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Atlanta Hawks: Grading The Offseason

By Gerald Bourguet

Mar 22, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; San Antonio Spurs center Tiago Splitter (22) and Atlanta Hawks forward Paul Millsap (4) fight for a rebound during the first half at Philips Arena. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 22, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; San Antonio Spurs center Tiago Splitter (22) and Atlanta Hawks forward Paul Millsap (4) fight for a rebound during the first half at Philips Arena. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports /
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May 13, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Hawks forward Paul Millsap (4) restrains forward DeMarre Carroll (5) after an altercation with Washington Wizards forward Paul Pierce (not shown) during the second half in game five of the second round of the NBA Playoffs at Philips Arena. The Hawks defeated the Wizards 82-81. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports /

Overall

Individually, the Hawks made a lot of good moves this summer. Re-signing Paul Millsap was the right thing to do coming off the franchise’s greatest season since relocating to Atlanta and trading for Tiago Splitter will help the Hawks give teams some different looks in the frontcourt.

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    • However, losing DeMarre Carroll hurts more than has been advertised, especially since Atlanta must now replace his underrated 3-and-D services with some combination of Thabo Sefolosha, Justin Holiday, Kent Bazemore and Tim Hardaway Jr. That’s a quantity over quality approach that will have many Hawks fans ruing the day Toronto jumped the market with their four-year, $60 million offer for Carroll.

    Add the impact of his departure to the baffling decision to pass on a superior long-term prospect like Oubre for an irresponsible gunner like Hardaway Jr. and the Hawks’ offseason suddenly doesn’t look quite as successful.

    Coming off a surprising 60-win season from a team with no superstars, it’d be unrealistic to expect Atlanta to top last year’s regular season success. But thanks to the fear of losing Carroll that led to the Hardaway trade and the Raptors jumping the gun, Atlanta heads into the 2015-16 season without a concrete replacement for the guy who wound up being the team’s best player in the postseason.

    Unless Budenholzer is able to coax some major defensive improvements out of Hardaway (not to mention getting him to pass the ball more often and not take so many carefree shots), the Hawks will just be another good — but not great — team in the East next season.

    Grade: B-

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