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The Atlanta Hawks are in the midst of a rebuild and, as such, have salary cap room to spare this summer in trades. The Denver Nuggets missed the playoffs by 1 game last season and are looking to trim their salary cap bill for 2018-19.

That combination may lead to the Nuggets trading little-used forward Kenneth Faried to the Hawks before the 2018 Draft. Michael Cunningham of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the Hawks may be willing to help the Nuggets part with Faried for the right price:

The Nuggets are aggressively seeking to shed salary by trading forward Kenneth Faried, and the Hawks are willing to accommodate them for the right price, according to a person with knowledge of the NBA trade market.

The Hawks would seek draft picks, young players or both as part of a deal with the Nuggets or any other team that wants to reduce payroll. The Nuggets own the No. 14 overall pick in next week’s draft, and their expendable young players include recent draft picks Malik Beasley and Tyler Lydon.

The Nuggets are looking to reduce their salary commitments for next season. Faried is owed $13.8 million in 2018-19, the final year of his deal, and he fell out of Denver’s rotation this season with a career-low 461 minutes played.

http://www.nba.com/article/2018/06/15/report-atlanta-hawks-denver-nuggets-kenneth-faried-trade-talk

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Whatever gets me Trae Young (or Collin) and a star center I am 100% down for.

Rather push for #14 than Lydon or Beasley. #14 would be a nice bridge into the top 10 combined with one of the later picks.

If ATL wants to move in the Top10 from the 14th pick, this trade would have to be complete before the draft, and not be dependent of who is available at 14th for DEN. DEN has to give the pick before the draft.