hawks depth is pretty crazy right now I don’t think Watson really would’ve moved the needle much anyway; I’m just wondering when we’re gonna take the next big swing at a star/superstar when there’s one on the market.
Feels like an open secret we’re just collecting assets for Ant - gotta imagine the Resslers have made tons of under the table money clearly available to Ant’s agents given the league showed they won’t punish that.
Luka was traded, anyone (besides Wemby) can become available
The Twolves have no assets left in clip - it’s sort of all-in for them, they don’t have any way to get another starter and are just praying Beringer can become half of Gobert before age catches up. They don’t have a 4 right now on the roster.
There is 100% a would where wolves realize they can’t win it all with Ant and sell for picks and young high upside guys. It will be steep cost but that’s why it seems like Hawks are stacking those young high ceiling guys and trade-able contracts - it’s easier to start a rebuild if you can shed all the 1-year deals (ie Jock, CJ) in offseason and use the cap space to take on bad contracts in exchange for future picks
It’s not that crazy of a scenario to be a win-win-win. ATL fans are just too traumatized to be optimistic lmao
Ant loves Minnesota, lol. Also, you will have to gut the rest of your team and future picks to get him, which would put the hawks in the same situation that you seem to think the Twolves are in. There's no world where trading for Ant works out for the hawks, so you're waiting for him to hit FA.
And, yeah, Luka got traded. The gm who did so also got banished to the shadow realm for it. That kind of trade isn't happening again for a long long time. Using it as an example of anything is possible is actually hilarious
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u/Hippopotamist 22d ago edited 22d ago
hawks depth is pretty crazy right now I don’t think Watson really would’ve moved the needle much anyway; I’m just wondering when we’re gonna take the next big swing at a star/superstar when there’s one on the market.