If Tyler Hansbrough is Available, He Will Be an Atlanta Hawk

If Tyler Hansbrough is available when the Atlanta Hawks come on the clock in the NBA draft he will be an Atlanta Hawk. Surely that is going to make some Hawks fans wretch, but based on the glowing reports coming from his workout it would be a major surprise if the ACC's all-time leading scorer isn't sporting a Hawks uniform come Friday morning if the Hawks have the chance to draft him. Perhaps I'm writing this to talk myself into being ok with the pick even though I'm not a huge Hansbrough fan, but picking Hansbrough makes sense for the Hawks in a lot of ways.  The first thing you have to consider is where the Hawks are picking in the draft. If the Hawks were mired in lottery as we've seen them so many times this decade, picking Hansbrough would be a mistake of Shelden Williams-ian proportions.  I think Hansbrough will be a better pro than the Slumlord, but that may be damning him with faint praise. In the lottery, especially the top five, you need to draft a player that is ready to ... (link)