Draft Atlanta Hawks Pick-Swap Watch Thread

Will the 2026 Hawks Swap Convey?

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Splits said:
yes OKC traded this year's #24 pick (Nique Clifford) to SAC for the Spurs pick top-16 protected. We traded the pick to SAC in the Fox deal
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OK, thank you. That is great/crystal clear. Appreciate the explanation.
 
There is a real chance Davis -- one of the NBA's prime trade targets -- will be sidelined through the Feb. 5 NBA deadline. And possibly beyond, depending on the need for surgery.

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scott said:
Maybe I'm being overly optimistic, but I hope they do trade for AD as I think it would make them worse. They'd be giving up some real rotation pieces for a guy who's likely to get injured within his first 3 games of playing for them.
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This latest injury is exactly what I meant when I posted this (just a few hours ago!)... ATL was just unable to trade for him before his inevitable injury. Bummer for us.
 
Another value we can provide Atlanta is to trade Olynyk as salary match. Okongwu's contract goes until 2028, with $15M this year, $16.1 next year and $16.88 in 2027-28. Olynyk on the other hand is done after this year, which means that the Hawks can shed $33M in salary over two years. They are currently $32.9M over the cap but $6.8 from the tax. While this doesn't save them tax, it gives them another $16M for the next two years for trades. Those better at managing the cap can chime in on this and see if it makes sense.

If that is a selling point, we can keep our swap for this year, and send out the 27 pick back to them, plus half a dozen 2nds if they want them.
 
I don't really understand the need to trade AD on Dallas' part tbh.

I guess it's so they could tank since this upcoming draft is the last they have control of their pick for a while.

But they've been losing plenty with AD on the roster and now he's possibly out for months. They weren't gonna catch the bottom dwellers to get Top 4 odds and they weren't gonna get a Top 6 seed...an AD trade wouldn't change that.

Just land a lottery pick in this draft, maybe kick the tires on a Klay/Gafford deal and head into next season with a healthy Kyrie/Christie/PJ/Flagg/AD.
 
ambchang said:
Another value we can provide Atlanta is to trade Olynyk as salary match. Okongwu's contract goes until 2028, with $15M this year, $16.1 next year and $16.88 in 2027-28. Olynyk on the other hand is done after this year, which means that the Hawks can shed $33M in salary over two years. They are currently $32.9M over the cap but $6.8 from the tax. While this doesn't save them tax, it gives them another $16M for the next two years for trades. Those better at managing the cap can chime in on this and see if it makes sense.

If that is a selling point, we can keep our swap for this year, and send out the 27 pick back to them, plus half a dozen 2nds if they want them.
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I think Okongwu to the Spurs was just shattered like the ligaments in AD's hand..
 
Is there some universe where the Hawks decide to trade for AD after all, thinking they can get a discounted price due to his injury, and make a deal with the Spurs to get the 2026 swap back so they can hard tank this year? Maybe this sticks to the wall?
 
Mugen said:
I don't really understand the need to trade AD on Dallas' part tbh.

I guess it's so they could tank since this upcoming draft is the last they have control of their pick for a while.

But they've been losing plenty with AD on the roster and now he's possibly out for months. They weren't gonna catch the bottom dwellers to get Top 4 odds and they weren't gonna get a Top 6 seed...an AD trade wouldn't change that.

Just land a lottery pick in this draft, maybe kick the tires on a Klay/Gafford deal and head into next season with a healthy Kyrie/Christie/PJ/Flagg/AD.
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He's Nico's man, they want to get rid of the bad taste and a daily reminder of the mess he made.
And Rich Paul is pressuring them into giving him another max extension.
 
LeBowen said:
He's Nico's man, they want to get rid of the bad taste and a daily reminder of the mess he made.
And Rich Paul is pressuring them into giving him another max extension.
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A max extension starting in a year when he's 34 years old with his injury history? :ROFLMAO: good luck with that
 
LeBowen said:
He's Nico's man, they want to get rid of the bad taste and a daily reminder of the mess he made.
And Rich Paul is pressuring them into giving him another max extension.
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Nico's gone tbh. You don't compound how dumb the Luka trade was by trading AD away for Porzinigis and Luke Kennard tbh.

