Atlanta Hawks: Trading with the New Orleans Pelicans for a backup point guard
Why the Atlanta Hawks agree to the deal.
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As discussed, the Hawks’ biggest weakness is when Young sits down to take a break. The offense becomes stagnant and the team can fall into a large hole that they have to work hard to get out of when the starting unit is back on the floor.
Getting a player like Ball to run the second unit would be incredible as he is a starting-caliber player who can do it all. He also gives the Hawks a viable option for defending the bigger opposition point guards like his brother LaMelo Ball and others such as Ben Simmons.
He also has the ability to play alongside Young and Kevin Huerter giving the Hawks multiple ball-handlers on the court at any given time. This gives the Hawks incredible flexibility which is needed for when teams try and trap Young, forcing him to give the ball up without starting the offense. If he was able to get it to Ball then this would force the opposition to change their defensive schemes.
The other part of this trade is Nicolo Melli. The 6’9″ power forward has a really good stroke and would give the Hawks options when spacing the floor. Adding him into the forward rotation would allow the Hawks to have a tremendous 3-point shooting forward to be on the court at all times.
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John Collins has been working on his 3-point shot, Danilo Gallinari is one of the best-ever shooters at 6’10” and over, and Melli can certainly stroke them. This would then open up the floor for the quick guards to penetrate the paint and it is usually good things that come from that.