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<blockquote data-quote="Golden Tornadoes" data-source="post: 1163602" data-attributes="member: 5881">Hawks got the #1 pick in one of the worst draft classes in recent memory (typical ATL luck). I would have preferred Sarr in that draft and still do, but Zacc was a solid choice. They would have never jumped to #1 in the Wemby sweepstakes as pretty much every media outlet had him penned to SAS even before the draft. They had Luka fall in their lap only to trade him away for pennies and weren&#039;t quite bad enough to win the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes. The real problem for the Hawks has been their inability to draft good rotational pieces when they&#039;ve held picks that were in the late teens. Instead, they insisted on drafting PGs who weren&#039;t even close to ready, passed on quality bigs, or overdrafted at the wing position. I like the idea, but it creates a race to the bottom at the beginning of the year. Teams would just lose a ton of games to start the year in a race to get eliminated. Then, you go on a huge winning streak to lock up #1. I&#039;ve also heard the idea of a tournament toyed around, but what team is going to get behind the idea of winning a tournament just to say you&#039;ve won the #1 pick? As a player, I feel like that would be extremely insulting to lose all year to get in the tournament, then win so you lock up a draft pick. What does the player get from that? Leveling the draft odds was supposed to help, but instead it has created an unpredictable lottery that rewards teams for losing enough to be in the drawing. It&#039;s a tough task for sure, one that I am not envious of having.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Golden Tornadoes, post: 1163602, member: 5881"] Hawks got the #1 pick in one of the worst draft classes in recent memory (typical ATL luck). I would have preferred Sarr in that draft and still do, but Zacc was a solid choice. They would have never jumped to #1 in the Wemby sweepstakes as pretty much every media outlet had him penned to SAS even before the draft. They had Luka fall in their lap only to trade him away for pennies and weren't quite bad enough to win the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes. The real problem for the Hawks has been their inability to draft good rotational pieces when they've held picks that were in the late teens. Instead, they insisted on drafting PGs who weren't even close to ready, passed on quality bigs, or overdrafted at the wing position. I like the idea, but it creates a race to the bottom at the beginning of the year. Teams would just lose a ton of games to start the year in a race to get eliminated. Then, you go on a huge winning streak to lock up #1. I've also heard the idea of a tournament toyed around, but what team is going to get behind the idea of winning a tournament just to say you've won the #1 pick? As a player, I feel like that would be extremely insulting to lose all year to get in the tournament, then win so you lock up a draft pick. What does the player get from that? Leveling the draft odds was supposed to help, but instead it has created an unpredictable lottery that rewards teams for losing enough to be in the drawing. It's a tough task for sure, one that I am not envious of having. [/QUOTE]

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