NBA Gametime react to Kristaps Porzingis, Derrick White lead Celtics to gritty late win vs. Hawks

NBA Gametime react to Kristaps Porzingis, Derrick White lead Celtics to gritty late win vs. Hawks

5 117 the final so Atlanta would come into this game having won four their last five had that crazy game against the Clippers the other day where nobody played any defense whatsoever uh but again 125 117 the final and Ryan when we look at these two teams and let’s start

With the Atlanta Hawks they didn’t win this game but there’s so much talk about what potentially could happen in Atlanta come deadline time tomorrow de Murray that’s the name we are hearing a lot of what are your thoughts on on their situation yeah all eyes are on to jari

He just signed the four-year extension recently with the Hawks that hasn’t even started yet he’s a good player on a good contract we understand why there’s interest around the league it seems to me n Bill like the Hawks have made the determination that he and Trey young

Together in the back court is not going to work out long term um but keep in mind the Atlanta Hawks still owe a lot of draft compensation to the San Antonio Spurs they have unprotected picks or swaps in the first round all the way from 2025 to

2027 um so the Hawks are kind of in no man’s land they’re in the middle um below average below 500 they don’t want to go all the way down to the bottom frankly they’re too talented to go all the way down to the bottom um but they

Need to figure out over the next 24 hours if sending Mari out will help them upgrade their team stay competitive and bring in somebody who fits better next to Trey young what would you do if you’re Atlanta well you look at it I mean if you if you you Center the team

Around Trey young and obviously you make him the pseudo point guard you got to find Shooters and Defenders and I think they’ve tried to do that DeAndre Hunter I think that’s the one guy they thought was going to be that 3 and D guy just hasn’t worked out injuries and also from

A scoring standpoint he’s been kind of up and down then they try sadique Bay who I really like but then you have two guys are kind of the same then you have bogie which I think is fantastic but bogie has to come off the bench because you have dejonte Murray then you start

To struggle as who’s our four and five uh kwangu has played well capella has played solid but they don’t want to pay both of them so I think that’s the one thing is and it’s not speaking from somebody talk the Hawks this is just speak speaking for me looking at the

Hawks because you trade John Collins for basically just a clear space so then Jaylen Johnson comes on Ryan and he is kind of outplayed both of their big as far as the consisteny this year they have some decisions to make but the one thing Ryan can tell you better I haven’t

Been a GM you got to make a decision and you got to go for it and you got to live and see it through you know it’s interesting when you look at where they are right now they’re 10th right T is not gonna get it but but here’s the

Thing Brooklyn is behind them Toronto is behind them you know maybe they have a thought process here where they look at ahead of us as a Chicago Bulls Orlando Magic Miami Heat maybe we can do something if we got into plane maybe get to one of the top two playing positions

It all depends on what your goals are as a franchise short term they could be a playing Team a lot of that in the bill to your point is by default I think frankly because teams in that range Chicago was injured with the injuries to Zack LaVine lzo ball the Toronto Raptors

Are sellers they’ve already traded away Pascal seaka and ogi and anobi so somebody is going to be in the top 10 in the Eastern Conference um but I don’t think that should necessarily be the goal for the Hawks um because if if you’re in that 910 game even if you win

Two games out of the play in which is difficult in advance you’re looking at a loaded Celtics team most likely in the first round uh that’s likely a 40 sweep so I think you have to take a step back and look bigger picture it’s easy for

The three of us to say sitting here at a desk than in reality that’s a really difficult call to make but um we’ll see what Landry fields and Company in Atlanta front office have cooked up and if they’re willing to pull the trigger I know they gave up a lot to get Murray

They’re not going to get that much value back in return but maybe they make the best deal they can and to Smitty’s Point move forward from a Boston perspective you were mentioning Xavier Tillman what does he bring to this team what do you think about that deal yeah I liked it

For the Celtics a lowcost acquisition they sent out Lamar Stevens and two second round picks as Memphis continues to add up on future assets with John Morant and Desmond Bane some of the injuries they’ve had they’re looking to the Future um for Boston it’s insurance

