Monta Ellis to Atlanta

[went_worth]

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BREAKING : Atlanta Hawks have signed Monta Ellis! Contract details coming. #KnowFirst

Saw this from twitter.

[Big Cheese]

Terrible!

[JimmyMcAdocious]

Updated depth chart? I don't even know who's on their team anymore.

[SilkkTheShocker]

Too early to say championship?

[fpliii]

:hammerhead: Treadmill teams...

[no pun intended]

Updated depth chart? I don't even know who's on their team anymore.
Teague/Lou Williams/Schroeder
Ellis/Jenkins/Cunningham
Korver/Carroll
Millsap/Scott
Horford

[chips93]

somebody other than bagelred/shade/d-rose making the thread!? :eek:

:applause:

[Zodiac]

Who is this source, he "reported it 31 minutes ago" yet no one else has said anything about it.

[chosen_one6]

Updated depth chart? I don't even know who's on their team anymore.

PG: Teague/Schroeder
SG: Ellis/Lou Williams/Dahntay Jones/Jenkins
SF: Korver/Stevenson/Carroll
PF: Millsap/Tolliver/Mike Scott
C: Horford/Nogueira

Teague is a RFA

[bluechox2]

thats not a bad lineup
i can see milsap beasting out east

[Hotlantadude81]

PG: Teague/Schroeder
SG: Ellis/Lou Williams/Dahntay Jones/Jenkins
SF: Korver/Stevenson/Carroll
PF: Millsap/Tolliver/Mike Scott
C: Horford/Nogueira

Teague is a RFA

Tolliver is not better than Mike Scott. Jones is not better than Jenkins either.

[FireDavidKahn]

:oldlol: Ewwwwwwwwwwwww

[chips93]

i could see them letting teague go

some big reporter (maybe stein, im not certain) said that teague was getting very frustrated by the lack of negotiations he was having with the hawks

and now they have another small scoring guard

they might just run with ellis and lou as their starting guards.

[chosen_one6]

Tolliver is not better than Mike Scott. Jones is not better than Jenkins either.

It's not supposed to be a legit depth chart. Just posting the players in no particular order. My bad bruh :D

[Hotlantadude81]

:oldlol: Ewwwwwwwwwwwww

I would say that maybe its only a 1 or 2 year contract, but either way the Hawks aren't getting a top pick next year.

[hawkfan]

If we can sign Bynum, then this FA season is ok.
Otherwise, this is pretty much a disaster.

With Teague, Williams, Jenkins, Ellis, Schroeder, we sure are short in the backcourt.

And we lost our two best shot blockers in Smith and Pachulia.

[D-Rose]

Didn't see anything official on this from any reporter but did read a rumor they're interested at $10 mill a year.

[bluechox2]

If we can sign Bynum, then this FA season is ok.
Otherwise, this is pretty much a disaster.

With Teague, Williams, Jenkins, Ellis, Schroeder, we sure are short in the backcourt.

And we lost our two best shot blockers in Smith and Pachulia.

if you can get bynum to play, that team can do damage

[Reverend Hoops]

If we can sign Bynum, then this FA season is ok.
Otherwise, this is pretty much a disaster.

With Teague, Williams, Jenkins, Ellis, Schroeder, we sure are short in the backcourt.

And we lost our two best shot blockers in Smith and Pachulia.


:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[hawkfan]

PG: Teague/Schroeder
SG: Ellis/Lou Williams/Dahntay Jones/Jenkins
SF: Korver/Stevenson/Carroll
PF: Millsap/Tolliver/Mike Scott
C: Horford/Nogueira

Teague is a RFA

30 wins out of this bunch and Ferry might get canned.
We have no shot blocking, no inside defense, no size in the backcourt.

[Hotlantadude81]

It's not supposed to be a legit depth chart. Just posting the players in no particular order. My bad bruh :D

No problem. Scott showed some flashes at the end of the season. Including having a big game against SA.

[Hotlantadude81]

If we can sign Bynum, then this FA season is ok.
Otherwise, this is pretty much a disaster.

With Teague, Williams, Jenkins, Ellis, Schroeder, we sure are short in the backcourt.

And we lost our two best shot blockers in Smith and Pachulia.

Al is still a better shot blocker than Al, but... It's not like the difference is extreme.

[wang4three]

Why are the Hawks ALWAYS doing this? Committing to mediocrity over and over again. They just have no concept of how to win.

[OldSkoolball#52]

PG: Teague/Schroeder
SG: Ellis/Lou Williams/Dahntay Jones/Jenkins
SF: Korver/Stevenson/Carroll
PF: Millsap/Tolliver/Mike Scott
C: Horford/Nogueira

Teague is a RFA


Offensively they could be pretty good. Defense would be a significant problem.

