The Hawks and Danilo Gallinari have agreed to push back the forward’s salary guarantee date to July 8, reports Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report (Twitter link). Gallinari’s $21.45MM salary for 2022/23, which is currently only partially guaranteed for $5MM, was originally set to become fully guaranteed if he remained under contract through Wednesday.
However, with word breaking that he would be sent to San Antonio in a trade for Dejounte Murray, there was an expectation that Gallinari’s guarantee deadline would be moved, giving the two teams some time to complete the trade and assuring him of some extra money — it appears he’s in line to receive about an extra $6.57MM in order to ensure his guarantee is large enough to legally match Murray’s salary.
While Fischer suggests the new guarantee date opens the door for the Hawks to further expand the Murray trade before it becomes official, it will also simply ensure the Spurs and Hawks have a chance to complete the trade once the transaction moratorium ends on July 6 and that San Antonio can subsequently waive Gallinari before the rest of his salary becomes guaranteed. Assuming he’s released next week, Gallinari will have an opportunity to find a new landing spot without having to wait until later in the offseason to reach the open market.
Here’s more from around the East:
- Within their look at possible targets for the Celtics‘ $17MM+ trade exception, Jay King and Jared Weiss of The Athletic say that Boston has been exploring possible deals for Hawks wing Kevin Huerter “for some time now.” John Hollinger of The Athletic thinks a trade sending Huerter to Boston would make sense for both teams if the Celtics can handle the tax hit.
- The Nets are among the teams that have interest in trading for Jazz forward Royce O’Neale, sources tell Ian Begley of SNY.tv. A report last week indicated that O’Neale was generating serious trade interest.
- The Wizards and free agent point guard Delon Wright have mutual interest, according to Begley. Washington addressed its point guard hole by agreeing to acquire Monte Morris, but could still use another reliable option at the position, and Wright should be attainable using the mid-level exception.
- Whether he begins the 2022/23 season with the Pacers or a new team, center Myles Turner should be ready to play from day one. According to Scott Agness of Fieldhouse Files, Turner is now fully healthy, having experienced no setbacks in his recovery from a stress reaction in his left foot.
I’d trade Huerter to Boston for Portland’s 2023 2nd & Boston’s 2025 1st (top10 protected)… this would shave $14M off the team salary & allow the Hawks to more easily retain Delon Wright & recoup some of the draft capital we lost in the Murray deal… Celtics would get a young shooter that would instantly be a fan favorite in Boston
I am sure you would!
That looks fair for both sides actually.
I’d trade Bogdan before Huerter. All Bogdan wants to do is shoot three’s and he takes terrible shots that makes me smh too much. Huerter at least mixes it up and drives and can heat up more than Bogdan.
Bogdan does way more than shoot 3s. If anyone is 1dimensional it’s Kevin. Tbh both of those guys have good midrange game too. Bogi is an extremely versatile offensive player tho, he’s a better ballhandler, passer & finisher than Kev
Good points. They’re like the same player honestly. I’d get of one for the sake of redundancy.
Why are people from Boston so delusional? They be talking about getting all these player but they ain’t getting nobody. Ain’t no player want to play for that garbage town. And they ain’t got no assets to get anybody unless they want to give up Rob Williams and Jaylen Brown
Dude, Boston absolutely is a top ten destination for players. I’m in Minnesota and I know that. The organization’s history and respectability create an atmosphere that players want to be around, despite not being a big market.
They have plenty of pieces like Pritchard, G. Williams, White, Theis, and draft picks as for your other crap grow up there’s NO NEED to bring stuff like that on this site it makes you no “better” then them
Boston is the greatest championship city in America over the last 20 years. Each of the 4 major sports teams has won at least one championship in that time. No other city has even half as many championships. It is not a garbage town. That was a garbage comment.
Expand the Murray trade:
ATL: Murray; Gobert
UTH: Collins; Huerter; Capella
SAS: Gallo; Connolly; ATL picks; additional asset to eat Connolly
Who says no?