{"id":899678,"date":"2026-09-17T22:08:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T22:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/899678\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T22:08:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T22:08:28","slug":"hawks-can-take-impossible-roster-decision-up-to-final-offseason-buzzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/899678\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks can take impossible roster decision up to final offseason buzzer"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s common knowledge, at this point, even in non-Hawks circles, that Atlanta needs to get rid of one more player before their season can begin.<\/p>\n

Rival organizations should be watching closely<\/a>, as whoever they get rid of could age as a hidden late-offseason gem. Atlanta sure hopes that’s not the case, but at the very least, it proves to the incredible job they’ve done <\/a>over the last year acquiring talent. Depth is important.<\/p>\n

While the season is coming up, the Hawks shouldn’t stress themselves about rushing towards a decision. It’s an important one, no doubt, but they’ve got exactly a month to figure out a resolution. That should be more than enough time.<\/p>\n

Atlanta must finalize their roster ahead of the NBA’s opening night<\/p>\n

The 2026-27 NBA season begins on October 20. Finally.<\/p>\n

While the Hawks don’t play until the night of the 21st in Orlando, there is a league-wide deadline for roster finalization they must abide by. 5 PM ET on October 19 is when all 30 teams must have their rosters complete.<\/p>\n

They should give themselves a little bit of grace, too, and get everything finished without uncertainty a few days prior. It’s always smart to be prepared for the worst case scenario – something Hawks fans unfortunately know good and well.<\/p>\n

Looking at the potential candidates to be moved, they won’t be super restricted in what they could do.<\/p>\n

Their final decision doesn’t have to be releasing a player. It could still very well be a trade. A deal sending two players for one, this late into an offseason, is unlikely, but a one-for-none is absolutely still in play.<\/p>\n

Even in September, going into October, there are teams with available roster space. Limited cap room, but necessary roster space.<\/p>\n

This could open the door for Atlanta to move Mo Gueye for second-round draft capital.<\/p>\n

There won’t be much of a trade market for the other candidates<\/p>\n

While in a perfect world, Atlanta could move off of one of Corey Kispert <\/a>or Buddy Hield for something of value, it’ll be nearly impossible to execute this late into the summer.<\/p>\n

The Hawks value Mo Gueye highly, but his untimely injury, combined with a loaded forward room, makes his presence expendable.<\/p>\n

If no trade suitors arise, they would face little-to-no penalty in just waiving his $2 million deal for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n

Atlanta has a very tough decision to make, but at least they have another month to weigh their options.<\/p>\n

\"\"Add us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s common knowledge, at this point, even in non-Hawks circles, that Atlanta needs to get rid of one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":899679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-899678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/899679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}