The NBA regular season is currently halfway through the schedule, the situation of each team is different, if the performance of the Lakers in the Western team is disappointing, then the Eastern Hawks are definitely the team with the worst decline this season, currently 17 wins and 23 losses, ranking 12th in the East, last season they only lost 31 games a season, under the leadership of Trae Young, the Eagles have passed the hurdles and entered the Eastern Conference Finals, and this season is so sluggish, team change is imperative, according to the latest news from the NBA, The Hawks struck a big deal with the Knicks involving five players.
NBA Famous Woj reported that the Knicks and hawks completed a 5-man trade, the specific details of the transaction are as follows, the Hawks sent Reddish, Solomon Hill and the 2025 second-round draft picks, and the Knicks sent Knox to the first round of 2022. The Hawks got a 2022 first-round pick for the Hornets.
In this deal, the Eagles trade is completely incomprehensible to many fans, after all, Reddish's strength is still there, although the offense is average, However, he can still get 11.9 points and 2.5 rebounds per game, his defense is very strong, 2 meters 03 height, plus a good arm span, so that he can play small forwards can also play the point guard, as the 10th pick in 19 years, his talent is visible to the naked eye, this player is very low-key, willing to do dirty work in the team, but the Hawks have Trae Young, resulting in not enough energy to cultivate Redish, before the Lakers were very interested in Redish, but the Lakers could not get the first round pick, plus the Hawks also did not like Tucker Jr., resulting in the collapse of the deal.
The Hawks are willing to give up Reddish for two main reasons, one is that there is no bigger contract to renew him, the Eagles as a small ball city, the team already has Trae Young, Capela, Collins, the team has no intention of renewing Reddish, his rookie contract is about to expire and face the problem of contract renewal. Second, get rid of Solomon Hill, this season Solomon Hill for the Hawks only played 13 games, averaging only 10 minutes per game, three points, shooting percentage is all a career low, dump Hill's big contract at the expense of giving up Redish, third, the Hawks forward players are numerous, Caballo, Gallinari, Hunter can be used as the Hawks' starting small forward, fourth, follow-up deals, now the most lacking in the entire NBA league is the first round pick, with the first round of signing the Hawks can be traded with other teams, Grant, Gordon and other players can become the eagles' choice of trading partners, and they can choose players in the draft. Knox, who has not been able to play for a long time, may also be helpless.
And the Knicks became the ultimate winner, they reinforced a talented small forward, although accepted Hill, but the Knicks can cut it at will, the Knicks this season's fastest defensive small forward, RJ is not tall, through these three years of training has never been able to adapt to the small forward position, and Reddish can directly become the team's starting small forward, there are enough performance opportunities around Rose, Walker, Randall, the team directly improved its own strength.
We look forward to the follow-up deals and hope that these players will continue to prove themselves in the new team, especially Reddish, who is a young player that many fans are looking forward to.