HoopsHype: Atlanta Hawks

Cyro Asseo: The Atlanta Hawks and Jordan Bowden have agreed to an Exhibit 10 deal, league sources told @hoopshype. Bowden recently played for the CEBL’s Montreal Alliance, and averaged 17.4 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 3.1 APG. He played last year for the Maine Celtics and College Park Skyhawks.

Lonnie Walker: “Brad Stevens mentioned there’s a possibility that I might spend some time in the G-League with Maine, and honestly, I’m perfectly fine with that … you gotta take it on the chin, you gotta continue to work, you gotta continue to be prepared and just keep being ready.”
Source: CLNSMedia.com

Khobi Price: Rob Pelinka said there’s “optimism” and “hope” that two-way big man Christian Koloko will be cleared to return to the floor. He’s still with the league’s Fitness-to-Play Panel, but Pelinka thinks Koloko will be cleared sooner than later.
Source: Twitter @khobi_price

The NBA has had a luxury tax for more than twenty years, but only over the last few have the numbers grown exponentially. In the 2019-20 season, the entire NBA paid only $10,143,106 in luxury tax combined; in 2022-23, that grew to over $670 million.

Dave McMenamin: JJ Redick says he and his coaching staff have discussed the moment that LeBron James and Bronny James will shared the court in the regular season, making NBA history. But they haven’t made any plans. JJ says he will involve father and son in the planning process.
Source: Twitter @mcten

Dan Woike: Gabe Vincent and Rui Hachimura are cleared for camp. Jarred Vanderbilt had two procedures, one on each foot, this offseason. Pelinka said there’s optimism that he’ll be available to start the regular season.
Source: Twitter @DanWoikeSports

JJ Redick on the challenge of the Lakers job and skipping the coaching line: “In regards to skipping the line… I think there’s a little bit of a misconception around the idea of someone deserving something or someone not deserving something. Ultimately, it is an organization’s charge to find a coach that’s the right fit for that team and organization with whatever skill sets they may have. There hasn’t been a moment that I haven’t felt an extreme level of gratitude, and yes, I feel lucky. I feel lucky I got this opportunity... Читать дальше...

JJ Redick: “We’re going to empower him (Anthony Davis) as much as he wants to be empowered. I mean, if he wants to be first-team All-NBA and he wants to be in the MVP conversation all year long, we’re going to empower him to do that. Same goes for LeBron—we’ll give him the freedom to be a playmaker and scorer, but within a system that allows other guys to thrive too. It’s about maximizing these players within a structure.”
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JJ Redick: “I look at Bronny as a young guy I’m very high on as a basketball player. He’s kind of like our first player that we get to mold and help develop. So we’re going to look at the G League as a tool in our player development system. But the thing is, with the LeBron-Bronny dynamic, we’ve talked about it, we’ve thought about it, and we’ll get it done—it’s going to happen sooner rather than later.”
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He not only watches and attends fights, but has relationships with trainers, fighters and promoters. It was only natural that boxing would become a part of the basketball player’s regular offseason regimen. “It’s good for your legs, just strengthening your body,” Lillard said. “You gotta keep your hands up. You gotta move. I think it’s good for that. It’s good for your conditioning.
Source: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel