Full link: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/49410979/nba-2026-offseason-grades-30-teams-free-agency-trades

Atlanta blurb:

Depending on how coach Quin Snyder structures his rotation, the Hawks might not have added a single starter this offseason -- although they did well to re-sign CJ McCollum to a solid one-year deal -- so their short-term ceiling still relies on Jalen Johnson's development into a star.

They made fairly dramatic upgrades to their bench, however, to meaningfully raise their floor. They acquired Luguentz Dort, Aaron Wiggins and Devin Carter in salary dump trades, as well as Ryan Nembhard to help stabilize the backcourt.

Lu already understands the assignment 😂

I’d have ‘Nique ahead of Dr. J, personally.

i’ve seen a lot of people saying that the 2027 free agency class is our chance to get a 1A. i know ant is the dream for a lot of us, but what would be some realistic targets in free agency next offszn. i haven’t been able to check who the free agents are because it’s a little confusing with all the contracts and stuff.

did it? are we sure?

Here is how I view the East. Every team has reasons to doubt.

-Boston 

Their best guys are not healthy track record isn’t great for Achilles tears. 

-Nets

Fun team

-Hornets

They are young but will be bad

-Bulls

They are young and really bad

-Cavs

I don’t believe in the Cavs at all, but they’ll probably still be vey good in the regular season

-Pistons

They are making it really weird with their second best player. 

-Pacers

Hali coming back from an Achilles tear. We will see.

-Heat

High top end talent but are they better than the bucks last year if Giannis misses time?

-Bucks

Bad and young

-Knicks

I don’t expect them to be as good as they were this year Brunson is getting surgery on his wrist like J-Dub did last year

-Magic

New coach we’ll see if the bad offense was on Banchero or on Mosley 

-76ers

I think they will be good with out Embiid and borderline unbeatable with Embiid healthy. 

-Raptors

Probably good, what’s going on with Kawhi?

-Wizards

Just a weird team that doesn’t make sense 

This Saturday (7/25, 1–5 PM) the arena’s doing a free Select-A-Seat event in the Player’s Club. You can walk the bowl, sit in different sections, and pick your actual seats for next season before the schedule even drops. There’s kids’ stuff going on too, a back-to-school giveaway item, and Harry the Hawk will be around 3:30–4.

No cost to attend, and no pressure to buy anything — it’s really just a chance to see seats in person and ask questions face to face instead of guessing off a seating chart. If you do want to lock something in, there’s an 8-month payment plan and you can put down a deposit to get in line early before renewals eat up the good sections.

Parking’s in the Diamond Deck.

If anyone wants to come through and needs it set up, drop a comment or shoot me a message and I’ll get you taken care of — happy to just answer questions here too if you’re not ready to commit to anything. Here’s my digital business card : https://popl.co/card/9afVBYcc/2/dash

Go Hawks 🦅

Let's assume we waive and stretch guys to get the roster down. Are the hawks going to be good?

We have like 10 wings, some of whom have the ability to pass and dribble. We have a pretty deep, albeit young, guard rotation. We lack interior size, but more than make up for it with switch ability and positional size everywhere else.

I can see the vision, I just am curious about the short term upside.

Only 19 years, 6 months, and 29 days on this day.

33 pts 11/18 fg 6/10 3pm 7 rebs 3 asts 3 stls 2 blks 0 TOs

Lest we forget. Hawks failed in giving this talent a real chance.

LOOK AT THIS TRIO

https://refwatch.ca/nba/teams/ATL

I know some of us are sad to see Risacher go, I know some of us are glad to see Dort arrive.

Some of us are excited to see the rookies play and get some development, some of us want to see us take a leap and make a serious playoff push.

Regardless of what camps you’re in, we can all agree there are 17 NBA players on this roster but we can only start the season with 15.

Two, possibly 3, or even more of these guys WILL NOT be suiting up in a Hawks jersey by October.

Personally, I am hoping we send Corey Kispert to the literal Shadow Realm.

Realistically, I expect one of Dort or Wiggins to be rerouted somewhere. Dort cannot be aggregated and is making $17M, so my best guess is that Wiggins and someone, possibly one of Devin Carter/Buddy Hield are going out. The dream would be a scenario that results in Peyton Watson being our return via S&T for sending two playable guys into Denver’s empty roster slots, but the finances are tight. We would likely need a 3rd team.

Mo Gueye’s contract being non-guaranteed until 1/1/2027 unfortunately makes him an easily tradable or waivable player (particularly after his unfortunate foot injury)

Onsi is cooking at least one more deal, what do YOU think he has up his sleeve? How would YOU get our roster in compliance?

https://x.com/TheDunkCentral/status/2079347230582919355

I’ll miss u my glorious king 💔😪

Lu Dort to Hawks? Zaccharie Risacher to Mavs? Trade grades for 3-team swap

Feels like every Shams notification is about the Hawks lol