2023-24 Insider Information Thread

[Sothron]

8 minutes ago, JTB said:

Soth got me googling differences between shocked and surprised …..loll

you guys honestly have no idea how much our sources are putting the squeeze on us. They check these boards. If I say something that I've been told to keep quiet I lose that access. I wish I could tell you guys and lady all the juicy bits but I can't. 

 

There's a lot and I mean A LOT of different directions this franchise can go and all of those options are very, very much on the table. 

[KB21]

Trade Trae and get ready for a very long process of rebuilding.  There isn’t a deal available for Trae that either makes us better now or gives us the capital to adequately replace him.  Whatever team Trae is traded to will not be in the lottery anytime soon.  The Hawks do not have control over their own picks for the next three drafts.  No matter who they take at #1, it’s not a player who is of Trae’s caliber.  

[Hawkish]

1 hour ago, Spud2nique said:

Jake Weinbach needs hits. That’s what that means. Trae stays.

He wants you to whine back.  He needs you to…

1 hour ago, Spud2nique said:

Jake Weinbach needs hits. That’s what that means. Trae stays.

He wants you to whine back.  He needs you to…

[tyjcdh112012]

33 minutes ago, Sothron said:

you guys honestly have no idea how much our sources are putting the squeeze on us. They check these boards. If I say something that I've been told to keep quiet I lose that access. I wish I could tell you guys and lady all the juicy bits but I can't. 

 

There's a lot and I mean A LOT of different directions this franchise can go and all of those options are very, very much on the table. 

Can you reveal it some day in the future  ? 

[NekiEcko]

13 minutes ago, Hawkish said:

He wants you to whine back.  He needs you to…

He wants you to whine back.  He needs you to…

I actually left him with a Daily Reminder on that

[NekiEcko]

46 minutes ago, Sothron said:

you guys honestly have no idea how much our sources are putting the squeeze on us. They check these boards. If I say something that I've been told to keep quiet I lose that access. I wish I could tell you guys and lady all the juicy bits but I can't. 

 

There's a lot and I mean A LOT of different directions this franchise can go and all of those options are very, very much on the table. 

If you see something message like that, something big is about to happen (or nothingburger).  But you have to spill to us one day.

 

[kg01]

1 hour ago, Sothron said:

I've went from being shocked if Trae got traded this summer to surprised if he got traded this summer. I can't say more than that. 

You been reading my posts from 2025?

Yeah, me neither. 

[theheroatl]

3 hours ago, Dean Walker said:

supes and other insiders is this true?????!!!!

What a big fat clickbaity post

[Spud2nique]

3 hours ago, Sothron said:

I've went from being shocked if Trae got traded this summer to surprised if he got traded this summer.

[Spud2nique]

5 hours ago, bleachkit said:

It's looking more and more like Clingon or Risacher is going to be the pick if we stay at #1.

Uh huh. And you know this how? []

[Spud2nique]

3 hours ago, Sothron said:

putting the squeeze on us.

[Mikey]

10 hours ago, Sothron said:

I've went from being shocked if Trae got traded this summer to surprised if he got traded this summer. I can't say more than that. 

No clue what this means but dont think he will be getting traded this summer. Market is poor and he is on board with the plan

[KB21]

Drop coverage defense

[NBASupes]

Trae is not getting traded but at the same time, he's not untouchable either. He's just not getting traded. 

[marco102]

This draft can't be over with quick enough.  I'm emotionally exhausted with all these "reports"...most are just smoke screens until we get to the day before the draft. 

[Gray Mule]

With all the different posts and all their different ideas about what may happen this summer, why would any of us be surprised that the Atlanta front office is hearing the same thing and are having the same ideas discussed?

One of the biggest things that will come out of all this is how all the other NBA teams feel about any deal that can be made with the Hawks.  It takes two to tango!  One-sided trade ideas are just that, one-sided.  However, this leads to a counter-offer and from there to a real trade deal may come.  

When more than one NBA team wants what you have, then the wheels begin to turn faster.  One team or the other then may come up with a new idea to sweeten the deal.  Maybe a future 1st or 2nd round draft pick.  Hawks could be interested.

[Mikey]

40 minutes ago, KB21 said:

Drop coverage defense

Yup not like the cetlics, t wolves, mavs, nuggets last year all didnt go far running it. Nonsense agenda pushing <<<<<

[KB21]

2 minutes ago, Mikey said:

Yup not like the cetlics, t wolves, mavs, nuggets last year all didnt go far running it. Nonsense agenda pushing <<<<<

Of those teams, only Minnesota is close to being exclusively drop coverage.  Boston very clearly isn't.  They blitz.  They hedge.  They show.  Dallas hedges a lot.  Denver does more hedging than drop because Jokic isn't a great rim protector and has a good feel for getting into passing lanes.  

As Sam Vecenie said in the podcast, ground coverage defensively is the most important aspect, particularly in the playoffs against teams running 5 out offenses.  

[JayBirdHawk]

It seems a lot of this is being driven from the San Antonio side. Not only are we trading Trae but also the #1 pick.

So several things to wrap your head around if you aren't as mentality exhausted as @marco102

1. In a draft with no identifiable 'star' we are trading the only one we have for picks back

2. Trading Trae to rebuild since we got the #1 pick and again in a draft that has no identifiable 'star' but yet we want to also trade said #1 pick.

3. I've actually seen someone propose using the #1 pick to dump Trae's undesirable contract.

I can keep going, but why.

[JayBirdHawk]

56 minutes ago, KB21 said:

Drop coverage defense

This made me spit out my coffee..... I can't stop laughing.