NBA Trade Deadline: Grading how all 30 teams performed at the deadline

Atlanta Hawks

Key Moves:

• Acquired Shelvin Mack for Tyler Dorsey from Grizzlies (per Michael Wallace).

It was actually quite surprising to see the Atlanta Hawks pretty much do nothing at the NBA Trade Deadline. They were a team that constantly would rise in trade discussions and rumors, but didn’t really pull the trigger on anything big.

Honestly, it was a bit surprising that the team wasn’t able to move Jeremy Lin or Kent Bazemore, or elected against moving them. In the end, they probably didn’t like the offers that were out there and opted to potentially move Bazemore next season (when he’s officially an expiring contract (assuming he opts in).

Atlanta could buyout Lin, as he’s an expiring deal and would would be pretty surprising if they didn’t. He’s a player that could certainly help a team making a push towards the playoffs.

Grade: C