Zoom out on the Atlanta Hawks and Dallas Mavericks 2018 Draft-Day trade and the results look positive. Both franchises earned a trip to the Conference Finals and competed against the eventual NBA champions. Trae Young is a two-time NBA All-Star and was named to the Third-Team All-NBA last season. Luka Dončić averaged 32.4 points per game this season and could be named First-Team All-NBA for the fourth consecutive season.
Zoom back in for a closer look, and it becomes clear that both franchises are currently in disarray. The Hawks fired a head coach midseason for the second time in three seasons, and both times, there were reports that the head coach was not getting along with Young. The Hawks are in the play-in tournament for the second consecutive season after a big offseason trade in which they spent a lot of draft capital to acquire 2021-22 All-Star Dejounte Murray.
The Mavericks depleted their roster at the trade deadline to acquire Kyrie Irving and missed the postseason entirely. jason kidd may be out of one The job, which would put the Mavericks as their third head coach since drafting Donick.
,Green Prakash’ to clean house in ATL
The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connell reports — a day out of Atlanta play-in game against the Miami Heat – to the front office of the Hawks”green light, Doing whatever is necessary from team ownership to roster improvements. No players are off-limits, ESPN reported that the Mavericks’ front office is concerned that Doncic may be out by 2024. no reason to “worry” that he would like to leave. However, he also said that changes are necessary.
When the Hawks traded Donkic to the Mavericks for Young and an additional first-round pick, the deal was considered one of the more bone-headed draft-day moves in recent memory. Dončić was seen as a player with future MVP potential while Young was seen as a replacement for Stephen Curry. Dončić played as expected almost immediately, while Young took a few months to roll.
After three seasons, both teams are completely hopeless. Neither is strong defensively and both offenses revolve around these top-five backcourt draft picks of 2018. Even with the Hawks and Mavericks adding a second ball handler, often late in games, it’s the hero ball playing Donkic and Young. the main difference is That Dončić doesn’t do a bad Curry impersonation by regularly missing logo 3-pointers while never shooting 40 percent from behind the arc for a season in his career.
For any franchise to move on from their star player, it would make their last five years a colossal failure. As yet It’s starting to make more and more sense for both the Mavericks and the Hawks, because how badwhat life would be like without their belonging Stars,
Young is reportedly on everyone’s bad side with the Hawks, and Doncic likely won’t be satisfied with a team that is again fighting for a play-in tournament berth next season. If the Mavericks are unable to re-sign Kyrie Irving, this could also be a big hope.
Trading Dončić for Young usually doesn’t happen in both franchises. Futures are unfolding in a parallel manner. There was a time when the Kawhi Leonard and George Hill Draft Day trade was viewed as a win-win for both the Indiana Pacers and the San Antonio Spurs. Then Leonard became arguably the NBA’s best player in 2016–17.
While Dončić has always outperformed Young, it appears that both franchises came out of the 2019 deal with a win. The Hawks were more nationally relevant since 2015, and the Mavericks appeared to be a team with one of the league’s best players.
Instead, the Mavericks and Hawks Are Staring Down Some separate result a major business Both may be forced to relegate their prize acquisitions to only a few years later And Start scratched finish.