Hawks GM Travis Schlenk explains why Atlanta traded also for Dedmon after acquiring Capela

Atlanta Hawks GM Travis Schlenk explains why the franchise traded also for Dewayne Dedmon after having acquired Clint Capela.

Per The Athletic, “They came in last minute,”Schlenk said of the Kings, per Kirschner.“The way the deal came together was we anticipated Jabari (Parker) /was going to probably opt in (to his $6.5MM player option for 2020/21), so we weren’t going to be taking on that much money (by adding Dedmon’s $13.3MM salary for ’20/21).
“Now you’re taking on only $6MM, and we got two seconds. That’s really what drove us. I don’t want to say that we weren’t looking to do it when it came around, but we jumped at the opportunity because it was a small value money-wise, and we got two assets in it.”