Hawks exploring trades for Josh Smith (could be our PF)

[Justin Tyme]

Re: Hawks exploring trades for Josh Smith (could be our PF)

I don't see this happening. If I was Atlanta, I'm not giving up Smith for Murphy and Rush. Smith is worth more than that pu pu platter. Pacers would need to add more to the deal. Next years 1st would be a minimum.

[pacergod2]

Re: Hawks exploring trades for Josh Smith (could be our PF)

I don't see this happening. If I was Atlanta, I'm not giving up Smith for Murphy and Rush. Smith is worth more than that pu pu platter. Pacers would need to add more to the deal. Next years 1st would be a minimum.

The Pacers could throw in the financial flexibility to sign Horford next year. That is a good enough reason to make this deal. If not, OK, how about we go after Horford next year instead. I am sure the Hawks would rather keep Horford than Smith. I would rather have Horford and I would give him a max deal (under the new CBA) to come here. The Hawks will probably make every effort to trade Smith before next year and we have some peices that fit their needs. Whether they like them or not is a different story.

[Hicks]

Re: Hawks exploring trades for Josh Smith (could be our PF)

You don't refrain from making good moves for your team because of what might happen 6 years later. That's insane.

[MLB007]

Re: Hawks exploring trades for Josh Smith (could be our PF)

I THINK we are in need of a PF.

Fixed. Some of us think Tyler and Josh and Danny will do just fine. IF George is a real player then Danny is going to have to play more 4 for us to get our best 5 on the floor.



The Hawks have recently been exploring the possibility of trading power forward Josh Smith as part of their summertime makeover, according to sources around the league.
Source:http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/07/05/s...-join-johnson/

If he's so great (and he is a very good player) WHY are the Hawks trading him?

[pacergod2]

Re: Hawks exploring trades for Josh Smith (could be our PF)

If he's so great (and he is a very good player) WHY are the Hawks trading him?

Money. They would rather have their money going towards their better players. Plus he has a lot more value on the open market than Marvin Williams does. I doubt they want to be in LT hell for the next three or four years either.

[odeez]

Re: Hawks exploring trades for Josh Smith (could be our PF)

So then it must be asked, if the Hawks want a center for Josh Smith, would you put Hibbert up for him?

Nah, I want him to play with Roy, but that is probably who they would want.

[Trophy]

Re: Hawks exploring trades for Josh Smith (could be our PF)

I'd bring him here in a heartbeat and I think would have interest.

I'd somehow try to trade them Dahntay in the deal.

[cdash]

Re: Hawks exploring trades for Josh Smith (could be our PF)

If he's so great (and he is a very good player) WHY are the Hawks trading him?

I think they want to move Horford to his natural position at the 4 and they want to bring in a legit 5 in order to do so. J-Smoove has had his problems with the coaching staff there and I think Atlanta realized they might have reached their ceiling with the current roster. They obviously preferred to keep Joe Johnson and make other moves around him, and there have been whispers of J-Smoove being on the market in the past.

[gopacers1179]

Re: Hawks exploring trades for Josh Smith (could be our PF)

I don't know, I read through this whole thread and it looked to me like you have pretty much just been spewing out a whole bunch of nonsense.

Not that you "got sidetracked by some dude."

I dont think he'd work well here in the long run. Spew this.......SMD!

[tadscout]

Re: Hawks exploring trades for Josh Smith (could be our PF)

If he's so great (and he is a very good player) WHY are the Hawks trading him?

They are wanting to sign Shaq to Start at C and move Horford to his natural PF... Thus making Smith a little more valuable to them as trade bait-hahahaa (random finding nemo reference...)

[gopacers1179]

Re: Hawks exploring trades for Josh Smith (could be our PF)

You don't refrain from making good moves for your team because of what might happen 6 years later. That's insane.

yeh lets "rent" him for a couple of years and give up some valuable assets..... thinking long term regarding an elite PF with holes in his game, wow I was so out of line and insane.

And then how do you know it'd be "good move", have you seen the proposed trade? You have inside info? Its not like anyone has seen the proposed trade, so who knows anything about a "good move"?

Yes it would be nice to get him in a "fair" deal, but reaching for this specific guy is INSANE! ATL is running him off so......so that leads me to believe if they dont want him "long term", then neither should we.

[cdash]

Re: Hawks exploring trades for Josh Smith (could be our PF)

yeh lets "rent" him for a couple of years and give up some valuable assets..... thinking long term regarding an elite PF, wow I was so out of line and insane.

Not out of line or insane, just a little ridiculous. Granger is probably going to decline in 6-7 years...should we cut the cord there?

[Kid Minneapolis]

Re: Hawks exploring trades for Josh Smith (could be our PF)

I lurves me some Josh Smith.

[tadscout]

Re: Hawks exploring trades for Josh Smith (could be our PF)

yeh lets "rent" him for a couple of years and give up some valuable assets..... thinking long term regarding an elite PF with holes in his game, wow I was so out of line and insane.

Though not considering/thinking the long term media/ fan backlash risk of signing AI (If he does his normal blow up like his last 3 stops) isn't insane?

(sorry for straying to another thread topic, but just pointing out your contradictory thinking between the threads...)

[gopacers1179]

Re: Hawks exploring trades for Josh Smith (could be our PF)

Though not considering/thinking the long term media/ fan backlash risk of signing AI (If he does his normal blow up like his last 3 stops) isn't insane?

(sorry for straying to another thread topic, but just pointing out your contradictory thinking between the threads...)

some of you are just hilarious. Big difference in bringing in a 1 year player who costs us little or bringing in a guy we could get stuck with long term and could be a problem child. Not even a good comparison.