Draft Atlanta Hawks Pick-Swap Watch Thread

Will the 2026 Hawks Swap Convey?

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BatManu20 said:
That could work too honestly. Trade JJ instead of Porzingis and then re-sign him this offseason.

PG: Trae
SG: Daniels
G/F: NAW
F: Giannis
C: Porzingis

Bench
Okongwu
Kennard
Krejci
Gueye
Newell

Spacing wouldn't be great with DD and they'd need better depth off the bench, but they'd have a shot in the wide open East. I'd pull the trigger on this in a heartbeat if I'm ATL.
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Would be hilarious if ATL (currently a .591 team) trades for Giannis, extends Trae, and somehow becomes worse, saving our 2026 Swap and 27 pick from where it looks like they are headed (the early 20s)
 
If you trade for Giannis you need a floor spacing C. So the Hawks should try to keep Porzingis as the Knicks should try to keep KAT, even though that would make their salary cap even more tricky.
 
LeBowen said:
Bucks hang up if Johnson isn't included.
And I actually think Hawks should trade him to save a couple of picks because he won't stay healthy.
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OUT tonight with (surprise!) calf tightness. Wonder how long he sits out with it.
 
Turns out JJ is the needle mover for the Hawks. We saw that last year when he was out even with Trae healthy. Spurs were lucky to get the 14th pick last year if JJ was healthy it’s probably pick 20.
 
Giannis to the Hawks would suck for our pick...

Atlanta is starting to look like one of the best landing spots for him though. Would keep him in the east and Bucks would get a little of everything a team blowing up would want trading to the Hawks. A star in his prime Trae Young, a very young former #1 pick in Risachar and a very good unprotected (possibly #1) draft pick with the Pelicans pick in a deep draft. Its like an instant rebuild for the Bucks.
 
Great, the Hawks are not the team I want him going to as long as the Spurs still have their picks. I wonder, if Porzingis is traded in that scenario, could he be bought out? Would the Spurs try and sign him if he's bought out?
 
I've mentally cut bait on Hawks' picks. They'll slot about 16-22 and we'll have no choice but to like it - unless they get converted into something else in a trade.
 
Guru of Nothing said:
I've mentally cut bait on Hawks' picks. They'll slot about 16-22 and we'll have no choice but to like it - unless they get converted into something else in a trade.
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Yeah, I'm going to have to let it go too. Should have tried to use them in a Lauri trade a while ago, or even a draft/offseason trade during the past draft.
 
Even if the picks end up mid teens to mid-20s, I'm kind of excited to see what the Spurs front office does with it if they elect to use them. I think NIL is really going to change the draft game where the guys coming out in this range will be older, have developed more, and might be ready to contribute earlier. Or even if they're young, they're not raw 1 and done theoretical players. If you gave the current Spurs the 20th pick of the 2022 NBA draft, they're probably not taking Branham, they'd more likely take a guy like Braun, Walker Kessler, or Jovic.

Also, since the Spurs have their core set, it should be easier to draft limited contributors that can fit a specific niche rather than swinging on potential hoping to get a centerpiece. Also, if they're older, you're getting them on a cost-controlled contract closer to their physical prime and don't wait to have to wait as long on development. Looking at Tankathon's 14-25, there are plenty of names on that list I like (Yaxel, Quaintance, Ngongba, Steinbach, Cam Carr) and scare me way less at that draft spot than trying to swing on dudes like Ament, Koa Peat, or Mikel Brown top 5 without a set core.
 
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SpursBills said:
Even if the picks end up mid teens to mid-20s, I'm kind of excited to see what the Spurs front office does with it if they elect to use them. I think NIL is really going to change the draft game where the guys coming out in this range will be older, have developed more, and might be ready to contribute earlier. Or even if they're young, they're not raw 1 and done theoretical players. If you gave the current Spurs the 20th pick of the 2022 NBA draft, they're probably not taking Branham, they'd more likely take a guy like Braun, Walker Kessler, or Jovic.

Also, since the Spurs have their core set, it should be easier to draft limited contributors that can fit a specific niche rather than swinging on potential hoping to get a centerpiece. Also, if they're older, you're getting them on a cost-controlled contract closer to their physical prime and don't wait to have to wait as long on development. Looking at Tankathon's 14-25, there are plenty of names on that list I like (Yaxel, Quaintance, Ngongba, Steinbach, Cam Carr) and scare me way less at that draft spot than trying to swing on dudes like Ament, Koa Peat, or Mikel Brown top 5 without a set core.
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Give me pick #29 every year and I'm happy (now that we have pick #1, #4 and #2 in the bag). The Spurs do wonders with that pick!
 
Guru of Nothing said:
You sure about that?
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Why not? That just means we have the second best record in the league, but we can still win the title and end up #29.

