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• Hawks Expected To ‘Cast Wide Net’ Involving Options With No. 1 Pick
It’s the Atlanta Hawks’ time to shine. That’s just the way it goes when you have the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. So head of basketball operations Landry Fields and the rest of the front office getting to work, exploring their options, and perhaps contemplating trades. Or perhaps they’ll just keep […]
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• Hawks Expected To Pursue Trades For Trae Young
The Atlanta Hawks won the 2024 NBA Draft Lottery, moving from the tenth overall pick up to the first overall pick. That gives the Hawks and GM Landry Fields a lot of options moving forward.
One of those options is pursuing trades for Trae Young. Atlanta had been involved in trade talks involving Dejounte Murray leading up to the trade deadline but may now turn to trading Young instead.
Young is ow...2024
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• Hawks’ Fields “Shocked” By Getting Top Pick
Hawks GM Landry Fields wasn’t expecting to come away with the top overall pick in the draft, Lauren Williams of the Atlanta Journal Constitution relays. Atlanta zoomed up all the way from the No. 10 spot in the draft lottery to the top of the heap. The Hawks, who won 36 games, had a 3% […]...2024
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• Hawks GM on quiet deadline: 'Wasn't the time'
There was much speculation the Hawks would consider trading guard Dejounte Murray, who joins Trae Young to give Atlanta a high-scoring backcourt that hasn't produced a winning record, but GM Landry Fields said no offer fit team's long-term goals....2024
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• Hawks Have Mandate To Get Out Of Luxury Tax
The Atlanta Hawks have committed a lot of long-term salary to a team that has been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the last two seasons. Now, Hawks ownership has given their new front office a mandate to get out of the luxury tax for the upcoming season.
Atlanta is poised to hit free agency about $5.5 million into the tax. The Hawks only have one open roster spot to fill at the m...2023
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• Quin Snyder Believed To Have Final Say On Hawks' Personnel Decisions
Many high-level decision-makers from opposing teams believe Quin Snyder now has the final say on personnel decisions with the Atlanta Hawks.
Snyder was hired by the Hawks as head coach in February.
Sources say during the months of negotiations leading up to his eventual hire, Snyder demanded and now wields significant influence over personnel decisions.
The Hawks' front office is described as a co...2023
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• Hawks Have 'Green Light' From Ownership To Trade Anyone, Even Trae Young
The front office of the Atlanta Hawks has "the green light from ownership to do whatever it wants to with the roster, which includes considering trade opportunities involving All-Star point guard Trae Young," sources tell Kevin O'Connor of The Ringer.
Travis Schlenk exited the front office in December and the decision-makers are now Landry Fields, Kyle Korver and Quin Snyder. While negotiating his...2023
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• Quin Snyder, Hawks Making Progress On Contract
Quin Snyder and the Atlanta Hawks are making progress on a contract for him to become their next head coach with a deal possible in the coming days.
Snyder has become the full focus of Atlanta's coaching search. The two sides are deep in conversations on a vision for what their future together will look like.
Landry Fields, Kyle Korver and Tony Ressler have been in talks with Snyder.
Snyder steppe...2023
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• Hawks Opt to Keep John Collins on Deadline Day
Despite rumors to the contrary, the Hawks did not trade forward John Collins, opting to keep him beyond Thursday’s deadline. Collins reportedly had drawn interest from the Jazz, 76ers and several others in recent weeks, though it seemed as if new GM Landry Fields had a steep asking price. Both Fields and assistant GM Kyle […]
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• Hawks May Be ‘Comfortable’ Keeping John Collins
Hawks general manager Landry Fields and assistant GM Kyle Korver are telling rival teams they have a different view of forward John Collins than the previous front office, and that the team is “comfortable” keeping him past the Feb. 9 trade deadline, per Marc Stein of The Stein Line. This is news because Collins seemingly […]
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