Atlanta Hawks winger De’Andre Hunter extended his contract last night, just before the midnight deadline. He will therefore stay at least four more years and receive 95 million dollars, we have seen worse as a first salary increase. The Hawks seem to have a good idea of which direction to go.
We talked about it in the Atlanta Hawks salary preview, we thought that De’Andre Hunter might have to fight for an extension and show that we could count on him for a whole season. Nay, the young winger (24 years old) has just signed a nice contract at 95 million dollars over four years according to ESPNi.e. almost 24 million per year. An increase of 14 million or 140%, he should perhaps give advice to employees of French refineries. And all this seems guaranteed when we could ask ourselves questions about his ability to last over time: remember, he still missed 82 games in three seasons due to various injuries, we are not not on top-notch reliability.
A fine mark of confidence on the part of the Atlanta front office, which is therefore betting on the present to prepare for the future: De’Andre Hunter will not enter free agency at the end of the season. With this extension, all Hawks starters are under contract for several seasons. Dejounte Murray for two, Clint Capela and John Collins for three, Trae Young and therefore De’Andre Hunter until infinity. A strategy that shows that in Georgia, we think we have assembled a great complementary team. De’Andre Hunter is 13 points and 4.1 career rebounds, but above all a big outside defense which partly fills in the gaps of Trae Young. If the Hawks, 26th defense in the League last season can simply become average in the field, their attack, second in the NBA, could shine even more. What to find the heights of the East?
De’Andre Hunter is a good part of the Atlanta Hawks draft despite his tendency to get injured regularly. It must be said that the man’s two-way potential is very serious. And the front office in Atlanta didn’t want to leave any openings regarding a potential departure.
Source texte : ESPN
At the 6 PM ET buzzer: Atlanta Hawks forward De’Andre Hunter has agreed on a four-year, $95 million contract extension, his agents Thad Foucher and Joe Smith of @Wassbasketball tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/mDm6hZTosm
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