January 16: Korver’s promotion is official, the Hawks announced in a press release.
January 13: The Hawks are finalizing a deal to promote Kyle Korver to an assistant general manager position, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (via Twitter). Sam Amick of The Athletic first reported that Korver may be in line for that role.
The move represents a rapid ascension in the front office ranks for Korver, who played in the NBA as recently as 2020 and only joined the Hawks in the summer of 2022 as the team’s director of player affairs and development. The former NBA sharpshooter served as a player development assistant on the Nets’ coaching staff in 2021/22.
In his role as Atlanta’s director of player affairs and development, Korver was involved in creating and overseeing a development plan for each player on the Hawks’ roster. In his new position as assistant GM, he figures to be more involved in roster and personnel decisions.
Korver’s promotion is part of a larger shake-up that has been occurring in Atlanta’s front office in recent weeks. General manager Landry Fields replaced Travis Schlenk as the club’s head of basketball operations when Schlenk transitioned into an advisory role last month.
Although he’s only 41 years old, Korver is a relative elder statesman in a young Hawks front office. Fields is 34, while director of business and basketball operations Nick Ressler – the son of team owner Tony Ressler – is just 27.
The Ashton Kutcher of AGMs
Stephen A. Smith going to have a fit over this move, too?
Who cares
Especially since paying attention to him and his antics does nothing but line the pockets of a cartoon character who purposely invites controversy and doesn’t believe a thing he says.
If we all just stopped giving attention to these folks trying to generate outrage or disagreement for profit, society would be far better off for it. Not that SAS is anywhere near as bad as, say, a politician who employs the same tactics but the premise is the same.
brick.
Who?
Landry Fields and Kyle Korver going to do a good job in the front office together. After the season they need to let Nate McMillan go and bring in somebody else. I would love to see Ime Udoka get one more chance with the Atlanta Hawks.
If Ime’ went to Atlanta he’d get a huge NIL deal with the Magic City strip club…
“Lemon Pepper” Lou
They’ll probably go with Snyder if he don’t end up in San Antonio
It’s 2023 this man is still hittin threes from deep