Mock Off-Season Sneak Preview: Atlanta Hawks and NBA Draft

[NYG]

Atlanta Hawks

Trades:
Jalen Green, Jae'Sean Tate, Jeff Green, Jock Landale, 3rd Overall Pick, 2026 Unprotected Brooklyn Nets First Round Draft Pick (via Rockets) and 2028 Top 10 Protected Houston Rockets First Round Draft Pick (2029 - Top 4 Protected / 2030 - Unprotected) for Trae Young
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Clint Capela for Cole Anthony and 2025 Orlando Magic Second Round Draft Pick

Draft:
Draft Alex Sarr 1st Overall
Draft Matas Buzelis 3rd Overalll

Free Agency:
Sign Dario Saric to 1 year deal worth Tax MLE

Other Transactions:
Stretch waived Jock Landale

Roster
Dejounte Murray $25,499,599
De'Andre Hunter $21,696,429
Bogdan Bogdanovic $17,260,000
Onyeka Onkongwu $14,000,000
Jalen Johnson $4,510,905
Kobe Bufkin $4,299,000
A.J. Griffin $3,889,920
Mouhamed Gueye $1,891,857
Alex Sarr $13,236,360
Matas Buzelis $10,634,640
Jalen Green $12,483,048
Jeff Green $9,600,000
Jae'Sean Tate $7,065,217
Cole Anthony $12,900,000
Dario Saric $5,183,000

Jock Landale Dead Cap $2,666,667

Total Salary $166,816,642
Cap Space -$25,816,642
Tax Space $4,528,358
1st Apron Space $11,838,358
2nd Apron Space $22,651,358

[NYG]

Trades

Hawks/Rockets: Jalen Green, Jae'Sean Tate, Jeff Green, Jock Landale, 3rd Overall Pick, 2026 Unprotected Brooklyn Nets First Round Draft Pick (via Rockets) and 2028 Top 10 Protected Houston Rockets First Round Draft Pick (2029 - Top 4 Protected / 2030 - Unprotected) for Trae Young

Trail Blazers/Kings: Jerami Grant, Duop Reath, Kris Murray and 34th Overall for Harrison Barnes, Chris Duarte, Sasha Vezenkov and 13th Overall

Thunder/Bucks: Brook Lopez and 23rd Overall for 12th Overall

Magic/Bulls: 18th Overall and Lower of 2025 Magic/Nuggets First Round Draft Pick for 11th Overall

Wizards/Lakers: Gabe Vincent and 17th Overall for Corey Kispert and 26th Overall

Knicks/Raptors: 24th Overall, 25th Overall and 2025 Nets Second Round Draft Pick for 19th Overall and 31st Overall

Kings/T'Wolves: 34th Overall and 45th Overall for 27th Overall

Trail Blazers/Nets: Sasha Vezenkov and 40th Overall to Brooklyn

Pistons/Bucks: Quentin Grimes for Pat Connaughton and 33rd Overall

Jazz/T'Wolves: 32nd Overall for 37th Overall and 45th Overall

Grizzlies/Jazz: 39th Overall, 57th Overall and Cash for 37th Overall

Jazz/76ers: 39th Overall for two future second round draft picks

Jazz/Nets: 57th Overall for Cash

NBA Draft
1. Hawks - Alex Sarr
2. Wizards - Zaccharie Risacher
3. Hawks - Matas Buzelis
4. Spurs - Robert Dillingham
5. Pistons - Reed Sheppard
6. Hornets - Nikola Topic
7. Trail Blazers - Donovan Clingan
8. Spurs - Ron Holland
9. Grizzlies - Dalton Knecht
10. Jazz - Cody Williams
11. Magic - Stephon Castle
12. Bucks - Ja'Kobe Walter
13. Trail Blazers - Tidjane Salaun
14. Trail Blazers - Isaiah Collier
15. Heat - Devin Carter
16. 76ers - Tristan Da Silva
17. Wizards - Jared McCain
18. Bulls - Kyle Filipowski
19. Knicks - Tyler Smith
20. Cavaliers - Yves Missi
21. Pelicans - Kel'el Ware
22. Suns - Carlton Carrington
23. Thunder - Zach Edey
24. Raptors - Bobi Klintman
25. Raptors - Tyler Kolek
26. Lakers - Kyshawn George
27. Kings - Nikola Djurisic
28. Nuggets - Kevin McCullar
29. Jazz - Pacome Dadiet
30. Celtics - Johnny Furphy

31. Knicks - DaRon Holmes II
32. Timberwolves - Jaylon Tyson
33. Pistons - Ryan Dunn
34. Timberwolves - Harrison Ingram
35. Spurs - Payton Sandfort
36. Pacers - Terrence Shannon
37. Grizzlies - Ulrich Chomche
38. Knicks - Ajay Mitchell
39. 76ers - Cameron Christie
40. Nets - Justin Edwards
41. 76ers - Baylor Scheierman
42. Hornets - Melvin Ajinca
43. Heat - Keshad Johnson
44. Rockets - Izan Alamnsa
45. Jazz - Kenneth Simpson
46. Clippers - Alex Karaban
47. Magic - Hunter Sallis
48. Spurs - Dillon Jones
49. Pacers - Trevon Brazile
50. Pacers - Trentyn Flowers
51. Wizards - Mark Sears
52. Warriors - Juan Nunez
53. Pistons - Pelle Larsson
54. Celtics - Adem Bona
55. Lakers - Bronny James
56. Nuggets - Jamal Shead
57. Nets - Cam Spencer
58. Mavericks - Ariel Kuhporti

[NYG]

As a reference...

