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At least on the Hawks end. Quite honestly, I have no problem with the Hawks
sitting this one out. More than anything, I don't want to disrupt the core of
this team right now, and I don't think the franchise could have added anyone of
note without doing so.
In watching this trade season come and go, I'd like to
take a minute to simply celebrate the current state of the franchise. Whereas
several (and I mean several) teams have been falling all over themselves
trying to rid themselves of terrible contracts or avoid the dreaded luxury tax,
being forced to try to trade talent for economic rather than basketball reasons,
the Hawks have been fortunate to not have been in that boat.
Yes, it may have taken a few years to get to this point, and we've taken our
lumps for sure. But the future feels bright. We've got a young core of players
with room to grow, yet at the same time we have the salary flexibility for the
future that will allow us to make moves to improve without being painted into a
corner.
There is still work to be done for sure, but with chaos reigning all around us,
it’s nice to know that the deadline came and went and the Hawks sat it out not
because they couldn't find someone willing to take on their trash, but simply
because they chose to.
