"Nothing Was The Same" The OFFICIAL 2013-2014 Atlanta Hawks Season Thread

[CantStop]

how about you spend that money and buy some fans to fill up the seats

 

[JBoy]

how would Deng fit in down here?

 

[Motife43]

I'm all for Deng

 

[Motife43]

how would Deng fit in down here?

Upgrade at the 3 over Carroll, plus moving Carroll to the bench is a plus. I've read some fans want Ariza over Deng, both of them are the same age and came in the league in 2004. Throw Deng 11-12 million for 2 yrs

 

[Steezy]

I like Deng.. this is the most offensive firepower he'll ever be around and defensively it'll be I'd rather have parsons though.. better from 3 and younger

 

[AVXL]

The Hawks will pursue unrestricted free agent Luol Deng, according to a person familar with the situation.

Teams can not negotiate with free agents until July 1. Expect the Hawks to make a hard push to add the small forward.

The Hawks cleared salary cap space Sunday night by agreeing to trade Lou Williams and the rights to first-round draft pick Lucas Nogueira to the Raptors for John Salmons, who will be waived upon the completion of the deal Monday. With the move the Hawks have more than $15 million to spend in free agency but it is not certain that the team will use it all to sign Deng.

It's no secret that the Hawks are in need of another small forward/wing defender. Deng (6-foot-8, 220 pounds) would fit such a need on both ends of the court. The 28-year-old has played 10 NBA seasons, the first nine with the Bulls. He was traded to the Cavaliers in the middle of last season. He averaged 16.0 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists for the two teams last year. His career numbers are a similar 16.0 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists.

Deng also fits the Hawks off-court model. Deng was given the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award by the Professional Basketball Writers Association for outstanding community service last season. He was honored for his philanthropic work in his native South Sudan.

 

[The ADD]

how about you spend that money and buy some fans to fill up the seats

How about you catch this neg

 

[#1 pick]

Hawks brehs emergency meeting NOW



From woj

Deng is being mentioned as a strong possibility here and for those if y'all who ain't know we traded Sweet Lou & Bebe (our Brasilian prospect from last yr's draft) to TOR for John Salmons (who we will waive).

We got almost $20 milly in cap space

Who should we get?

@charmander @#1 pick @steezy @FreshFromATL @Rickdogg44 @Motife43 @King Biko

It's probably Deng

 

[#1 pick]

I been hearing folks talk about gortat I think that would be a good fit and would let horford go back to pf

Besides that we could use another sg I guess

I want Gortat but it's likely Deng.

 

[Sly Cookin]

Monroe and gasol have also been linked to us.

I also just saw that we extended the buyout deadline so we might save salmons as tradefiller to acquire someone in a trade

 

[Stone]

Quick question for my more knowledgeable BBall heads: Does Horford REALLY need to go to PF? To me it seems as though he has an advantage over most other centers due to him being quicker and it's not like he gets bullied.There's so few true centers(let alone good ones) that it seems like more of a luxury.

 

[Sly Cookin]

Quick question for my more knowledgeable BBall heads: Does Horford REALLY need to go to PF? To me it seems as though he has an advantage over most other centers due to him being quicker and it's not like he gets bullied.There's so few true centers(let alone good ones) that it seems like more of a luxury.

Same way I feel breh. Bringing in a guy like asik and putting millsap on the bench so horford can play the 4 never sounded like a good idea to me. Situational maybe, but I would prefer for the most talent to be on the floor and thats millsap/horf at the 4/5.

Horford can be effective at either position so if we were to get a legit center, millsap would need to get flipped for a swingman.

I would like gasol, gortat, or monroe if we were going to slide him to the 4 tho. Im excited to see what payne brings defensively with Al tbh

 

[Alexander The Great]

I think the Hawks gonna be a top 4 team in the East next season brehs

Horford
Milsap
Deng
?
Teague

 

[Rickdogg44]

I want Gortat but it's likely Deng.

This! I think Deng's best years are behind him.

 

[Anbesa]

idk brehs, how often has a Ferry move been known before its happens. The more and more its reported that we're interested in Deng, the less I tend to believe it. Saying that, I'm not a huge fan of getting him, would rather have Parsons if we're going this route. But I honestly don't see any FA move that would get us over the hump (besides obviously Lebron or Melo). Anyone we sign with the 15 mil in cap would probably get us top 4 in the east, idk about much further.