Hawks star Trae Young is “looking good” ahead of tonight’s game, says back-up center Onyeka Okongwu, as tweeted by Bally Sports Hawks. Young suffered a bone bruise in his right foot as well as a tweaked ankle after stepping on the foot of a referee in the third quarter of Game Three’s loss to the Bucks and was subsequently listed as “questionable” by the team.
“He went through walk-through, shootaround,” the rookie big man said. “He’s looking good.”
Young has been resilient in these playoffs, battling through a shoulder injury in his series with the Sixers. With the Hawks down two games to one to the Bucks, his status for Game Four will be crucial to the team’s hopes of evening the series out.
We have more from around the Southeast Division:
- John Collins‘ restricted free agency has loomed over the Hawks throughout this post-season, but general manager Travis Schlenk re-affirmed the team’s commitment to him on The Jim Rome Show last week, calling Collins “the heart and soul of the team,” writes Chris Kirschner of The Athletic in his profile of Collins. Within that piece, Kirschner discusses Collins struggle to find happiness after growing up a troubled kid. “I feel like happiness has always been inside me, but I wasn’t necessarily as happy as I am now,” Collins said. “And it took me some time to realize that.”
- Barry Jackson and Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald team up to explore potential Heat trades in this two-part mailbag series. In it they explore the feasibility of trading for guards such as Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, Collin Sexton and Ben Simmons, as well as former No. 2 pick Marvin Bagley. Chiang also addresses the difficulties of trading for a star given the Heat’s lack of draft picks.
- Fred Katz of The Athletic breaks down the Wizards’ offseason outlook, and their three main areas of focus: three-point shooting, defense, and, of course, finding a head coach. Meanwhile, Chase Hughes of NBC Sports Washington explores whether the Wizards could opt to hire a first-time head coach this offseason. Hughes writes that finding someone who could grow with the roster holds appeal to general manager Tommy Sheppard.
- Bobby Marks of ESPN breaks down the Magic’s offseason, starting with their options for the fifth and eighth picks in the draft and examining how they can build a more sustainable roster. Some key points: the health of Markelle Fultz and Jonathan Isaac, and getting some more consistency from Wendell Carter.
Sexton to Heat
Sexton has expiring contract
Do Heat have enough assets to trade for Lillard?
Is Simmons a good fit?
If Heat include Bam, for Dame, yes.
Yeah and they they will become what they already are. A talented team that can’t win a title…unless more fluke injuries happen next year
Before the Heat look at adding another star, I’d like for them to address their problem with size. That killed the Heat more this season than not having a third star…which is not as much of a necessity in the current NBA like it was a few years ago.
Do answer your question Sillivan .first of all he won’t get traded I GARANTEE! However if dame were to get traded to Miami they’d have enough assets to get him. But don’t think it will happen.
I mean to answer your question Sillivan I GARANTEE you he won’t get traded however if Portland were to move Dame yes I think Miami would have enough assets but in order for it to work I think that it would have to be a three team trade
The fair trade would be
Blazers get Bam, Herro and Achiuwa
Heat get Lillard
Then Heat become old team
Sillivan I see where you’re going with this but here’s what I think would be a fair trade
Trail Blazers: KZ Okpala Precious Achiawa Tyler Herro and Bam
Heat: Dame pick and Nassir Little
New Heat 10 man rotation – retire home
Haslem 41
Iguodala
Ariza
Dragic
Bjelica
Dedman
Oladipo quad 40
Melo – Lillard bring in
Butler
Lillard
Knicks steal Robinson
But I thrill that he will stay in Portland
“finding someone who could grow with the roster holds appeal to general manager Tommy Sheppard.”
Ha. So they’re looking for an ungrown coach. Plenty of candidates for that!
Points for Mosely taken from Stotts.
They don’t have a young core roster which makes it such a dumb statement. Their main players are 32, 28, and 28. Bryant is always injured so he doesn’t count. So Rui is 23 and Gafford is 22 and Deni is 20. Will Gafford be much more than a rim runner? Ceiling is Caplea, maybe hes a Holmes. Rui could end up being a solid piece. And Deni I don’t really see much there but hes 20.
But with that said, how much room is there to grow if Beal and Westbrick take all the shots?