Despite trade rumors about every player with an expiring contract on their roster, the Atlanta Hawks only made one trade in the last week. The team sent Kyle Korver to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Mo Williams, Mike Dunleavy Jr., and a protected first round pick in 2019.
The prize of the deal is the first round pick. Atlanta turned a 35-year-old impending free agent into an asset that will either be a trade chip, or eventually a young, cost-controlled player. Anything else they would acquire is just icing on the cake.
Mo Williams is not that icing.