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Geaux_Hawks wrote:Think we did pretty good here. Dyson Daniels is basically the kind of defender we want next to Trae. A potential lottery pick next year. Then a 2027 FRP at least. Nance is a cheap defender coming off the bench as a 4.

HMFFL wrote:

Geaux_Hawks wrote:Think we did pretty good here. Dyson Daniels is basically the kind of defender we want next to Trae. A potential lottery pick next year. Then a 2027 FRP at least. Nance is a cheap defender coming off the bench as a 4.

I really like Larry Nance Jr but primarily for a playoff contender. He's expiring so if he doesn't have a future with us I want us to move him for something.

I like Dyson Daniels.

Rotting for the Lalers to lose comes naturally so I hope they fall apart next season.

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Geaux_Hawks wrote:

HMFFL wrote:

Geaux_Hawks wrote:Think we did pretty good here. Dyson Daniels is basically the kind of defender we want next to Trae. A potential lottery pick next year. Then a 2027 FRP at least. Nance is a cheap defender coming off the bench as a 4.

I really like Larry Nance Jr but primarily for a playoff contender. He's expiring so if he doesn't have a future with us I want us to move him for something.

I like Dyson Daniels.

Rotting for the Lalers to lose comes naturally so I hope they fall apart next season.

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I'm not sure we'd get much in return on him, unless we're taking future money back since he's a good expiring.

Jamaaliver wrote:Holy Cow!

I disappear for a few hours and miss the biggest news of the year for Atlanta!

Hawks finally move forward & reset around Trae Young — for now

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Dejounte’s gone. Is Trae next?

Either way, the Atlanta Hawks have to feel a lot better today, because they finally ripped off the Band-Aid. One of Dejounte Murray or Trae Young had to go … at least. Today, the answer was Murray, whom the team sent to New Orleans for Dyson Daniels, Larry Nance Jr., E.J. Liddell and two first-round picks, league sources confirmed Friday.

Somehow, some way, it appears the Hawks have been able to salvage about 97 cents on the dollar from the reckless trade that brought Murray to Atlanta in the first place, one that thrust them into a crisis of being relentlessly mediocre yet unable to tank.

Atlanta just got back an unprotected Lakers pick in the 2025 draft that has a very strong chance of landing in the teens. The Hawks also received an unprotected pick in 2027, although it is the lesser of New Orleans’ or Milwaukee’s.

However, the other pearl is Daniels, a budding defensive specialist joining a team whose tragic inability to contain the ball resulted in the league’s 27th-ranked defense a season ago.

Daniels has two years left on a rookie deal that will pay him $6.1 million this year and $7.7 million next year. He struggles shooting and didn’t really fit in New Orleans because they had so many other suspect marksmen, but in Atlanta, he becomes a vital piece who may start to offset noted matador Young.

Even with no further moves, the Hawks have quickly remade themselves into a younger team. Daniels, top overall pick Zaccharie Risacher, 2023 first-rounder Kobe Bufkin and 2022 first-rounder Jalen Johnson – quietly among the league’s most improved players last season – now seem like core pieces.

Of course, I say all this as if the Hawks are done dealing. Are they?

...this is once again undeniably Trae Young’s team … for now. This time, at least, the pieces fit dramatically better.

Friday was the best day for the reconstituted front office under Landry Fields since its formation. By moving on from Murray, the Hawks have regained the flexibility to move forward in a number of directions with or without Young. (Don’t discount the fact they evaded the Stepien rule now, for instance, on trading their own first in 2026 or 2028.)

In doing so, they ended up with a roster that is younger, cheaper, more coherent and a better fit around their best player. We just don’t know how long that last part will still apply.

Jamaaliver wrote:

Hawks finally move forward & reset around Trae Young — for now

Watch on YouTube

Dejounte’s gone. Is Trae next?

Either way, the Atlanta Hawks have to feel a lot better today, because they finally ripped off the Band-Aid. One of Dejounte Murray or Trae Young had to go … at least. Today, the answer was Murray, whom the team sent to New Orleans for Dyson Daniels, Larry Nance Jr., E.J. Liddell and two first-round picks, league sources confirmed Friday.

Somehow, some way, it appears the Hawks have been able to salvage about 97 cents on the dollar from the reckless trade that brought Murray to Atlanta in the first place, one that thrust them into a crisis of being relentlessly mediocre yet unable to tank.

Atlanta just got back an unprotected Lakers pick in the 2025 draft that has a very strong chance of landing in the teens. The Hawks also received an unprotected pick in 2027, although it is the lesser of New Orleans’ or Milwaukee’s.

However, the other pearl is Daniels, a budding defensive specialist joining a team whose tragic inability to contain the ball resulted in the league’s 27th-ranked defense a season ago.

Daniels has two years left on a rookie deal that will pay him $6.1 million this year and $7.7 million next year. He struggles shooting and didn’t really fit in New Orleans because they had so many other suspect marksmen, but in Atlanta, he becomes a vital piece who may start to offset noted matador Young.

Even with no further moves, the Hawks have quickly remade themselves into a younger team. Daniels, top overall pick Zaccharie Risacher, 2023 first-rounder Kobe Bufkin and 2022 first-rounder Jalen Johnson – quietly among the league’s most improved players last season – now seem like core pieces.

Of course, I say all this as if the Hawks are done dealing. Are they?

...this is once again undeniably Trae Young’s team … for now. This time, at least, the pieces fit dramatically better.

Friday was the best day for the reconstituted front office under Landry Fields since its formation. By moving on from Murray, the Hawks have regained the flexibility to move forward in a number of directions with or without Young. (Don’t discount the fact they evaded the Stepien rule now, for instance, on trading their own first in 2026 or 2028.)

In doing so, they ended up with a roster that is younger, cheaper, more coherent and a better fit around their best player. We just don’t know how long that last part will still apply.

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epfou1 wrote:This trade is an L for the Hawks. Couldn’t get Herb Jones or Trey Murphy as part of the package.
Daniels will be good. Even the two first round picks are meh.