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Financials(Before Moves)

Cut Candidates: EJ Liddell

Total Salary: $155M

Cap Space: $-14M

Trade Candidates: Clint Capela

FA’s:

Targets: Bring in some youth to develop during these next 1 or 2 seasons where Atlanta is taking a little break.

Trades

Clint Capela to the Thunder for Ousmane Dieng & 2025 OKC FRP (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - Alex Caruso - Jalen Williams - Chet Holmgren - Clint Capela)

NBA Draft

Select F Zaccharie Risacher With #1 Pick: Projected Salary - $10.5M

Select G-F Nikola Djurisic with #43 Pick: Projected Salary - $1.8M

Free Agency

Sign G Malachi Flynn to a 2 year Contract with a PO Worth $5M($2.5M-$2.5M*)

Sign G Keon Johnson to a 2 year Contract with a PO Worth $4M($2M-$2M*)

Resign G-F Vit Krejci to a 2 year Contract Worth $3M($1.5M-$1.5M*)

Decline Garrison Matthews TO

Sign G Nate Hinton to a Two-Way Contract

Eurostash Draft Pick Nikola Djurisic

Financials(After Moves)

Total Salary: $153M

Luxury Tax: $18M Under

First Apron: $25M Under

Second Apron: $36M Under

Ideal Starting Lineup:

Trae Young, Dyson Daniels, Zaccharie Risacher, Jalen Johnson, & Onyeka Okongwu

Backup Five:

Kobe Bufkin, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Deandre Hunter, Ousmane Dieng, & Larry Nance

Rest of Bench:

Malachi Flynn, Keon Johnson, Vit Krejci, EJ Liddell, & Bruno Fernando

2024 Season Goals

Trae Young is back to being that elite PG that was getting debates with Luka a couple of seasons ago. Averages 28 and 10

Zaccharie Risacher is top-3 in ROTY, thriving as a 3 and D wing and shows flashes of a lot of upside, to transcend the Harrison Barnes archetype. Averages 13 on 38% shooting

Jalen Johnson is a candidate for MIP as the second options. Averages near 20 PPG as a great lob threat who can also create for himself.

Dyson Daniels has a really good season as a starter next to an elite PG. Shows a much improved 3 ball and looks to be one of the next great 3 and D guys who also can create offence himself.

Onyeka Okongwu also in finally a starting role thrives. Looking to be a potential elite shot blocker, and lob threat.

Bogdan Bogdanovic is a top candiate for 6MOTY and averages 15 PPG.

The other young guys off the bench such as Kobe Bufkin and Ousmane Dieng, also show a lot of promise.

The Hawks in something that was meant to be somewhat of a down year, make the Play-In and are through the First Round, headlined by Trae Young heroics back as that GUY. Overall they look to show a lot of promise going forward by the development around him, as Trae Young is still a young player. With the starting 5 having ages of 25 - 21 - 19 - 22 - 23.