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Watch out for the Hawks, who sneakily are in position to land a superstar


For the first time in the Travis Schlenk era, the Hawks were in talent accumulation mode instead of stockpiling draft picks and bad contracts. It felt like there was an added importance on taking the next step of the rebuilding process, but it was the appropriate time to transform the roster into one that was ready to start competing for the playoffs.

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The Hawks had the best of both worlds going into free agency — the most cap space in the NBA and five homegrown first-round draft picks that have shown value on the floor. And because those five players are still on their rookie-scale contracts, the Hawks had the luxury to sign Danilo Gallinari to a three-year, $61.5 million contract (Year 3 has only $5 million guaranteed) with the likelihood that he’ll be a very rich sixth man. That’s what you’re able to do when your cap sheet is clean.

With only a handful of…





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