We have his cheaper cousin named Travis Outlaw?

I’m not sure he’s a guy you’d break the bank for, but I agree he’d be tremendous here and a major upgrade at SF. I don’t see it happening since we’ll need to eventually pay the stars we already have.

i would be all for it, on a hypothetical basis

adding Josh Smith would make our roster as “free darko” as you can get…

Josh Smith is a freak beast. I love this guy. I think he is going to become one of the most versatile players we have seen in a while. A scorer, slasher, big man, who swats at a record pace.
A healthy Oden, Roy, LMA, plus Josh Smith would be unfair.

He is not a 3 point shooter which is a big problem if he starts for us.

He shoots an atrocious 26% from deep, we absolutely need our small forward to be a threat from behind the arc. If he could hit the deep shot with any consistency at all, i would be all over him. As it stands now, I am not so sure. Just look at what J Jones did for us and basically all he brought to a game was his deep shooting, 3pt shooting from our sf s vital on this team…

I wish I had a link handy, but there have been alot of questions about his character and work ethic. He is very talented and if he could improve his 3pt % he would be a complete SF.

we could sign Lebron when he becomes a free agent in 2010! Seriously, we’re not going to shell out that kind of money when we need to land contract deals with Roy, LMA, and Oden in the future. It’s a nice thought, but it doesn’t work that way.

I got nothing against Josh Smith but Outlaw has really impressed me. You ever notice how scared Josh Smith looked in crunch time and how you see no fear on Outlaws face at that time of the game? Outlaw drained a game winner in Josh Smith’s face. Roy brought us back with Josh Smith’s supposed “great defense” on him. I would much rather have Travis Outlaw who is just starting to tap into his potential. Travis has good chemistry with our team and has the NBA mentality that we need.

I get to see a lot of Atlanta games (since I live here!) and while Josh is extremely talented he would have a hard time meshing with our team as structured. He NEEDS to be the central character and I have a hard time believing that he would alter his game to suit our current roster. He NEEDS to shoot (and often does at inopportune times), he NEEDS the spotlight and he NEEDS to be more careful with the ball (high rate of turnovers). He NEEDS work on refining his offensive moves (kind of like Travis) and NEEDS to work on his on ball defense.

Get the drift?

However, if he instantly matured and was agreeable to focus on his strengths he would be a great add. He is a great shot blocker, can rebound with the best of them when he wants, is a great finisher and can pass the ball as well.

I look at Josh as someone on the cusp of greatness, yet who could easily just be another great athlete who never lived up to the expectations we have.

But he works at the 4. Ask any Hawks fan. So no to this.

All the guys you want to trade for him are way better looking than Smith. We need to keep the big picture in mind when we propose trades.

I’d rather get Josh Childress, and just for his hair! Seriously, that guy looks like a video game basketball character. Half caricature, half impossible ideal. I don’t even think we need to play him. We could just get him to stand at the end of the bench and wave towels and dance. Knee high socks!

Thats why

Very talented in an athletic free wheeling way, but
dosen’t fit in our CULTURE ! If you go back he has issues
with coaching and shot attempts. Why would we need to
replace Martell or Travis with a guy who might not fit into
our TEAM. My experience is that players who grow up
and mature together, tend to be more loyal/tighter
within that framework.
Fans/McCoys on this site have been talking about getting
the “Star” SF for several years. We don’t need to have “Star”
players at every position. Don’t you remember the “Star” laden
teams of the early 2000’s, ie Schremp, Kemp, etc. Martell &
TO will be excellent players who will continue to improve, but
not demand shots that should be spread around to be taken
by the TEAM. Get off the NBA Live GM mode and find reality !

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RFA means Atlanta match any offer. So why do we see sign and trades so often? Is this because if a team, say Portland, offers Smith a 5 year 60 Mil deal, and Atlanta could then say that they will match it and keep Smith UNLESS Portland would like Atlanta to sign & trade so Atlanta gets something back? Is that how it works?

If that is the case, we would without doubt have to send LaFrentz, since Smith is rumored to be getting an offer of 5 years, 66 Mil from Philly, 11.5 Mil of that would be in the trade. But Atlanta would then also demand something in return from the Blazers, who knows what exactly they will ask for since sign & trades don’t necessarily have to have a balance in talent being swapped. If Outlaw is involved (likely) this would put another 4 Mil on the trade so we’d have to sign Smith for almost 17 Mil per or include another Hawk in the trade worth at least a few Mil. I don’t see either of those happening.

Actually, Speedy Claxton makes 5.7, and 5.2 the next two years. If you estimate a good contract that Atlanta might not match would be 5 years, 70 Mil, with the 1st year being about 12 Mil, that would be 17.7 Mil that counts towards the trade. So KP could match that with LaFrentz and Outlaw for a total of $16.7 Mil. We’d likely have to sweeten the pot a tad, maybe some cash or a future pick or rights to Koponen, but I’d be happy with that trade.

Sorry about the long comment