Fansided · Jun 22, 2019
2019 NBA Draft: Atlanta Hawks Used Cap Space to Create Future Contender
A primer on the Atlanta Hawks salary cap situation after the 2019 NBA Draft.
Once again flipping their nearly-empty payroll into future assets, the Atlanta Hawks were busy on 2019 NBA Draft night. This time they acquired the expiring deals of Allen Crabbe and Solomon Hill, nabbing the 4th pick along the way.
Now, their 4 highest paid players, Kent Bazemore, Allen Crabbe, Solomon Hill and Miles Plumlee (Crabbe and Hill acquired in the draft-related moves) are all on expiring deals, and together they make up 53.21% of the cap per Spotrac. Only two of those, Bazemore and Crabbe, project to be a big part of the rotation, and only Baze could crack the starting 5.