The Atlanta
Hawks traded Dwight Howard and the number 31 pick to the Charlotte Hornets for
Miles Plumlee, Marco Belinelli and the number 41 pick. The Dwight Howard signing didn’t look good
before last season and it didn’t look any better after the season. Howard never seemed a fit for their offense
and his signing contributed to the loss of Al Horford in free agency and
Horford was a much better fit. Howard
finished the year with a 13.5 PPG, 12.7 RPG, 1.2 BPG stat line while logging
just under 30 minutes per game.
I hope
Plumlee can give Atlanta something, anything.
He is making $12M per year but his stats are not anywhere near what
you’d expect for someone making that much money – 2.5 PPG, 2.1 RPG in 10
minutes per game last year. Belinelli is
a shooting guard who should at least be a nice bench asset. He can shoot the three and give you ten
points per game. He has one year left on
his $6M deal.
What’s
next: How hard will the Hawks pursue
free agents Paul Milsap and Tim Hardaway Jr. this offseason? Where do they see the team moving
forward? Dennis Shroder is the PG and
face of the franchise if those two aren’t re-signed but there won’t be much
else left around him. I’d hate to see
Atlanta starting over but that may well be what they are doing.
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