<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/nba-rumors-will-hawks-revisit-kevin-durant-after-hard-trade-deadline-pursuit');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Will Hawks revisit Kevin Durant after ‘hard’ trade deadline pursuit');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Kevin-Durant-new-contract-and-return-still-possible-amid-trade-speculation.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Will Hawks revisit Kevin Durant after ‘hard’ trade deadline pursuit</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-01T16:41:23-07:00">April 1st, 4:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-01T16:41:23-07:00">April 1st, 4:41pm</time><address><a>Randall Barnes</a>Randall Barnes is a Fall 2019 Graduate of Fort Valley State University, an HBCU (Historically Black College or University) in Fort Valley, Georgia, where he majored in Media Studies. He is the Founder of HBCU Pulse, a multimedia outlet with the mission to tell the authentic stories of HBCU Life via traditional, digital and social media outlets to amplify our voice. He is also the host of HBCU Pulse Radio, which can be heard on SiriusXM Channel 142 HBCU Fridays at 5 p.m. EST and wherever you get your podcasts.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Atlanta Hawks have been an interesting team this season, operating as a fringe playoff team that has performed well against the best teams in the league even after the injury to Jalen Johnson. Trae Young has continued his streak as one of the best point guards in the league, Dyson Daniels has emerged as a Defensive Player of the Year candidate, and the 2024 NBA Draft’s Number 1 draft pick <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/hawks-zaccharie-risacher-reveals-reason-behind-third-quarter-success">Zaccharie Risacher is finding his groove in the Atlanta offense</a> and showing amazing glimpses of his potential.</p><p>The Hawks, with their young core, certainly could emerge as a serious contender in a couple of seasons. But Atlanta looked to vault themselves into contenders this season with a huge trade to acquire Kevin Durant. Per ClutchPoints Senior NBA Insider Brett Siegel, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/how-nba-new-208-million-second-apron-impacts-trades-free-agency-siegels-scoop">Hawks made a call to Phoenix about acquiring</a> the two-time champion.</p><p>“One surprise team that pursued Durant hard at the trade deadline with other teams making calls to Phoenix was the Atlanta Hawks, sources said. The Hawks, who were also in trade discussions with the New Orleans Pelicans on a deal centered around Brandon Ingram before he was traded to the Toronto Raptors, have been searching for another star to play alongside Trae Young,” Siegel said in his report.</p><p>He added, “Could the Hawks take a massive gamble on Durant in the final year of his contract to try and figure things out quickly around Young? With Capela becoming a free agent and likely departing, along with other players on expiring contracts, it’s unlikely that Atlanta has the assets and money to make a trade for Durant.”</p><p>Kevin Durant to the Hawks would’ve been an interesting trade that would’ve certainly fortified the Hawks as one of the top six teams in the East. Durant’s scoring ability and Young’s ability as a playmaker would certainly have been a sight to see and Atlanta’s ceiling would’ve at least been the second round of the playoffs.</p><p>But with so many tradeable contracts expiring, Atlanta will have to go back to the drawing board in the offseason to raise the floor of the team. But, the Hawks season isn’t over, and they have a chance to <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/standings" rel="noopener">leap out of</a> the play-in tournament if the Milwaukee Bucks continue to struggle as the regular season nears it’s conclusion.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Will Hawks revisit Kevin Durant after ‘hard’ trade deadline pursuit

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/nba-rumors-the-key-veteran-hawks-expect-to-lose-in-free-agency');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: The key veteran Hawks expect to lose in free agency');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/NBA-rumors-The-key-veteran-Hawks-expect-to-lose-in-free-agency.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: The key veteran Hawks expect to lose in free agency</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-28T21:29:17-07:00">March 28th, 9:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-28T21:29:17-07:00">March 28th, 9:29pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Atlanta Hawks decided to be active prior to the trade deadline, dealing away De’Andre Hunter and Bogdan Bogdanovic to do a bit of retooling of the roster around Trae Young. However, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-why-clint-capela-confident-in-atlanta-depth">Hawks were not able to trade away</a> a certain veteran player who is likely to walk in free agency and depart after a few seasons with the team.</p><p>According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, “<a href="https://hoopshype.com/lists/nba-intel-trae-young-dyson-daniels-caris-levert-khris-middleton-wizards-grizzlies-okc/" rel="noopener">the early expectation</a> is Hawks center Clint Capela will sign elsewhere in unrestricted free agency this summer”. Capela saw his 2024-25 campaign come to an end early after he sustained a ligament injury in the fourth metacarpal of his left hand. Prior to that unfortunate injury, the Hawks have already begun phasing him out of the lineup, demoting him to the second unit in favor of Onyeka Okongwu.</p><p>Capela has been an incredible servant for the Hawks franchise since Atlanta traded for him in 2020. He started 313 games for the Hawks and was an instrumental part of their lineup for a few years, most notably building incredible pick-and-roll chemistry with Young at the heart of the team’s offense.</p><p>The center from Switzerland also provided a reliable hand on the defensive end of the floor and he cleaned up on the glass, as he was a central force in making sure that the Hawks at least put up a respectable effort on defense to complement their Young-led offensive attack.</p><p>In five seasons with the Hawks, Capela averaged 11.8 points, 11.3 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks while shooting 59.9 percent from the field. The 30-year-old has certainly been the piece Atlanta hoped he would be for them when they traded for him five years ago, but it looks like <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/nba-rumors-hawks-tried-pull-off-clint-capela-nikola-vucevic-trade-swap-bulls">both parties are ready to move on</a> to the next chapter of their lives.</p><h2><b>Clint Capela’s post-Hawks life: Where to?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Clint-Capela-dunks-the-ball.jpg"><figcaption>David Banks-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Capela has obviously slowed down with age, and his tendency to pick up injuries here and there have only sapped him of the athleticism that made him one of the most fearsome rim-runners in the league. But there is certainly still a place for Capela on winning teams as he navigates what is likely to be the post-Hawks part of his career.</p><p>The 30-year-old center could angle for a starting job on a team such as the Washington Wizards, and even the Phoenix Suns, a team starting Nick Richards at center, could use a man of Capela’s caliber. Maybe the Los Angeles Lakers, a team lacking size on the interior following the Luka Doncic trade, come calling for him as well.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: The key veteran Hawks expect to lose in free agency

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-rumors-texas-basketball-made-a-run-at-quin-snyder');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks rumors: Texas basketball made a run at Quin Snyder');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Texas-basketball-made-a-run-at-Quin-Snyder.jpg"></figure><h1>Hawks rumors: Texas basketball made a run at Quin Snyder</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-20T08:31:46-07:00">March 20th, 8:31am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-20T08:31:46-07:00">March 20th, 8:31am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Atlanta <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/hawks-news-georges-niang-echoes-trae-young-sentiment-ahead-stretch-run">Hawks are in the middle of an important part</a> of the season, as they try to stay within the Play-In race or make an effort to climb into the top six to make the playoffs. Despite the several things that have happened this season – whether it was injuries or trades – the Hawks have been able to stay afloat, and one of the main reasons is the coaching ability of Quin Snyder.</p><p>Many people are noticing the coaching of Snyder, including some at the college level. With the Longhorns expected to fire Rodney Terry after three seasons, there were rumors <a href="https://www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/mens-basketball/2025/03/texas-expected-to-fire-basketball-coach-rodney-terry-after-three-seasons.html" rel="noopener">that they inquired</a> about Snyder, according to Josh Newman of LoneStarLive.</p><p>“Multiple sources told LoneStarLive.com in recent days that Del Conte was enamored with the possibility of Atlanta Hawks head coach Quin Snyder as the next Longhorns coach, but that didn’t pan out,” Newman wrote.