Ahead of training camp, Bleacher Report summed up every NBA team’s offseason with a single word. For the Atlanta Hawks, it chose “disbelief,” highlighting their draft-day trade and the additions of Kristaps Porzingis and Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
For the team on the other end of Atlanta’s draft-day heist, the New Orleans Pelicans, Bleacher Report chose “laughingstock”—easily the harshest label of all 30 teams. But the Chicago Bulls didn’t escape criticism either, earning the word “caved.”
Grant Hughes, who penned the article, wrote, "Josh Giddey's four-year, $100 million contract isn't the "everybody's happy" compromise it appears to be.