I mean the rich get richer I think the Celtics team probably has fewer holes than any team in the league uh they also don’t have a lot of tradable contracts um so so Tillman’s interesting to Bill one thing that hasn’t been discussed a whole lot he’s a lower salari player uh

The Celtics have his full bird rights next year and that’s important because um the aprons the first and especially the second apron with the new collective bargaining agreement are very punitive it’s going to penalize the top spending teams so in the short term Boston gets a

Fourth big man some insurance and if he plays well they have a chance to resign them all right we’re going to move on to Golden State and Philadelphia two team Celtics now the Warriors is a totally different team so wiggin 9 of 14 in this game 21 points 10 rebounds here he is

After the contest I feel like our sh was tied tonight we’re all helping each other out uh next man was helping the next man and if we bring that kind of effort tomorrow we’ll be fine first time winning back-to-back games since November congratulations appreciate it all right so Andrew Wiggins talking

About tomorrow that’s Thursday that’s trade dead L Andrew Wiggins one of the guys that a lot of people are talking about linking to him to a couple other teams if you were Golden State what would you be looking to do it’d be hard I mean um there’s so much was you know

Going on behind the scenes and and I I just think Andrew wiggin is a talented two-way player and I think he fits perfectly we saw that when they won a championship and I thought now you have Steph you have Clay and obviously Kay went through his injuries you had Jordan

P but I never saw Jordan P consistently in my eyes would be that second option maybe third option if Andrew wickens can be that second option I’m not asking him to average 27 right just 20 and defend eight n rebounds now the kingas and all those guys can come along slowly now the

Klay Thompsons can have those up and downs because of injuries for him I I think everything is key for me as the Warriors is Andrew Wiggins has to be that two-way player that can guard two threes and some fours for them to stay at the level they want to win championships

With the Warriors the luxury taxes are going to get so punitive they’re going to have some very difficult decisions to make and I think the most important decision over the next 20 or so hours is do we want to pay Klay Thompson and are we willing to pay Klay Thompson a number

That he’ll accept will he be back here uh if that is the case they may have to look to move on from Wiggins um but but this is the most difficult team for me to assess as a former executive um because it’s easy for us to say Smitty

Uh that I think that makes logical Sense on the other hand you have one of the best players in NBA history who revolutionized the sport with his three-point shooting and Steph Curry a four-time champion he is still in his prime he’s in his mid-30s but he’s playing incredible basketball um so you

Can’t just write off his prime I think you owee it to him and and Joe lob and Mike dun leevy Jr feel like they owe it to Steph to prolong his Prime and give him another chance to compete uh so it’s a really difficult decision my guess is

That all of those guys Wiggins clay and Draymond are in Warriors uniforms past the deadline um I I think it’s one of those things you give him one more chance see if Draymond can get back in the lineup and stay healthy see if Chris Paul can get healthy and what the team

Looks like and then I think figure it out but again it’s easy for me to say because that tax bill is coming and it’s going to be pretty steep this offseason but you’ve been in that position though before from a perspective of an executive how delicate is this Klay

Thompson situation it’s really delicate and I’d love to get Smitty’s perspective on it as well there have been reports that clay was offered a 2-year deal $48 million total 24 a year on average well that’s less than half of what Draymond got Draymond got a 4-year $100 million

Extension so if you’re clay saying wait a minute wh why am I um taking half the years and even less than half the money that that’s not fair to me so um he referenced it the other night after the game in Brooklyn I think the mental

Aspect of this is really wearing on clay and and Smitty as a player to me it seems like that lack of certainty especially for a shooter would be infuriating especially when you feel like you’ve done well by a franchise and they should do well by you Ryan said it

I mean from a player standpoint and we know he’s been a pro I mean I love his approach but Clay is saying as much as I’ve done for you guys over the years you know people don’t forget that he was the guy that guarded every one two or

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NBA Gametime react to Kristaps Porzingis, Derrick White lead Celtics to gritty late win vs. Hawks