</p><p>It makes sense why Texas would be interested in Snyder. He’s had success in the NBA, which included his time as the head coach of the Utah Jazz. Since coming to the Hawks, they’ve only been to the playoffs once, but he’s shown a willingness to develop young players, and this year, it’s been on full display.</p><h2><b>Texas inquired about Quin Snyder</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Quin-Snyder.jpg"><figcaption>Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Hawks have some decisions to make in the offseason, and one of them is what an extension will look like for Dyson Daniels, who’s been the best perimeter defender in the league this season. Daniels could command something along the lines of $20-$25 million per year, and the way that he’s playing, the Hawks shouldn’t hesitate to sign him.</p><p>One of the biggest things to keep an eye on is if <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-rumors-hawks-trade-activity-leads-to-speculation-about-trae-young-future">Young signs an extension this season</a>, which would indicate that he’s bought into what the Hawks are doing and is here for the long haul. If he doesn’t sign an extension, the future wouldn’t look bright for him on the team, and that could affect what Snyder does as far as staying or potentially leaving.</p><p>Snyder has done a good job of developing Daniels, but also No. 1 pick Zaccharie Risacher. Both players have shown growth throughout the season, and they’re only going to get better with time. Snyder and the coaching staff have also helped with the development of other players on the team, such as Mouhamed Gueye and Vit Krejci. Anybody can see that and know that what Snyder is doing is valuable, which makes sense why a college team would be interested.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks rumors: Texas basketball made a run at Quin Snyder

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/atlanta-hawks/nba-rumors-more-details-emerge-hawks-failed-brandon-ingram-trade-pursuit');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: More details emerge of Hawks’ failed Brandon Ingram trade pursuit');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/NBA-rumors-More-details-emerge-of-Hawks-failed-Brandon-Ingram-trade-pursuit.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: More details emerge of Hawks’ failed Brandon Ingram trade pursuit</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-03T14:05:46-08:00">March 3rd, 2:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-03T14:05:46-08:00">March 3rd, 2:05pm</time><address><a>Benedetto Vitale</a>Benedetto Vitale is an avid sports writer who is an expert at covering the NFL, college football, NBA, and UFC. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a film degree but has since dedicated his career to sports writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The trade deadline is long gone as teams around the league compete to clinch spots in the playoffs. However, the NBA rumor mill is still hot with information about possible missed opportunities. The Atlanta Hawks are rumored to be one of those teams, as it sounds like the team wanted to add a big name to pair with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-trae-young-highlights-hope-remainder-season" rel="noopener">star point guard Trae Young</a>.</p><p>Atlanta dealt forward De’Andre Hunter to the Cleveland Cavaliers and guard Bogdan Bogdanovic to the Los Angeles Clippers. But rumors suggest the <a href="https://hoopshype.com/lists/nba-intel-jimmy-butler-trae-young-lamelo-ball-mark-williams-brandon-ingram-kyle-kuzma-raptors-wizards-76ers-mavericks/" rel="noopener">front office attempted and failed to acquire</a> star forward Brandon Ingram from the New Orleans Pelicans, according to Michael Scotto of Hoops Hype. The Pelicans ended up trading Ingram to the Toronto Raptors.</p><p>“Sources told HoopsHype that the Hawks and Pelicans had several three-team trade conversations, which included two of the following four players leaving Atlanta in different trade scenarios for Ingram that ultimately fell through: Clint Capela, Onyeka Okongwu, De’Andre Hunter, and Bogdan Bogdanovic,” Scotto wrote.</p><p>The hope for the Hawks was to pair the 27-year-old forward with Young, who is 26 years old. But for whatever reason, a deal couldn’t be reached, and Atlanta ended up going in a completely different direction.</p><p>Rather than finding a star forward to compliment Young, the Hawks front office sent Hunter and Bogdanovic for players Caris LeVert, Georges Niang, Terance Mann, and Bones Hyland. Atlanta also acquired three second-round picks and two pick swaps from the Cavaliers.</p><p>The Hawks have a relatively young core, with Young leading the way. Soon-to-be 22-year-old Dyson Daniels has emerged as a consistent guard for Atlanta, while rookie Zaccharie Risacher continues to develop.</p><p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-onyeka-okongwu-reveals-how-natural-gift-unlocked-offensive-game" rel="noopener">Onyeka Okongwu looks like a promising young center</a> for the organization to build around. Forward Jalen Johnson will bounce back next year after suffering a torn labrum that will have him miss the remainder of this season.</p><p>Atlanta is in the mix for a play-in spot, but based on how much youth is on the roster, the franchise is possibly looking for more sustainable success down the road. Veterans LeVert, Clint Capela, and Larry Nance Jr. are all due to hit free agency this offseason, which could clear up three roster spots for the Hawks.</p><p>As for Ingram, he’s paired up with Scottie Barnes in Toronto. However, Ingram has not played a single game since December 7, 2024. He’s been dealing with an ankle injury, and there is no current timeline for his return.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: More details emerge of Hawks’ failed Brandon Ingram trade pursuit

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-2-surprising-teams-were-open-bradley-beal-trade-before-deadline');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: 2 surprising teams were open to Bradley Beal trade before deadline');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2-surprising-teams-were-open-to-Bradley-Beal-trade-before-deadline.png"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: 2 surprising teams were open to Bradley Beal trade before deadline</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-07T17:24:49-08:00">February 7th, 5:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-07T17:25:54-08:00">February 7th, 5:25pm</time><address><a>Alex House</a>Alex House is a sports journalist who covers the NFL, NBA, and MLB for ClutchPoints. He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Phoenix Suns (25-25) perplexed a number of fans ahead of Thursday’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kevin-durant-trae-young-futures-after-trade-deadline-siegels-scoop">NBA trade deadline</a>, as Kevin Durant became a surprise name on the rumor mill. How they decide to proceed going into the 2025-26 campaign is expected to hinge on how the team finishes this season. Though, even if owner Mat Ishbia agrees to rip up the current blueprint, which is looking a bit blotchy right now, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-bradley-beal-agent-nonsense-trade-reports">Bradley Beal wields considerable leverage</a>.</p><p>The three-time All-Star’s refusal to waive his no-trade clause prevented Phoenix from completing the Jimmy Butler move it had desired. He was not eager to relocate his family less than 20 months after transitioning from the Washington D.C. area to The Desert. The expectation is that Beal could change his mind under the right circumstances. Unfortunately for the Suns, though, their <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/43735946/inside-messy-jimmy-butler-saga-how-all-came-kevin-durant-golden-state-warriors-phoenix-suns-miami-heat" rel="noopener">two most favorable trade partners</a> are nowhere close to title contention.</p><p>One of them is presently the worst squad in the league. That’s right, before the deadline there was a scenario in which the 31-year-old guard could have returned to his NBA roots.</p><p>“Of all the teams Phoenix canvassed, sources said only the Washington Wizards and Atlanta Hawks would consider taking on Beal if he’d waive his no-trade clause to go there,” ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne and Brian Windhorst reported.</p><p>“Phoenix clung to that hope for weeks, hoping that if they could somehow improve their package to incentivize these teams to participate, and other trades the Wizards and Hawks were working on fell through, then maybe there would be a path to a deal. Even then, there was still the matter of whether Beal would waive his no-trade clause and accept the trade.”</p><h2><b>Is there a perfect destination for Bradley Beal?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Suns-guard-Bradley-Beal-reacts.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>That is quite the revelation. It makes sense for top teams to be concerned about Beal’s monster contract (owed $53.6 million next season and has a $57 million player option for 2026-27), but a rebuilding franchise like the Wizards is a befuddling fit, to say the least. The Hawks are also not a plausible landing spot, as their trio of Trae Young, Jalen Johnson and Dyson Daniels was engendering optimism when healthy.</p><p>Besides, even if Washington and Atlanta committed to this massive gamble, Beal might not have any interest in competing for either franchise. He spent 11 years with the Wizards and witnessed firsthand how far away they were from relevance. Unless he is the most nostalgic man on the planet, persuading the 2021 All-NBA Third-Team selection to reunite with his first NBA home might be an arduous chore.</p><p>The Suns made a huge Bradley Beal investment, and it has yet to pay off in the way they hoped. He has produced throughout his almost two-season tenure in Phoenix, scoring 17.8 points while shooting 50.6 percent from the field and 41.7 percent from 3-point range in 90 games, but the Suns did not win a playoff game last year and may not even make it that far in 2025.</p><p>They need Beal and Durant to put the trade rumors behind them and focus on pushing the team out of the NBA Play-In Tournament danger zone. Both men <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-kevin-durant-bradley-beal-injury-updates-jazz-game">are listed questionable</a> for Friday night’s face-off with the Utah Jazz in the Footprint Center.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: 2 surprising teams were open to Bradley Beal trade before deadline

