Retired from the prosecution in 2015 at only 27 years old, Landry Fields has perfectly succeeded in his retraining. After having been a scout for the San Antonio Spurs and assistant to Travis Schlenk at the Hawks, the former back has just been appointed General Manager by the Atlanta franchise. A great mark of confidence but also a way to lock the native of Long Beach, who was courted by other teams.
Landry Fields is the very example of a man who had a rather… atypical journey to get to where he is today. After a four-year course at Stanford University, Fields had to wait for the second round of the 2010 Draft to be selected, in 39th position. Direction New York for a very interesting start to their career in the Great League: a first year with almost 10 points on average, a role as a starter quickly won and a season ended by winning a place in the NBA All-Rookie First Team. Unfortunately, things get complicated quickly for the sniper. Out of contract after two seasons in New York, he signed up for three years with the Toronto Raptors. A team with which he will never show his best level because of the many injuries he will suffer during these three seasons. Without a contract and tired of his repeated physical problems, Fields ended his playing career after five seasons and accepted a proposal from Spurs, for whom he became a scout. The start of a new career that will take Jeremy Lin’s best friend to Atlanta, where he will become GM Travis Schlenk’s assistant in 2020. But the Hawks are making people jealous and several franchises saw themselves getting the former back . In Georgia, we therefore decided to act quickly to be sure to keep one of the strong men of the franchise.
The Atlanta Hawks are promoting assistant GM Landry Fields to the title of general manager, beginning on July 1, sources tell ESPN. Fields will continue to work under President of Basketball Operations Travis Schlenk in the Hawks’ front office.
– Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 13, 2022
As announced by the Woj and ESPN, Landry Fields will still go up a grade with the Hawks since he will be named General Manager of the franchise. He will still work under the coordination of Travis Schlenk, who retains his role as president of basketball operations, but with more responsibilities. That’s good, because the boy may have work this summer. Rumors are starting to emerge about potential Atlanta moves ahead of the Draft and in view of the Free Agency opener. In addition to the John Collins case to be settled, the Hawks risk launching major maneuvers to surround Trae Young well and turn a corner next season. Despite qualifying for the Playoffs, the piou-pious season was particularly disappointing and we were far from the great story of spring 2021, when Ice Trae and his friends offered themselves a Conference Final. We will therefore have to move a few pawns to relaunch the dynamic and offer Nate McMillan a team capable of returning to the fore in the East. At work !
A career as a player thwarted by injuries that turns into a brilliant career change in the management of a franchise, this is the unexpected trajectory that Landry Fields has decided to take and for the moment it has succeeded rather well with a great promotion. . A big project awaits him this summer with the Hawks and we are curious to see which team Mister Fields will concoct for us around Trae Young.
Source texte : ESPN