He's got two more years left after this year, I'd tell Rich Paul to go pound sand until he has another healthy year tbh.
 
Seventyniner said:
Is there some universe where the Hawks decide to trade for AD after all, thinking they can get a discounted price due to his injury, and make a deal with the Spurs to get the 2026 swap back so they can hard tank this year? Maybe this sticks to the wall?
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that chance is definitely there, because reports say the Hawks want to use Porzingis and Kennard's expirings to aquire AD. They won't have those in the offseason to match his 54 million dollar salary.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2009097828824756568
 
RC_Drunkford said:
that chance is definitely there, because reports say the Hawks want to use Porzingis and Kennard's expirings to aquire AD. They won't have those in the offseason to match his 54 million dollar salary.
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Do you think the Hawks would still want to trade for him after this latest injury?
 
Ice009 said:
Do you think the Hawks would still want to trade for him after this latest injury?
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that was their plan all along. Why wouldn't they? Even if he's out for the season, they seem to want him long term and currently have expirings to match. Besides that, him being out will just dump the price and probably have competition like Toronto reduce their offers or fall back completely.

What else are they going to do? Wait until the offseason and then try to match that salary with NAW, Okongwu and Risacher? They don't want to get rid of key players.

This would actually be great for our 26 swap tbh and give us some leverage to take Okongwu off their hands.
 
I can't see the Mavericks trading Davis purely for expiring's or the Hawks offering much beyond that at this point and there's no reason to think the Mavericks would want the negative contracts they'd have to accept from the Raptors.

Davis may not have near the value he did even a year ago, but he has to have markedly more than Young or the toxic Morant and if for whatever reason he doesn't, then the Mavericks don't need to rush this.
 
DTW said:
I can't see the Mavericks trading Davis purely for expiring's or the Hawks offering much beyond that at this point and there's no reason to think the Mavericks would want the negative contracts they'd have to accept from the Raptors.

Davis may not have near the value he did even a year ago, but he has to have markedly more than Young or the toxic Morant and if for whatever reason he doesn't, then the Mavericks don't need to rush this.
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Hawks will have to include some future picks to get it done. Getting at least one of their picks back to package it in the trade will be key for them. Mavs need to offload salary to duck the tax, but they would definitely be selling low on AD. I'm not even sure why they are in such a rush to move him.
 
Mugen said:
I don't really understand the need to trade AD on Dallas' part tbh.

I guess it's so they could tank since this upcoming draft is the last they have control of their pick for a while.

But they've been losing plenty with AD on the roster and now he's possibly out for months. They weren't gonna catch the bottom dwellers to get Top 4 odds and they weren't gonna get a Top 6 seed...an AD trade wouldn't change that.

Just land a lottery pick in this draft, maybe kick the tires on a Klay/Gafford deal and head into next season with a healthy Kyrie/Christie/PJ/Flagg/AD.
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They have no interest in extending AD for the money he wants and they were hoping to flip his contract for a combo of upside youth, picks, and salary match (expiring). They now will only get pennies on the dollar in the summer. Stinks for them, great for us. 2030 Dallas pick could be very spicy if they don't grab a top 4 pick this lottery cycle.
 
RC_Drunkford said:
that was their plan all along. Why wouldn't they? Even if he's out for the season, they seem to want him long term and currently have expirings to match. Besides that, him being out will just dump the price and probably have competition like Toronto reduce their offers or fall back completely.

What else are they going to do? Wait until the offseason and then try to match that salary with NAW, Okongwu and Risacher? They don't want to get rid of key players.

This would actually be great for our 26 swap tbh and give us some leverage to take Okongwu off their hands.
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There is still some in the East that think Atlanta can make a solid run for the play-in with a little tinkering. A lot of chatter about trying to get Zubac from LAC. I don't really see it but it at least works a bit better for their timeline.
 
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