San Antonio Spurs Receive: F/C Danilo Gallinari, 2023 First-Round Pick (CHA via ATL), 2024 First-Round Pick (ATL), 2025 First-Round Pick Swap (ATL), 2026 First-Round Pick (ATL)
Atlanta Hawks Receive: G Dejounte Murray, G Romeo Langford
The Atlanta Hawks would be adding the headliner in this trade by acquiring Dejounte Murray. The method of how they would be doing so would be a bit interesting.
Instead of parting with John Collins as originally reported as a potential possibility, the Spurs would be favoring taking back the expiring contract of Danilo Gallinari with future draft assets.
The 2023 first-round pick (CHA via ATL) is a lottery-protected pick that has diminished value due to the protections minimizing the upside. The Hawks would part with a first-round pick in 2024 and 2026 while sending out a pick swap in 2025.
Gallinari is guaranteed to earn just $5 million of the $21.45 million salary he’s set to receive for the 2022-23 season. The Spurs could clear out the non-guaranteed portion of his salary if they were to waive him before June 29.
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The Spurs would send out the $5.6 million expiring salary of Romeo Langford just to get his contract off the books. Does it really matter? No. But might as well to maximize salary cap spending room to take on contracts in other trades.
Here is the case for both the Atlanta Hawks and San Antonio Spurs for this NBA trade scenario:
