BearCat204
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They went to the ECF last year, and they probably would have gone again this year if a three-way tiebreaker hadn't put them on the same side of the bracket as the Cavs. That's not nothing for a franchise that hadn't played in the ECF even once (!) since moving to Atlanta almost 50 years ago.
If the Hawks' new ownership is as serious about paying for a winner as they claim then a max deal for Horford won't be nearly as crippling with the escalating cap as Joe Johnson's contract was. I like Bazemore but he's way more fungible. Seemingly every other team in the league wants to sign Horford for a reason.
I'm not thrilled at the idea of giving Al the full five years but the alternative is to blow it all the way up, and I hope the Hawks don't that.
I would tend to agree too, depending on what we get back for Millsap (assuming that happens). It really would depend on what we get out of Dwight. If we get the best possible Dwight, I think he's better than the best possible Al. However the Al that has shown up consistently every night for the past 3 or so years has been much better than whatever Dwight felt like showing up most nights.Effectively swapping Millsap for Dwight would be a loss IMO
At his age, it makes no sense that he wouldn't give up a little to get the 5th year the Hawks were offering.
No idea how Howard's going to work out here -- probably s**ttily -- but my general feeling is that losing Horford makes the Hawks worse in the short term but better down the road. Atlanta had zero chance to fix their rebounding problems as long as he was playing center.