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Atlanta Hawks Trade Deadline + Offseason Plan; Recalibration


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Trade Details

ATL: AJ Johnson, CJ McCollum, Malaki Branham, 2026 OKC 1st, & 2029 Second Most Favorable 1st Of POR/BOS/MIL

WAS: Trae Young

Note: Keaton Wallace is waived to make the above trade possible.

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Explanation

It’s clear as day Trae’s time in Atlanta is coming to an end. The Hawks have looked a lot better without him on the court. However it’s not necessarily because Trae isn’t good but instead how this team has clicked with a Dyson & NAW backcourt with Jalen as the first option.

This trade nets the Hawks a ton of expiring money to become players in free agency along with a young guard in AJ & two 1st. Pretty similar to what De’Aaron Fox went for.

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Ideal Post Deadline Starting Lineup:

McCollum, NAW, Rissacher, Johnson, & Porzingis

Backup Five:

Daniels, Kennard, Krejci, Newell, & Okongwu

Rest Of Bench:

Johnson, Branham, Djurisic, Gueye, & Dante

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Offseason - Financials

Salary Cap: $170.6M / Luxury Tax: $201.7M

First Apron: $210.3M / Second Apron: $223.1M

  1. Waive Nikola Djurisic & N’Faly Dante(Non-Guaranteed)

Cap Space: $59.6M

Tax Room: $90.7M

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Lottery Order

  1. Indiana

  2. Brooklyn

  3. Oklahoma City(Via LAC)

  4. Atlanta(Via NOP)

  5. Washington

  6. Sacramento

  7. Charlotte

  8. Milwaukee

  9. Portland

  10. Oklahoma City(Via UTA)

  11. San Antonio(Via ATL)

  12. Dallas

  13. Chicago

  14. Memphis

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NBA Draft

  1. Select PG Kingston Flemings With #4 Pick(Projected Salary $10.5M)

  2. Select SG/SF Tounde Yessoufou With #17 Pick(Projected Salary $4.7M)

  3. Select C Flory Bidunga With #30 Pick(Projected Salary $3M)

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Free Agency

  1. Resign PF Kristaps Porzingis To A Two Year Contract Worth $42M(21-21, Second Year Is A Team Option)

  2. Sign SG Quentin Grimes To A Three Year Contract Worth $63M(20-21-22, Last Year Is A Team Option)

  3. Sign SG Ochai Agbaji & SF Jae’Sean Tae To One Year Contracts Worth The Minimum

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Ideal 2026-27 Starting Lineup:

Flemings, NAW, Rissacher, Johnson, & Porzingis

Backup Five:

Daniels, Grimes, Yessoufou, Newell, & Okongwu

Rest Of Bench:

Krejci, Agbaji, Tate, Gueye, & Bidunga

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