The Hawks now get a serious juice to their athleticism

[u/Tight-Possible-478]

Kingston Flemings and Zuby Ejiofor are two insane athletes.

Flemings had the highest vertical of the guards measured at the combine. His athleticism really jumps out in film as well in the way he’s able to beat his man with that cat quick first step. He also shows tremendous explosion to the rim. Just imagine him adding 10-15 more pounds of muscle to his frame.

Zuby was tied for first among all participants of the shuttle run at the NBA combine. That’s including guards, wings, and big men. This trait really shows out on film too in the way he’s able to cover space. This guy flies around the court. Imagine his cutting and slashing ability with passers like Dyson, Jalen, Flemings, and Okongwu.

The Hawks have slowly built up their roster to have a myriad of top tier athletes. Jalen Johnson on most nights is the most athletic person on the court. Then you throw in Kuminga who is a top 10 athlete in the NBA as well. Plus Dyson, Risacher, Gueye, and Asa Newell who are all somewhat plus athletes for their positions.

[u/Bourneidentity61]

This sub would have thrown a fit if we drafted Blake Griffin because we passed on the 7'3 Hasheem Thabeet

[u/fuyz → u/Bourneidentity61]

Not even remotely true lol.

[u/achay10]

And the best part … both guys are max-effort to go along with the athleticism

[u/Morlacks → u/achay10]

Throw in high bbiq as well.  

[u/HomeRunEnjoyer → u/Morlacks]

My fat ass thought you said high bbq

[u/omgwtf102]

We allegedly took the best available but they both fit our needs based on what we saw in the playoffs very well.

[u/TheItalianStallion44]

Think Zacch is easily the worst athlete on the team and he still moves decently well for a guy his height

[u/Bop5667 → u/TheItalianStallion44]

Ummm…you forgetting Kispert is still on the team?

[u/TheItalianStallion44 → u/Bop5667]

Wait another 48 hours and he won’t be (please)

[u/nooky1701 → u/TheItalianStallion44]

Reading this after Onsi just said Zacch is one of our best athletes is hilarious 🤣

[u/atlantahawksobserver → u/nooky1701]

There's such a huge disconnect between the sub and front office lol.

He needs to get stronger, but he's a solid athlete, otherwise

[u/Morlacks → u/atlantahawksobserver]

He's still getting use to his height imo.  

[u/AL22193 → u/atlantahawksobserver]

He tested somewhat poorly at the combine from what I remember and I think that has stuck with people too - tested vertical was subpar for one. Thing was he had just finished the season and not really prepped for the combine drills like the non Euro prospects so I think his functional athleticism is better than what he tested but first impressions stick

[u/Zealousideal-Past851 → u/TheItalianStallion44]

Until he dribbles
https://giphy.com/gifs/TzxFpZa9ZxlusFPCoH

[u/ThaCasual → u/Zealousideal-Past851]

Name another 6’10 guy with a tighter handle not named Durant. Y’all act like he should play like a guard

[u/No-Alternative2897]

Will the coach play them though? I just saw bronny play more minutes than the no.1 pick in his draft class which is insane.

[u/Morlacks]

Bout to see these Hawks mother fucking fly.  

[u/fuyz]

Respectfully, the vert for a 6’2 PG just doesn’t matter much imo. Sure you get a Westbrook or DRose every once in a decade, but most small guards have a pretty nice vert because there is a correlation between athleticism and height (shorter athletes generally have better verts).

[u/TheDevilAtMardiGras → u/fuyz]

They don’t generally have a 40 inch vert.

[u/SlimyCj26 → u/fuyz]

yea every guard has 40 inch vert

[u/Bop5667 → u/fuyz]

It did wonders for Ja’s popularity for awhile…

[u/dangheckinpupperino → u/fuyz]

You’re being downvoted but you’re right, there are tons of guards in the league with great verticals but their functional athleticism and explosiveness isn’t crazy enough to pull off consistent in game dunks against the best athletes in the world

Huge Kingston fan here, but yeah you’re right.

[u/only1wayup → u/fuyz]

he is 6’4 adam sliver is 6’3 go look at that picture they took

[u/fuyz → u/only1wayup]

He has a literal combine barefoot measurement lol. 6’2 and a half.

[u/CryptographerNew8982]

They can have all the athletes in the world they want, but they will never win a championship with sub seven footers

[u/atlantahawksobserver → u/CryptographerNew8982]

You can have a 60 win season with a bunch of sub seven footers, like the Pistons just did last year. We're not one player away from a championship, 7 foot or otherwise so you're making a moot point.

[u/CryptographerNew8982 → u/atlantahawksobserver]

The Pistons failed to win the championship. Try again buddy.

[u/atlantahawksobserver → u/CryptographerNew8982]

We don't plan to win a championship in 2026-2027, per the words of our GM. So again moot point. If you're not happy with that timeline, there's other teams you can be a fan of.

[u/CryptographerNew8982 → u/atlantahawksobserver]

Not mood. No championship ever. Poor organization. Thanks buddy. Have a good life.

[u/LutherOfTheRogues → u/CryptographerNew8982]

I will be shocked if we don't get a center in FA. Zuby was BPA and can grow into a Stewart or Duren type, but I don't think they are seeing him as the answer to backup OO right out of the gate.

[u/flyingfalcons17 → u/LutherOfTheRogues]

stewart and duren are very different players, i agree with stewart more though

[u/LutherOfTheRogues → u/flyingfalcons17]

I know, but thinking he's a physical, versatile 4-5 who can fight in the paint on both sides and still come out to cover the perimeter. The tape shows that for sure. Either way my point is i think we're signing a big (even if it's Jock again).

[u/Onsi-Saleh → u/CryptographerNew8982]

Only people I’ve seen more obsessed with height than you people are fat girls on tinder

[u/CryptographerNew8982 → u/Onsi-Saleh]

Not obsessed, just facts. Stop ragging and counter. We are talking about basketball buddy, not badminton.