Former Hawks forward Vince Carter said on ESPN’s The Jump that he has heard Atlanta is confident it will be able to land two free agents from a group that includes Danilo Gallinari, Rajon Rondo, Joe Harris, and Bogdan Bogdanovic, tweets Tim MacMahon of ESPN. Chris Kirschner of The Athletic echoes that sentiment (via Twitter).
While Harris and Bogdanovic may still be in play for the Hawks, it sounds as if Gallinari and Rondo are the more likely candidates to end up in Atlanta.
Reports earlier in the week suggested that the Hawks are viewed as the frontrunners for both veteran free agents, with Gallinari perhaps in line for a three-year deal and Rondo expected to receive a two-year offer.
Atlanta is the only team set to enter free agency with more than $40MM in cap room available, so even if the team lands Gallinari and Rondo, it still should have money left over to spend.
If Atlanta gets both Gallo and Rondo they might make the playoffs. Go Hawks.
Hawks to get Gordan Hayward and Rajon Rondo
1. Young. Rondo. Mays
2. Hueter/Reddish. Thomas
3. Hayward. Snell
4. Collins. Hunter
5. Capela. Okungwu. Fernando
Hawks to get the 8th seed in the East
Bucks, Celtics, Heat, Philly, Raptors, Pacers, Nets the top 7
Why is Rondo being mentioned so much? Seems like he breaks a finger every other dribble…unless he learns how to dribble with his 3rd eye i don’t see how he helps on the road to getting in the actually playoffs…
That’s some ambitious expectations…of those four players I could only see them landing Rondo on a huge overpay…it’s not like they can offer a winning team…the East’s top 6 are a lock…so they’re hoping to scape the 7 or 8 seed.