Welcome to Atlanta, Patty Mills

[NBASupes]

Watching Bufkin told me all I needed to know about him as a backup PG and the Hawks addressed it asap. 

[theheroatl]

Honestly, this a great trade to flip into a solid PG backup on an expiring. Definitely an upgrade over Aaron Holiday.

 

But, could be flipped into a bigger deal on expiring. HotPoPatty

Edited July 8, 2023 by theheroatl

[NBASupes]

This is great news for Bruno Fernando. @TheNorthCydeRises

[Peoriabird]

Didn't see this coming

[Mikey]

27 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

Watching Bufkin told me all I needed to know about him as a backup PG and the Hawks addressed it asap. 

Bufkin made excellent passes yesterday Lmao. He’s 19 and was never gonna play meaningful minutes this szn lol. If you making judgements on a player off one sl game then you are just hoping for someone to fail… 

They always wanted to get a vet ball handler and they got one 

[GameTime]

One of the best shooters in the NBA. Can never have enough shooting. A win now move though. More coming?

[AHF]

We needed a more seasoned vet and this one knows the Spurs system inside and out.  I’m positive in it although it may be premature to get too attached if another trade is coming.

[kg01]

@KB21 posting with one-hand after this news. 

[Spud2nique]

Awesome Patty Mills, the feeder to the big Fundy, Many and backed up TP.. yes siiiirrr!!

 

Welcome Patty!!!

Ultimate team dude to unleash others on our bench. Him and Bogi and backups is a luxury for us.

Edited July 8, 2023 by Spud2nique

[swanlee]

So do people think we will keep him or flip him for something else?

[Spud2nique]

1 minute ago, swanlee said:

So do people think we will keep him or flip him for something else?

Hoping we keep him. We need vets like him.

[JayBirdHawk]

I expected a 3 for 1 deal to clean up the roster, but this certainly wasn't it.

Good pick up though. We needed a vet backup PG, he's as solid as they come on the floor and in the locker room.

Will see if he's sticking around or is yet a move to another move.

[Hawkish]

9 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

Hoping we keep him. We need vets like him.

Agree

[RedDawg#8]

56 minutes ago, Mikey said:

Bufkin made excellent passes yesterday Lmao. He’s 19 and was never gonna play meaningful minutes this szn lol. If you making judgements on a player off one sl game then you are just hoping for someone to fail… 

They always wanted to get a vet ball handler and they got one 

People were hopeful that Bufkin had the ability to carve out a role similar to how AJG cracked the rotation last year. There was no competition at BU PG to get in the way either. 

It’s not an indictment on his career potential to conclude we needed a sure presence on the roster until he is ready for NBA minutes.

[theheroatl]

Mills has been traded three times in the past 10 days, beginning with Brooklyn to Houston, Houston to Oklahoma City and now on to Atlanta. His $6.8 million expiring contract fits into deals to make salaries match up, and Atlanta is still deciding whether he'll be a part of its preseason roster, sources said.

 

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37980188/sources-hawks-get-patty-mills-deal-okc-save-45m

[swanlee]

13 minutes ago, theheroatl said:

Mills has been traded three times in the past 10 days, beginning with Brooklyn to Houston, Houston to Oklahoma City and now on to Atlanta. His $6.8 million expiring contract fits into deals to make salaries match up, and Atlanta is still deciding whether he'll be a part of its preseason roster, sources said.

 

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37980188/sources-hawks-get-patty-mills-deal-okc-save-45m

So does this mean they are still deciding if they want to keep him or not?

[theheroatl]

3 minutes ago, swanlee said:

So does this mean they are still deciding if they want to keep him or not?

I would anticipate he is useful in a larger trade. Atlanta didn't have any decent size expiring contracts to use in a larger salary trade.

Woj wouldn't include that if he was "Atlanta's guy" or "Hawks DNA"

But then again they used Rudy Gay as an expiring to send out so maybe they like him in case a trade doesn't go through.

Edited July 8, 2023 by theheroatl

[warcore]

"Welcome to Atlanta.... now get lost"

17 minutes ago, theheroatl said:

Atlanta didn't have any decent size expiring contracts to use in a larger salary trade.

he's basically the same as Rudy Gay's contract.

[Final_quest]

Agree that we need a guy like Mills.  If DM or Trae got injured, we would have been screwed.  

[Spud2nique]

@JayBirdHawk it says we saved 4.5 mill with the Mills trade, can we directly use that in a trade? Or is the value decreased?