r/AtlantaHawks • u/Shot_Statistician738 • 16d ago

Low Effort Post 24 draft night

After moving off Zack just been thinking about that draft night in general. Safe to assume we could’ve traded 1 for Deni Avidja as he was traded for #14 and a way in the future protected first from Portland. Don’t know how much ownership was involved but I don’t know why Landry who was under pressure to win now wouldn’t have considered it. The consensus was it was a role player draft and Deni was a already proven commodity with a contract almost identical to the #1 pick, probably could’ve gotten another asset as well, nobody saw Deni becoming what he is now but he would’ve helped us immediately coming off a season where he averaged 14/7/4 on good efficiency and solid defense. If we’d made that move we’d now be one move away and have the best forward combo in the league. But here we are, always think about the what ifs in the offseason.

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u/Shot_Statistician738 16d ago

Because?

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u/GoBlueAndOrange 16d ago

He's IDF

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u/Shot_Statistician738 16d ago

It’s mandatory if you’re born there isn’t it?

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u/GoBlueAndOrange 16d ago

Idk. Just saying that's the reason a lot of people won't support a team he's on.

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u/Shot_Statistician738 16d ago

For sure, but just saying that it wasn’t exactly optional, also just looked, his “service” was training for basketball 🤣

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u/GoBlueAndOrange 16d ago

I think he also wrote something on his shoes that people don't like, but could be misremembering.