Here is all our #29s. Almost all winners!

Keldon
Derrick
Dejounte
Cory Joseph
Leon Smith (traded for Goran Giricek lol)
Cory Alexander
 
scott said:
Why not? That just means we have the second best record in the league, but we can still win the title and end up #29.

Here is all our #29s. Almost all winners!

Keldon
Derrick
Dejounte
Cory Joseph
Leon Smith (traded for Goran Giricek lol)
Cory Alexander
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I'm rusty on the finer points of the NBA. I gather the loser of the NBA chapionship series does not net the 29th pick (before all the switcheroos are calculated).
 
Guru of Nothing said:
I'm rusty on the finer points of the NBA. I gather the loser of the NBA chapionship series does not net the 29th pick (before all the switcheroos are calculated).
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NBA draft order goes exclusively regular season record. In the years after our titles we have picked:

29 (1999)
28 (2003)
28 (2005)
28 (2007)
30 (2014)

28 has also been a very good pick to us, netting us Tony Parker and Tiago Splitter (but also Beno, Ian Mahinmi and Livio Jean-Charles)
 
SpursBills said:
Even if the picks end up mid teens to mid-20s, I'm kind of excited to see what the Spurs front office does with it if they elect to use them. I think NIL is really going to change the draft game where the guys coming out in this range will be older, have developed more, and might be ready to contribute earlier. Or even if they're young, they're not raw 1 and done theoretical players. If you gave the current Spurs the 20th pick of the 2022 NBA draft, they're probably not taking Branham, they'd more likely take a guy like Braun, Walker Kessler, or Jovic.

Also, since the Spurs have their core set, it should be easier to draft limited contributors that can fit a specific niche rather than swinging on potential hoping to get a centerpiece. Also, if they're older, you're getting them on a cost-controlled contract closer to their physical prime and don't wait to have to wait as long on development. Looking at Tankathon's 14-25, there are plenty of names on that list I like (Yaxel, Quaintance, Ngongba, Steinbach, Cam Carr) and scare me way less at that draft spot than trying to swing on dudes like Ament, Koa Peat, or Mikel Brown top 5 without a set core.
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Good stuff. The Spurs were justified in swinging for the fences while building the core, now it's better to use mid to late firsts on higher floor players now that the core is in place.
 
SpursBills said:
Even if the picks end up mid teens to mid-20s, I'm kind of excited to see what the Spurs front office does with it if they elect to use them. I think NIL is really going to change the draft game where the guys coming out in this range will be older, have developed more, and might be ready to contribute earlier. Or even if they're young, they're not raw 1 and done theoretical players. If you gave the current Spurs the 20th pick of the 2022 NBA draft, they're probably not taking Branham, they'd more likely take a guy like Braun, Walker Kessler, or Jovic.

Also, since the Spurs have their core set, it should be easier to draft limited contributors that can fit a specific niche rather than swinging on potential hoping to get a centerpiece. Also, if they're older, you're getting them on a cost-controlled contract closer to their physical prime and don't wait to have to wait as long on development. Looking at Tankathon's 14-25, there are plenty of names on that list I like (Yaxel, Quaintance, Ngongba, Steinbach, Cam Carr) and scare me way less at that draft spot than trying to swing on dudes like Ament, Koa Peat, or Mikel Brown top 5 without a set core.
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Never thought of it that way. Awesome post. I guess I've been looking at top picks the past 5 or so years, I've forgotten what it's like to be a winning team and that you don't need to go for high potential players. There might be better players available there too than in years past due to the NIL money players are getting. That could be an interesting development going forward in regard to the draft.
 
mo7888 said:
They are now 9th in the east...
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The EC isn't completely terrible. Some true bottom feeders but everyone above Hawks are pretty good. Milwaukee, Chicago, Cleveland, and Phila might battle them out for the play-in spots. With Giannis possibly moved, the Bucks may drop out. Cleveland feels like they should be better. Chicago seems pretty good but then their record hasn't been great.

I imagine Atlanta farts around this same general area throughout the year. If the Pacers weren't awful they could truly push Hawks into the lottery.
 
bozhemoi said:
The EC isn't completely terrible. Some true bottom feeders but everyone above Hawks are pretty good. Milwaukee, Chicago, Cleveland, and Phila might battle them out for the play-in spots. With Giannis possibly moved, the Bucks may drop out. Cleveland feels like they should be better. Chicago seems pretty good but then their record hasn't been great.

I imagine Atlanta farts around this same general area throughout the year. If the Pacers weren't awful they could truly push Hawks into the lottery.
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Milwaukee is currently behind Atl andChicagofeels kinda lost to me.... I had Atl pegged finishing between 7 and 11 this year, with 9 being my best guess.... I'm feeling pretty good about my prediction as of now...
 
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