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-spurs-considered-trae-young-trade-before-deaaron-fox');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Spurs considered Trae Young trade push before De’Aaron Fox ‘fell in their lap’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/NBA-rumors-Spurs-considered-Trae-Young-trade-push-before-DeAaron-Fox-fell-in-their-lap.jpg"><figcaption>ClutchPoints</figcaption></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Spurs considered Trae Young trade push before De’Aaron Fox ‘fell in their lap’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-06T13:23:02-08:00">February 6th, 1:23pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-06T13:23:02-08:00">February 6th, 1:23pm</time><address><a>Julian Ojeda</a>Julian Ojeda is an Orlando-based sports journalist with 3 years of professional writing under his belt, specializing in both NBA and NFL coverage. A devoted Orlando Magic fan, he deftly balances fervent fandom with insightful reporting, possessing a keen eye for compelling narratives.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Antonio Spurs <a href="https://x.com/JeffGSpursZone/status/1887584222241869858" rel="noopener">explored the possibility</a> of acquiring Atlanta Hawks star guard Trae Young before <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-trade-grade-deaaron-fox-blockbuster">ultimately landing De’Aaron Fox from the Sacramento Kings</a>, according to senior NBA insider Chris Haynes.</p><p>“Before the San Antonio Spurs made the move for De’Aaron Fox, they were considering De’Aaron and they were considering Trae Young,” Haynes said Thursday on NBA TV. “But with the way that the Spurs are set up right now – they’re not set up to start tying to win games and contend now. So, there was never really a hurry to bring in an established point guard to move on to the next phase. But De’Aaron Fox kinda fell in their lap and he picked them as the sole team he wanted to play with. So they chose him… it was a much easier route to get De’Aaron but Trae Young was on the San Antonio Spurs radar.”</p><h2><b>Spurs land De’Aaron Fox instead of pushing for Trae Young</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DeAaron-Fox-4-in-action-against-the-Atlanta-Hawks.jpg"><figcaption>© Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>San Antonio secured Fox in a three-team trade with the Kings and the Chicago Bulls on Sunday night. As part of the deal, the Spurs acquired Fox and Jordan McLaughlin, while the Kings received Zach LaVine, Sidy Cissoko, three first-round picks (2025 CHA, 2027 SAS, 2031 MIN), and three second-round picks (2025 CHI, 2028 DEN, 2028 SAC). The Bulls landed Zach Collins, Tre Jones, Kevin Huerter, and their 2025 first-round pick via San Antonio.</p><p>Fox is earning $34.8 million this season and is set to make $37 million next season as part of the five-year, $163 million extension he signed with Sacramento in 2020.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">C. Haynes reporting the Spurs wanted Trae Young /had him on their radar until pivoted to D. Fox <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nba</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/porvida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#porvida</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sanantonio?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sanantonio</a> <a href="https://t.co/FrNietGbFU">pic.twitter.com/FrNietGbFU</a></p><p>— JeffGSpursKENS5 (@JeffGSpursZone) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffGSpursZone/status/1887584222241869858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>The decision to trade for Fox came as a more straightforward option for the Spurs, as the All-Star guard reportedly prioritized San Antonio as his preferred destination. Meanwhile, Young remains in Atlanta, where his future with the Hawks remains uncertain amid ongoing trade speculation.</p><h2><b>Fox delivers in debut against Young’s Hawks</b></h2><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-deaaron-fox-makes-franchise-history-in-san-antonio-debut">Fox made his Spurs debut Wednesday night against the Hawks</a>, leading San Antonio to a 126-125 victory. The 27-year-old guard made an immediate impact, recording 24 points, 13 assists, five rebounds, and three steals.</p><p>Young, 26, put up a strong performance for Atlanta with 32 points, 12 assists, two rebounds, and a steal. On the season, Young is averaging 23.2 points, a career-high 11.5 assists, 3.2 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per game while shooting 40.6% from the field and 34.1% from three across 47 games.</p><p>Fox, is also having a standout season, averaging 25 points, 6.3 assists, five rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game while shooting 47% from the field and 32.2% from beyond the arc across 46 games.</p><p>Young is earning $43 million this season and holds a $48.9 million player option for the 2026-27 season. With San Antonio choosing Fox, Atlanta may revisit trade discussions involving Young in the offseason.</p><p>For now, the Spurs have their point guard of the future in Fox, while Young’s status with the Hawks remains one of the biggest storylines leading into the offseason.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Spurs considered Trae Young trade push before De’Aaron Fox ‘fell in their lap’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-hawks-trade-activity-leads-to-speculation-about-trae-young-future');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Hawks’ trade activity leads to speculation about Trae Young’s future');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Hawks-trade-activity-leads-to-speculation-about-Trae-Youngs-future.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Hawks’ trade activity leads to speculation about Trae Young’s future</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-06T12:48:02-08:00">February 6th, 12:48pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-06T12:59:24-08:00">February 6th, 12:59pm</time><address><a>Derek Hryn</a>Derek Hryn is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints specializing in NFL and NCAA Football coverage. Derek was previously a fantasy football expert at DK and SB Nation, and he has been featured at FanSided, USA Today, NBC Sports, The New York Post, and others.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-nikola-jokics-blunt-reminder-wild-nba-trade-deadline-moves">aftermath of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline</a>, franchises across the league are finally taking a breather to assess all that has transpired in one of the most memorable and active deadlines in history. The Atlanta Hawks, who currently sit ninth in the Western Conference with a 23-28 record, made surprising decisions to tweak their roster for the second half of the 2024-25 season.</p><p>It was expected that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-quin-snyder-honest-trade-rumors-deadline">trades would happen for the Hawks</a> after a rough start this year, but judging by some of the recent moves, their future with Trae Young looks a tad murky.</p><p>NBA insider Chris Haynes shockingly threw the Hawks’ franchise player <a href="https://x.com/JeffGSpursZone/status/1887584222241869858" rel="noopener">into the mix</a>, as the NBA TV crew discussed everything that has gone down this week. The spotlight quickly turned to the San Antonio Spurs.</p><p>“I’m going to pivot to Trae Young,” Haynes said. “That guy is a fierce competitor. He wants to win. He WANTS TO WIN. So the direction of the Hawks is very, I would say unique considering they know where he stands and what he wants to accomplish.”</p><p>The  Hawks parted ways with De’Andre Hunter and Bogdan Bogdanovic on Thursday.</p><h2><b>Hawks’ Trae Young was a Spurs trade target</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Trae-Young_6b19bf.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While Young stays with the Hawks (for now), it appears that the 26-year-old point guard was high on the Spurs’ list, leading up to 3 PM ET on Thursday.</p><p>“I will say this,” Haynes continued. “Before the San Antonio Spurs made the move for De’Aaron Fox, they were considering De’Aaron, and they were considering Trae Young. But the way that the Spurs are set up right now.. They’re not set up to start trying win games and contend now. So there was never really a hurry to bring in an established point guard to move on to the next phase. But De’Aaron Fox kind of fell in their lap, and he picked them as the sole team that he wanted to play with. So they chose him. It was much easier route to get De’Aaron. But Trae Young was on the San Antonio Spurs’ radar.”</p><p>Young has a player option in the 2026-27 offseason, and is also set to hit free agency in summer 2027-28. The Hawks have major decisions to make as their current campaign moves along.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Hawks’ trade activity leads to speculation about Trae Young’s future

