Draft Atlanta Hawks Pick-Swap Watch Thread

Will the 2026 Hawks Swap Convey?

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LeBowen said:
They'll still end up in the play-in because the East is that bad.
Maybe it's just me not being a gambler, I don't like pushing our chances when we've had so much lottery luck over the past years.

I guess it comes down to if you think Risacher is worth trading down 15ish spots in the draft.
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He’s not, IMO, and I don’t think ATL will make the play in barring a major trade
 
BatManu20 said:
I could see ATL having interest in LaVine once they move Trae tbh. Either way, I do think this will end up being a multi-team deal.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2006106968872632354
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the Bucks want LaVine and Sacramento might be the only FO dumb enough to want Trae Young
LeBowen said:
Yeah, they're never getting that much.

I think we should call the Hawks about Risacher.

I'd offer Sochan and both teams getting their picks back.
Give them back their swap and next year's pick, with us getting our '27 pick back.

I know it looks like an overpay right now, but last year we kept talking about those picks as if they were pure gold, but Hawks are an Eastern team that's looking to compete which means we can get a top10 pick from them only with blind luck.
If they trade for AD, no matter how injury prone, they're not giving us a top10 pick.
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I'd rather have Lendeborg or Steinbach than Risacher tbh
 
RC_Drunkford said:
the Bucks want LaVine and Sacramento might be the only FO dumb enough to want Trae Young

I'd rather have Lendeborg or Steinbach than Risacher tbh
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It would be a bad trade for the Kings, they don't get any picks while taking on Trae.
 
I can just picture Vivek rn harassing Scott Perry demanding Trae Young because it’s a chance to add another 25 point scorer 😂😂
 
If they hit that worst case, and by your use of ‘still’ acknowledges the possibility, they will drop behind Milwaukee with Giannis back, into 11th, and out off the play in. Even if they make it, they’re fake news. They finished 8th last year,lost the 7/8 game, then lost to #10 Miami. That game gave us #14, and deprived OKC of a lottery shot.
LeBowen said:
They'll still end up in the play-in because the East is that bad.
Maybe it's just me not being a gambler, I don't like pushing our chances when we've had so much lottery luck over the past years.

I guess it comes down to if you think Risacher is worth trading down 15ish spots in the draft.
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Good god ATL, please please please trade for AD. That's our best bet to get good picks from ATL this yr and next. They play .550ish ball the 1/2 games he's on the court and .250 the 1/2 he's not, give us a top10 pick both yrs. Make it so!
 
Exstatic said:
If they hit that worst case, and by your use of ‘still’ acknowledges the possibility, they will drop behind Milwaukee with Giannis back, into 11th, and out off the play in. Even if they make it, they’re fake news. They finished 8th last year,lost the 7/8 game, then lost to #10 Miami. That game gave us #14, and deprived OKC of a lottery shot.
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Also the East isn't that bad now, much better than predicted. Wiz are the Wiz and Pacers have been playing a G-league roster all season + Siakam. Those are the only two eastern teams they are clearly better than today and once McConnell and Sheppard get back I'm not sure the Hawks are actually better.
BKN might actually have something cooking on D + all their young dudes growing. Next yr, Pacers will be back, Boston will rack up wins, Nets and Cha could easily look clearly better than them. Jalen took his step up, Brandon Miller and Kon haven't yet, Sion/Kalk/Diabate look like real dudes, Salaun has been very efficient in limited minutes. Either lottery luck or just trick someone into buying Bridges (fools gold imo) for value, jettison LaMelo just unfixable (all the talent/tools but unfixable shooting instincts-just gotta shoot that pullup 3 with 19 secs on the shot clock, perfect for a Hawks/Kings type threadmill team though) they'll have something cooking.
 
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via Hoopshype

"I don't even know if anybody's even debating this thing anymore. So, I asked somebody in the NBA — we’ll do this every week on this — I said: ‘Just give me a kind of breakdown of the Trae Young trade market.’" “It’s hard to think of a team that’s trying to win this season that Trae would help, especially once you factor in what that team would be losing from the players they would have to send back as matching salary. He doesn’t defend. He doesn’t rebound. Guys hate playing with him.”
 
The NBA has gone hard away from the Trae Young type. The small shooters. Seems to be a correction going to try for better defenses. Colin Sexton, Garland, Trae Young, won't have much of a market. Young may have less than anybody because he requires the ball in his hands.
 
spurraider21 said:
eh. just means its whisper season and hawks dont want to let it be known that they are just trying to dump risacher.
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Maybe. Asa Newell, Porzingis, Kennard, and FRP(s) seems like a relatively cheap price to pay for AD tbh, even if he is older and injury prone. Unless those picks are unprotected and a few years down the line. That's why I think it'll be a multi-team deal though. Makes more sense that way imo.
 
Yeah, I was just thinking it's crazy to bail on Risacher so early.
 
Corso said:
Yeah, I was just thinking it's crazy to bail on Risacher so early.
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Agreed. But Asa Newell being the main piece on a trade doesn't make sense either unless they're getting significant draft capital in return or it's a multi-team deal with other players or assets going to Dallas.
 
BatManu20 said:
Maybe. Asa Newell, Porzingis, Kennard, and FRP(s) seems like a relatively cheap price to pay for AD tbh, even if he is older and injury prone. Unless those picks are unprotected and a few years down the line. That's why I think it'll be a multi-team deal though. Makes more sense that way imo.
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It could be I'm just an AD hater, but this still seems like a high price to pay for a guy who's played 65 games once in the last 8 seasons.
 
scott said:
It could be I'm just an AD hater, but this still seems like a high price to pay for a guy who's played 65 games once in the last 8 seasons.
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AD is a theoretical player at this point.

His 23-24 season was healthy with 76 games, other than that he's never fully healthy and available when it matters.
24-25: 51 game.
22-23: 56
21-22: 40
20-21: 36

And 16/34 so far this season.
275/434 games played since the start of 20-21 season, 63%.
And it's only getting worse with him about to turn 33.
One more serious injury and you've got almost $120M dead money on the books over the next few years.

I'd understand if let's say the Bucks are making a desperation move knowing it's all going to fall apart, anyway.
But Hawks have absolutely no reason to do this.
They have Johnson, NAW, Okongwu and even Risacher could be a solid role player.
They got lucky with Dumars being an idiot and are likely to get a top5 pick this season while getting $75M Trae and Porzingis earn off the books.
A really good position to do a quick rebuild and compete in the weak East.
You don't fuck that up by trading for AD who doesn't fit the timeline even when healthy.
 
Hawks up 9 early in the 2nd against MIN in a classic "is there a way for both of them to lose?" game.
 
scott said:
Hawks up 9 early in the 2nd against MIN in a classic "is there a way for both of them to lose?" game.
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I want them to win because I don't want Timberwolves to catch up with us.
Them winning with Trae would just accelerate a dumb AD trade which would be good for us.

+17 now.
 
scott said:
It could be I'm just an AD hater, but this still seems like a high price to pay for a guy who's played 65 games once in the last 8 seasons.
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That's fair. The health thing is obv the big question mark with him, but he's still a top-25 player when healthy. That's what makes his price tag more difficult to predict though. Still has 2 more years left on his deal, but he'll be 33 in a couple months which also factors in. I'm interested to see what the package ends up being.
 
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