Flight Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Honestly, there's not really any prospect I'd be mad at us taking. I'd be less excited for some but looking at how close everyone is as far as strengths and weaknesses, there's not a lot of ways we could mess this one up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTB Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 36 minutes ago, Flight said: Honestly, there's not really any prospect I'd be mad at us taking. I'd be less excited for some but looking at how close everyone is as far as strengths and weaknesses, there's not a lot of ways we could mess this one up. We need to go offense for once. Hawks never seem to take the gifted offensive prospect when we pick high in the draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 17 minutes ago, JTB said: We need to go offense for once. Hawks never seem to take the gifted offensive prospect when we pick high in the draft. I think we don't usually go offense because that's usually where the unsafe picks are. We aren't the best with taking risks lol Our nature is just high floor safe players. Going offense would mean one of: Bagley, Porter, Doncic, Young. I'd love any of them but there are PLENTY that would feel uneasy about really everyone but Doncic smh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurpilo Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 The choice should be clear, 6’11”PFwith superb athleticism and great offesnive talent, Kings are even considering Bagley at 2, if he is not available we should get Doncic but we will select a lower ceiling player because he can defend today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTB Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 28 minutes ago, Flight said: I think we don't usually go offense because that's usually where the unsafe picks are. We aren't the best with taking risks lol Our nature is just high floor safe players. Going offense would mean one of: Bagley, Porter, Doncic, Young. I'd love any of them but there are PLENTY that would feel uneasy about really everyone but Doncic smh. Completely understand...we’re Atlanta where top free agents already ignore...no need to go after players who aren’t the sure things right? smart I admit but it hasn’t helped us not taking risk. I say go after that offensive scoring weapon this draft and if we miss on the pick at least it’s at the beginning of this rebuild still is how I look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameTime Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 If we can get one of these five I'll be good: 1. Doncic 2. Ayton 3. Bagley 4. Young 5. Porter We need an alpha dog in Atlanta. I'm tired of unproven "nice guy" projects with tons of potential. We had that with Marvin. All these players (other than Porter) have dominated in college/euro league. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleachkit Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 4 minutes ago, GameTime said: If we can get one of these five I'll be good: 1. Doncic 2. Ayton 3. Bagley 4. Young 5. Porter We need an alpha dog in Atlanta. I'm tired of unproven "nice guy" projects with tons of potential. We had that with Marvin. All these players (other than Porter) have dominated in college/euro league. I want Ayton, Doncic or Bagley. Young and Porter have upside, but too many question marks. JJJ or Bamba also on my radar, but I think 3 is too high for either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurpilo Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 hace 5 minutos, JTB dijo: Completely understand...we’re Atlanta where top free agents already ignore...no need to go after players who aren’t the sure things right? smart I admit but it hasn’t helped us not taking risk. I say go after that offensive scoring weapon this draft and if we miss on the pick at least it’s at the beginning of this rebuild still is how I look at it. When you are on a strong draft like this one and you have the third pick you must go with the higher ceiling player, specially when you don’t have a single star on your roster, is a MUST, you just not select a good player because is better fit to your 19th pick last year.... that is Sooooo wrong. We just need to select what you hope is the next face of the franchise, your new star. That is Bagley or Doncic, I could even buy on Porter but definately not Jackson. I am beginning to get pissed off with all the talk about JJJ, I am beginning to think is not a smoke screen and we are going to draft him and I am going to really get mad about it, this is reminding me th Marvin vs Paul 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameTime Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Just now, bleachkit said: I want Ayton, Doncic or Bagley. Young and Porter have upside, but too many question marks. JJJ or Bamba also on my radar, but I think 3 is too high for either. Porter definitely has questions marks, but Young is legit. He is an elite PnR guard and Collins is an elite PnR big. Them together can be something special. Even if he is Seth Curry with elite passing skills, that is an all-star in this league. