WRG 2012 Mock Draft - #23 Atlanta Hawks

Simply put, we need help in the back court.

Jeff Teague is up and down at the point, but behind him we don't have any guards under contract, save Joe Johnson, who we can always move to the SF. Josh Smith and Al Horford give us a very nice front line going forward, but we need some guys who can light it up from the perimeter to keep the pressure off from them.

What do you know? A projected lottery pick slid all the way down to us.  A guy who is a great young shooter, has ideal size for a two guard and can finish at the rim athletically.

With the 23rd pick, the Atlanta Hawks select Terrence Ross, SG, Washington.

Stroke it.

Terrence Ross fills an immediate need at SG for us, and he dropped in this draft. We acquired a lottery talent at a need position with the 23rd pick. It doesn't get much better than that.

With his size (6-6) and sweet shooting stroke, we are absolutely thrilled. Never in our wildest dreams did we imagine this pick to pan out like this. 

WRG Mock Draft, #19: Atlanta Hawks

We have a lot of question marks this off-season. Mike Bibby, Zaza Pachulia, Flip Murray, and Marvin Williams are all free agents. We drafted Acie Law a couple years ago, after passing on Deron Williams and Chris Paul, but aren't thrilled with the progress (saying he's made progress is being nice) he's made. We still have a glaring hole at point guard. Mike Bibby has been a nice stopgap fix, but he's 31 years old, and we don't have any other point guards that we feel comfortable trusting.

Center is also a position we could use help at. If Pachulia leaves, we are in a big bind. Al Horford can play some minutes, but he's more of a 4. We aren't really thrilled at any of the center options in this guard heavy draft, so we don't want to go this direction with the 19th pick. BJ Mullens is on our board, but after the major screw ups we've pulled in past drafts, we don't want to take that risk.

We look to the point guards, and one point guard on our list is above the others at this pick. We lightly considered Jeff Teague, but we want more of a sure thing in someone who has produced over a period of time, and hasn't just had one big year.

With the 19th pick, the Atlanta Hawks select:

Get Low, Get Low!

Eric Maynor, PG, VCU

Maynor has improved his game throughout his time at VCU, and is remembered for making a huge shot to sink Duke in the NCAA tournament as a sophomore. We feel that we FINALLY found our point guard of the future, and view Maynor as a solid guard, who will have a long career and knows how to run a team.

The Utah Jazz are on the clock.