THE TWELVE DAYS OF DRAFTSMAS - DAY ELEVEN - LANA HOX

DAY ELEVEN AS IN TRAE YOUNG'S NUMBER AS IN ATLANTA HAWKS AS IN THERE'S NO TRAE YOUNG CARDS IN THIS POST

QUICK NOTE - I WORKED ALL DAY YESTERDAY AND COMPLETELY FORGOT I HADN'T POSTED THIS AND EVEN CHECKED TO SEE IF I POSTED IT AND SAW THE MALTESE FALCON POST AND THOUGHT, WEIRD, I DON'T REMEMBER POSTING THAT TODAY BUT I GUESS I DID AND THEN I ACTUALLY LISTENED TO A HAWKS GAME AND IT STILL DIDN'T CLICK BECAUSE GOT-DAMN THE HAWKS KICKED SOME FUCKING ASS LAST NIGHT AND NOW I'M LATE BUT FUKKIT, YOU ALL GOT A BREAK FOR FESTIVUS AND NOW YOU'LL GET A POST ON CHRISTMAS. ME ACTUALLY GETTING ALL THE POSTS WRITTEN DAYS IN ADVANCE AND THEN FUCKING UP THE FOLLOW THROUGH IS EXTREMELY ON BRAND

A WHILE BACK KERRY AT CARDS ON CARDS SENT ME A PACKAGE FULL OF HAWKS AND A FEW BRAVES, WHICH WAS GREATLY APPRCIATED. I HAVE A PILE OF CARDINALS AND BLAZERS I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET ACROSS THE COUNTRY ONCE I GET MY ACT TOGETHER. I SCANNED A BUNCH OF THE CARDS FOR POSTS AND THEN DID NOTHING BECAUSE I HAD PANDEMIC BRAIN MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE DID

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BUT THE GENERAL THEME OF THIS POST WAS GOING TO BE THE COOLEST HAWKS STUFF TO COME OUT OF THE PACKAGE AND THE STUFF IS COOL

HERE'S A VINYL STICKER FROM THE HAWKS' SILVER SEASON. I REMEMBER THIS LOGO BEING EVERYWHERE BACK IN THE DAY AND I PROBABLY ALREADY HAD ONE OF THESE STICKERS AND MAYBE STUCK IT ON SOMETHING. THIS IS FOR THEIR TWENTY-FIFTH SEASON IN ATLANTA, NOT ALL-TIME. I THINK IT WAS AROUND 1993 BUT I'M NOT SURE BECAUSE GOOGLE SEARCH IS AN AD-INFESTED MESS AND USELESS FOR SEARCHING ANY INFORMATION FOR A THING THAT IS EVEN SLIGHTLY MONETIZABLE. AT ANY RATE THIS STICKER COME FROM THE TIME BEFORE THE DISMAL YEARS. I WILL PROBABLY HOARD IT AND OCCASIONALLY LOOK AT IT FONDLY INSTEAD OF STICKING IT ON SOMETHING BECAUSE I AM OLD AND NO FUN ANYMORE

PISTOL PETE CANDYSTRIPE PRIZMFRACTOR SILVERY PARALLEL THINGY WHAT I DON'T KNOW THE PROPER NAME FOR! I REALLY LIKE PRIZM BASKETBALL CARDS BECAUSE THEY ARE SHINY AND LOOK GOOD BUT I DO NOT BUY THE PACKS BECAUSE THEY ARE EXPENSIVE AS HECK AND YOU GET LIKE EIGHT CARDS FOR TEN BUCKS AND FOR THAT MONEY YOU COULD GET LITERALLY HALF THE SET OUT OF A DIME BOX. AND ALL THOSE CARDS ARE IN THE DIME BOX IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE PEOPLE RIP THE PACKS AND JUST TAKE THE SHINY ONES AND ROOKIES. SO I DON'T SEE CRAZY PARALLEL VERSIONS LIKE THIS OFTEN BUT I SURE DO APPRECIATE THEM. IT'S GREAT TO SEE PETE IN A HAWKS UNI ALTHOUGH IT MAKES ME A LITTLE SAD. HAWKS MANAGEMENT IN THE 70S FUCKED UP SO SO BAD 

