The Hawks are expecting veteran guard Kris Dunn to appear in his first game for the team before the end of the month, as Sarah K. Spencer of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes.
Dunn, who signed a two-year, $9.8MM with Atlanta in November, had his Hawks debut delayed after he went under the knife in December to address an ankle injury. According to general manager Travis Schlenk, the team was fully on board with Dunn’s decision to undergo an arthroscopic procedure on his ankle, knowing it would keep him sidelined until the second half.
“He made the decision, and we fully supported him to get that fixed, knowing that it would put us in a situation where he would miss the first half of the season and we’d get him back later on this month,” Schlenk said, per Spencer. “So we’re always going to support the players when it comes to doing the right thing for them, medically.”
Dunn is one of many Hawks 2020 free agent additions who has missed time due to an injury this season. Danilo Gallinari has been sidelined for 12 of Atlanta’s 36 games, while Rajon Rondo has missed 16 and Bogdan Bogdanovic has been out for 25.
The hope is that Dunn, who has a reputation as a strong perimeter defender, can help shore up a unit whose 112.5 defensive rating ranks 13th in the Eastern Conference and 23rd in the NBA.
He hasn’t been right since he busted his face after than dunk.
Hes dunn
Dunn has missed 36 games, Bogdanovic 25, Rondo 16 and Gallinari 12, and yet they thought firing the coach was the solution to their problem.
Should fire the GM for all those stupid signings they made.
Dunn was really drafted over guards such as Brogdan,Jamal Murray,Buddy Hield,Levert,Dejonte Murray??? Yikes! Hawks actually signed him??? I know he was taken over Sabonis and Siakam as well, but the wolves didn’t need them.
Thibs was coach and GM and drafted Dunn. Then he never played him and traded him a year later.
I’m sure you see my point though. Dunn is not better than any of those guards that he was drafted ahead of, which I listed.
His main problem is that he is ostensibly a point guard and he cannot hang onto the ball or shoot from more than 10 feet. At this point a high-risk defensive specialist, more of a disruptor than anything else.