Rumors had been swirling around starting point guard Dennis Schröder since the start of the offseason, when he deleted any and all reference to the Atlanta Hawks off of his social media accounts. Of course, social media behavior is a shallow indicator of real-life activity, but, in this case, it proved to be an omen of Schröd’s future with the Hawks franchise.
Multiple deals and trade rumors had been outlined, including here at SDS on multiple occasions, but in the end, the last rumor was the one that proved true.