Atlanta Hawks Show Interest in Phoenix Suns Center

Just lately, I informed a pal that it felt just like the calm earlier than the storm. The Atlanta Hawks will completely try and improve their roster this offseason, which is able to make for an thrilling June and July. Over the previous few days, the rumblings of potential acquisitions have grown louder.

In a just lately printed article, Jake L. Fischer of Bleacher Report wrote, “league insiders persistently point out Atlanta as a crew keen to make wholesale modifications.” So, as we have now suspected, everybody not named Trae Younger is on the chopping block if it means buying a second star.

Fischer continued to jot down, “[Deandre] Ayton has been a well-liked rumored goal for [Travis] Schlenk’s entrance workplace, however a number of league sources with information of the Hawks’ pondering have additionally pointed to varied wing scorers as Atlanta’s prioritized endgame.”

We all know that Zach LaVine has already been linked to the Hawks, and Donovan Mitchell has been rumored to point out curiosity in taking part in for the Hawks. However the place issues get attention-grabbing is the Hawks seemingly sturdy curiosity in Ayton. 

Final summer time, the potential of a sign-and-trade involving the Phoenix Suns heart and Hawks heart Clint Capela was unthinkable. Capela led the NBA in rebounds and would quickly obtain a two-year contract extension.

Nevertheless, Capela regressed throughout the board this season. Then the Suns did not provide Ayton the rookie-scale max contract extension. So now, the Hawks are enthusiastic about a blockbuster commerce that will pair the 23-year-old heart with their 23-year-old All-Star level guard Trae Younger.

For Atlanta’s entrance workplace to tug off such a transfer, they’d not solely should half with Capela however different key gamers and draft picks. It is value noting that it is not set in stone that Capela have to be concerned within the deal; the Hawks have loads of contracts to make the deal work. However on this situation, a middle swap is probably the most logical.

Ayton has performed 4 seasons within the NBA and has confirmed fairly constant. He is averaged 16.3 factors and 10.5 rebounds in 236 common season video games. To not point out, he has NBA Finals expertise after the Phoenix Suns represented the Western Convention towards the Milwaukee Bucks final 12 months. 

The 2022 NBA draft is June 23, and free company begins on July 1. It is certain to be an eventful summer time in Atlanta, so keep locked into AllHawks.com for breaking information, highlights, and evaluation.

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