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/hawks-news-quin-snyder-honest-trade-rumors-deadline');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks’ Quin Snyder gets 100% honest about trade rumors before deadline');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quin-Snyder-gets-100-honest-about-trade-rumors-before-deadline.jpg"></figure><h1>Hawks’ Quin Snyder gets 100% honest about trade rumors before deadline</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-05T17:55:54-08:00">February 5th, 5:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-05T17:55:54-08:00">February 5th, 5:55pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With the NBA trade deadline just one day, there’s no secret that anything can happen, and anybody can get traded. That was obvious when <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-luka-doncic-lakers-trade-sobering-trae-young-take">Luka Doncic was surprisingly traded</a> to the Los Angeles Lakers in the middle of the night, and people are still stunned that it happened.</p><p>The Atlanta Hawks have been in trade rumors over the past few days, and before their game against the San Antonio Spurs, head coach Quin Snyder spoke about how those rumors can affect a locker room.</p><p>I think there’s one part of it that you hear is that this is a business, and players get traded, and coaches get fired and moved, and all those things that we all know are true, but then on another level, we’re all human, and so you can’t expect those things not to be present somewhere,” Snyder said. “I think once guys get on the court that shifts, it’s hard to keep those things in your conscious mind. Having said that, there are moments where that does occur, but it is something I don’t think that you can ignore it. There’s an awareness that you have, but I’m not sure that you can try to address it in some way that’s going to change it for the better.”</p><h2>Hawks’ Quin Snyder shares reality of trade rumors</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Quin-Snyder.jpg"><figcaption>Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The league shows every day that the impossible can happen, and the players don’t have control over it. So far this season, there have been <a href="https://x.com/espn/status/1885935760672424435" rel="noopener">unexpected trades</a> and firings, but things must continue to go on. At the same time, when rumors start to swirl, it’s good not to take them at face value.</p><p>“Sometimes those things are just not true, you know. So you have to be careful not reacting to rumors and things like that, and a lot of those things, for me, that they’re the best way to handle them is to acknowledge that that is going on out there,” Quin Snyder said. “Don’t know how much of it’s real, but you just try to control what you can you can’t control the noise and the rumors and everything so it’s it doesn’t make sense to respond to them.”</p><p>There’s a chance that the Hawks could have some players on the move as the trade deadline approaches. Bogdan Bogdanovic and Clint Capela haven’t been with the team for some time, and that could mean the Hawks are sitting them out so they can field calls on them.</p><p>With <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-jalen-johnson-to-miss-rest-of-season-with-shoulder-injury">Jalen Johnson out</a> for the remainder of the season, the Hawks still want to be able to compete, but they also want to take their future into account as well</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks’ Quin Snyder gets 100% honest about trade rumors before deadline

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-pelicans-gaining-traction-on-brandon-ingram-trade-with-hawks-raptors');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Pelicans ‘gaining traction’ on Brandon Ingram trade with Hawks, Raptors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NBA-rumors-Insider-shares-update-on-Brandon-Ingram-potential-trade-suitors-if-healthy.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Pelicans ‘gaining traction’ on Brandon Ingram trade with Hawks, Raptors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-05T13:05:19-08:00">February 5th, 1:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-05T13:45:34-08:00">February 5th, 1:45pm</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New Orleans Pelicans are ‘<a href="https://x.com/JakeLFischer/status/1887240356393103718" rel="noopener">gaining traction</a>‘ on a trade surrounding Brandon Ingram, according to NBA insider Jake Fischer on X. They’ve been engaged in talks involving the Atlanta Hawks and the Toronto Raptors. Funny enough, on Tuesday, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-jeff-teague-hawks-pelicans-trade-trae-young-scoring-co-star">Jeff Teague mentioned that the Hawks should trade for Brandon Ingram</a>.</p><p>Now, with Thursday’s deadline approaching, it could happen sooner rather than later. After all, the Pelicans would be in the luxury tax if they were to keep Ingram for the rest of the season. He has 1 more year remaining on his contract and could be the piece.</p><p>The Hawks would want to pair Ingram with Young and give him that second star. On the flip side, the Raptors are a rebuilding team but have some nice players. Someone like Scottie Barnes has been Toronto’s No. 1 option for quite a while. Ingram would be an established scorer and someone to lift the Raptors into legitimacy.</p><p>However, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-raptors-brandon-ingram-trade-pursuit-murky-update">Raptors’ pursuit of Ingram</a> has become murky, thus opening the door for the Hawks. They have the players and draft capital to make a move possible. Plus, a duo of Ingram and Young would give the latter his first All-Star forward.</p><h2><b>The Pelicans could trade Brandon Ingram to the Hawks, Raptors</b></h2><p>Both teams make a compelling case, but there’s more of a reason for the Hawks to trade for Ingram than the Raptors. Starting with Atlanta, they are in a win-now mode. With head coach Quin Snyder, he understands coaching a superstar or superstars. He coached Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert when they were on the Utah Jazz.</p><p>Now, he’s coaching Young and could be coaching Ingram. The Hawks have a Top 10 offense in terms of points per game. Now, that can be expanded if they land Ingram.</p><p>For Toronto, they have a 16-34 record and aren’t looking like a playoff contender anytime soon. However, Ingram can be the No. 1 option like he was on the Pelicans. Still, the Raptors don’t have the assets, outside of Barnes, to hoist them into playoff or even play-in contention.</p><p>At the end of the day, anything can happen surrounding the NBA trade deadline. The Pelicans would <a href="https://youtu.be/I62qMaVu8sM?list=PLu1neCd4swuakibtwr6887z4D8YH3YUnK&amp;t=1808" rel="noopener">want to avoid the luxury tax</a>, but make sure to receive some compensation for Ingram. Either way, this season might be a wash for New Orleans, and Ingram could be the first domino to fall.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Pelicans ‘gaining traction’ on Brandon Ingram trade with Hawks, Raptors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-jeff-teague-hawks-pelicans-trade-trae-young-scoring-co-star');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Jeff Teague envisions Hawks, Pelicans trade to give Trae Young scoring co-star');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/NBA-rumors-Jeff-Teague-envisions-Hawks-Pelicans-trade-to-give-Trae-Young-scoring-co-star.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Jeff Teague envisions Hawks, Pelicans trade to give Trae Young scoring co-star</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-05T06:54:31-08:00">February 5th, 6:54am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-05T06:54:31-08:00">February 5th, 6:54am</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With the NBA trade deadline approaching, the Atlanta Hawks aren’t in a position to make a move. However, former Hawks guard Jeff Teague <a href="https://youtu.be/cRO2ie394Vw?t=97" rel="noopener">had different thoughts</a> on the Club 520 Podcast. He feels that the Hawks could help pair Trae Young with another legitimate scorer via the New Orleans Pelicans.</p><p>“I would like B.I. (Brandon Ingram) on our team,” Teague said. “We need another bonafide scorer that we can get the ball to. That can get you 20-25, easy. That would take a lot of pressure off of Trae Young and D-Hunter can still play his role coming off the bench being 6th Man of the Year candidate.</p><p>“When Jalen (Johnson) gets back healthy, he’s an all-around player, he’s not a scorer, he can score but you know he gets rebounds and assists, and a decent defender.”</p><p>After all, Johnson suffered a season-ending injury that hurt the Hawks. His skill set, youth, and athleticism will surely be missed. But this is a move that could happen. The Pelicans have had their significant share of injuries. Plus, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-brandon-ingram-turned-down-pelicans-offer">Ingram turned down the Pelicans contract extension</a> of roughly $50 million per year.