At this point the Mavs need to take the best offer for AD before his value can go any lower

Risacher was good last year and fits well as a forward next to Flagg. Its just his second season I’d like it for us.

Being out on Risacher’s development after all of 105 career games played is ridiculous, dude’s not even old enough to drink a beer yet.

The Hawks simply aren’t good enough to sell the future for a win-now move like this, and if the fear is losing Trae…he isn’t good enough to panic deal for.

Kristaps/Risacher/Kennard works salary wise.

Will AD play that much more than Kristaps to make it worth giving up AD? A Trae and AD pnr sounds very good in theory and AD can help their awful defense

If Atlanta is collecting fragile New Orleans draft picks at this point then I insist they take Zion too.

This is why Danny Ainge is the GOAT and took Ace even if Omar didn’t want him on the Jazz

Hawks front office should’ve said “tough shit” when Sarr said he didn’t want to be drafted by the Hawks

I read that wrong and thought the Hawks were about to make a huge mistake 

God the Hawks FO really whiffed on this one.

They got outplayed by a teenager trying to get his preferred team, their coach wanted a traditional rim-running center, and their analytics department saw a point guard with crazy advanced stats as Mahomeseque.

Either one of these guys, whether it be Sarr, Clingan, or Reed, they would’ve been in a better position. With Sarr and Clingan their defensive woes wouldn’t be as evident nor would it cause them to plummet in standings. And with Reed maybe they could finally move off of Trae as it seems like another year of him is only damaging both sides. 

But no, they chose a taller, worse version of Harrison Barnes.

Zacc barely turned 20 and gets terrible rotational minutes by Quinn due to the emergence of JJ. But he’s not developing as fast as the hawks hoped??

I think AD for Zacc would be the stupidest nosedive ever for the hawks but if they plan to do Risacher this way I hope he thrives somewhere else.

“What the hell is an untouchable asset?” -Nico

All of the good will the Hawks front office gained last summer is going to be washed away when they give draft capital for 32 year old AD. Who has yet to play six straight games for the Mavs.

(To be clear, AD is a great player when healthy. But you don’t trade draft capital for him, especially if you’re the Hawks)

If I was Dallas I would jump at this chance to do that trade. Zaccharie Risacher was just the number one pick overall last year, he fits the Cooper flagg timeline and he is still on his rookie contract. I don’t think Anthony Davis can ever be a number one option offensively on a championship team because I don’t think his scoring impacts the game like other superstars do. Plus you are going to have to give him a big contract extension Anthony Davis is about to turn 33 in March and he is always injured.

Crazy to trade the number 1 pick from just a year ago this quickly lol

You know what’s better than 1 injury prone big man?

2

It’s happpennnnning!

They trade half their team for Anthony Davis.

Davis gets hurt immediately and is out for the season.

Hawks end up with an amazing lottery pick that goes to the Spurs.

Profit.

Everything’s coming up Spurs!

Do the Hawks think they can contend for something? I don’t know why they would want an older player right now lol

But but but …sources said….there wasn’t a market for AD

Is the Hawk’s front office actually brain dead?

Dumbasses

I hate this tbh. This season might be a bust, but I don’t think AD is the answer

Risacher, Kristaps, salary filler and a couple picks for Ad and Gafford.

Well lets get it done man!

Hope Zac leaves the Hawks very soon. He needs confidence and a team who feed him on the offensive side.

Hawks are better off getting a haul for Trae. Think zacc is still young enough that he might develop

I can’t tell who would be getting the worse end of the deal here.

You talk to some Mavs fans and they can’t stand AD and his injuries and don’t want to pay him the extension. But when he plays he’s very good and the Mavs are a much better team with him available.

You talk to Hawks fans and they hate that they ended up with Zac as the no. 1 pick when there are several players in that draft who are much better than him. He seems to not have earned any trust with Snyder. But he’s young and maybe can still develop into a good starter in the future.

If the trade happens and AD remains injury prone while Zac starts to contribute at a starter level player then the Hawks will regret the trade.

If AD can manage to remain healthy while Zac struggles to get minutes with the Mavs then the Mavs will have gotten rid of a top 15-20 player for a guy that is at best a mid-level exception type of player.

