Atlanta Hawks: 2016-17 Season Outlook
2016-17 Roster
Kent Bazemore, SF
DeAndre Bembry, SF
Will Bynum, PG
Matt Costello, SF
Malcolm Delaney, PG
Tim Hardaway Jr., SG
Dwight Howard, C
Kris Humphries, PF
Jarrett Jack, PG
Ryan Kelly, PF
Kyle Korver, SG
Josh Magette, PG
Paul Millsap, PF
Mike Muscala, PF
Taurean Prince, SF
Dennis Schroder, PG
Mike Scott, PF
Thabo Sefolosha, SF
Tiago Splitter, C
Walter Tavares, C
Offseason Additions
DeAndre Bembry (21st overall draft pick, St. Joseph’s), Will Bynum (free agency, Guangdong Southern Tigers {China}), Matt Costello (free agency, undrafted), Malcolm Delaney (free agency, Lokomotiv Kuban {Russia}), Dwight Howard (free agency, Houston Rockets), Jarrett Jack (free agency, Brooklyn Nets), Ryan Kelly (free agency, Los Angeles Lakers), Taurean Prince (12th overall draft pick, Baylor)
Offseason Subtractions
Kirk Hinrich (free agency, unsigned), Al Horford (free agency, Boston Celtics), Lamar Patterson (waived), Jeff Teague (trade, Indiana Pacers)
Quick Thoughts
The two most notable storylines for the Hawks’ roster over the summer are obviously replacing Jeff Teague with Dennis Schroder and Al Horford with Dwight Howard. We’ll dive into those in a minute, but there are other offseason moves worth mentioning first.
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While Bazemore won the starting job at small forward last year, there will be more pressure on him to produce with the departures of Horford and Teague, especially with that gaudy $70 million contract attached.
Rookies Taurean Prince and DeAndre Bembry will compete for minutes behind Bazemore at the 3. Mike Scott and Kris Humphries will do the same behind Millsap at the 4. Tiago Splitter, who missed 46 games last year due to injury, is already banged up entering the 2016-17 season.
At this point, it’s hard to buy any stock in Atlanta’s bench. And with the starting lineup downgrading at point guard and center, plus Millsap and Kyle Korver getting another year older, Budenholzer will have his hands full getting this group back to the postseason.
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