</p><p>The money might not matter to Ingram. He might want to be in a winning situation, and with an elite point guard in Young.</p><h2><b>Jeff Teague dreams of a Hawks team with Brandon Ingram, Trae Young</b></h2><p>If a deal were to happen, Atlanta would have to trade Clint Capela and the roughly $20 million that’s on his salary. Considering where New Orleans is positioned, they would likely want draft compensation as well. Either way, it could be a win-win for both sides.</p><p>The Pelicans receive some compensation from the Hawks, while they receive an All-Star and someone who will want to stay there. However, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-trade-brandon-ingram-new-contract">Ingram is on a 1-year deal</a>, which makes things interesting. Even if he has a quality rest of the regular season, he could sign elsewhere.</p><p>It’s a gamble for Atlanta but one they could make. Giving Young a second-scoring star like Ingram would do wonders. Guys like Johnson and Hunter have been <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6028892/2025/01/01/trae-young-jalen-johnson-hawks-offense/" rel="noopener">crucial in their roles</a>. If Ingram were to come in, those guys could remain elite in their roles. Plus, that extra attention will free up to other Hawks players.</p><p>Still, the trade deadline is set for Thursday, and Atlanta hasn’t had any legitimate conversations about moving anybody or trading for anybody. At the end of the day, it is the NBA. No one knows what could happen. If the Hawks were to land a trade like this, Teague, Ingram, and Young could all be extremely grateful.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Jeff Teague envisions Hawks, Pelicans trade to give Trae Young scoring co-star

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-hawks-delaying-bogdan-bogdanovic-trade-bigger-talks');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Hawks delaying Bogdan Bogdanovic trade amid bigger talks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/NBA-rumors-Hawks-delaying-Bogdan-Bogdanovic-trade-amid-bigger-talks.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Hawks delaying Bogdan Bogdanovic trade amid bigger talks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-04T10:49:51-08:00">February 4th, 10:49am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-04T11:13:29-08:00">February 4th, 11:13am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Monday evening, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-dyson-daniels-makes-franchise-history-amid-trae-youngs-heroics-vs-pistons">Atlanta Hawks got back into the win column</a> with a much-needed victory over the Detroit Pistons courtesy of a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-trae-young-shows-off-new-celebration-game-winner-vs-pistons">Trae Young game-winner</a>. The victory gave Atlanta a bit of positive energy ahead of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline, in which they are expected to be active participants.</p><p>Perhaps the most talked-about name on the Hawks’ roster pertaining to a trade is sharpshooter Bogdan Bogdanovic, who has been out of the lineup for the last several games, simply being listed as “away from the team.”</p><p>Recently, NBA insider Marc Stein broke down why the <a href="https://marcstein.substack.com/p/tons-of-nba-trade-deadline-latest?utm_campaign=email-post&amp;r=39f60&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email" rel="noopener">talks have been delayed</a> up to this point.</p><p>“Atlanta has obviously not yet traded Bogdan Bogdanović but the expectation persists that the Hawks will still be moving the 32-year-old sharpshooter before Thursday’s deadline,” reported Stein on his Substack. “One source briefed on the process told The Stein Line that the delay stems from the Hawks exploring more ambitious trade constructions — possibly even involving (Brandon) Ingram.”</p><p>ClutchPoints’ own Brett Siegel also recently reported that the Hawks are pressing the pause button on the Bogdanovic talks–at least temporarily.</p><p>“While various teams have inquired about Bogdanovic, including the Suns, the Hawks are prepared to take their negotiations right up to the deadline due to their involvement in potential multi-team trades,” reported Siegel.</p><h2><b>What should the Hawks do?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bogdanovic-vs-the-Raptors.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Any chances that the Hawks had of making legitimate noise this season likely ended when Jalen Johnson was lost for the year due to a shoulder injury; however, there’s no real incentive for Atlanta to tank, as the team owes its first round draft pick to the San Antonio Spurs this year.</p><p>This being the case, it shouldn’t come as a major surprise to see Landry Fields and company scouring ways to potentially remain competitive in the short term, whether that means bringing in Brandon Ingram or another one of the bigger names currently available on the trade market.</p><p>The Hawks currently sit four games below .500 after a recent ugly eight-game losing streak which came to a merciful end on Monday. The Hawks have just one more game before Thursday’s trade deadline, on Wednesday at home vs the San Antonio Spurs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Hawks delaying Bogdan Bogdanovic trade amid bigger talks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-bill-simmons-envisions-hawks-trading-former-lottery-pick-lakers');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Bill Simmons envisions Hawks trading former lottery pick to bolster Lakers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/NBA-rumors-Bill-Simmons-envisions-Hawks-trading-former-lottery-pick-to-bolster-Lakers.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Bill Simmons envisions Hawks trading former lottery pick to bolster Lakers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-03T09:10:06-08:00">February 3rd, 9:10am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-03T09:10:06-08:00">February 3rd, 9:10am</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-mavericks-luka-doncic-anthony-davis-trade">Los Angeles Lakers trading Anthony Davis for Luka Doncic</a> leaves a defensive void in the roster. However, Bill Simmons sees the Lakers and the Atlanta Hawks making a deal surrounding starting center, Onyeka Okongwu. He <a href="https://youtu.be/7UMydF5a918?t=2021" rel="noopener">explained more</a> on his podcast about what would need to happen.</p><p>“Would the Hawks want to trade (Onyeka) Okongwu for the 2031 pick,” Simmons said. “Would you put Austin Reaves on the table, what could you get for him? You need him as your 6th man, injury protection for one of those guys, somebody who is 25 minutes a game.”</p><p>“You just have these two freaky physical, 6’8, 6’9 guys, who don’t have a position. They both have crazy hoops IQs and then if you can put the right team around them. They’re inching closer to having except they don’t have any rim protection at all. Could they go get, Nick Claxton was rumored today, Could they take a fly on Robert Williams? Could they get Clint Capella?</p><p>Simmons says the Lakers need rim protection. Now with both LeBron James and Luka Doncic together, they lack defensive players to go along with them. The Lakers can use that 2031 pick in a trade for Okongwu since they didn’t have to deal with it in the Doncic trade.</p><h2><b>Bill Simmons sees a world where the Lakers trade for Onyeka Okongwu</b></h2><p>Since becoming the starting center, he’s made some tremendous progress. However, the talent and potential have always been there. For example, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-onyeka-okongwu-first-player-moses-malone-complete-unreal-feat">Okongwu became the first Hawks player</a> to post a 20-point and 20-rebound double-double off the bench in a game.</p><p>His athleticism, youth, and versatility at the position could make him a prime player. He won’t fully replicate Davis’s production, but it’s a good start. His rim protection is one that the Lakers have been missing, even with Davis on the team. Plus, the current Hawks center has some ties to Los Angeles.</p><p>He played at USC, <a href="https://usctrojans.com/news/2019/4/4/mens-basketball-incoming-freshman-okongwu-named-californias-mr-basketball-again.aspx" rel="noopener">being named Mr. Basketball in 2018, and 2019</a>. Furthermore, he was a teammate of the Ball Brothers at Chino Hills High School. Either way, he’s continuing to trend in a positive direction. Plus, the Doncic trade might not be the only move the Lakers make.</p><p>Trading for Okongwu might mean that they are preparing for the next era. After all, Doncic played with a flurry of rim protectors and interior presences. Okongwu would be a player that Doncic would be used to. At the end of the day, it’s in the Lakers’ court if they want to get a deal done. They only have until Thursday, so something would have to happen soon.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Bill Simmons envisions Hawks trading former lottery pick to bolster Lakers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-hawks-named-as-team-to-watch-for-brandon-ingram-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Hawks named as team to watch for Brandon Ingram trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hawks-named-as-team-to-watch-for-Brandon-Ingram-trade.