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Bogdan Bogdanovic, Hawks Agree To Four-Year, $68M Extension

Mar 16, 2023 3:17 PM

Bogdan Bogdanovic and the Atlanta Hawks have agreed to a four-year, $68 million contract extension.

Bogdanovic declines his $18 million player option for 23-24 as part of the extension.

Bogdanovic is averaging 14 points on 40 percent three-point shooting this season.

The Hawks originally acquired Bogdanovic in 2020 on a four-year, $72 million deal in restricted free agency.

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Quin Snyder Hired Octagon As Agent Shortly Before Deal With Hawks

Feb 28, 2023 10:26 AM

Quin Snyder joined Octagon as a client earlier in the month before becoming head coach of the Atlanta Hawks.

Octagon President Phil de Picciotto is representing Snyder and negotiated his contract with the Hawks.

Snyder was previously represented by Warren LeGarie.

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Quin Snyder, Hawks Agree To Five-Year Contract

Feb 26, 2023 9:12 PM

The Atlanta Hawks have hired Quin Snyder on a five-year contract to be their head coach.

Snyder is expected to make his debut as soon as Tuesday at home against the Washington Wizards. 

The Hawks pursued Snyder immediately after firing Nate McMillan.

Snyder and Trae Young have both expressed enthusiasm about working together, and that partnership will go a long way to determining the success of the franchise. After a recent game, Donovan Mitchell praised Snyder in a private conversation with Young.

There are pronounced chemistry and leadership issues in the Hawks locker room.

Joe Prunty and the rest of the Hawks' coaching staff are expected to be retained with Snyder for the remainder of the season

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Quin Snyder, Hawks On Verge Of $8M Per Year Contract

Feb 24, 2023 10:02 PM

Quin Snyder and the Atlanta Hawks are on the verge of agreement on a contract for him to be the next head coach of the franchise.

The deal is expected to be in the $8 million per year range.

Snyder stepped down as head coach of the Utah Jazz after the 21-22 season.

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Saddiq Bey Seeking 'DeAndre Hunter Type Contract' In Offseason

Feb 24, 2023 5:44 PM

The Detroit Pistons preemptively traded Saddiq Bey to the Atlanta Hawks before he became a restricted free agent this offseason. Detroit took a flier on James Wiseman despite the presence of multiple young bigs on their roster in Jalen Duren, Marvin Bagley and Isaiah Stewart instead of contending with a contract situation with Bey.

"I had heard he was asking for insane money this upcoming summer," said Jonathan Givony of ESPN. "That the feeling was he would need a DeAndre Hunter type contract in order to keep him. So if that's the case, to me he's closer to a midlevel guy than $20+ million per year."

Hunter signed a four-year, $95 million extension with the Hawks before the start of the current season.

Bey shares an agent with former teammate Cade Cunningham in James Dunleavy.

 

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Hawks Firing Nate McMillan When They Did 'Blindsided' Many Within Organization

Feb 24, 2023 5:38 PM

The Atlanta Hawks fired Nate McMillan during the All-Star break in a move that was more surprising in terms of the timing though not as much for the decision itself. There had been a strain in the partnership between McMillan and Trae Young reported for several weeks. McMillan also reportedly had interest in stepping down on his own accord.

"They fired their coach, not out of nowhere because there had been rumblings about the Nate McMillan-Trae relationship since the mysterious missed shootaround and the communication gaps that existed there," said  But I think a lot of people within that team, players, coaches, staff were blindsided by 23 games to go at the end of the All-Star break... 'We're pulling the trigger now on this?'"

The Hawks are expected to eventually hire Quin Snyder as their next head coach.

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Quin Snyder, Hawks Making Progress On Contract

Feb 24, 2023 12:40 PM

Quin Snyder and the Atlanta Hawks are making progress on a contract for him to become their next head coach with a deal possible in the coming days.

Snyder has become the full focus of Atlanta's coaching search. The two sides are deep in conversations on a vision for what their future together will look like.

Landry Fields, Kyle Korver and Tony Ressler have been in talks with Snyder.

Snyder stepped down as head coach of the Utah Jazz after the 21-22 season.

The Hawks fired Nate McMillan during the All-Star break.

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Hawks Have Charles Lee, Jordi Fernandez, Kenny Atkinson, Mitch Johnson, Miles Simon On List

Feb 23, 2023 10:46 AM

The Atlanta Hawks have Quin Snyder as their focus for their next head coach, but they have identified a number of other potential candidates, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. 

Milwaukee Bucks assistant Charles Lee, Sacramento Kings assistant Jordi Fernandez, Golden State Warriors assistant Kenny Atkinson, San Antonio Spurs assistant Mitch Johnson and G League South Bay’s Miles Simon are all potential candidates.

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Hawks Attempting To Swiftly Hire Quin Snyder

Feb 23, 2023 9:47 AM

The Atlanta Hawks have begun formal discussions with Quin Snyder. Atlanta is attempting to move swiftly to hire Snyder as their next head coach.

Atlanta parted ways with Nate McMillan on Tuesday. The Hawks named Joe Prunty as their interim head coach, but general manager Landry Fields said he would immediately start working on finding a permanent replacement for McMillan. Prunty himself indicated that the process could move quickly, when asked following the team returning to practice after the All-Star break.

Snyder went 372-264 in eight years as the head coach of the Utah Jazz. Snyder's teams made six playoff appearances in those eight seasons. Following the 2021-22 season, Snyder and the Jazz mutually agreed to part ways.

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Ime Udoka Emerges As Candidate For Hawks

Feb 22, 2023 10:49 PM

The Atlanta Hawk are considering Ime Udoka for their head coaching vacancy, sources tell Marc Stein of Substack.

The Boston Celtics recently elevated Joe Mazzulla to permanent head coach, replacing Udoka. The Celtics suspended Udoka for the entire 22-23 season due to a relationship with a staff member that the team deemed a violation of team policy. 

The Brooklyn Nets were close to hiring Udoka as the replacement for Steve Nash before instead keeping Jacque Vaughn in the position permanently. 

Nate McMillan was fired as head coach of the Hawks on Tuesday.

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Hawks Fire Nate McMillan

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Warriors Approve Four-Team Trade Before Sunday Deadline

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Gary Payton II Fails Physical, Four-Team Trade Between Warriors, Pistons, Hawks In Jeopardy

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Hawks Keep John Collins Past Trade Deadline After Another Round Of Talks

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Hawks Trade Justin Holiday, Frank Kaminsky To Rockets For Garrison Matthews, Bruno Fernando

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Warriors Trade James Wiseman To Pistons, Saddiq Bey To Hawks

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Suns, Nets Pursued Alternative Path Trades While Kevin Durant Deal Was Pieced Together

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Hawks Interested In Matisse Thybulle

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Hawks Receiving Considerable Trade Interest On Bogdan Bogdanovic

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Hawks Significantly Decrease Asking Price In John Collins Trade

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Hawks Willing To Keep John Collins Beyond Trade Deadline

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Pelicans Remain Interested In Trading For John Collins

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Kyle Kuzma Drawing Interest From Knicks, Suns, Mavs, Hawks

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Pelicans Interested In John Collins

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Chris Grant Decides Against Joining Hawks As Senior Adviser To Stay With Spurs

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Hawks In Serious Talks To Hire Chris Grant As Senior Adviser

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Hawks Sign Donovan Williams To Two-Way Contract

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Clint Capela Returns From Calf Injury After 10 Straight Games

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Cavs Considering Three-Team Trade To Land Malik Beasley

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Hawks To Waive Jarrett Culver From Two-Way Deal; Sign Donovan Williams

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