At 21-18, everyone knows this season has been massively disappointing to start 2025-26 for the Cleveland Cavaliers. At 18-21, the Atlanta Hawks are incredibly familiar with that feeling. Despite that, they just passed up an easy chance to escape that misery and catapult themselves past the Cavs.
The Hawks made the decision to part with their franchise player, Trae Young, earlier this week. The return package in the trade to the Washington Wizards was brutally disappointing. CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert were on their way back to Atlanta for their troubles.
There was an opportunity there to pivot and turn that into Anthony Davis.