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Hawks named as team to watch for Brandon Ingram trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-01-31T07:52:39-08:00">January 31st, 7:52am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-01-31T07:52:39-08:00">January 31st, 7:52am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the trade deadline approaches, more and more teams are starting to look for deals to improve their team. The Atlanta Hawks seem to be one of those teams, as they’re currently on a seven-game losing streak and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-jalen-johnson-to-miss-rest-of-season-with-shoulder-injury">lost one of their best players</a> for the remainder of the season. A name that has recently popped up that the Hawks <a href="https://x.com/GetUpESPN/status/1885328378854535423" rel="noopener">could be interested</a> in is Brandon Ingram, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst.</p><p>“Specifically, keep an eye on the Atlanta Hawks. They just lost their star wing, Jalen Johnson, for the season,” Windhorst said. “They may start to get interest in making a move, especially for Brandon Ingram.”</p><p>Ingram has not been in trade rumors for most of the season, and it’s probably because of a number of things. Teams don’t want to take on his $36 million contract, and he’s also played less than 20 games this season. There were rumors before the season started that the Pelicans were looking to trade him since they couldn’t agree on a contract extension, and that still may be the case.</p><p>Trading for Ingram would be a question mark right now considering that he hasn’t been healthy, but the Hawks are also in a mode this season where they want to win because they don’t own their draft pick.</p><h2>Could the Hawks trade for Brandon Ingram?</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Brandon-Ingram_aa682e.jpg"><figcaption>Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Hawks have been in trade talks this week, and Bogdan Bogdanovic has been a name to look out for. The Phoenix <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sources-suns-hawks-bogdan-bogdanovic-jusuf-nurkic-nba-trade-deadline">Suns reached out to the Hawks</a> about trading Jusuf Nurkic for Bogdanovic, but it doesn’t seem like those talks went far. There are also several teams looking to trade for Bogdanovic, and there’s a good chance that he will be moved before the deadline.</p><p>There is a scenario where the Hawks could trade Bogdanovic to the Pelicans, and they could add Clint Capela to the deal as well. Capela has been in trade rumors, and there were also talks with the Chicago Bulls for a possible swap for Nikola Vucevic.</p><p>If the price is right, the Hawks might make the deal, but if it costs them too much and they have to sacrifice their future, its no way that it will happen. Since the Hawks don’t have their draft pick this season, they’re trying to make it an emphasis to stay competitive, even with Jalen Johnson out for the rest of the season. If they land Ingram, there’s no doubt that it makes the Hawks better this season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Hawks named as team to watch for Brandon Ingram trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-hawks-tried-pull-off-clint-capela-nikola-vucevic-trade-swap-bulls');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Hawks tried to pull off Clint Capela-Nikola Vucevic trade swap with Bulls');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hawks-tried-to-pull-off-Clint-Capela-Nikola-Vucevic-trade-swap-with-Bulls.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Hawks tried to pull off Clint Capela-Nikola Vucevic trade swap with Bulls</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-01-29T13:24:38-08:00">January 29th, 1:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-01-29T13:24:38-08:00">January 29th, 1:24pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Atlanta <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-dream-scenario-for-2025-nba-trade-deadline">Hawks may be trying to make some moves</a> before the trade deadline, and they apparently already tried to <a href="https://hardwoodparoxysm.substack.com/p/nba-trade-deadline-intel-and-analysis" rel="noopener">make something happen</a> with the Chicago Bulls and Nikola Vucevic, according to Matt Moore.</p><p>“The Jalen Johnson news probably changes some of their equations towards standing pat,” Moore wrote. “Teams never really want to do much in light of major injuries.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Hawks tried to pull off Clint Capela-Nikola Vucevic trade swap with Bulls

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-bulls-guard-linked-hawks-trade-rumors');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Bulls guard linked to Hawks in trade rumors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/NBA-rumors-Bulls-guard-linked-to-Hawks-in-trade-rumors-2.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Bulls guard linked to Hawks in trade rumors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-27T19:00:14-08:00">December 27th, 7:00pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-27T19:00:14-08:00">December 27th, 7:00pm</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-trae-young-humble-reaction-11000-career-points-milestone">Atlanta Hawks have been playing some very good basketball</a> lately, as evidenced by their run to the NBA Cup semifinals. Their level of play has been inconsistent at times, but the Hawks have shown that they can compete with any team on any night when they are clicking.</p><p>Now, as Atlanta jostles for position in the Eastern Conference standings, they could be looking to add some help for their bench. Chicago Bulls guard Jevon Carter is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-trade-market-west-contenders-buying-east-sellers-siegels-scoop" rel="noopener">one name to watch</a> as Atlanta pursues another backcourt option, according to Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints.</p><p>“A quick note about another sneaky team in the East — the Atlanta Hawks are exploring the market for a low-cost backup option in their backcourt behind Trae Young and Dyson Daniels, sources said,” Siegel reported. “With the Hawks interested in adding backcourt depth during the back half of the season, Bulls guard Jevon Carter has popped up in multiple conversations pertaining to Atlanta.”</p><p>It’s ironic that the Hawks are pursuing Carter after the former Milwaukee Bucks contributor dropped a season-high 26 points in Atlanta’s 141-133 win over the Bulls on Thursday night. Carter was very efficient in that contest, shooting 9-for-15 from the floor and 7-for-11 from 3-point range.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-atlanta-stuns-bulls-with-absolutely-bonkers-4th-quarter-to-complete-comeback">Hawks have won two games in a row</a> to get back over .500 at 16-15. As it stands, the Hawks are in seventh place in the Eastern Conference as they battle to get into that top six and out of the play-in bracket.</p><h2><b>What Jevon Carter would bring to the Hawks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/NBA-rumors-Bulls-guard-linked-to-Hawks-in-trade-rumors.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-trae-young-major-key-comeback-bulls">Hawks have a very good backcourt with Trae Young</a> and Dyson Daniels, and they have a microwave scorer at guard off the bench in Bogdan Bogdanovic. However, they don’t have a reliable option as a backup point guard, which is a need that Carter would be able to fill for them.</p><p>As it stands, there is a massive burden on Young because of the lack of a steady backup at that spot. He handles that responsibility as well as anyone, but having another option could only help the Hawks. Carter has experience as a backup guard on good teams in playoff settings, and he has the kind of skill set that will prevent him from getting picked on in a playoff series.</p><p>The shooting can come and go with Carter, as the Hawks saw firsthand during his 26-point explosion on Thursday night. However, Carter’s defense is a major asset for whatever team he is on. He is on the smaller side at just 6-foot-1, but Carter competes on the defensive end no matter who is in front of him.</p><p>The Hawks have tried multiple options at backup point guard this season, but none of them have stuck as a solid option behind Young in the rotation. The addition of someone like Carter via a trade, which would likely be inexpensive, would give them even more depth as they push for a playoff spot this season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Bulls guard linked to Hawks in trade rumors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-the-player-hawks-are-rebuffing-all-trade-interest-in');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: The player Hawks are ‘rebuffing all trade interest in’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/The-player-Hawks-are-rebuffing-all-trade-interest-in.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: The player Hawks are ‘rebuffing all trade interest in’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-09T06:56:12-08:00">December 9th, 6:56am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-09T06:56:12-08:00">December 9th, 6:56am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Atlanta Hawks, despite the modest expectations surrounding them entering the 2024-25 season in the aftermath of the Dejounte Murray trade, have been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-quin-snyder-sends-urgent-message-atlanta-elite-defense">on a tear as of late</a> despite their rough loss to the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night. They have won seven of their past 10 games, overcoming a bit of a slow start to begin the campaign with a 13-12 record, and with their team becoming healthier, they could go on and threaten to finish in the top six of a middling Eastern Conference.