The Atlanta Hawks acquired veteran combo guard Terance Mann at the 2025 deadline from the Los Angeles Clippers.
Mann averaged 9.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.1 assists while shooting 38.6% from beyond the arc in 30 appearances, one of which was a start, with the Hawks. However, he did not solve the Hawks’ backup point guard issues.
Bleacher Report’s Dan Favale believe Mann could exit just as he arrived, and soon.
“Terance Mann … is probably the Atlanta Hawks’ most expendable mid-level-or-larger sized salary. He fits the scrappy defensive motif they are constructing around Trae Young, but they shouldn't hesitate to move him if it helps upgrade their secondary ball-handling or frontcourt rotation,” Favale wrote on June 21.
“Whether he has any standalone value is a different story. Mann’s contract is far from onerous, but his see-sawing offensive impact caps how many minutes he can sponge up.”
Mann, 28, arrived to the respect of his teammates, particularly All-Star PG Trae Young.
“You bring in T-Mann who’s – I don’t even think he’s ever not been in the playoffs. You got winners around you, so it’s like you got to win,” Young said on the “From The Point” podcast in February. “You got to be in the playoffs, so that’s our main focus.”
The Hawks did not make the playoffs, and Mann’s alternating production was a key part of the reason why.
He alternated double and single-digit outings to end the regular season.
The, almost as if it was in a direct challenge to Young’s comments, Mann totaled 7 points against the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic in their two Play-In Tournament games. The Hawks lost both contests, their final contest in overtime.
He had the third-worst on-off differential among qualifying Hawks, per Cleaning The Glass, and is just beginning a three-year, $47 million contract.
They suffered from similar issues with him as with Young and even Caris LeVert.
With Mann on the floor, the Hawks’ offense ranked in the 89th percentile. However, their defense ranked in the 8th percentile. With Mann off the floor, the Hawks ranked in the 48th percentile offensively and 53rd percentile defensively.
His future could be dependent on what else the Hawks do at the guard spot this offseason, where they do still have 2023 first-round pick Kobe Bufkin, who has battled injuries so far.
The Hawks have two first-round picks in the 2025 NBA Draft and financial flexibility.
They are already being linked to a potential splash trade. Favale noted that Young or Georges Niang could also be candidates. Young’s extension looms large, but he and the Hawks could be better off keeping the status quo.
Niang, Favale noted, provides much-needed floor-spacing, though it also comes with defense that is just as porous.
Anyone the Hawks move out will need to be replaced after the work done to acquire them.