“As I discussed on a December podcast visit with The Ringer, this reality that key Hawks figures were feeling undermined by Nick Ressler’s influence became a growing issue internally in recent months – specifically in relation to Trae Young — and had everything to do with Tony Ressler’s choice to overhaul the staff. The Dejounte Murray trade with San Antonio was the beginning of the end, as sources say it went down despite Schlenk expressing his concerns about the price being paid (three first-rounders, a first-round pick swap and Danilo Gallinari) and with Nick Ressler known to be a driving force behind the deal. As our John Hollinger detailed on Monday, the Murray deal essentially cost the Hawks Kevin Huerter as well when they had to trade him to Sacramento to get under the luxury tax.”
I FUCKING KNEW IT
and if you read further….this whole shit is a mess. nate please….congratd on a 750+ wins, lets call it a career
Personally, I think the biggest single bomb in Sam’s piece is the reporting that Travis Schlenk was “expressing his concerns” about the price for the Dejounte Murray trade and Nick Ressler was “known to be a driving force behind the deal.”
Yikes!
yall we all called it…we all knew this wasn’t schlenk
Blumpkin_Party
Ressler really gonna nuke this teams fanbase after one good playoff run. This organization going to hell run by fucking NBA Twitter.
Daniels0908
This nepo baby has already ruined this team. I’m not even sure how it can get worse than this tbh
really799
Oh no, we are done. Everyone bring signs to games now calling the Ressler’s out
thenihilisticaxolotl
Atleast we have… eachother?
online_predator
Yep. We’re toast lol
primocheese1947
Remember the dumbass posts that said Ressler was soooo much better than ASG. I said as much that only one ownership group has gone into the luxury twice and one hasn’t. But this owner might even be worse than ASG aside from the luxury stuff. LOL. Some of you are wild.
Sammcbucketts
I hate to say it but this issue is much much much larger than just fire Nate. Nate’s performance is probably also being hamstrung to some level by the front office.
SRSTAdam51
This is a really tough thing to read. I mean, a lot of us had a feeling but…damn it.
imissmywife69
Yeah I’m not going to any more games lmao
ahend1999
and look at our reporters 😂😂😂 not a PEEP until today, lol hilarious
BraxxIsTheName
I don’t know what to think anymore
DripGodAirborne
I for one liked the DJM move and think he can work well with Trae in the case where we have a competent coaching staff. The FO stuff is messy, but one good thing is that Trae and Nick are close and Trae will have a say in decisions moving forward, so hopefully Trae knows what pieces he needs around him to be successful and lead the team to a chip, and hopefully the FO can work to make the necessary changes/additions.
Let’s not start complaining just because people in the FO are friends with each other and some are closely related. Remember, all of this wouldn’t be happening if the team won more games; who is directly responsible for game planning and setting offensive/defensive plans? The coaching staff. With a competent coaching staff, we have a way better record and we wouldn’t be in the situation we currently are in. Nate, do better or retire please.
IceTraeDaGang
The only thing that bothers me about the DJM trade is that people keep saying 3 first like that hornets pick is a real first it has less than a 1% chance of actually being a first. The Travis leaving bc of ressler thing is annoying af though.
its-adam-yo
We had everything going so well too…
Ressler is better than the old ownership group…but that was a low bar.
michaeln404
I don’t know what to think about these changes. Sounds like Travis was forced out? I hope Korver can add some experience to this nepotism/friend group front office.
blingera
no coincidence Nick rhymes with dick! am i right? 😤
ATLevator
We are a dumpster franchise. This is embarrassing but us long time fans are used to it. Par for the course. Trash owner leading to trash product. A story as old as time.
No quality GM that values their long-term career would touch this job now. Not with the owners fucking kid mucking everything up. Complete disaster.
sharia_shrek
I’m out on the hawks this kinda stuff is pathetic
Nerdboxer
May be a hot take, but in my opinion, this is not great!
