JULY 20: The hiring of Korver is official, the Hawks confirmed today in a press release. He’ll be involved in creating and overseeing a development plan for each Hawks player, the team explained in its announcement.
“We are excited to bring Kyle back to the Hawks,” Hawks GM Landry Fields said in a statement. “He is a tremendous person and someone whose presence will benefit all of our players, both on and off the court, drawing from his unique experiences over his 17-year playing career, as a late-second round pick who later became an All-Star in Atlanta and one of the league’s all-time best shooters.”
JULY 19: The Hawks are hiring Kyle Korver to a front office position, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets. Korver will have the title of Director of Player Affairs and Development, per Lauren Williams of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Twitter link).
Korver served as a Nets player development coach last season after a lengthy playing career that began in 2003 and ended after the 2019/20 season. He played for six organizations, including the Hawks from 2012-17. He made the All-Star team while playing for Atlanta in 2015.
He’ll work under president of basketball operations Travis Schlenk.
The 51st overall pick in the 2003 draft, Korver appeared in a total of 1,232 regular season games – and another 145 postseason contests – for the Sixers, Jazz, Bulls, Hawks, Cavaliers, and Bucks. He averaged 9.7 PPG and 3.0 RPG in 25.3 minutes per game and was one of the top long-distance shooters of his era, knocking down 42.9% of his three-pointers during his career.
Jace would like that
Getting Landry Fields’ replacement ready. Love to see it
Landry is literally in his 1st month as gm I highly doubt they’re looking to replace him. Especially after he just fleeced the Spurs & ended up with the best pickup of the off-season
More of a joke than being serious, but go off my man. And just a tad early to deem the Murray trade a fleece. As long as the Hawks don’t absolutely crater for the next couple of years, it will be a solid trade. Murray is a safer bet than what they’d get with some picks in the twenties (if that’s where they’re picking coming then) that’s for sure.
How is this going to affect his hair?
Less humidity than in Brooklyn
Less hair gel than Brooklyn too though
Lyman never been to Georgia if you think it’s less humid down there lol
Lol fr what the hell is he talking about
Less humidity in GA than in NYC?!
Funny.
Oh really? I actually have only traveled through Georgia and stayed overnight once. So no, I count that as not having really been to Georgia. I thought NY and a Florida has the most humidity. I figured Georgia had some, since it’s just north of Florida … but not as bad as NY. But you guys are right. Checked the weather in each city for today and Atlanta is 30% more humidity than Brooklyn. I stand corrected.