[MiseryCityTexas]

A solid first round play-off exit team.

[It's A VC3!!!]

still a first round exit. why are the hawks satisfied with that? either way, i think this team is better than the knicks.

heat
bulls
nets
pacers
hawks
knicks

[Lebron23]

Lots of combo guards.

[hawkfan]

still a first round exit. why are the hawks satisfied with that? either way, i think this team is better than the knicks.

heat
bulls
nets
pacers
hawks
knicks

Hopefully we can still add one more piece.

[It's A VC3!!!]

Hopefully we can still add one more piece.
yeah you need to. no player really stands out. horford is really solid and you got good shooters. either way they are better than last year if you ask me. they are much weaker defensively but get a huge boost offensively with ellis and korver.

[OldSkoolball#52]

Why are the Hawks ALWAYS doing this? Committing to mediocrity over and over again. They just have no concept of how to win.


A lot of low-attendance/low-revenue teams do this because a compettive team each night keeps people watching and showing up in some capacity. A lot of the owners of these teams dont want to lose revenue money for the next 1-2 years just to gamble on the possibility of getting a top prospect. It actually is kind of a risky proposition when you think about it, it does t necessarily make good business sense.

[brwnman]

While this may eventually happen (there is interest from the Hawks).

No credible source has reported the deal. All has been said that they are discussing a deal. Plus, they can't sign the deal until July 10th. That's just someone jumping the gun in hopes of being the first one breaking the news...

[longtime lurker]

They signed the rich man's Lou Williams when they already have Lou Williams. Gotta love the NBA.

[FireMcFailPlease]

They signed the rich man's Lou Williams when they already have Lou Williams. Gotta love the NBA.
nothing wrong with having a lou williamsesque player on the court at all times...thats the trend the league will begin following suit with :hammerhead:

[fsvr54]

:biggums:

Rich man's lou Williams?

Lou is better than Ellis.

[JohnnyBravo5]

:biggums:

Rich man's lou Williams?

Lou is better than Ellis.


No he isn't. He even smoked him when they faced each other in H.S.

[poido123]

Not a bad starting lineup for Atlanta, plenty of offense and two big guys who can bang down low and give Miami troubles.

Teague, Korver, Millsap, Horford, Ellis not bad :pimp:

[hawkfan]

Not a bad starting lineup for Atlanta, plenty of offense and two big guys who can bang down low and give Miami troubles.

Teague, Korver, Millsap, Horford, Ellis not bad :pimp:

Actually this is a team that would win 30 games.

If the lineup were Ellis-Korver-Smith-Millsap-Horford, then that would be a 50 win team.

[Meticode]

I give the Hawks this. They have consistently made the playoffs for a number of years now without doing anything to fix them to get deeper.

[hawkfan]

I give the Hawks this. They have consistently made the playoffs for a number of years now without doing anything to fix them to get deeper.

Says the Cavs fan who has team has won the lottery 2 out of 3 years and isn't guaranteeing that his team will get into the playoffs.

[Heavincent]

Looking like yet another sub 45 win season and early playoff exit for the Hawks :oldlol:

[hawkfan]

Hopefully we can trade away Louis Williams when he gets healthy.
Stupid to spend so much money on guards and not have any bigs inside.

[spiegel]

They got better interms of backcourt offensive output but Smith was a very good defender. Millsap can more then makeup for Smith's offense though.

[longtime lurker]

Atlanta will have the shortest starting lineup in the NBA. Seriously this signing makes no fvcking sense. And what has Al Horford ever done to deserve this treatment?

[hawkfan]

Atlanta will have the shortest starting lineup in the NBA. Seriously this signing makes no fvcking sense. And what has Al Horford ever done to deserve this treatment?

It makes sense if the Hawks are going to let Teague go and have Ellis play point guard.

Otherwise, Ellis, Teague, Jenkins, Williams in the backcourt - real short.

Why draft Jenkins and then not play him on his rookie contract and spend money on a big? :wtf: Unless we are trading Jenkins away to get a big - who knows what Ferry is doing.

[longtime lurker]

It makes sense if the Hawks are going to let Teague go and have Ellis play point guard.

Otherwise, Ellis, Teague, Jenkins, Williams in the backcourt - real short.

Why draft Jenkins and then not play him on his rookie contract and spend money on a big? :wtf: Unless we are trading Jenkins away to get a big - who knows what Ferry is doing.

God why would they let Teague go? Especially for Ellis who isn't a point guard in any way shape or form. Went from dreams of Chris Paul, Dwight and Smith to Ellis, Milsap and Korver :biggums:

[hawkfan]

God why would they let Teague go? Especially for Ellis who isn't a point guard in any way shape or form. Went from dreams of Chris Paul, Dwight and Smith to Ellis, Milsap and Korver :biggums:

If we can get a big for Teague, then it makes sense.

