Former Hawks player Cat Barber re-signed with Canadian team Scarborough Shooting Stars for the 2024 season ..read more

League sources have told NBC Sports not to bet on that happening, as San Antonio doesn’t see Young as a fit with Wembanyama going forward. The Spurs might be more interested in the Hawks’ Dejounte Murray if he is available ..read more

James Edwards: They needed to add 3-point shooting and did so at the deadline with Simone Fontecchio. I think there’s no question he’s back next year, regardless of who’s running the show. He checked a lot of boxes. They have to go out and get more 3-point shooters. Malik Monk is someone I wouldn’t be surprised if they target in free agency. I would monitor teams like Brooklyn and Atlanta, who I think are at a crossroads and fit a lot of the archetypes that Detroit needs. I think there are going to be a lot of bad teams in the NBA next year, as the 2025 draft is expected to be pretty stocked ..read more

James Edwards: They needed to add 3-point shooting and did so at the deadline with Simone Fontecchio. I think there’s no question he’s back next year, regardless of who’s running the show. He checked a lot of boxes. They have to go out and get more 3-point shooters. Malik Monk is someone I wouldn’t be surprised if they target in free agency. I would monitor teams like Brooklyn and Atlanta, who I think are at a crossroads and fit a lot of the archetypes that Detroit needs. I think there are going to be a lot of bad teams in the NBA next year, as the 2025 draft is expected to be pretty stocked w ..read more

Gobert has the elite résumé, though, with the three DPOY awards, three All-Star appearances, an All-NBA Second Team selection and three All-NBA Third Team nods. He has the receipts from this season, as he was the indisputable anchor of a Minnesota defense that was the best in the league while Gobert finished second in rebounds (12.9) and sixth in blocks (2.1) on a team that came just two wins shy of earning the No. 1 seed in the West (it finished third). And as our resident Timberwolves expert Jon Krawczynski wrote in January, the truth about those Jazz teams was that their lack of perimeter d ..read more

The three-time All-Star would seem like an easy player to move because of his elite talent as an offensive player. However, during a conversation with Sportsnaut this week, NBC Sports Senior Writer Kurt Helin revealed the poor opinion talent evaluators around the NBA have about Young heading into his seventh season in the league. “They are going to try hard to trade Trae Young. That’s going to happen,” Helin claimed. “But from people I’ve talked to around the league these calls often go something like this, ‘Trae Young, yea, what would that [trade] look like? By the way, is Dejounte available ..read more

Onyeka Okongwu: Im not even gonna cap, Im sick about no playoffs this year ..read more

The leaguewide expectation is thus only stronger, two months removed from my piece, that the Hawks will try to trade Trae Young or Dejounte Murray this offseason. You could also say that there is a growing belief in many corners of the league that Atlanta’s preference would actually be shopping Young ..read more

Another potential sidebar to make note of here: Young continues to be represented by Klutch Sports — same as Murray — but league sources say Young’s father Rayford Young also recently secured formal NBA agent certification ..read more

Bobby Marks: Draft implications for the Sacramento/New Orleans game. A Sacramento win and Atlanta will get the Kings 1st A Kings loss and Atlanta will receive a 2025 top-12 protected first. pic.twitter.com/fcqQtmDtwM Draft implications for the Sacramento/New Orleans game. A Sacramento win and Atlanta will get the Kings 1st A Kings loss and Atlanta will receive a 2025 top-12 protected first. pic.twitter.com/fcqQtmDtwM — Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) April 20, 2024 ..read more