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameTime Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, gurpilo said: When you are on a strong draft like this one and you have the third pick you must go with the higher ceiling player, specially when you don’t have a single star on your roster, is a MUST, you just not select a good player because is better fit to your 19th pick last year.... that is Sooooo wrong. We just need to select what you hope is the next face of the franchise, your new star. That is Bagley or Doncic, I could even buy on Porter but definately not Jackson. I am beginning to get pissed off with all the talk about JJJ, I am beginning to think is not a smoke screen and we are going to draft him and I am going to really get mad about it, this is reminding me th Marvin vs Paul Like I said we need an alpha dog. There are 4 bonafide ones (Maybe Porter is the 5th) in this draft. JJJ is a nice guy and even plays like one. I think he can be an elite role player and a team like Cavs with LeBron would be perfect for him. But not here where he would have to be "The Man" in Atlanta. We made that mistake with Marvin (who is a very good role player to this day). Can't do it again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzard Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 32 minutes ago, bleachkit said: I want Ayton, Doncic or Bagley. Young and Porter have upside, but too many question marks. JJJ or Bamba also on my radar, but I think 3 is too high for either. Scratch Young for me with the 3rd pick. I am starting to come around to Supes opinion on Sexton being better in the NBA. Even so, I only want Ayton, Doncic, Bagley, or Porter with our 3rd pick. If we don't get this draft right, it could be another two to three years in the lottery. If we do, in two years all our cap space will be needed to chase some good free agents. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member JayBirdHawk Posted May 24, 2018 Premium Member Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 7 hours ago, capstone21 said: if you want a Bamba ... don't waste 3 on him (he is a complete unknown which scares me and I think has the least potential of all the top 6-8 guys ranked in the first round) ... just sign Noel to a semi-reasonable contract. He is young and does the same thing as Bamba. That way we use 3 on a guy who will bring more to the table Or we can bring Alpha Kabba from overseas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin capstone21 Posted May 24, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 14 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said: Or we can bring Alpha Kabba from overseas Sure why not ? This is the season to do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin capstone21 Posted May 24, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 I would be extremely disappointed if we draft Young .... he is the last guy I want us to take ... I just think he will be overmatched in the nba ... he is small with short arms, terrible defender, not very athletic and he was kind of a chucker in college. His assists are like Westbrook... not so much getting teammates involved but passing out instead of a drive or chuck ... he is a bench guy in this league and I would rather Sexton or the Kentucky point guard if we are going that route 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EazyRoc Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 56 minutes ago, capstone21 said: I would be extremely disappointed if we draft Young .... he is the last guy I want us to take ... I just think he will be overmatched in the nba ... he is small with short arms, terrible defender, not very athletic and he was kind of a chucker in college. His assists are like Westbrook... not so much getting teammates involved but passing out instead of a drive or chuck ... he is a bench guy in this league and I would rather Sexton or the Kentucky point guard if we are going that route He is small with short arms, terrible defender, and not very athletic. The rest of what you said just isn’t true. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Jack Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 As for the JJJ thing, I generally fall in line with what here feel. That said, the rush to tar him with a Marvin compro seems kinda cruel saying nothing that Marvin is still lacing them up. I mostly want to know who we can pick at 3 who would be Sheldenesqe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Sothron Posted May 25, 2018 Premium Member Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Young has the highest bust potential out of all of these names. I just don't see him doing anything in the NBA in terms of being drafted in the top 3. When he matched up with better athletes at college he was exposed. I would take him at #19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleachkit Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Get the guy that can play! Don't worry about fit. We are basically starting a team from scratch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcleitsy Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 JJJ and Young scream bust to me. And those seem to be the two most prevalent rumors so far. It's gonna be a long month til the draft.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleachkit Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 6 minutes ago, Sothron said: Young has the highest bust potential out of all of these names. I just don't see him doing anything in the NBA in terms of being drafted in the top 3. When he matched up with better athletes at college he was exposed. I would take him at #19. He reminds me of another overhyped guard, Shabazz Napier out of UCONN, who hasn't don't jack in the NBA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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