</p><p>Nonetheless, it’s no secret that a few of the Hawks players have been made available on the trade market, with the likes of De’Andre Hunter, Clint Capela, and Bogdan Bogdanovic among those who could be had for the right package. But one of Atlanta’s players who, logically speaking, should be available in a trade, continues to be held out of talks.</p><p>According to NBA insider Marc Stein, the Hawks have been <a href="https://marcstein.substack.com/p/sunday-best-all-my-latest-trade-talk-c31?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=392205&amp;post_id=152805652&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=39f60&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email" rel="noopener">rebuffing trade overtures</a> for veteran big man Larry Nance Jr. Nance may be out of the rotation most of the time, but the Hawks clearly value what he brings to the table, as he is a leader and an overall positive influence on the locker room.</p><p>Nance also arrived on the Hawks courtesy of the Murray trade that netted them prized defensive guard Dyson Daniels. And as per Stein, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-hawks-big-man-drawing-notable-trade-interest-but-its-not-clint-capela">Hawks have been resolute</a> in their stance not to trade the 31-year-old big man away.</p><p>Teams interested in a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-deandre-hunter-clint-capela-trade-scenarios">trade for a Hawks center</a> may be best served devoting their attention towards Capela; Stein reported that the 30-year-old center is still the Atlanta big man who’s “most available” in a trade. Capela is making $22.3 million in the final year of his contract, although it’s not quite clear how big the market is for a non-shooting big whose athleticism is on the decline.</p><h2><b>Larry Nance Jr. brings the intangibles for the Hawks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawks-forward-Larry-Nance-Jr.-22-warms-up.jpg"><figcaption>© Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Larry Nance Jr. has been a helpful presence on every team he’s played for, and the Hawks have been benefitting from having him around. But it’s not as if Nance is on the roster playing a Udonis Haslem late career-type role; he can still play, even though he’s been buried on the Hawks’ depth chart amid Jalen Johnson’s breakout season and both Clint Capela and Onyeka Okongwu’s presence on the roster.</p><p>Nance is putting up 8.7 points and 2.6 rebounds on 63/55/75 shooting splits in just 16.2 minutes per game; if Capela were to be traded away, Nance should fill in easily as the Hawks’ backup center with the potential to be a starter on some nights depending on the matchup.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: The player Hawks are ‘rebuffing all trade interest in’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-jalen-johnson-trending-hawks-contract-worth-over-30-million-annually');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Jalen Johnson trending toward Hawks contract worth over $30 million annually');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/0Jalen-Johnson-trending-toward-Hawks-contract-worth-over-30-million-annually0.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Jalen Johnson trending toward Hawks contract worth over $30 million annually</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-20T11:02:12-07:00">October 20th, 11:02am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-20T11:02:12-07:00">October 20th, 11:02am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-trade-candidates-entering-2024-25-season">Atlanta Hawks currently have several trade candidates</a> on their roster in advance of the 2024-25 season, with two of the only players definitely safe from such talks being Trae Young and Jalen Johnson. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-trae-young-nsfw-explanation-turnovers-76ers">Young had an up and down preseason</a> for the squad with some turnover difficulties but Johnson impressed during a recent game vs the Miami Heat, showing every bit of the arsenal that has Hawks fans excited.</p><p>Johnson is currently entering the fourth and final year of his rookie contract and time is running out before Monday’s deadline for the team to reach an extension with him, or risk letting him hit restricted free agency at the season’s conclusion.</p><p>Now, fans are getting <a href="https://www.threads.net/@thepeoplesinsidershow/post/DBS586bR1OJ?xmt=AQGzTW3WOkYHOXxxxyZ7pqDN2LVDaWWkCXxm5VlgMLpScw" rel="noopener">a clearer picture</a> of what a potential extension might look like for the talented power forward.</p><p>There is “far more optimism around the NBA that the Hawks will find an agreement north of $30 million in average annual salary for Johnson. That is the beginning of the ballpark this Duke product’s representation at Klutch Sports is said to be searching for,” per The People’s Insider Show on Threads.</p><h2><b>What is Jalen Johnson’s ceiling?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Johnson-during-preseason.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>On paper, Jalen Johnson checks just about every box that NBA teams are looking for in their ideal player to build around for the future.</p><p>Johnson stands 6’8″ and is a freak athlete, making him a terror for opposing teams to try to defend in transition. Last year, in his first year starting for the Hawks, Johnson showed some impressive playmaking and passing instincts, in addition to an improved outside jumper that forced teams to guard him away from the basket.</p><p>Add all of that to the fact that Johnson is a capable ball handler who can ignite fast breaks by himself without having to find his point guard, and the Hawks figure to have one of the most dynamic young players in the NBA at the age of 22, even if his stats may not pop off of the page quite yet.</p><p>As far as current players in the NBA who fit Johnson’s archetype, Aaron Gordon of the Denver Nuggets comes to mind, although Johnson’s mobility and playmaking instincts give him a definitively higher ceiling than the 2023 NBA champion.</p><p>In any case, the Hawks are set to open up their 2024-25 NBA season at home vs the Brooklyn Nets on October 23. That game is slated to tip off at 7:30 PM ET from State Farm Arena.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Jalen Johnson trending toward Hawks contract worth over $30 million annually

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-lakers-failed-acquire-dejounte-murray-hawks-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Why Lakers failed to acquire Dejounte Murray in Hawks trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Why-Lakers-failed-to-acquire-Dejounte-Murray-in-Hawks-trade.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Why Lakers failed to acquire Dejounte Murray in Hawks trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-11T20:49:59-07:00">September 11th, 8:49pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-11T20:52:16-07:00">September 11th, 8:52pm</time><address><a>Joshua Valdez</a>Joshua Valdez started his journalism career as the Sports Editor for the Rutgers University newspaper before becoming an associate editor for ClutchPoints. He is a diehard Yankees, Jets, Knicks, Rutgers, and Tottenham Hotspur fan. When Joshua is not either watching a game or writing about one, you can find him in an art-house movie theater or working on a screenplay.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-fans-frustration-after-demar-derozan-joins-kings">Los Angeles Lakers struck out</a> on a laundry list of veteran targets this offseason. One of the most prominent ones was shooting guard<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-dejounte-murray-breaks-silence-surprising-hawks-trade"> Dejounte Murray, who the Atlanta Hawks traded </a>to the New Orleans Pelicans.</p><p>There was <a href="http://imagn.com/setImages/579173/preview/23052335" rel="noopener">one major roadblock that prevented</a> the Lakers from landing the 27-year-old, via ESPN’s Brian Windhorst.</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>“The Hawks went down this road last year with the Lakers. There was a time where there was a lot of momentum, at least on the Lakers’ side, where they thought they had a great chance to get Dejounte Murray,” Windhorst said. “At the end of the day, D’Angelo Russell being in that deal, and I don’t know if it was they were going to have a third team or whatever, but the Hawks weren’t down with that.”</p><p>Atlanta thought Murray, who scored 22.5 points on 45.9% shooting with 5.3 boards and 6.4 assists per game last year, demanded a top-tier return in a trade. It ended up with Dyson Daniels, Cody Zeller, Larry Nance, E.J. Liddell, and two first-round picks from New Orleans. Daniels is a 21-year-old shooting guard out of Australia, and was drafted eighth overall by the Pelicans in 2022.</p><p>Russell, however, isn’t near Murray’s level, and Los Angeles didn’t have the same level of draft capital and depth pieces to offer as New Orleans did. “DLo” scored 18 points on 45.6% shooting with 3.1 rebounds and 6.3 rebounds per game last year.</p><p>While the trade was generally considered a fair one around the league, it received a couple votes as both the <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/40669074/nba-offseason-survey-best-worst-most-shocking-moves" rel="noopener">worst and most surprising moves</a> of the offseason by a panel of 18 NBA coaches, scouts, and executives, via ESPN.