The Hawks made Kevin Huerter available in trade talks leading up to the 2020 NBA Draft, Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report hears. Fischer adds that it’s unclear whether Atlanta is still open to moving the shooting guard or whether it was simply their stance around draft time in November.
Atlanta made several major offseason moves, including bringing on Danilo Gallinari and Bogdan Bogdanovic in a pair of lucrative deals. Huerter will be eligible for a rookie-scale extension come this summer and depending on his market price, the Hawks may have difficulty keeping him in house long-term.
Huerter was drafted with the No. 19 overall pick back in the 2018 NBA Draft and in his three years with the Hawks, he’s earned 115 starts. The 22-year-old is seeing 30.3 minutes per game this season, scoring 11.4 points per contest.
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