Draft Atlanta Hawks Pick-Swap Watch Thread

[Arguendo]

Aside from how I dislike judging drafts before their players even take the field... there's an internal logic to this sort of statement that's missing. If NBA executives view next year's draft as poor and are trying to get rid of the picks... who are they getting rid of them to?

Feels like Brooklyn's happy to take any and all 1sts, regardless of quality

 

[100%Duncan]

Cavs @ Hawks
Pistons @ Hornets
Raptors @ Knicks
Magic @ Bulls
Suns @ Lakers (though lakers winning is potentially better for our playoff bracket)

What incentive do we have with a suns win tbh?

 

[spurraider21]

What incentive do we have with a suns win tbh?

want suns to finish with a better record than ATL for draft order purposes. ATL is currently 45-35 while Suns are 44-36

based on current records, Suns/Magic would flip a coin for picks 17/18 while Hawks/Raptors would flip a coin for picks 19/20

 

[100%Duncan]

want suns to finish with a better record than ATL for draft order purposes. ATL is currently 45-35 while Suns are 44-36

Damn i thought i was replying to the HCA thread

 

[spurraider21]

with all that said Hawks are currently up 13 early in the 3rd quarter

 

[spurraider21]

hawks up 30

rip

 

[scott]

Shit's over. We're picking #20.

 

[Uriel]

lol everything going wrong for us tonight

 

[ace3g]

 

[Ariel]

After today's results Atlanta is in the playoffs outright:

Pick	Team	Record	Schedule
20	Atlanta	46-35	Miami
18-19	Toronto	45-36	Brooklyn
18-19	Orlando	45-36	Boston

If Atlanta beats Miami in the final game we're picking #20, otherwise with a win Toronto or Orlando can catch them and a coin flip will decide. The good news is 1) Miami may have a reason to compete, since a win from them and a Charlotte loss would give them the 9th seed (thus HCA) in the first play-in game. 2) Toronto and Orlando must win to ensure they get into the playoffs outright; Toronto plays tanking Brooklyn (and they want to lose to try and catch Indiana) while Orlando plays Boston who are set at 2 so they may rest everybody. So at least there's a chance it's 18 or 19 I guess.

 

[frenchfred]

at least the pick won't cost us much in salary and we get a big it'll be hard to be worse than Byombo

 

[BacktoBasics]

I think they’ll kick this pick for a future pick down the road.

 

[Correct Crusader]

I think they’ll kick this pick for a future pick down the road.

idk this draft is pretty nuts

 

[rascal]

Pick went down the drain after the trade.

 

[BacktoBasics]

idk this draft is pretty nuts

I’d love to see us pick. Despite the suicide squad here I think we have a great record drafting.

Just seems we’re at the point where we’ll plug our holes with vets.

Our playoff rotation will be better next year than this year.

 

[Raven_]

Sad.

 

[mudyez]

I'm still going with the Chinese farmer tale. As fun as it would have been to get some lottery balls, we might as well get a nice player at #20 (and can't afford to keep Wemby, Castle, Harper and another mx anyway)...are they still running Tacco Bell commercials?

 

[spurraider21]

So right now this pick is #20

if they lose in the finale and ORL/TOR get wins, then it becomes coin flips to determine 18-20

But even at 20 we are moving up 9 spots which is of course a win and a good swap

 

[CGD]

20 and 35 are good picks to find bench depth. Had CB not show flashes like he had of late, I’d be a little bummed out, but it’s all gravy now.

 

[BatManu20]

Decent chance Cenac is there at 20. Unless a big fish somehow falls, that’s who I want tbh.

He’s a little raw and still a couple years away from contributing which makes sense for us given our rotation is already set. Don’t really need an immediate contributor right now, especially with CB looking like he’s officially part of the rotation.

He spends the next couple years developing and then takes over as backup Center in a couple years once Kornet’s contract is up. Bada Bing bada boom.

 

[BatManu20]

I think they’ll kick this pick for a future pick down the road.

Hope not tbh. Deepest draft in years. There’ll still be good players on the board at 20.

 

[scott]

Saw a stat the other day that 7 of the 10 worst college BPM players of the 2023 draft are out of the league or close to it (though there was a notable exception in Keynote George who has been great). Didn’t say how this went in other years.

There are some fan favorites in the bottom 10 BPM in this year’s draft including Ament, Yessoufou, Avdalas and Cenac. Maybe the brilliant @SpursBills could do his magic on this stat.

 

[DTW]

Cenac is an archetype they've long avoided, which is a combo or hybrid big who lacks wing ball skills for a PF and rim protection for a C.

I continue to think they'll stick with mostly playing big wings at PF and focus more so on true C's, for insurance, to free up Wembanyama to play slightly more PF and eventually replace Kornet.

 

[Mugen]

After the luck we had the last 3 years with Wemby, Castle, and Dylan, I don't want anybody complaining about lottery odds (or lackthereof) again for another two decades tbh. Or at least until the Mavs swap

 

[scott]

One thing to watch… SAC and UTA are currently tied for 4th, and I anticipate both will lose tomorrow (though the Lakers might try to out to tank them).

We are one coin flip away from Utah ending up 5th which would mean a 0.6% chance OKC gets another lotto pick……….