Round 6 Pick 203 - Josh Childress
He's awesome. Like, the second best player on the Hawks at present awesome. Horford will be better, probably as soon as next year, but he wasn't this year. He can play the 1, 2 or 3 giving me the perfect 6th man. He shoots lights out, TS% of .626, .586 and .647 in the past 3 years. He's been a 40% 3 pt shooter over the past 3 years and has steadily improved his free throw percentage. Hopefully i can swing Mark Price as an assistant because Chill was shooting > 90% early in the year after working with him over the offseason.
His PER has improved every season, from 15.2 to 15.8 to 16.2 to 17.8. His rebounding percentages took a big dip this year, but that's a function of the role he's playing on the team now with Horford underneath.
And he does all this while being an unselfish player who can fit into his role on a team.
As for me relegating myself to former and current Hawks, let's just say that Priest Lauderdale is still on my short list. I REALLLLLLY wanted Smitty and was sad to see him go 10 picks earlier. Probably my second biggest disappointment after Camby.
Also, it should be noted that an entire current starting 5 for the Atlanta Hawks has been drafted, with only one due to what we could consider a bias source.
98 - Joe Johnson (2)
101 - Al Horford (5)
120 - Josh Smith (4)
150 - Mike Bibby (1)
203 - Josh Childress (3)
And people in Atlanta still want to argue that Mike Woodson deserves a job.