00:00sent a ton of assets to the atlanta hawks and tonight's 23rd overall pick
00:05jay why the pick is now in at number 23 overall the atlanta hawks select the big man out of
00:12georgia he's not going far from athens to atlanta that would be asin newell 611 jay a towering figure
00:20for the bulldogs during 2024 25 average more than 15 points and close to seven boards for mike white
00:28and uga a season ago first freshman to lead georgia in both rebounding and scoring since the late 90s
00:36so asin newell now heads to atlanta might be there in the front court alongside christoph porzingis who
00:42was traded for earlier this week what grade do you give the hawks pick here of asin newell at 23 i give
00:48it a song i give it a solid bait for where they got him at uh at 23 when you look at asin newell his
00:53ability to score inside uh rugged defender hustler 6-9 he's a perfect depth piece for a team that's
01:01trying to compete ben this upcoming season because he could back up probably too small to be a backup
01:07five unless he's in certain lineups uh in situations where it's playing against a smaller five or what
01:13we call a stretch five but mainly a backup four so now we're looking at backing up porzingis from jaylen
01:18johnson uh i think it's a good pick for them um if you want to look at a comparison maybe like a
01:24like a like a precious achua where precious is a four athletic defender inside but you could put him
01:31as a small ball five ben based on match people might forget last year the first overall pick
01:37zachary reza shea plays for the atlanta hawks so kev and tom when you look at this edition for atlanta
01:44in asin newell with that 23rd overall pick and you guys look at atlanta's outlook for 2025 26 this
01:51upcoming nba campaign what does newell add to this hawks organization tom you're a big value guy do you
01:59think that there could be some juice on this group i i do i yesterday i believe the hawks were 50 to 1 to
02:05win the east okay uh before the porzingis trade i don't know what that is after today 33 right now 33 to
02:11one okay i think that's a fine number but i i like the as coaches alluding to i like the depth that
02:16they have trey dyson daniels research a jalen johnson now poor zingas and yeka kangoo like they have
02:23they have some pieces to put it together now there is a you know injuries last year bringing in poor
02:29zingas can they get it to work but i i think that this is a team like once win totals come out i think the
02:35hawks would be an interesting win total team yeah i would say for newell getting to play with
02:41trey young as a legitimate lob threat is one of the best possible things also i love the fact that
02:45he's from georgia played in georgia now playing for the hawk that's just fun yeah right the falcons
02:50did that a little bit when they got jalen walker in the nfl draft so the hawks kind of doing a similar
02:55thing here i think there is that community vibe i think there is some connectiveness
02:59to all of that there and the hawks are a team that could use some good vibes i also just
03:04i think it's a pick that reinforces why this team traded for chris taps and was excited too
03:10because newell fits so well next to chris steps oh yes and again that not that newell will start
03:19that's that's not on the board but those minutes together i think you'll see they're gonna have a
03:25really nice offensive rating in the minutes that those two are sharing the floor i also think ben the fact
03:31that on a night like this when the hawks make picks or decisions we are discussing their status in the
03:39east even that is just a ginormous win for a team that last year got knocked out of the play-in by an
03:46eight game under 500 miami heat team that then no showed the first round of the postseason
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