Today was an important deadline for the Atlanta Hawks for several reasons. One of them concerned emerging forward Vit Krejci and whether or not to give him a two-way qualifying offer. The Hawks made the easy decision to extend a two-way qualifying offer to Krejci according to Lauren Williams at the AJC, making him a restricted free agent now. Atlanta can now match any offer that another team puts in front of Krejci.

This was a pretty easy decision for the Hawks to make considering how well Krejci played toward the end of the season. Because of the injuries that the Hawks had to the entire team, Krejci was forced to play a lot down the stretch, including starting a few games. He played in 22 games last season, starting 14 of them and averaged 6.1 PPG, 2.4 RPG, and 2.5 APG. He shot 49% from the field, including 41% from three. At 6’8 195 LBS, Krejci became a wing player with size and shooting that the Hawks were lacking. His best performance came in the Hawks huge comeback against the Boston Celtics, a game in which he scored 16 points, including 13 points in one quarter. He was 4-7 from three that night.

What could Krejci’s role be on this team? The Hawks have gotten bigger and better on the wing and at the point of attack through the early parts of this offseason. They drafted Zaccharie Risacher with the No. 1 overall pick and just acquired Dyson Daniels in the Dejounte Murray trade. De’Andre Hunter is still on the team as well. Krejci is young and showed he has potential last season, but it was also in a very small sample size. There is not a clear pathway for him to play a ton of minutes this season, but that could change. I think the Hawks made the right move today by extending him the offer.

The Hawks have been making key decisions today with their free agents. They did not extend a qualifying offer to Saddiq Bey, making him an unrestricted free agent and they picked up the $2.2 million dollar team option for Garrison Matthews, bringing him back for another season. Krejci

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Another shooting downtown left one person dead early Friday morning, 20 days after the shooting that shocked the community, according to the Richmond County Coroner’s Office.

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to the 1500 block of 15th Street about an injured person at 7:43 a.m.

Deputies say when they arrived they found a man in the parking lot of a business and had been shot at least one time, Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen confirms.

The man was pronounced dead on the scene at 8 a.m., according to Bowen, and an autopsy has been scheduled.

No further information is available at this time, and his identity will be released once the next of kin has been notified, Bowen says.

The investigation is in its early stages and there is no further information at this time, according to the sheriff’s office.

Just two days ago, downtown business owners were celebrating their business boom since the shooting on 10th Street.

Just a few weeks after downtown was shattered by the shooting, the garden city is rebounding with Juneteenth and Pride — all of which are having a positive impact on business.

And with temperatures shooting up, there’s been a concern business would wilt in the hot weather.

“Of course, the weather is not helping with it being so incredibly hot,” said Hope Trujillo, manager at Pineapple Ink.

On Tuesday, June 11, two suspects who are also brothers, were arrested in connection with the shooting.

Amazing Lee Blessed Brigham, 19, was arrested Tuesday after being released from the hospital, where he’d been since shortly after.

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WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said a man died after a shooting in Southeast D.C.

Police said that at about 4:10 p.m., they were dispatched to the 2700 block of Shipley Terrace for a shooting investigation.

Once at the scene, officers found a man who had been shot. He was unconscious and not breathing.

He died at the scene.