The Upvote Factory

19 May 2026

• [DISCUSSION] Weekly off-season discussion thread!
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• Why last night solidifies that we should NOT take Mara at 8.

  The Thunder could literally only play Hartenstein 12 minutes because his inability to space the floor made it so Wemby could camp in the paint and completely cripple the Thunder's offense. I think we need to double down on small ball and stock up on guys who can space the floor. MBJ/Ament/Carr/Lendeborg and Veesaar/Steinbach/Graves would be my 1st choices.

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• Are y'all being serious?

  Do y'all truly want to gut the team for the #1 pick, or are y'all just doing it for clicks? I'm convinced it's the former. YES, we lost badly in game 6, but y'all are acting like we don't have a direction. Leave it to you guys, and we'll trade the whole starting 5 + every pick for the next 5 years, AND the license to State Farm Arena for #1. We had roster changes, people playing roles they weren't prepared or ready for, a losing record after the all-star break, AND we still got the 6th seed and two games from the Knicks, who look like the best team in the East. Please don't let one HORRIBLE defeat overshadow the growth the team showed. The 60-win Pistons were in the same boat last year. Even though they just lost badly, bring in high-level vets, let the team adjust to their new roles, and trust JJ to take a bigger offensive leap. Gutting the team for a 19-year-old is never the right answer unless their name is Vicbron Jamebayama. Thank you.

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• Hawks fanbase wants a big man until it’s time to get a big man

  We desperately need a 1a or guard that can create for himself on this team, but I’m tired of this fanbase philosophy.

  This has been a problem for most of the decade. We’ve been mid to bottom ten in rebounding and rim protection, but for some reason the fanbase seems to value scoring guards who don’t play defense and power forwards over rim protecting/ rebounding bigs. This has been a problem in the Trae era. Instead of upgrading at the 5 spot from Capela/OO, we’ve tried to surround scorers/playmakers (Kobe, Zacc, AJ, Sharife) to pair with Trae, which doesn’t work when our defense isn’t good. Now in this era we’re asking Dyson and NAW a lot on the defensive end with a weak front court defense.

  Regardless of how you feel about picking 8th with Aday Mara, this fanbase has always been against picking bigs over guards in the draft for some odd reason knowing we got killed by bigs all the time . We can find some bigs in free agency, but even fanbase worried about that because they can’t “space the floor “.

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• Potential Lineups?

  Hello Everyone! A lot of info is coming about the hawks potential moves in the future. I was wondering what a possible lineup would be if we got AJ. Picks and players would obviously be traded but how would he fit with the team? And what could the lineup look if the hawks were to get DP? I don’t watch enough college ball to give an accurate opinion. Thanks! submitted by /u/duque2001 [link] [comments]

• I scouted EVERY Keaton Wagler defensive possession against Michigan. The results were...not pretty.
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• Who wants to tell the Sixers that Onsi Saleh is NOT AVAILABLE.

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• Ah, Hell No!!! If this happens we riot...

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• Would rather trade 23 away instead of 8.

  Hear me out. Move up from 23 to a sweet spot where we can grab Cameron Carr. I love what I'm seeing for the guy. I don't know where he'll land once some of these prospects go back to school, but I think he's worth moving up to get. I could see him being a top 10 level talent, shoot even top 6 or 7 in this class when the dust settles.

  I'm really not even all the interested in the top of the board, go grab Aday Mara and Cameron Carr.

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• Aday Mara pick and roll and drop coverage defense

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