DIKEMBE! LOVE DEKE SO MUCH. HE WASN'T THE FIRST HUGE FREE AGENT SIGNING THE HAWKS MADE WHILE I WAS SERIOUSLY FOLLOWING THE TEAM BUT HE MIGHT BE THE BEST. THE FIRST WAS MOSES FREAKING MALONE AND THEN INEXPLICABLY REGGIE THEUS. THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT SO WELL BUT MOSES CARDS IN AN ATLANTA UNI ARE COOL.  DIKEMBE WAS ON SONE REALLY GOOD HAWKS TEAMS IN THE LATE NINETIES UNTIL MOOKIE LEFT AND ISAIAH RIDER SHOWED UP AND THE TEAM FELL APART. THEN MUTOMBO GOT TRADED FOR TONY KUCOC AND THINGS GOT SO SO MUCH WORSE FROM THERE. NOT SURE IF BOGDONOVIC OR GALLINARI WILL HAVE DEKE LIKE IMPACT, OR EVEN REGGIE THEUS LIKE IMPACT BUT I HOPE THEY WORK OUT BETTER THAN USUAL FOR HAWKS FREE AGENT PICKUPS. DIKEMBE WEARING THAT GOOFY CARTOON HAWK JERSEY ALWAYS MAKES ME HAPPY REMEMBERING THE SOMEWHAT COMPETENT HAWKS ERA

JOHN COLLINS RATED ROOKIE OPTIC MAYBE ROOKIE CARD OR NOT. I DON'T KNOW HOW THESE WORK. I KNOW OPTICE IS PRISM DONRUSS BUT AM NOT SURE IF THE RATED ROOKIES ARE ALL COLORFUL LIKE THIS ONE OR IF THIS IS SOME SORT OF PARALLEL OR WHAT BUT WHO CARES. SHINY COLLINS ROOKIE. I AM CURRENTLY IN A BIT OF A PICKLE AS FAR AS THE HAWKS GO AS TRAE YOUNG AND JOHN COLLINS ARE BOTH POTENTIAL SUPERSTARS IN THE MAKING KIND OF LIKE HEYWARD AND FREEMAN A DOZEN YEARS AGO. I PICKED HEYWARD IN THAT ONE. THIS CHOICE MAY BE A BIT EASIER AS THE HAWKS DIDN'T EXTEND COLLINS SO HE WILL BE A RESTRICTED FREE AGENT NEXT YEAR. OH WELL I KINDA ALREADY PICKED TRAE. DID I MENTION I'M ALL IN ON TRAE YOUNG, HAWKS SAVIOR? LUKA WHO? PTUI- TRAE'S THE REAL DEAL

JOE JOHNSON! SO, UH... JOE! JOHNSON! UM. I... UH... 

JOE JOHNSON WAS AN ATLANTA HAWK FOR SEVEN SEASONS AND AVERAGED 20 POINTS A GAME AND WENT TO SIX ALL STAR GAMES AS A HAWK AND I DON'T REMEMBER NOTHIN ABOUT IT. I MEAN I KNOW HE WAS A HAWK AND A REALLY GOOD PLAYER AND I KNOW I'M BEING REALLY DISRESPECTFUL RIGHT NOW BUT I HAVE NO EMOTIONAL INVESTMENT AT ALL FOR SOME REASON. JOSH SMITH I REMEMBER. JOSH CHILDRESS I REMEMBER. MIKE BIBBY, JEFF TEAGUE, ZAZA PACHULIA, LOVE THOSE GUYS. JOE JOHNSON IS JUST JOE JOHNSON. AND I FEEL TERRIBLE BECAUSE HE IS A LEGIT EXCELLENT PLAYER AND IS STILL OUT THERE TRYING TO PLAY IN ANY LEAGUE HE CAN GET ON. HE JUST DOES NOT STICK IN MY MIND AND I DON'T KNOW WHY. ALL STAR SWATCH IS HELLA COOL THOUGH

AL HORFORD IS STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLAYERS EVEN THOUGH HE'S BOUNCED TO THE CELTICS, SIXERS AND NOW SONICS, I MEAN THUNDER. HE'S ONE OF THE VANISHINGLY FEW HAWK DRAFT PICKS WHO WERE NOT UTTER FLOPS AND HE TOOK US TO THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS BEFORE THE TEAM BLEW UP. I WAS ACTUALLY BUYING PACKS DURING HIS ROOKIE SEASON TO SO I GOT TO PULL SOME OF HIS CARDS. THIS ONE IS FROM A ROOKIE SET MARKETED IN BLISTER PACKS. THE DRAW WAS DURANT BUT I BOUGHT IT FOR AL. NOW THAT I HAVE THIS ONE I CAN PUT BACK THE OTHER AL AND HAVE A COMPLETE SET AGAIN. TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH AN AL HORFORD FAN I AM HIS CARDS ARE IN THE SAME BINDER AS JASON HEYWARD AND JESSIE TUGGLE. THAT IS A CHERISHED BINDER

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HAPPY FESTIVUS EVERYONE! MAKE SURE TO AIR THOSE GREIVANCES! WE ALL GOT A LOT OF THEM THIS YEAR