The Atlanta Hawks officially started looking to their future when they traded Jeff Teague away to the Indiana Pacers in a big three-team trade. There were several pieces involved, but the bottom line was that Dennis Schroder became the starting point guard of the future for the Hawks.
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Now it seems they are fully committing to Schroder as he is being given a nice extension to become the leader of the team. Here's the deal according to ESPN's Marc Stein:
Dennis Schroeder and the Hawks have agreed to a four-year, $70 million extension, according to league sources
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) October 26, 2016
Dennis Schroder's deal with Atlanta is guaranteed for $62 million over the next four seasons, league sources say. Annual average of $15.5M
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) October 26, 2016
Schroder averaged 11 points, 4.4 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 0.9 steals per game last season. This year he will have Dwight Howard and Paul Millsap as his bigs, but won't have Al Horford as he's up in Boston now. The Hawks are banking on Schroder to make the jump to become a good starting point guard to lead the team into the future and hopefully the playoffs.