Otherwise we have a backcourt of a bunch of munchkins.

[hawkfan]

God why would they let Teague go? Especially for Ellis who isn't a point guard in any way shape or form. Went from dreams of Chris Paul, Dwight and Smith to Ellis, Milsap and Korver :biggums:

The Hawks spent 8.5 million on Korver and Carroll - just terrible.

Would have been better to re-sign Josh and then sign Al Jefferson to a 3 years, 45 million contract, and then re-sign Teague.

[longtime lurker]

The Hawks spent 8.5 million on Korver and Carroll - just terrible.

Would have been better to re-sign Josh and then sign Al Jefferson to a 3 years, 45 million contract, and then re-sign Teague.

I agree.

[All Net]

Better team than last year at least.

[JohnnyBravo5]

I agree.

We now have multiple ways of scoring. We have shooters, slashers, post scorers, penetrators on multiple levels. If we can steal a healthy Bynum Miami is in trouble.

[Dr. Cheesesteak]

Says the Cavs fan who has team has won the lottery 2 out of 3 years and isn't guaranteeing that his team will get into the playoffs.
ctfd, he was giving a genuine compliment. ...i think.


Better team than last year at least.
Are they, though? I mean, on paper, sure. But I'm not sure how any of these pieces really fit together. It seems like they're just throwing out contract offers to anyone who'll bite since they were late to the Al Jefferson party.

[longtime lurker]

We now have multiple ways of scoring. We have shooters, slashers, post scorers, penetrators on multiple levels. If we can steal a healthy Bynum Miami is in trouble.

You will get butt****ed on the defensive end and rebounding. You have overlapping skill sets with 3 players who need the ball to create. If Bowl a Bynum signs then the team will be looking better, but his health is in serious question.

[hawkfan]

We now have multiple ways of scoring. We have shooters, slashers, post scorers, penetrators on multiple levels. If we can steal a healthy Bynum Miami is in trouble.

We lost our best interior paint defender in Pachulia.
We lost the best help defender in the league in Smith.

Now our backcourt is going to be made up of a bunch of smurfs - Teague, Williams, Ellis, Jenkins. Cunningham has size but is a rookie; Korver is an adequate defender; Stevenson has lost his foot speed.

The problem with Bynum is that we are running out of salary cap. If we sign Ellis, then the only way to get Bynum is through a sign and trade of probably Teague and someone else up to Philadelphia. We can't sign him outright.

Maybe Teague at 2 years, 16 million (8 million per year) plus Jenkins for Bynum (1 year 13 million).

[KG215]

It's already been mentioned once, but you guys do realize this hasn't actually happened yet, right? Not even a verbal agreement or anything, right now it's gotten as far as the Hawks have strong interest in Ellis. It'll probably end up happening, but so far it hasn't.

[bdreason]

Ellis, Teague, and Williams backcourt?


Poor Horford. :cry:

[SpurrDurr]

Ellis, Teague, and Williams backcourt?


Poor Horford. :cry:

I hope they resign Tegue, least year he was really good.

Poor Horford, another season as a center.

Anyway if they ll keep Teague they are a pretty good team, but not enough for a strong push in the POs.

They should target Asik, that would make them become a serious threat in the POs.

[alanLA92]

Is this even official or did the OP overreact to a rumor?

[CLTHornets4eva]

Is this even official or did the OP overreact to a rumor?


Overreaction. I just don't see this as a fit with Lou Will. I think Lin/Asik is a better move.

[CLTHornets4eva]

Lin
Lou Will
Millsap
Horford
Asik


6th man: Korver

Yeah it won't win a championship but its a solid 3-4 seed. Try to get a superstar next year through S&T.

[coin24]

We now have multiple ways of scoring. We have shooters, slashers, post scorers, penetrators on multiple levels. If we can steal a healthy Bynum Miami is in trouble.

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[Dr. Cheesesteak]

Lin
Lou Will
Millsap
Horford
Asik


6th man: Korver

Yeah it won't win a championship but its a solid 3-4 seed. Try to get a superstar next year through S&T.
:oldlol:

[spiegel]

Lin
Lou Will
Millsap
Horford
Asik


6th man: Korver

Yeah it won't win a championship but its a solid 3-4 seed. Try to get a superstar next year through S&T.
Whats Houston getting in return for Asik and Lin?

[hawkfan]

Whats Houston getting in return for Asik and Lin?

They were supposed to get Josh Smith.

[uber]

still a first round exit. why are the hawks satisfied with that? either way, i think this team is better than the knicks.



Can't get over your obsession with the Knicks?
When do you plan to give up on your team this season?