At least Hield usually stays on his new team for at least a year. His new teammate Schroder gets passed around every deadline

Does anybody remember that like 10 game span where the Warriors started out 9-1 or something and everybody though they finally unlocked the real Buddy Hield then he just went back to being Buddy Hield lmao

I didnt even know he was on hawks. Did he actually play for them or did this happen this offseason?

A lot of Pacers fans really liked him but it was obvious that he was just a temporary piece.

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Come home, Buddard

Ever since he left the Kings, he can’t find a home.

I’ve been a fan since he was on my pacers, but he didnt look great when I saw him play on the hawks.

He was supposed to be a Laker. The “Bahamian Mamba”

My name is not BUDDY!

I fucking love Buddy and hate to see his decline. Dude is one of the best shooters in the league and into recently just played every goddamn game. Often right up there with Curry and Klay for most 3s made in a season

The fact that the Kings coveted him as the key piece in the Cousins trade should have been a red flag for the rest of the league.

We actually got him from the Pelicans as part of the Boogie deal. He still blames as if we didn’t suffer enough under his reign of terror. Once he got paid all he did was start shooting threes hoping to hit bonuses and forgot/couldn’t be bothered to do anything else.

The idea of Buddy Hield is far better than the actual player

schroeder was in atl for years before they got Trae

He would still be in Indiana if he wasn’t chasing close to $20mil.

Houston gave us a bunch of 2nds to absorb his contract into our MLE

Nembhard has shown flashes of being a decent floor general. i could see Hornets keeping him as 3rd string PG

3 point shooting? Whats that?

Either that or Jeff is still cooking up something bigger

Good thing for Nembhard the Mavs opted into that team option for him.

Would it make sense for Charlotte to just flip hield?

Waive him so he can come home 🙏

I want both Buddy and Ryan in toronto

I’m thinking neither make the final roster. Maybe nembhard on a two-way or something if that’s even an option?

You’re right - most likely Nembhard, which is a bit unexpected considering he had a good one with the Mavs and then declined.

Waive buddy, warriors can reunite him with Jimmy for pure vibes!

This guy off-seasons

oh no my christian anderson dynasty draft pick

There is no reason to think he is not getting cut

Nembhard is cool

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Miss shots and games.

Lmfao😂

Hawks had to cut a roster spot. Basically, y’all took an extra player for the Hawks and they took on a small salary dump

Only one year guaranteed so if he’s good not an issue if he’s Bad it’s only like a 4 million cut price

He was viewed as nothing more than a throw-in when Mavs included him as a throw-in after his best season alongside Luka, we’re several years removed from that and he’s nowhere as good but somehow has even more value?

DFS is an expiring contract, Hield has a 10m PO next year.

Hawks needed to balance out their relatively good offseason with an unequivocally stupid move

It was a salary dump this summer. Hornets got 3 2nd Rounders to take DFS into the MLE

this current team would have been a team built for lamelo, but alas, he’s gone

They weren’t even that low on shooting originally and then they brought in Klay and Hardaway. I don’t know how this talking point ever got off the ground

It actually has big implications for us because now we don’t have to cut Mo Gueye who is our second best defender behind Dyson

almost certainly. he would be like the 4th string guard at best

No, we just needed to get down to 15 players. Having an extra body that can play PF is nice too

He only played like 30 minutes total so couldn’t really tell you

Can’t have a cohesive unit for more than one season. That’s how you have success and they won’t stand for it

Hawks got under the max roster size by trading a washed vet they didn’t play with some guaranteed money for the next few years + a player they’d probably cut otherwise, for a washed vet with only one year guaranteed.

Don’t really get the hate.

The Hawks had too many players. They solved their roster crunch by trading two guys who weren’t going to play for one guy who’s not going to play. Now they don’t have to trade or straight up waive Mo Gueye, who is actually a good young player.

We had too many players on the roster, basically had to do this in order to get down to 15. Our depth is insane anyway

Roster spots

Hawks get down to 15 players on the roster while keeping dead money off their books and getting a $14m walking trade exception. Not really sure about the Hornet’s pov (they save money, but they weren’t near the tax and are sending out cash in the deal), but it does make sense from Atlanta’s pov

Also, there’s the small chance that last year was an aberration for DFS and he still has something left in the tank, but I’m not sure that I buy that

Sion is buff af

Sion is a defensive role player who will probably play in front of these guys, and I think McNeeley’s main competition for minutes is O’Neale.

Assuming this wasn’t just some weird salary move (which it probably is), I’d say these guys are more likely replacements for Schroeder and Allen after mid-season trades.

Both guys are solid. Sion got asked to wear a bunch of different hats for a rookie season. And gave a great effort everytime, regardless of the outcome. Defensively he’s one of our best, I’d say.

McNeeley hasn’t had time to shine yet unfortunately. He started to show promise about the time that we started getting out act together and he just didnt get to play very much. But was great on our G league team. He’s earned some serious time on the court this year, and I really hope he gets it.

I would be sad to see either of them go.

It would be malpractice to get rid of either Newell or Gueye to keep Nembhard around.

Didn’t Veesar tear his acl

Glad Onsi will force Quin to play Kingston cuz I know if Nembhard was on the team Quin would play him for no reason other than experience.

I’d much rather keep Newell, Veesar, and especially Mo than take a flyer on Nembhard. Jalen handles the ball and I think there’s a real chance flemings is better than Nembhard pretty early on in the season. Obviously some depth would be nice but we have a lot of ball handlers already.

I am not unhappy to see Nembhard off the roster before Quin has a chance to fall in love with him and start giving Kingston Flemings DNP-CDs.