Player Name Pos. Hgt The Ringer Style Comp
Alex Sarr PF 7'1 Jaren Jackson Jr./Jonathan Isaac
Zaccharie Risacher SF 6'10 Michael Porter Jr.
Robert Dillingham PG 6'2 Lou Williams/Bones Hyland
Matas Buzelis SF 6'10 Lamar Odom
Nikola Topic PG 6'7 Goran Dragic
Reed Sheppard SG 6'3 Derrick White
Donovan Clingan C 7'2 Roy Hibbert
Stephon Castle PG 6'6 Markelle Fultz/Anthony Black
Dalton Knecht SF 6'6 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope/Max Strus
Cody Williams SF 6'8 Jalen Rose
Ron Holland SF 6'7 Harrison Barnes/Josh Jackson
Ja'Kobe Walter SG 6'5 Khris Middleton
Isaiah Collier PG 6'4 Tyreke Evans/Emmanuel Mudiay
Tidjane Salaun PF 6'10 Chandler Parsons
Devin Carter PG 6'3 Bruce Brown
Jared McCain PG 6'3 Seth Curry
Tristan Da Silva SF 6'9 Kyle Anderson
Zach Edey C 7'4 Ivica Zubac
Yves Missi C 6'11 Jalen Duren
Kyle Filipowski PF 7'0 Zach Collins
Tyler Smith SF 6'10 Charlies Villanueva
Carlton Carrington PG 6'5 Lou Williams
Kel'el Ware C 7'0 Myles Turner
Bobi Klintman SF 6'10 Jared Dudley/Channing Frye
Kyshawn George SG 6'8 Joe Ingles
Kevin McCullar SF 6'7 Nic Batum/Bruce Brown
Johnny Furphy SG 6'9 Cam Johnson/Doug McDermott
Pacome Dadiet SF 6'8 Michael Finley
Nikola Djurisic SF 6'7 Chandler Parsons/Sam Dekker
Tyler Kolek PG 6'3 Jalen Brunson/Goran Dragic

[LarsV8]

oh my.

[jayu70]

Atlanta Hawks

Trades:
Jalen Green, Jae'Sean Tate, Jeff Green, Jock Landale, 3rd Overall Pick, 2026 Unprotected Brooklyn Nets First Round Draft Pick (via Rockets) and 2028 Top 10 Protected Houston Rockets First Round Draft Pick (2029 - Top 4 Protected / 2030 - Unprotected) for Trae Young
===
Clint Capela for Cole Anthony and 2025 Orlando Magic Second Round Draft Pick

Draft:
Draft Alex Sarr 1st Overall
Draft Matas Buzelis 3rd Overalll

Free Agency:
Sign Dario Saric to 1 year deal worth Tax MLE

Other Transactions:
Stretch waived Jock Landale

Roster
Dejounte Murray $25,499,599
De'Andre Hunter $21,696,429
Bogdan Bogdanovic $17,260,000
Onyeka Onkongwu $14,000,000
Jalen Johnson $4,510,905
Kobe Bufkin $4,299,000
A.J. Griffin $3,889,920
Mouhamed Gueye $1,891,857
Alex Sarr $13,236,360
Matas Buzelis $10,634,640
Jalen Green $12,483,048
Jeff Green $9,600,000
Jae'Sean Tate $7,065,217
Cole Anthony $12,900,000
Dario Saric $5,183,000

Jock Landale Dead Cap $2,666,667

Total Salary $166,816,642
Cap Space -$25,816,642
Tax Space $4,528,358
1st Apron Space $11,838,358
2nd Apron Space $22,651,358

You have not addressed Saddiq Bey's RFAcy and not interested in trading Trae.

[NYG]

oh my.

I just went in and ran with it haha... it's going to be an interesting one. I was a lot less reserved than usual.

[shrink]

Kings/T'Wolves: 34th Overall and 45th Overall for 27th Overall

Jazz/T'Wolves: 32nd Overall for 37th Overall and 45th Overall

MIN starts with picks 27 + 37 and ends with 32 + 34. While this could happen, (since I feel trades in this area are often made because a GM likes a specific player), technically you lose value if you drop your better pick 5 slots to raise your worse pick 3.

I always look forward to your mock off-season because it really gets me thinking about the summer. For the Wolves, they have Tim Connelly who has a background in scouting and a history of finding talent in the second round. Since they are going to become very expensive next year, and unlikely to break up the team (ownership pending) after a rare, remarkable season, I wondered if they have the roster spots to just do your first trade, turn their #27 into two seconds, and draft three second rounders, looking for future cheap contributors. I suspect they go for a 14 man roster to save lux taxes. Their top seven rotation is locked in, they have three more young players under contract (Leonard Miller, Josh Minnot, Wendell Moore Jr), and have decisions on Kyle Anderson (likely too expensive), Monte Morris (can they get him on a short, cheap deal after a lost season?), Jordan MacLaughlin (stays, for cheap deal?), Luka Garza (likely gone, could be 14th man), and Jaylen Clark (likely gone, maybe Hinkie Special). To me, I think they have the room to add three second rounders, stick them in Iowa, and see if they become anything. I like your first trade.