Magic Land Dejounte Murray
Hawks Offseason Moves
Draft Matas Buzelis |SF| (10th)
Trade Dejounte Murray to ORL for Cole Anthony, Jalen Suggs, and Two First-Round Picks
Re-sign Saddiq Bey
Re-sign Garrison Mathews
Re-sign Bruno Fernando
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Trade Explanation
The Hawks might accept a package featuring a pair of first-round picks, Jalen Suggs and Cole Anthony. That package is a bit backcourt-heavy for a Young-led team, but Suggs could be the backcourt stopper whom Young desperately needs alongside him, and Anthony could keep the offense humming when Young needs a breather. Atlanta's offense was 3.4 points worse per 100 possessions without him, and that was actually on the low end of his annual on-off splits.
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Atlanta Hawks Potential Rotation
PG Trae Young/ Cole Anthony/ Kobe Bufkin
SG Jalen Suggs/ AJ Griffin/ Garrison Mathews
SF Bogdan Bogdanovic/ Matas Buzelis
PF Jalen Johnson/ De'Andre Hunter/ Saddiq Bey
C Clint Capela/ Onyeka Okongwu/ Bruno Fernando
Magic Offseason Moves
Draft Tristan da Silva |SF/PF| (16th)
Draft Justin Edwards |SF| (48th)
Re-sign Markelle Fultz
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Trade Explanation
The Orlando Magic have found a win-pretty-soon pairing in Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner. However, their ceiling will be capped until they find a way to add more oomph to their 22nd-ranked offense. Murray could provide that lift. He's been second-in-command to Young in Atlanta over the past two seasons, but Murray has averaged 21.5 points, 6.3 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game. For reference, Banchero paced the Magic with 22.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.4 assists. In other words, Murray could walk into a 1A-1B partnership with Banchero, allowing Wagner to fall into the tertiary role he's perhaps better equipped to handle.
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Orlando Magic Potential Rotation
PG Markelle Fultz/ Anthony Black
SG Dejounte Murray/ Caleb Houstan/ Jett Howard
SF Franz Wagner/ Joe Ingles/ Justin Edwards
PF Paolo Banchero/ Jonathan Isaac/ Tristan da Silva
C Wendell Carter Jr./ Moritz Wagner