Comment Opinions Please. Are The Trades Fair? What Would You Do Differently? Don’t Forget To Check Out The Free Agency Signings, Draft Picks, & Season Goals Down Below.
Financials(Before Moves)
Cut Candidates: Garrison Matthews & Bruno Fernando
Total Salary: $160.3M
Cap Space: -$19.3M
Trade Candidates: Dejounte Murray, AJ Griffin, & Clint Capela
TE’s: $23M
FA’s: Seth Lundy, Wesley Matthews, Saddiq Bey
Targets: Alexandre Sarr, 3&D SG, All Star Caliber SF, & Backup PG/PF
Trades
Dejounte Murray & Clint Capela to the Pelicans for Brandon Ingram, Larry Nance Jr, & 2025 1st
AJ Griffin, Larry Nance Jr, & 2025 NOP 1st to the Bulls for Alex Caruso
Deandre Hunter to the Pistons for 2028/29 NYK 2nds
2025 MIN 2nd to the Wolves for Monte Morris in a Sign & Trade Worth 3yrs $21M(TO Last Year)
Edit: I'm not sure why I did a sign & trade for Monte Morris here. Brain fart. The Hawks can just sign him to that money using the MLE. $6M to Roco, $6M to Monte.
Kobe Bufkin to the Raptors for 2026/27 2nds
NBA Draft
Select C Alexandre Sarr With #1 Pick: Projected Salary - $12.6M
Free Agency
Resign SF Saddiq Bey to a Three Year Contract Worth $33M(10-11-12)
Sign PF Robert Covington to a Two Year Contract Worth $12M(6-6[TO]) Using the MLE
Sign PG Cam Payne, SG Javonte Green, SF Doug McDermott, & C JaVale McGee to One Year Contracts Worth the Minimum
Extend SG Alex Caruso to a Four Year Contract Worth $62M(14-15-16-17)
Extend SF Brandon Ingram to a Four Year Contract Worth $164M(38-40-42-44)
Extend PF Jalen Johnson to a Four Year Contract Worth $100M(22-24-26-28)
Financials(After Moves)
Total Salary: $170M
Luxury Tax: $2M Under
First Apron: $9M Under
Second Apron: $20M Under
Ideal Starting Lineup:
Trae Young, Alex Caruso, Brandon Ingram, Jalen Johnson, & Alexandre Sarr
Backup Five:
Monte Morris, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Saddiq Bey, Robert Covington, & Onyeka Okongwu
Rest of Bench:
Cam Payne, Javonte Green, Doug McDermott, Mouhamed Gueye, & JaVale McGee
2024 Season Goals
Trae Young returns to 2021-22 form; averaging 28, 10, & 3 while being an All Star once again. Brandon Ingram also plays well enough to become an All Star; averaging 24, 6, & 6 on 39% shooting from deep(6 attempts per game).
Alexandre Sarr wins ROTY by a landslide; averaging 18, 10, & 3. Alex Caruso finishes Top 3 in DPOY voting & gets First Team All NBA Defense. Bogdan Bogdanovic finishes Top 5 in 6MOTY voting.
The Hawks end the 2024-25 season as a Top 3 seed and make it to the eastern conference finals.