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Atlanta Hawks Five Trades For Kent Bazemore’s Awful Contract

By Kit Anderson

ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 29: Kent Bazemore #24 of the Atlanta Hawks celebrates in the final seconds of their 105-100 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves at Philips Arena on January 29, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 29: Kent Bazemore #24 of the Atlanta Hawks celebrates in the final seconds of their 105-100 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves at Philips Arena on January 29, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
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ATLANTA, GA – NOVEMBER 15: Zach Randolph #50 of the Sacramento Kings shoots against Dewayne Dedmon #14 of the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena on November 15, 2017, in Atlanta, Georgia. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /

2. The Hawks trade Kent Bazemore and DeAndre Bembry for Zach Randolph and Iman Shumpert

This was one of the more interesting scenarios we ran through ESPN Trade Machine successfully.  Bembry is irrelevant to the Hawks at this point and is put into the deal to make it work. The reason it works is centered around the other three players.

The Kings have Marvin Bagley to worry about integrating into their offense Zach’s limited playing time will be even less and his contract isn’t great. Taking on Randolph and Shumpert the Hawks would be paying them $11-Million each.

It would be more than Bazemore’s contract but both Randolph and Shumpert are on expiring contracts and would fit the Hawks better. For the Kings, they rid themselves of two bad contracts and have a better fit for their roster in Kent Bazemore.

Randolph is aging and Shumpert just isn’t very good. Adding Bazemore makes the Kings better in the short term and would help the Hawks focus on their youth adding two bench pieces. It is an interesting deal though since both contracts the Hawks would take on are expiring the Kings may not be interested in such a deal.

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