</p><p>However, the Lakers and Hawks may still make a deal.</p><h2><b>The Lakers could be a destination for D’Andre Hunter</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Hawks-DeAndre-Hunter.jpg"><figcaption>© David Banks-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Los Angeles may be a good fit for Hunter, via ESPN’s Tim McMahon (same Hoops Collective podcast).</p><p>“The Hawks have been looking to unload De’Andre Hunter who is owed about 22 [million] this year, 23 [million] next year and 25 [million] the year after,” MacMahon said. “That’s not a great contract. Is it worth a team like the Lakers taking on that contract?”</p><p>Hunter, who averaged 15.6 points on 45.9% shooting with 3.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game last year, could provide the Lakers’ front-court with some extra punch. However, Los Angeles will have to make sure it can fit his hefty price tag under its salary cap.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Why Lakers failed to acquire Dejounte Murray in Hawks trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-hawks-have-been-trying-to-trade-deandre-hunter');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Hawks have been trying to trade De’Andre Hunter');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NBA-rumors-Hawks-have-been-trying-to-trade-DeAndre-Hunter.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Hawks have been trying to trade De’Andre Hunter</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-11T20:29:24-07:00">September 11th, 8:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-11T20:29:24-07:00">September 11th, 8:29pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Atlanta Hawks are in a bit of a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/atlanta-hawks-bold-predictions-after-2024-25-season-schedule-release">weird situation, roster building-wise</a>, following their decision to trade Dejounte Murray away to the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for Dyson Daniels, Larry Nance Jr., and a future first-round pick. They have embraced the youth movement with much more open arms, and yet there are a few players on the team that could block playing time off from their youngsters, namely De’Andre Hunter and Clint Capela.</p><p>It’s quite well known that the Hawks have been dangling Hunter in potential trades for quite some time now. However, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUl9bQ3gIS4&amp;t=1560s" rel="noopener">the major concern</a> surrounding any prospective trade involving the 26-year-old forward is his expensive contract (relative to his production) that runs for a few more years, thereby precluding any deal, perhaps involving the Los Angeles Lakers, from materializing.</p><p>“This is a hypothetical discussion, but based on the situation. I’ll just say that we know the Hawks have been looking to unload De’Andre Hunter. Who is owed about 22 [million] this year, 23 next year, 25 the year after that. That’s not a great contract. Is it worth a team like the Lakers taking on that contract in what would be a financially motivated move for the Hawks?” Tim MacMahon of ESPN said in an appearance on The Hoop Collective podcast.</p><p>De’Andre Hunter, at first glance, looks like a player who could be of immense help to teams with contending ambitions. Hunter is a 6’8″ forward who’s in the middle of the prime years of his career, and he shot 38.5 percent from beyond the arc last season with the Hawks.</p><p>However, Hunter doesn’t do nearly enough in the other facets of the game to justify his contract worth $20+ million per year over the next three seasons. This has given teams who have shown interest in trading for Hunter some pause, with the Indiana Pacers and Dallas Mavericks, to name a few, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-mavs-95-million-reason-for-refusing-deandre-hunter-trade-with-hawks">looking elsewhere instead</a>.</p><p>But with Zaccharie Risacher being the Hawks’ number one developmental priority on the wing, not to mention Jalen Johnson’s presence at the four, it will be a tough pill to swallow for Atlanta to bring a player making as much money as Hunter is off the bench. Regardless, they might be stuck with Hunter given the circumstances.</p><h2><b>Can the Hawks defy expectations next season?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/DeAndre-Hunter-1.jpg"></figure><p>The past two seasons have been disappointing for the Hawks. Bringing Dejounte Murray in hasn’t yielded the success the front office thought the move would, so they cut their losses and started over. Now, many expect that the Hawks will be remaining in their mediocre ways for next season.</p><p>However, the Hawks might be a much-better team than expected for next season. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-trae-young-lists-himself-all-time-nba-team">Trae Young is still at the controls</a>, and now that he won’t have to share ballhandling duties with Murray, he could, perhaps, average career-high numbers as the heliocentric source of the team’s offense.</p><p>Young would then be flanked by athletic, defensive-minded players who would make his life on that end of the floor that much easier. Dyson Daniels and Zaccharie Risacher are lengthy wings who could cover a ton of ground, while Jalen Johnson and Onyeka Okongwu comprise a very athletic frontcourt.</p><p>Off the bench, the Hawks have Bogdan Bogdanovic leading the way, with De’Andre Hunter providing a pinch of 3-and-D play, while Kobe Bufkin could be ready for minutes in Year 2. Do not sleep on the Hawks.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Hawks have been trying to trade De’Andre Hunter

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-hawks-trae-youngs-trade-value');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Hawks don’t ‘like’ Trae Young’s trade value');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NBA-rumors-Hawks-dont-like-Trae-Youngs-trade-value.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Hawks don’t ‘like’ Trae Young’s trade value</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-01T08:28:01-07:00">September 1st, 8:28am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-01T08:28:01-07:00">September 1st, 8:28am</time><address><a href="https://www.downeuclid.com">Evan Dammarell</a>Evan Dammarell is an award-winning sports journalist covering all things Cleveland, including the Cavs, right off the shores of Lake Erie. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Things are uncertain regarding Trae Young’s future with the Atlanta Hawks. According to NBA insiders Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNKsyoB7H_k&amp;t=312s" rel="noopener">the latest episode of</a> The Hoop Collective podcast, the Hawks explored <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-trae-young-sparks-wild-trade-buzz-with-just-1-emoji">potential trades for Young</a> during the offseason. Still, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-trae-youngs-chilly-trade-market-hit-with-lakers-spurs-updates">Hawks could not find</a> a substantial market for the 25-year-old guard after trading Dejounte Murray.</p><p>The vibes surrounding Young have changed drastically from where they once were. When Atlanta fans felt positive when they traded for Murray two years ago, Murray seemed like the perfect partner for Young. Sadly, Murray couldn’t replicate the defensive impact he mastered with the San Antonio Spurs. Additionally, Young and Murray experienced difficulties on the court.</p><p>So the Hawks let Murray go to the New Orleans Pelicans for a few role components and two first-round picks. But it was a calculated gamble from the Hawks, who got a valuable asset from New Orleans. Through the Pelicans exchange, they received an unprotected Lakers pick that could benefit them soon, especially if they want to build around Young.</p><p>“It was a bet against the Lakers. Yeah, Dyson Daniels is an interesting young piece but basically they wagered with the Lakers unprotected pick this year, in this draft, they wagered against the Lakers. That was part of what that trade was about,” Windhorst said.</p><h2><b>What’s next for Trae Young and the Hawks?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Trae-Young-dribbles-hawks.jpg"><figcaption>David Banks-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>At this point, building around Young might be the only thing Atlanta can do. According to MacMahon, Young wouldn’t be in Atlanta if there were a market. But with the Hawks looking like a team preparing to enter a rebuild, Young’s future with the team seems murky at best.</p><p>In Young’s six years with the Hawks, the club has been to the Eastern Conference Finals once. In the last two seasons, Atlanta was disappointingly bounced out of the Play-In tournament, failing to reach the playoffs. The lackluster playoff history has diminished Young’s value, making it even harder for the Hawks to move on from him.</p><p>Young has just one year left on his current contract with Atlanta. That means he could enter free agency next summer and sign with a team needing a bonafide All-Star at point guard. The Hawks could also trade Young leading up to the annual trade deadline. But, with his market value currently at rock bottom, Young will have to reignite interest in him across the league with his play on the court this season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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