Eastatlantalit
I legit don’t care about this team anymore man so much drama all the dam time it’s gross to me we aren’t even good lol. Not all on Trae either as Kevin said it’s overblown but i don’t remember Joe drama ever tbh
JakeFromStateFromm
Sad Hawk noises
SamuraiNeutron
The best way to send a message is by not going to games they get no money from us
MarcoAnime
Me personally i dont think the price for Dejounte was too high seeing the PG and Shai deal also the Gobert deal but Tony will hurt this team if he doesn’t take a step back or the other owners start calling his shit out
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nepotism will ruin us
“As I discussed on a December podcast visit with The Ringer, this reality that key Hawks figures were feeling undermined by Nick Ressler’s influence became a growing issue internally in recent months – specifically in relation to Trae Young — and had everything to do with Tony Ressler’s choice to overhaul the staff. The Dejounte Murray trade with San Antonio was the beginning of the end, as sources say it went down despite Schlenk expressing his concerns about the price being paid (three first-rounders, a first-round pick swap and Danilo Gallinari) and with Nick Ressler known to be a driving force behind the deal. As our John Hollinger detailed on Monday, the Murray deal essentially cost the Hawks Kevin Huerter as well when they had to trade him to Sacramento to get under the luxury tax.”
I FUCKING KNEW IT
and if you read further….this whole shit is a mess. nate please….congratd on a 750+ wins, lets call it a career
from [brad](https://twitter.com/btrowland/status/1613924743266316291?s=46&t=bR5ZHcwRCKVIMo3M50S7oQ)
Personally, I think the biggest single bomb in Sam’s piece is the reporting that Travis Schlenk was “expressing his concerns” about the price for the Dejounte Murray trade and Nick Ressler was “known to be a driving force behind the deal.”
Yikes!
yall we all called it…we all knew this wasn’t schlenk
Ressler really gonna nuke this teams fanbase after one good playoff run. This organization going to hell run by fucking NBA Twitter.
This nepo baby has already ruined this team. I’m not even sure how it can get worse than this tbh
Oh no, we are done. Everyone bring signs to games now calling the Ressler’s out
Atleast we have… eachother?
Yep. We’re toast lol
Remember the dumbass posts that said Ressler was soooo much better than ASG. I said as much that only one ownership group has gone into the luxury twice and one hasn’t. But this owner might even be worse than ASG aside from the luxury stuff. LOL. Some of you are wild.
I hate to say it but this issue is much much much larger than just fire Nate. Nate’s performance is probably also being hamstrung to some level by the front office.
This is a really tough thing to read. I mean, a lot of us had a feeling but…damn it.
Yeah I’m not going to any more games lmao
and look at our reporters 😂😂😂 not a PEEP until today, lol hilarious
I don’t know what to think anymore
I for one liked the DJM move and think he can work well with Trae in the case where we have a competent coaching staff. The FO stuff is messy, but one good thing is that Trae and Nick are close and Trae will have a say in decisions moving forward, so hopefully Trae knows what pieces he needs around him to be successful and lead the team to a chip, and hopefully the FO can work to make the necessary changes/additions.
Let’s not start complaining just because people in the FO are friends with each other and some are closely related. Remember, all of this wouldn’t be happening if the team won more games; who is directly responsible for game planning and setting offensive/defensive plans? The coaching staff. With a competent coaching staff, we have a way better record and we wouldn’t be in the situation we currently are in. Nate, do better or retire please.
The only thing that bothers me about the DJM trade is that people keep saying 3 first like that hornets pick is a real first it has less than a 1% chance of actually being a first. The Travis leaving bc of ressler thing is annoying af though.
We had everything going so well too…
Ressler is better than the old ownership group…but that was a low bar.
I don’t know what to think about these changes. Sounds like Travis was forced out? I hope Korver can add some experience to this nepotism/friend group front office.
no coincidence Nick rhymes with dick! am i right? 😤
We are a dumpster franchise. This is embarrassing but us long time fans are used to it. Par for the course. Trash owner leading to trash product. A story as old as time.
No quality GM that values their long-term career would touch this job now. Not with the owners fucking kid mucking everything up. Complete disaster.
I’m out on the hawks this kinda stuff is pathetic
May be a hot take, but in my opinion, this is not great!
I legit don’t care about this team anymore man so much drama all the dam time it’s gross to me we aren’t even good lol. Not all on Trae either as Kevin said it’s overblown but i don’t remember Joe drama ever tbh
Sad Hawk noises
The best way to send a message is by not going to games they get no money from us
Me personally i dont think the price for Dejounte was too high seeing the PG and Shai deal also the Gobert deal but Tony will hurt this team if he doesn’t take a step back or the other owners start calling his shit out
Damn.