The Hawks have already traded away Dejounte Murray. Is it possible they’d move his backcourt partner? That’s not likely, but he could be looking at a new contract next offseason.
Trae Young is entering the third year of a five-year max contract, which includes a player option. He’ll be eligible for an extension next summer. Right now, Young’s trade value isn’t as high as many might expect, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst in the latest Hoop Collective podcast (hat tip to Hoops Hype).
“I’m not sure that Trae Young’s value is as high as they’d like it to be. So this is a real pivotal year as you say for Trae Young,” Windhorst said. “Number one: after this season he can extend his contract and in the current environment first off we know that he’s on the ‘fun max’, we know the next contract is ‘stress max’ time. It’s been dubbed the ‘stress max’ because it affects both sides. Sometimes it’s the stress on the team whether they can get the player to sign and sometimes it’s stress on the player about whether he can get that second max.
“In this environment – where under the new rules, you’ve got to watch the dollars being spent, especially when you get to the 30 percent part of the max – Trae is going to have to have a big year, even if it’s to stay in Atlanta and sign a max deal.”
We have more from the Southeast Division:
- Perhaps it’s time for the Heat to look at the upcoming season with somewhat reduced expectations compared to previous seasons, Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel opines. Avoiding the play-in tournament and winning at least one playoff series could rank as more reasonable goals than expecting to make a run to the Finals, given the current pecking order in the East, Winderman suggests.
- Dru Smith currently holds one of the Heat‘s three tw0-way deals but there’s no assurances he’ll retain that contract, Winderman notes. Smith continues to recover from a knee injury and the team could create an open competition during training camp as they evaluate Smith’s status ahead of the Oct. 23 regular-season opener.
- Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic believes Hawks wing Bogdan Bogdanovic can play into his late 30s, Eurohoops.net relays from a Luka i Kuzma podcast. Rajakovic notes Bogdanovic is in excellent shape. “I think he can play in the NBA for another 6-7 years without any problems. I have a hard time preparing for the matches we will play against him,” Rajokovic said. “He always has a smile on his face, he enjoys playing basketball very much. I am his fan.”
Trae’s gotta avg 30 PPG now no excuses
Maybe shooting over 34% from 3 and playing defense is more important than averaging 30, just maybe
Whilst true…
All it takes is 30 a game to get some GM looking for a way to inprove ticket sales on a tanking team to pay the stress max…
Trae and Roddy for Herro, Robinson and 3 first round picks
Trae Jimmy Bam as a big 3, Terry off the bench.
For ATL
Herro Risacher and Jalen as your core with future firsts, a good bunch of expring deals with Robinson, Capela, and Nance. Hunter and Bogdan can be flipped.
I’d try get on the Walker Kessler rumours, Bogi and Bufkin for Walker and Sexton.
Dyson Herro Risacher Jalen Kessler
Sexton … Hunter Nance Okungwu
Capela collecting DNP’s but it’s all about development. Wouldn’t be a bad future for the Hawks or the Heat
I seem to be one of the few that appreciate Young’s value but even I’m not sure he’s worth 3 first round picks, especially if they’re throwing in Herro.
The picks wouldn’t convey for a long time, Miami is almost desperate for the upgrade.
Feel like there’s a good gap between Trae and Herro hence the picks.
I’d personally love to see Trae in Miami. Think he’d be excellent alongside Jimmy and Bam. Really gives them that scorer and shooter they’ve been missing.
Bogdanovic should start and be ready. Hunter needs to step up as well and produce more.
They need to make one trade to improve. They also should start collecting young talent.
KAT would be great at PF.
Waive Dozier
Offer for KAT and Alexander-Walker for this years first pick, OO, Larry Nance, Dyson Daniels and Johnson. Waive Nance
Flip Nance*
Who would say no?
Add Luka Garza*
Trae to heat or nuggs…
I thought it was pretty common knowledge that ATL would have rather traded Trae than Murray, but found there was much more interest in Murray. Trae is flawed and on a max deal with a player option, close to untradeable. It will be interesting to see if ATL will try to extend him below the max, or if they will just trade him for whatever they can get at the 2026 deadline.
You are just kidding aren’t you. Young makes players around him more than better,can drop 40 and is a double double most every night. Murray is on his third team and sometimes it just doesn’t work. All players are flawed.
His name is justkidding so yeah you are probably right
Yeah that seemed to be how it was…
Some noise obviously from Trae’s agent about the Spurs aside there was no real interest in Trae…
Murray has a better contract for a flawed player, but he plays both sides of the ball hard… Making Murray far easier to fit on any team…
Trae is not a winner. I could post him up. He is on his way to John Wall life. I hope I am wrong but I see lapses alot on D. Your A1 player must play D. Luka did finally and made the finals.
Like with a lot of teams, MIA’s expectations are tied to their payroll. Not Windbag’s musings. The team is (again) well into tax territory. Few teams do that with a goal as modest as avoiding the play-in.
I’m not sure what ATL could have gotten for TY this off season, but even if it was only what they got for Murray (hardly a King’s ransom), I think they should have pulled the trigger. Having not done so, they really have no choice at this point, but to try build around him once again. ATL can’t trade TY now, or after the season, at least if its to commence tanking (SAS controls ATL’s FRPs for the next 3 years).
Atlanta made their stress max the “fun” max…
Should never of given him his current contract…
The Hawks just have to hope he does enough this season to raise his trade value so they aren’t sending out picks with him…