Hawks beat out recent champion for coveted trade deadline pick-up

The Atlanta Hawks announced their trades from the 2025 deadline, including the deal to send Bogdan Bogdanovic to the Los Angeles Clippers. That trade yielded two guards – Bones Hyland and Terance Mann – the latter of whom had other teams targeting him.

“Denver was another team that had serious interest in Terance Mann, sources said,” NBA insider Jake Fischer reported on X on February 6.

Hawks general manager Landry Fields said Mann was someone they had targeted for a while.

“Terance is someone we’ve liked as a player and person for a long time,” Fields said in a statement released through the team on February 7. “He competes at a high level and is a legitimate two-way player who will add to our group.”

Mann is averaging 6.0 points on 51.3% eFG with 2.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists. He is shooting 34.7% from beyond the arc. 

His role is reduced from past years, including from 2021-22 when he had a 10.8/5.2/2.6 line.

Mann, 28, was the No. 48 overall pick of the 2018 NBA Draft. He is in the final year of a two-year, $22 million contract. But he will start a three-year, $47 million deal next season, giving the Hawks long-term control at a reasonable price point.

Hyland, a first-round pick by the Nuggets in 2021, was notably absent from Fields' remarks. That could be an indication that his stay in Atlanta will not last long.

Hawks bid farewell to Bogdan Bogdanovic

The Hawks thanked Bogdanovic for his time with the franchise, sharing a video montage on X following the deadline.

“We are grateful to Bogi for the passion and heart he played with over the last four-and-a-half years in a Hawks uniform,” Fields said. “We wish him well.”

The Hawks signed Bogdanovic in free agency in 2020, and he was a key piece of their run to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2021. He was a reliable and versatile scoring option in the starting lineup or off the bench.

His health got the better of him in recent seasons, some the result of long-standing issues.

Still, Bogdanovic was a legitimate Sixth Man of the Year candidate last season. He is just months removed from starring on the international stage.

Perhaps that run with Serbia to bronze in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics sapped all the juice Bogdanovic had. He has not played since January 25. Time will tell. But he was integral to the Hawks’ success for years. It is unfortunate the Hawks’ ECF group fell short like it did.

Those Hawks epitomize how fleeting and narrow title contention windows truly are.

The Hawks have added more depth and achieved their (ownership-driven) goal of avoiding the luxury tax. This offseason could yield plenty of other surprises, though.