WRG 2010 Mock Draft - #24 Atlanta Hawks

 
Our primary ballhandler is likely to leave as a free agent, and our starting PG is now a role player whose career is clearly in the gloaming.

But if the draft hasn't treated us kindly in the past, here is a situation that we see as a step toward redemption.

The PG crop in this draft ranges from "a few" to "none", but a guy we think has a shot to be a special PG has actually fallen to pick #24. The only thing more incredible than that is if we ignored it and picked someone else, and that's just not the way the Hawks do things.

Atlanta selects Eric Bledsoe.  We like his excellent shooting ability and his potential as a pure PG and feel we have the system in place where he can contribute now as a scorer while he works on his game.  He's the second best PG on his team but also the second best on our draft board.  We think he's a steal.

We got Kentucky's PG! There he is!

    

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.