Amusingly.... signing both of those guys would leave them with room for Hayward.The Hawks have 50M in cap space essentially, and can probably open up more if they need to.Marc Stein
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There is a growing belief among rival teams that Atlanta will be in pole position for Danilo Gallinari and Rajon Rondo when free agency begins later this week, league sources say As @NYTSports reported on Oct. 28, Rondo is also poised to receive strong interest from the Clippers
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Umm ok? Why is that their other option? If Hayward is willing to go to Atlanta, they have no incentive to give anything up, they either sign him, or they get value from the Celtics in return for letting BOS get a TPE.Then the Hawks are certainly welcome to taking on Wiggins contract for a future Golden State first or two and rolling on in hopes that there's no more eastern migration and one day they might make the playoffs.
If Hayward doesn't want to go there, they move on, sign discount Hayward (Gallo), Rondo, and Favors for example.
You still haven't put forward a good reason why a team 50M under the cap is going to give up assets to clear cap space that they likely can't use.