{"id":157143,"date":"2025-09-14T23:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T23:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/157143\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T23:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T23:01:08","slug":"trae-young-earning-45-9-million-in-final-year-of-his-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/157143\/","title":{"rendered":"Trae Young earning $45.9 million in final year of his contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Atlanta Hawks decided to go all-in on their roster this offseason and added some key pieces, taking up a lot of space in their payroll.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/atlanta-hawks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Hawks<\/a> have made a concerted effort to try and land some key players, thus building a contender in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p>To start the summer, <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/kristaps-porzingis-trade-biggest-winners-including-brooklyn-nets-and-boston-celtics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Hawks traded for Kristaps Porzingis<\/a> to land a center replacement for the departing <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/clint-capela\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clint Capela<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to that, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/atlanta-hawks-looking-to-land-underrated-minnesota-timberwolves-guard-after-kristaps-porzingis-trade\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hawks signed and traded for Nickeil Alexander-Walker<\/a> to add another backcourt option alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/trae-young\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trae Young<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/marc-spears-reveals-what-hes-been-told-about-trae-youngs-contract-talks-with-the-atlanta-hawks-dont-be-surprised\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">moves were made to keep Trae Young happy<\/a>, as the star is entering the final year of his contract. But how much is he and the rest of the squad making next season?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1115\" height=\"627\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2201247021-1115x627.jpg\" alt=\"Trae Young and Dyson Daniels were brilliant for the Atlanta Hawks last season\" class=\"wp-image-173519\" \/>Photo by Todd Kirkland\/Getty Images2025-26 Atlanta Hawks payroll and player salaries<\/p>\n<p>The Atlanta Hawks have racked up quite a massive salary bill heading into the season. They\u2019re about $40 million over the salary cap.<\/p>\n<p>This is what the Atlanta Hawks payroll looks like:<\/p>\n<p>Player2025-26 SalaryTrae Young$45,999,660Kristaps Porzingis$30,731,707Jalen Johnson$30,000,000Nickeil Alexander-Walker$15,161,800Onyeka Okongwu$15,000,000Zaccharie Risacher$13,197,720Luke Kennard$11,000,000Dyson Daniels$7,707,709Kobe Bufkin$4,503,668Asa Newell$3,237,480Charles Bassey$2,461,463Caleb Houstan$2,378,870Vit Krejci$2,349,578Mouhamed Gueye$2,221,677N\u2019Faly Dante$2,048,494Kobe Johnson$1,272,870Nikola Djurisic$1,272,870Keaton Wallace (Two-Way)$636,435Jacob Toppin (Two-Way)$636,435Eli N\u2019Diaye (Two-Way)$636,435Total$190,233,194Atlanta Hawks must make expensive roster worth the investment<\/p>\n<p>Heading into this season, the Atlanta Hawks are paying an exorbitant sum of money for the roster that they\u2019ve put together.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, no team is going to pay this kind of money without expecting some type of success in return from the players.<\/p>\n<p>The Hawks surveyed the Eastern Conference and realized that they can compete for an NBA championship if they get the right pieces on board.<\/p>\n<p>As such, these new signings and roster moves must help the Hawks make a significant impact and go on a run in the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Atlanta Hawks decided to go all-in on their roster this offseason and added some key pieces, taking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[6417,47173,32707,6345,355,47176,99,47168],"class_list":{"0":"post-157143","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-atlanta-hawks","9":"tag-dyson-daniels","10":"tag-eastern-conference","11":"tag-kristaps-porzingis","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-nickeil-alexander-walker","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-trae-young"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}