With Tuesday's NBA Draft Lottery handing the Atlanta Hawks the #8 and #10 picks, fans had mixed feelings. Certainly many were happy that the Hawks received the pick from Dallas from the Doncic-Young trade, however there was also disappointment that a possible top four pick ended up being #8 overall.
On Wednesday's Morning Show, John Fricke and Hugh Douglas shared their thoughts and they both played around wtih the same idea, that with Travis Schlenk as General Manager, the Hawks can still do damage in this draft.
Fricke began by asking you to trust the Hawks GM, "you're giving Travis Schlenk two top 10 picks, a guy that has proven to you that he can go as far as #19 and find John Collins."
SLOWWWW DOWWWW ....TS got Collins and Huerter both at 19.He can do damage with 8 and 10!
— John Fricke (@JohnFricke)
May 15, 2019 Hugh recalled what Schlenk had told him before the Draft Lottery and why fans should still be optimistic. "Yesterday he (Schlenk) said the best case scenario was getting two picks in the top 10 and they got that" Hugh said. He added, "it's unfortunate as Hawks fans it wasn't in the top 5, but I still think Travis is going to be able to get some guys that are going to come in here and be players."
Food for thought while we’re enjoying the WCF tonight. The 2 best players for each team were drafted 7th & 11th and 6th & 10th.
— The Bunker Mentality (@TBM929)
May 15, 2019 Hugh continued, "the immediate reaction is nobody's going to be available at those picks. If you're not drafting in the first five a lot of people feel that you don't have a chance to get a good player. John Collins is an outlier. Draymond Green. So that's not the case."
Players that have been selected #8 and #10 over the last 20 years...Paul George, CJ McCollum, Joe Johnson, Paul Pierce, Brook LopezAlso...Saer Sane, Nick Stauskas, Channing Frye, Frank Ntilikina, Jimmer Fredette
— Mike Conti (@MikeConti929)
May 15, 2019 And finally, Hugh Douglas closed by warning fans not to give up hope just because it's not a juicy name, "it's not gonna be a name that was falling off our lips the last few weeks, but I still think you're going to get some quality guys with the 8th and 10th picks."
