Exit Survey: 3 offseason goals for the underachieving Atlanta Hawks

3 offseason goals for the underachieving Atlanta Hawks: 1. Make a meaningful trade

You might think this is the same as the previous point, but it is not. It is not simply about trading away some of their players to get better in the immediacy. Instead, it is about committing to a style of play and a group of players who you want to implement that, and then moving some others on to bring in guys who can also help in that regard.

Lou Williams is the senior veteran on this team, with Danilo Gallinari also filling that role. Both probably won’t be around much longer, so adding a younger, but still experienced player who will be able to contribute more would be huge. Right now, it feels like the Hawks have an abundance of youngsters who could be good and will get better, but not enough time and roles to allow that to happen.

It might be a strange comparison, but it is a little like the Orlando Magic: Lots of potential and no real direction that they are going with it. That is, until one player steps up and asserts themselves as the star that the others will fall behind. The Hawks obviously have that hard part figured out in Young, but behind him, it is still a jumbled mess.

Being compared to the Magic when you’re trying to contend is not a good place to be, which highlights, even more, the need to do something. Obviously, not just for the sake of doing it, but the Hawks have enough pieces to get involved in a lot of trade conversations. Bogdanovic will always have interest, and De’Andre Hunter and Kevin Huerter certainly will, too.

There’s just so much intrigue and not enough finished product. It is crazy to think this was a Conference Finals roster last year. There are surely changes coming to Atlanta before the start of next season, and they are sure to be welcomed as they look to get back on track in the Eastern Conference.