Atlanta Hawks are willing to reset at the February 8th Trade Deadline.
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With the trade deadline exactly a month away, teams are starting to figure out their future, and the Atlanta Hawks are one of them.
Currently, the Hawks are 14-21 and outside the Play-in Tournament as the 12 seed. The team had high expectations with their dynamic backcourt in Trae Young and Dejounte Murray this season. With an elite coach in Quinn Synder, the Atlanta Hawks were expected to be a top-seed in the Eastern Conference, but that is not the case.
According to a recent report by NBA insider Jake Fischer, the Hawks are willing to take a step back and part ways with several key starters, including Clint Capela, Dejounte Murray, De’Andre Hunter, and Bogdan Bogdanovic. The team's main focus is to build around Trae Young and Jalen Johnson.
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Jake Fischer stated, “Right now it sounds like the Hawks are truly considering the idea of being a real seller. Taking a step back and maybe even getting a couple extra lottery balls this year…”
Here is the full video of his comments on the Hawks:
Fischer also expresses the potential plan for the Hawks.
“Atlanta owes its 2025 first-round selection to San Antonio as part of the haul that landed Murray, so there’s plenty of sense for the Hawks, currently 14-19, to weigh selling some of its veteran contributors, incorporating a lottery pick alongside Young and Johnson, then stepping back toward Atlanta’s bigger goal of competing in the playoffs under head coach Quin Snyder next season. Atlanta has been one of the more active teams on the phones across the league, sources said. And that seller’s path becoming more likely has league personnel no longer considering the Hawks as a prominent potential landing spot for Toronto’s other trade-deadline darling, Pascal Siakam, now that the Raptors ultimately moved on from Anunoby."
Many teams around the league have already called Atlanta for potential trades, but should the Hawks give up on this roster and retool?