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June 25, 2007 at 10:54 am by Scott Freeman in SportsWe continue with Fresh Loaf’s preview of Thursday’s NBA draft, with the Atlanta Hawks holding two of the first 11 selections. If the Hawks take Al Horford of Florida with the third pick, then they’ll likely take point guard Acie Law with the 11th overall pick. Scouts say Law has a tremendous upside. Here’s a report:
By the way, Bill Simmons of ESPN.com has his own take on Thursday’s NBA draft and what the Hawks should do, with a not-so-subtle dig at Hawks GM Billy Knight’s draft acumen:
Al Horford is the third-best prospect, the most NBA-ready rookie outside of Oden and Durant, a potential All-Star and someone who will demand double-teams by the All-Star break of his second season. Since the Hawks don’t have a similar player on their roster, you’d think they would make room for him. You would think. Of course, from a comedy standpoint, nothing would be funnier than the Hawks finally picking a point guard (in this case, Mike Conley) during the one draft when they clearly should have taken the best player on the board (Horford). If this happens, we need to schedule a three-on-three game every All-Star Weekend — Conley, Marvin Williams and Shelden Williams against Chris Paul, Brandon Roy and Horford — with drunken, bitter Hawks fans announcing the contest with Billy Knight. That could even surpass the Bavetta-Barkley footrace.
The VP’s verdict: Take Horford. Please. Just do it.
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