http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/06/29/the-hawks-and-the-2007-nba-draft/ Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:26:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/06/29/the-hawks-and-the-2007-nba-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-2488 David Lee Simmons Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:53:43 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/06/29/the-hawks-and-the-2007-nba-draft/#comment-2488 The Hawks draft was neither horrible or great. What it was, was predictable. Billy Knight, that stumbling, mumbling, fumbling, bumbling Hawks GM (how 'bout that Draft Night appearance on ESPN?) seems to draft for talent when he should draft for need, and for need when he should draft for talent. Hence these two picks; he should've taken Conley (for need) when he had the chance at No. 3, and should've rolled the dice and gone for talent (Al Thornton, Nick Young, even the troubled Sean Williams) at No. 11. (It's those late-lottery picks where GM's show they've done their homework.) The great thing about Horford is he's not Shelden Williams. He's NOT a poor man's Karl Malone (child, please!) but he'll body up on D and snoop for boards and post moves around the basket. But, sheesh, his daddy was Tito Horford. Bad genes! The great thing about Law is... um... he's the second-best point guard in the draft? There are those who say he's a gamer; ESPN's John Hollinger (King Downer) cited Law as one of the potential busts in this draft. But on balance, they're two fairly solid picks who probably won't embarrass the Hawks. (Their new uniforms will handle that pesky chore.) They just won't bring the Hawks to playoff contention. Only a trade of at least one of their gazillion forwards and a guard (Childress and Johnson?) will begin to make that happen. The irrelevancy continues, just on a slightly higher plane... The Hawks draft was neither horrible or great. What it was, was predictable. Billy Knight, that stumbling, mumbling, fumbling, bumbling Hawks GM (how ’bout that Draft Night appearance on ESPN?) seems to draft for talent when he should draft for need, and for need when he should draft for talent.
Hence these two picks; he should’ve taken Conley (for need) when he had the chance at No. 3, and should’ve rolled the dice and gone for talent (Al Thornton, Nick Young, even the troubled Sean Williams) at No. 11. (It’s those late-lottery picks where GM’s show they’ve done their homework.)
The great thing about Horford is he’s not Shelden Williams. He’s NOT a poor man’s Karl Malone (child, please!) but he’ll body up on D and snoop for boards and post moves around the basket. But, sheesh, his daddy was Tito Horford. Bad genes! The great thing about Law is… um… he’s the second-best point guard in the draft? There are those who say he’s a gamer; ESPN’s John Hollinger (King Downer) cited Law as one of the potential busts in this draft.
But on balance, they’re two fairly solid picks who probably won’t embarrass the Hawks. (Their new uniforms will handle that pesky chore.) They just won’t bring the Hawks to playoff contention. Only a trade of at least one of their gazillion forwards and a guard (Childress and Johnson?) will begin to make that happen.
The irrelevancy continues, just on a slightly higher plane…

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