I don’t get why AD has any value. He is 150% guaranteed to get injured for small, medium and long-term stretches during a season and the playoffs. This makes him absolutely useless to build anything meaningful around. It’s just completely pointless, he should be on a vet min at this point

Hawk really had to get the 1st over all the year between Wemby and Flagg

As it should be. Jalen Johnson would be a star by now if he’s in a big market.

Man, it sucks that Porzingis is still sick because an AD + Porzingis frontline would be pretty good if everyone was healthy

I don’t think hawks can win with Trae. And I don’t know who’s trading for him.

If they get Davis they might not be there in the play in with Chicago and Miami though. Don’t they care about tradition?

Risacher sucks. He may need a few more years before he’s even something.

Honestly the AD pairing with Trae is great. He’s never going to be a good defender so surround him with good defenders, beating Young off the dribble and your reward meeting AD at the rim lol

Unite the unibrow.

The Hawks are like a delusional woman dating a man with a bunch of flaws if they want AD. “I can fix him” they must say to themselves. 

thank god

Real question, why are the hawks, or any time, chasing to trade for TonyStreet Clothes?

Street clothes. How is this player even an option…. Other than contract. Lakers needed an inside man or pure idiot to get Luka for nothing. 

I don’t know whether this trade will go through or who will “win” it if it does. But what I do believe is this will not help the play of Risacher who is clearly slumping and I expect his numbers to not bounce back until this is resolved

Why would the Hawks do this? They’re not coming out of the East with AD. I don’t even have them getting past the second round and that’s a big IF AD is even healthy.

Seriously good trade for the hawks if mavs accept

Turning Luka into Risacher and picks is truly a GM masterclass

Porzingis into AD is nasty work

package Risacher with the expiring contracts held by Kristaps Porziņģis and Luke Kennard for Davis

Dyson Daniels gets an \(18M pay raise next year and the pay scale for the Pelicans pick could be as much as \)14M or so if it wins the lottery or comes close. Without those expirings coming off the books this probably pushes them well into first apron next year.

Hawks ownership hasn’t even paid the luxury tax since taking over and I don’t know why adding a 32 year old, always hurt Anthony Davis to a team that’s currently 15-18 would be their reason to change that.

In other words, not seeing it unless it involves Trae.

Hawks: we will throw in a young player who isnt developing and who we dont like, a hardly available solid starter, some salary filler. You give me AD.

Huh? AD is always hurt but thats an awful package. They cant accept that after giving up Luka for him.

Good for them

A deal between Mavs and Hawks does make sense for a lot of the parties involved. Zacc fits the timeline with Flagg and will have more minutes to fully develop. Hawks get the big they so desperately need (especially after giving up 20 offensive rebs to NY). Both sides will be taking on a lot of risk but the rewards could be great for both.

Marc Stein always putting some bullshit out there. Don’t believe anything that man be putting out in the ether. Same thing with Jake Fischer.

The Hawks are not a serious franchise

Risacher would be a great return for the Mavs. Should accept that sort of offer immediately

Just offer AD, Max Christie and TWO firsts for Luca…the market has been established.

The Hawks can fuck off

Atlanta will be really stupid to give up on Zacharrie for AD.

But if that’s what it takes to unload Porzingis? I still don’t think it’s worth it.

Trading Johnson rn for Anthony Davis is bananas

Why would Dallas trade him for that package? Nico not there anymore. If they dont have any good offers this trade deadline then wait til the offseason to move him.

Without that Pels pick the Hawks can suck it 😂✌️

I would take it

Honestly terrible decision since AD worthless to a young team as a player and Risacher isn’t even bad its his second season and he’s shown he can contribute already. I don’t even think that’s a bad trade at all for the Mavs I’m just confused at what the Hawks even think they’re doing unless they plan to redirect AD immediately somehow. Fundamentally though I think Risacher is going to eventually be a great starting role player that just does the right thing and those are really hard to get once they become who they’re going to be. They should be moving off of Trae and/or their coach if anything not moving away from their youth. I honestly feel like the coach is the primary reason their player isn’t developing as hoped because this guy is a smart basketball player but he just isn’t getting opportunity to grow

If I were the Detroit Pistons I would try EXTREMELY hard to try and get him. They have all of their future first round picks and he fits our time-line perfectly.

I really like his game, ballhandling, length, basketball IQ, feel for the game and touch.

Can you sign 200 mil extension from hospital ?

As a Hawks fan I hate this. Please don’t trade for AD. We need to be more focused on the future