Hawks Notes: Luguentz Dort Acquisition, Summer Moves, McCollum News

Hawks Notes: Luguentz Dort Acquisition, Summer Moves, McCollum News

The Atlanta Hawks are cautiously optimistic after acquiring Luguentz Dort in a three-team trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder, who sought to reduce payroll. The Hawks now hold multiple mid-tier salary players, presenting an opportunity to trade for a star, either before February's deadline or next summer when they could have over $40MM in cap space. Interest in Dort was strong from teams like the Lakers and Raptors before his trade. Atlanta’s o…

Hawks Notes: Dort, Offseason Moves, McCollum

Don’t expect the Hawks to immediately pursue an extension with recent acquisition Luguentz Dort, Marc Stein and Jake Fischer of The Stein Line report in a Substack post. Atlanta acquired Dort from the Thunder in a three-team transaction due to Oklahoma City’s desire to drop under the second tax apron. Oklahoma City exercised its $17.7MM option on Dort and packaged three second-round picks to Atlanta in order to shed his salary. The Hawks, howeve…