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Hello all, I'm an impartial Nets fan who just likes to make trades and get feedback.

Your Atlanta Hawks are in an enviable position. Young, athletic, deep and fresh off a surprising playoff run, you are poised for continued success. Why futz with a good thing?

Well, the way I see it, someone will face the squeeze. At full health, you are 2-deep at every position with quality, under contract for multiple seasons. Onyeka is solid, and Jalen looks like a keeper. Trae rightfully just got his maximum extension, and Collins got a fair deal as well. Clint is extension-eligible too, but Atlanta may be facing major luxury tax payments if the give him his market value.

One more guy who could receive an extension, Kevin Huerter, has shown enough to garner significant RFA interest next summer. I haven't heard much talk of extending him, though. Bogdan is slightly better IMO, and is locked up at a hefty number for 3 more years. Hunter and Reddish could both need big extensions, too. Would it make sense, then, to move Kevin now, before he becomes cost-prohibitive to keep and he's gone for nothing?

My proposal: Huerter for Gasol/26LAL1st/28LAL1st

Two distant 1sts don't sound sexy, but LA has to eventually regress. Those picks could be a premium asset in time, and between Lou, Delon and Cameron, Atlanta can absorb Huerter's departure. That's before you consider the potential benefit of Marc. He's frustrated with LA's mismanagement of his role, but in a new environment he could add frontcourt playmaking and steady 1v1 defense.

Thoughts?

ecuhus1981 wrote:...I haven't heard much talk of extending him, though...

That's the point : his agent stated that they decided (or he decided) to work on his free agents clients, then will work on non-FA client, as there is no urgency.
I think ATL won't trade him until they know what kind of contract they can agree on. Trade would be then a possibility if the gap is big, but not before being sure of that.
The best thing would be to play this season with all the same guys, and they can still match an offer next summer, as Gallo can free up to 15M (5M guaranteed on 20M for 2022-23 season), and trade him for less money later in next season if really needed.

I see no urgency in any case for any player at this moment
Don't forget that this team ended-up 2-4 in Eastern Finals while being the most injured of any playoffs team... I know, nobody except Hawks fans know it as TV was showing an injured Danny Green in full screen during the Sixers series, while not showing that Hunter-Reddish-Dunn were all injured.
It's not a surprise to see that the two less injured teams in the league were in the Finals, so if ATL keep them all and avoid injuries, it may be their best chances at a title this coming season, and I don't see management taking "mainly financial" decisions during this season as there will always be solutions later

This is a big heck no from the Hawks. We love our players, we love our depth and we love our GM and trust him to do his job. We're not going to start trading away good players for future assets just to avoid what might happen down the road. This team is going for it this year and we have every right to believe we have a shot at winning a title this year. No way we weaken our team this year just to protect the possible future.