July 21: The Hawks have officially re-signed Ilyasova, the team announced via a press release on its website.
July 12: The Hawks have reached an agreement to bring back free agent power forward Ersan Ilyasova, reports Shams Charania of The Vertical (Twitter link). According to Charania, Ilyasova will sign a one-year deal worth $6MM to return to Atlanta.
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Few players have bounced around the NBA more in the last two years than Ilyasova, who has appeared in multiple regular season games for the Pistons, Magic, Thunder, Sixers, and Hawks since the 2015/16 season began. Last season, he was traded from Oklahoma City to Philadelphia early on, then flipped to Atlanta prior to the trade deadline.
Although he hasn’t found a permanent NBA home since leaving Milwaukee in 2015, Ilyasova continues to be an effective stretch four. For his career, the 6’10” big man has averaged 11.0 PPG and 5.9 RPG, converting 36.6% of his three-point attempts.
The Hawks renounced Ilyasova last week in the process of creating cap space, but they still have plenty of room to bring him back without using any form of Bird rights. Their deal with Ilyasova is the third move the Hawks have made to address their lack of frontcourt depth in recent days. The team also agreed to bring back Mike Muscala, and struck a deal with Dewayne Dedmon.
Atlanta fans should like him.Decent player and good person.No complaints from when he played for the BUCKS.
nothing to like, im an atlanta fan and we have absolutely nothing to look forward to. this season is a complete wash. the nba draft is a joke, not enough talent coming out of college which is why its only 2 rounds and most of 2nd round is stashed over seas. may as well be a d league team with all the new super teams
Hold on- yeah we’re gonna suck- but Collins looks lime a beast and Bembry looks good too. If even half what they’re doing in SL translates over- those guys and Prince will at least be entertaining.
Kind of two different points. Agree there’s nothing to look forward to, but he’s not a bad signing. To be honest I’m surprised he’d want to come back to such a weakened team on such a relatively small deal.
Eh, there’s plenty of talent coming out of college, there’s just not enough room in the NBA.
oh ok
It’s odd that he hasn’t found a place as a second unit mainstay on a contender. Guy can give a good team 10-15 of pure offense. Might end up like Channing Frye in the Finals but he can definitely help a team get there with his shooting. Give him space and his 36% likely moves to a 40% mark from 3. Can’t play D at all though. Kind of why he belongs on a second unit.
As Ersan did only play for the sixers for a few months, id have to say he is a good player
Wonder where he will get traded to next season