Ray Young: “The Mavs drafted Trae knowing they were trading him. They had a pg already. The Hawks had a great GM that was the only one who could pull off the 2 for 1 deal. It gets deeper😂😂😂”
Schlenk was never the issue but we all know how organizations like to point the finger at anyone
QuickThinkWrink
Cameron Reddish you were the chosen one, if only 😢
jasonbm76
We had a great GM? Was the emphasis on had? Is that shade on the org for having Landry and Ressler Jr running the show now?
Also didn’t they recently say Tony went around Schlenk and made the deal with Cuban directly?
MiserableSoft2344
Sorry Luka stans 🙁
WildBananna
I always did Trust in Travis Schlenk
Zuk00_00
This was obvious? Shams/Woj said this draft day. You guys are coping hard
Never_Oppose_Me
Luka was never coming here nor did he want to. People need to accept it.
vernalagnia
one of the most embarrassing tweets I’ve ever seen.
WzrdKelly10
People (and a certain section of Hawk fans) has been missing so much context into that trade for so long but just constantly say “Hawks traded generational talent Luka for Trae Young lol” but in reality Luka was either going to play for the Suns, Grizzlies, or Mavs. Hawks were going to draft Trae at 3 because obviously….we knew Luka didn’t wanna play for us. Grizzlies were going to draft Luka at 4 but Mavs didn’t want that to happen since they’ve been scouting Luka for years and had ties with his family and a relationship Luka already had with Dirk.
So, Mavs offered us a deal that we draft Luka for them and give us a protected 2019 pick so that they can skip over the Grizzlies. In exchange, Mavs draft Trae for us because it was known at the time Orlando was gonna draft Trae with the 6th pick if available. This isn’t a world class “finesse” or “robbery” narrative that the media pushes out like you think. We worked TOGETHER to get the best 2 guys within the top 10.
Now, if you wanna be upset at anyone it should be the Hawks and its history of being mid since it has caused a generational superstar in Luka to not even want to consider playing for us but that’s another story 😂
BigBishopU
Trae yall savior 😂
cygnusloops
T.I.T.S.
Ice2jc
What does this even mean? Is he calling Ressler our GM? Travis is a great GM because he planned on drafting Luka and Ressler intervened?
I feel dumber after reading this tweet it doesn’t make any sense.
FreeHoopStreams
Mavs gave up a #10 pick to move up two spots. That’s a hefty price. No doubt they’d do it again knowing what Luka has become, but it’s only a bad trade for the Hawks because Cam was a total bust. If Cam turned into an average starter for his position it’d be a win-win. None of it is on Trae
Historical_Main5261
The real failure of that trade was cam reddish and always will be
If he had panned out then it would be looked at as a fine trade
downtimeredditor
6 years after the trade I’d be fuming if trae was an absolute bust or just role
BUT HE’S NOT
Trae is a bona-fide super star in this league with multiple All star selections and an All-NBA.
If we didn’t do the trade and kept Luka we would be wasting Luka’s career.
Luka is excelling cause their front office and ownership want to put in a system that fits Luka and get pieces to surround Luka.
With trae we are forcing him into a system
The trade was fine it’s just our FO and ownership is ass
YearlyOhio
So much gd whining – the fact of the matter is that Trae is not capable of being the #1 on a championship team
Shade_Raven
great GM is kinda crazy
Chessh2036
I read recently the Hawks worked Luka out the morning of the draft and planned to take him. But Cuban called Ressler and convinced him (by adding another first) to do the trade. Which Tony then told Schlenk to do.
Now obv, Trae’s dad would prob know more than that author. I do wish we knew what was true and what isn’t.
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Schlenk was never the issue but we all know how organizations like to point the finger at anyone
Cameron Reddish you were the chosen one, if only 😢
We had a great GM? Was the emphasis on had? Is that shade on the org for having Landry and Ressler Jr running the show now?
Also didn’t they recently say Tony went around Schlenk and made the deal with Cuban directly?
Sorry Luka stans 🙁
I always did Trust in Travis Schlenk
This was obvious? Shams/Woj said this draft day. You guys are coping hard
Luka was never coming here nor did he want to. People need to accept it.
one of the most embarrassing tweets I’ve ever seen.
People (and a certain section of Hawk fans) has been missing so much context into that trade for so long but just constantly say “Hawks traded generational talent Luka for Trae Young lol” but in reality Luka was either going to play for the Suns, Grizzlies, or Mavs. Hawks were going to draft Trae at 3 because obviously….we knew Luka didn’t wanna play for us. Grizzlies were going to draft Luka at 4 but Mavs didn’t want that to happen since they’ve been scouting Luka for years and had ties with his family and a relationship Luka already had with Dirk.
So, Mavs offered us a deal that we draft Luka for them and give us a protected 2019 pick so that they can skip over the Grizzlies. In exchange, Mavs draft Trae for us because it was known at the time Orlando was gonna draft Trae with the 6th pick if available. This isn’t a world class “finesse” or “robbery” narrative that the media pushes out like you think. We worked TOGETHER to get the best 2 guys within the top 10.
Now, if you wanna be upset at anyone it should be the Hawks and its history of being mid since it has caused a generational superstar in Luka to not even want to consider playing for us but that’s another story 😂
Trae yall savior 😂
T.I.T.S.
What does this even mean? Is he calling Ressler our GM? Travis is a great GM because he planned on drafting Luka and Ressler intervened?
I feel dumber after reading this tweet it doesn’t make any sense.
Mavs gave up a #10 pick to move up two spots. That’s a hefty price. No doubt they’d do it again knowing what Luka has become, but it’s only a bad trade for the Hawks because Cam was a total bust. If Cam turned into an average starter for his position it’d be a win-win. None of it is on Trae
The real failure of that trade was cam reddish and always will be
If he had panned out then it would be looked at as a fine trade
6 years after the trade I’d be fuming if trae was an absolute bust or just role
BUT HE’S NOT
Trae is a bona-fide super star in this league with multiple All star selections and an All-NBA.
If we didn’t do the trade and kept Luka we would be wasting Luka’s career.
Luka is excelling cause their front office and ownership want to put in a system that fits Luka and get pieces to surround Luka.
With trae we are forcing him into a system
The trade was fine it’s just our FO and ownership is ass
So much gd whining – the fact of the matter is that Trae is not capable of being the #1 on a championship team
great GM is kinda crazy
I read recently the Hawks worked Luka out the morning of the draft and planned to take him. But Cuban called Ressler and convinced him (by adding another first) to do the trade. Which Tony then told Schlenk to do.
Now obv, Trae’s dad would prob know more than that author. I do wish we knew what was true and what isn’t.