The Hawks essentially replaced forward Al Horford for future Hall of Fame center Dwight Howard. Depending on how the new players blend in with the remaining Hawks' roster members, possible playoff seeding will be hanging in the balance. This offseason has featured some incoming and outgoing players. It is possible that the Hawks are looking at a Rudy Gay trade with the Kings as a perfect way to put the finishing touches on their summer. They had a busy offseason prior to being named as a team in the hunt for Gay.
Like each team listed, the Atlanta Hawks have a need for more scoring. Atlanta joins the Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, Miami Heat, and Minnesota Timberwolves as teams who have reportedly had at least internal conversations of acquiring Rudy Gay. The Atlanta Hawks are rumored to be one of several NBA teams who have checked with the Sacramento Kings about Gay. According to a recent report by Yibada, the Hawks are the just the latest team interested in acquiring the high-scoring forward. There are a lot of good teams trying to maybe rebuild, for lack of a better word.ĪP Sports Writers Chris Duncan in Houston and Pat Graham in Denver contributed to this report.Are the Atlanta Hawks and Sacramento Kings engaged in trade discussions? If you believe what is being said in the most recent NBA rumor, the Hawks are in talks with the Kings for Rudy Gay. But I also think a lot of it is just the phase teams are in. "I do think you could say that maybe the CBA might be contributing to that. It became like a barter economy instead of a cash economy. They were at such a premium that every deal was very difficult. "Usually, that's the currency that moves markets. "I thought the main thing that was different at this trade deadline was there was a big premium on cap space and draft picks," Morey said. 5 pick in last year's draft, from Sacramento in one of his two deals. With so little happening, Morey may have pulled off the most intriguing move this week when he acquired Thomas Robinson, the No. The Hawks couldn't find a good enough deal for Smith, who had largely been considered the biggest name that would move, and settled for sending Anthony Morrow to Dallas for Dahntay Jones. The New York Knicks traded Ronnie Brewer to Oklahoma City to open a roster spot that will be used to give Kenyon Martin a 10-day contract. He was traded along with center Gustavo Ayon and reserve point guard Ish Smith to the Bucks in exchange for guards Doron Lamb and Beno Udrih, and forward Tobias Harris. Rebuilding after trading Howard, the Magic decided Redick wasn't in their plans while averaging career highs in points (15.1) and field goal percentage (45.0). Golden State sent forward Jeremy Tyler to Atlanta and guard Charles Jenkins to Philadelphia in separate deals, slicing more than $1.5 million off its payroll after beginning the day about $1.2 million over the league's $70,307,000 luxury tax. The collective bargaining agreement that went into effect in 2011 came with much more punitive penalties for teams that repeatedly exceed the luxury tax and limits the options of those over the salary cap, and decisions Thursday were made with that in mind. I can't explain it."įinances certainly played into it. Apart from a couple guys who were out there all the time in terms of big names, it just went by.
That could have been a potential trade deadline move. "Harden was traded right before the season started. That could have potentially been a trade deadline move," said Denver Nuggets president Masai Ujiri, referring to the player he acquired in the four-team Howard trade in August. We cannot forget, Andre Iguodala, that deal was made in the summer. "I think normally a point was made, normally you would see big deals being made. The Memphis Grizzlies broke up their frontcourt when they sent Gay to Toronto in a three-team deal with Detroit