The past two years have not been smooth for the Hawks. Since the team chose Trey Young, they have entered the playoffs three times in a row in 21, 22 and 23 years. Except for reaching the Eastern Conference finals in 21 years, the rest were eliminated by their opponents in the first round of the playoffs.
At the same time, Trey Yang, who is good at shooting, can get 26.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 9 assists on average in the playoffs, but his shooting percentage is only 40.2%, the proud three-point shot is as low as 29.7%, and the average number of errors per game is as high as 4.4 times. Especially in the past two years, after the league has become more strict in calling for fraud, Trey Yang's living environment has become more difficult.
For this reason, Hawks spared no expense to find Murray from the Spurs, but the two season partners have proved that the two are not suitable. Last year, they stopped in the first round of the playoffs. This year, the team has a record of 36 wins and 46 losses, ranking 10th in the east, and finally stopped in the play off. Fortunately, the team is still in the east. If the team's record is in the west, it can only be ranked 12th without playing off qualification.
At the first moment when the team was eliminated, the voice of reconstruction has never stopped. According to the recent change of agent company of Trey Young, the team and players may be looking for changes this summer. There had been rumors for a long time that the Lakers wanted to get Trey Young, but now this matter is very likely to stop, because not long ago, Yang just announced that he has ended his cooperation with Ritchie Paul Agency and turned to CAA Sports.
Everyone familiar with Ritchie Paul Klutch Sports knows how many conveniences this company has created for LeBron James. However, even if Trey Young changes his agent, the Lakers still miss Trey Young. At first, the team hoped to use Russell, Vincent and Vanderbilt as chips to get the 3-time All Star. But now, Without Rivers and some first round draft rights, the Hawks are unlikely to let Trey Young go.
Not only Yang, but his backcourt partner Murray is also likely to leave the team at present, and it is the old Spurs who are eyeing him. At the end of this year's regular season, the Spurs said that the first task this summer is to find a qualified backcourt partner for Wenbanyama. Murray is an all-star that the Spurs have cultivated. It is also popular to see him return to the team once again.
In the summer of 22 years, the Hawks got Murray from the Spurs only when they gave four first round+Gallinari chips. Last year, the team completed a four-year contract extension of 120 million dollars with him. This time, if they want to return to the Spurs, San Antonio people will pay no less chips than they did at the time of the original transaction, but they have the combination of Murray+Wenban+KJ+Wasserl+2024 high ranking rookie, The team's talent is enough.
In addition to these two big name players, Hawks have given many contracts in recent years. They renewed Okungu for $62 million in four years, Bogdanovic for $68 million in four years, and Hunter for $98 million in four years. These contracts are further compressing Hawks' salary space, which led them to make difficulties in renewing their contracts with Jay Johnson in advance this year.
In the first two seasons of his career, Jay Johnson averaged only 5.6 points and 4 rebounds at most per game. This year, he played 56 games for the Hawks and averaged 16 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.2 steals per game. At present, he has become the team's most valuable player for trade. It is reported that the Pistons have offered two first round plus one first round swap chips in order to get this potential star. According to the prediction of ESPN salary experts, the current market value of Jay Johnson is about 25 million dollars.
At present, this young player has been targeted by many teams, not only the Pistons, but also the Jazz, Raptors, Bulls and other teams, who are interested in him. But now the two big brothers of the Hawks have not solved the problem, and the buyer of Jay Johnson has to wait.
Let me say that the most cost-effective players for Hawks at present are not those mentioned above, but Aj Griffin, the 16th ranked player in the first round of 2022. Griffin can get 8.9 points, 2.1 rebounds, 1 assists, 0.6 steals, 46.5% shooting percentage, and 39% three-point shooting percentage in the first year of his rookie career, with an average playing time of 19.5 minutes, Only 2.4 points and 0.9 rebounds were recorded. At present, Griffin is only 20 years old, and it is far from giving up. If Hawks really don't plan to cultivate, other teams can use a first round draft right to offer AJ Griffin. Isn't it more reliable than taking the first round to participate in this year's draft?
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