Atlanta Hawks: Jalen Johnson, the Olympics, the roster crunch, and 7 summer storylines to follow

Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) hosts episode No. 1770 of the Locked on Hawks podcast. The show outlines seven offseason storylines for the Atlanta Hawks, ranging from Jalen Johnson's extension talks to a roster crunch, the Olympics, and much more.
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[@robertblackman7235]

Brad, one story line is how well Dyson Daniels is doing in the Olympics.

[@LockedOnHawks]

One of the seven!

[@MrSlantwise]

Thanks again, Brad! Here's the starting five I want to see: Young, Daniels, Risacher, Johnson, Okongwu. The second unit would also be very strong with Bufkin, Bogdonavic, Hunter, Nance, Capela. That is a nasty second unit if the roster generally stays the same. I think these starters would provide the length and D for Trae to thrive. I am excited about Daniels and his defense. He is going to literally be a game-changer. Hawks fans should watch what he's doing for Australia in international play and the Olympic tournament. Also, check out his career highlights. Dude is a gamer. He could end up on the all-defense team.

[@DamarcusGibson]

I like this but they're not paying capela that much to come off the bench. If he's not going to start they are going to trade him

[@jasonbrunson4797]

That looks very possible w/ Daniels/Bogey, Capela/Okongwu, Risacher/Hunter all being pretty up in the air w/ starter vs. solid bench minutes. There are certainly worse rosters depth wise. It's also a waste sitting such capable players if it's not gonna make us better because certain individuals can't be relied on to play due to our new FO's "weak-soft culture".

[@skybusta]

In regards to Djurisic I'm not sure if you saw but his agent Misko Raznatovic already confirmed on twitter a few days ago that his surgery was last week and he'll be back on the court in September.

[@LockedOnHawks]

yeah that’s the player side but i did see that statement from the agent

[@jasonbrunson4797]

Well we didn't get a single one of our prospects to even make the All Summer League teams..... means little, but having the #1 pick and a couple pretty good 2nd year prospects...., it's disappointing. Shout out to Clingan though who made All SL 2nd team along with making history by setting a new record for blocks in a SL w/ 4.3 per game! Shoulda been him representing us.

[@vonkaiser3]

Is it me or was that the dumbest/least efficient way for us to complete the trade w/N.O.? Why didn't we bring in a 3rd team or make .N.O. send money to cover cutting cody z? Or received matt ryan instead since his contract is non guaranteed.

[@LockedOnHawks]

The Ryan option wouldn’t work. Deal had to be guaranteed to be included

[@jasonbrunson4797]

you have a legit question, my answer would be because the rest of the league has pretty much iced out our FO at this point unless they see a way to take advantage is why we got backed into abit of a corner w/o a 3rd team taking Zeller in the trade. Ressler and Landry aren't looked on any more favorably by the league than they are us. Nobody says it, but teams make worse deals for worse players and we can't shake Clint or Hunter w/o giving our players away at this point so we're really stuck.

[@KCSUStationManager]

can you put timestamps on the next episode for ppl who might not care about the number of centers and contract stuff but would care about olympics stuff

[@DamarcusGibson]

If im them im only starting the season with clint and okongwu at the 5. Ill keep nance because he can play the 4 and the 5 and can stretch the floor. But clint, big o, cody, and bruno are all the same kind of big.

[@jasonbrunson4797]

Good content Brad, alot of good questions we're wondering about as well!

[@jasonbrunson4797]

If we trade Nance, we need to ask for a 1st rnd pick for him. He's affordable w/ skill on an expiring salary. We shouldn't panic and trade him out when he's our most popular center to trade. Capitalize on moving him, though he's the only one along w/ Okongwu that I'd be most set on keeping of our "big men".

[@jasonbrunson4797]

Bruno is gone, if anyone wants him, they're not gonna help us out by making a trade.... they'll make us drop him. Not that he's in high demand, but he's a legit 3rd center with exp who can fill in affordably in a crunch. Hopefully he'll find a landing place again like last time. We should plan on this being our team starting the season barring a team getting desperate due to an injury and us then being called up for a Capela or Hunter trade.

[@DamarcusGibson]

Do you think the hawks should go after lauri markanen?

[@Srvtecej]

Are we building around Trae? Just curious if you think that is still the plan.

[@goatjamesizbrixmoneysauce4207]

Like those Houston teams but with better players. It’s Trae and everybody know their roles

[@CarlosSewell-gd6tn]

Do you think Landry Fields will be fired next year? If they have a bad season?

[@jasonbrunson4797]

we could only hope...., though I'd prefer if we'd win a championship in spite of his failures.

[@vonkaiser3]

Hopefully, we win, and no one will lose their job.

[@CarlosSewell-gd6tn]

Does it look bad? The season hasn't started yet. They have a lot of injury from their young players? Landry Fields looks like he can't make up his mind about the centers . They should have made a decision by now?

[@shonuf5152]

Dyson is playing for Australia?

[@LockedOnHawks]

He is indeed. Playing well also

[@cellularlopez4765]

Why not buy out Cody zeller

[@LockedOnHawks]

They could but doing that and keeping Bruno would put them in the tax