team officially announced early Tuesday evening.

That Thabo was going to be a Hawk was not surprising, and the fact that he came to the Hawks via sign and trade was one of the scenarios that HawksFanatic spelled out in his definitive cap discussion over the weekend.

 

The Hawks could have signed Sefolosha outright as HawksFanatic laid out, but they didn't and a question arising from the fanbase is, "why?"

 

Well, first, the Hawks got some moolah for their trouble, so that's nice. We're hoping it's enough to fund Peachtree Hoops Night 2: The Reckoning. Secondly, aside from the cash,there is benefit to providing an exception for others. You don't get favors in the league unless you give them. Create a reputation for being hard to deal with and you'll find less people dealing with you. Who knows, maybe the Hawks will want to make a deal at the trade deadline and they might need the Thunder and their trade exception to chime in for them. It's good business.

Also part of the trade were the two international players (taken from the team's press release)

 

 

Atlanta acquired the draft rights to Schortsanitis from the 

Los Angeles Clippers

 on July 30, 2012 in a sign-and-trade transaction for 

Willie Green

, after he was originally selected by the Clippers in the second round (34th overall) of the 2003 NBA Draft. He currently plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel.

 

Alright, here's a photo of Schortsanitis:

 

via cdn2.vox-cdn.com

(Hint: he's not #54)

 

 

Here's who the Hawks got the rights to (again, from Hawks press release):

 

 

Printezis was originally selected by the 

San Antonio Spurs

 in the second round (58th overall) of the 2007 NBA Draft. He currently plays for Olympiacos Piraeus in Greece.

So he was drafted by the Spurs, which is nice and as our own Patrick Laney (the RedRev) notes, hey!, he knows someone on the team already!

 

As Laney noted in another Tweet, he is also under contract until 2017, so, yeah. Oh, and he played with Acie Law. Synergy!

 

Sefolosha should come in and provide the needed boost to the threes and defense style the Hawks want their wings to play, and shores up the depth in that area sorely lacking from last year.

 

Last thing, Peachtree Hoops alumnus and current Hawks.com writer Robby Kalland put a couple of Sefoloshy posts out there that neatly summarizes how Thabo fits the team and what they like about him. Check them out. Now.

Edited July 16, 2014 by Gianluca