Atlanta Hawks’ GM Landry Fields Pre-Summer League Availability

Atlanta Hawks’ GM Landry Fields Pre-Summer League Availability

of course deante you guys had him for a couple of years what went into the decision that now was the time that you guys wanted to you know go in a different direction just evaluating where we’re at um it was it was a hard decision it was challenging we knew that where we ultimately want to be was was going to require some challenging decisions you know just not being at that point um currently where we felt like we can continue on um with what we what we have so wanted to reshape some things and um you know this is unfortunate part of the of the business Dante is fantastic player um but we’re we’re excited for him and and his journey on in New Orleans but we’re also very excited about you know the guys that we got back um got a few assets with it too which are going to be helpful for us to continue to build so um you know I wish him nothing but the best he and his family been great with us you guys brought Fort guys back which of course brings up questions about the roster Construction do you try to proceed forward and maybe bring some of those guys that you valued so much last year back into the fold yeah I mean yeah we’re definitely going to be uh in a roster crunch right now we’re obviously over the amount of players that we can bring back so from now until you know start of season we’ll have some more tough decisions to make one of those is Bruno you guys extended the deadline for his decision to today I mean what’s the decision so we’re actually working with this Camp to push it back again um just to you know create some flexibility see if there’s something uh we can continue to do and hopefully it works out how do you feel about Dyson Daniels uh I feel great about him you know he’s he’s playing with his national team for the Olympics um so that’s been good for him and feedback that we’ve gotten and the amount of film and in-person studying that we’ve done of him as a player really fits like what we’re looking to do more and more of so um couldn’t be more thrilled like we’re excited about about his uh his talent and his fit for us what about his game are you particularly excited to get uh his defensive versatility is something that really stands out um his shooting has gotten better it’s something that we think we can get an uptick in him as time goes on with his development so if we’re able to help him stay the course defensively and then give him some offensive adjustments there um terms into a real player when you have to make a move like trading to jante given the fact that you made a trade for him just a couple of years ago do you look at that as a as a failure or how do you kind of view it uh not at all I I actually absolutely not I I look at it as you know at the time we had an opportunity to go get a really good player and for where we’re at we wanted to take a chance and take a chance to make it to the next level of what we were trying to do at that point in time um you know I I think that at this point right it it’s the kind of what I said earlier it’s now faced with another challenging decision in in in moving him um but no I don’t see it as a failure at all especially when you look at that and go okay what are some things that we learned from that what are things that worked out well what things that didn’t work out well um but I think going back you know we would definitely take that risk again obviously it’s a business but how difficult are decisions like that especially as Caleb was talking about you made a trade for him just a couple years ago it’s it’s very challenging um like all things considered and you know new context with like a cap environment and how you’re able to build out the team you know looking at you know what assets you have for the future it’s it’s a challenge and you know good players like jonte don’t come around very often um especially available in at the time that he was so um you know it was our evaluation and you know I think it was a great collaborative effort for all parties involved and that’s where we landed you mentioned being in a roster crunch right now but where do you feel like you guys are at when it comes to building for the future I think we’re in a good spot um you know in terms of who will be on the roster and who won’t like that’s that’s a question for another day is it fair to say though that Trey young will be on this roster we we have a lot of value in Trey um we we really do we have a lot of value in Dante like but this is those moments where you have to make those hard decisions so um you know from there on we’ll continue to build some of the assets that you guys were able to get back were a couple of potential draft picks just how much flexibil ility does that give you for not just next year but you know the next couple of years it helps um we have a pick next year um potentially two depending on how the sack pick Falls and that’s the year that we didn’t have a pick uh through the Dante tra so that was one of our objectives is to get back in in a draft class that we didn’t have one um you know obviously in 27 potentially have that as well so uh that just helps you know you get more bites at the Apple and you know believing in our development system and believing Quinn and his coaching staff can do for these players you know having draft picks is essential you were asked about Bruno you have some you have created some more depth the four and five with some of these um new guys that are on the roster how does that affect your plans um especially for capella for instance um like I said it’s going to be an evaluation for us from now until the start of the regular season um still plays a lot of value in Clint so should be fine you talk about uh Seth lender siging him to his two-way Bill and what you see in him as well for that to happen yeah you know for him it was you know unfortunate with injury it’ be great for him uh to have played summer league but these things happen um a guy that at the time when he first had that uh injury last season was really the trajectory kind of looking up on what he was able to do especially shooting the basketball and um you the development that he had in the G league for College Park I thought was great so just for a guy uh and what we’re doing you just going to continue to develop him so he’s hungry he’s gritty as a player and I know he wants it too so we’ll be excited when he gets back from injury Player Development is always important in general but when you look at your situation where you’re hard Capa now and uh your roster full how important is it for you to have some of these young guys be you know good parts of the rotation next year uh development is crucial I think in a new cap environment right now when you have limitations on how you’re going to be able to roster build that leaves you with the option of changing your roster through development um so that’s a strong emphasis for us and you know our expectations for our players is really in that same bank like grow develop learn put the work in and we’ll let the results be what they are what do you want to see from um Zach andigo in summer league uh get more and more integrated a customed to actually playing a new style of basketball I mean it’s one thing to go from college to the NBA but coming from two completely different countries and playing at this system I was just you know I was talking with Juka earlier about he’s like there’s so much spacing there so much things that you potential out there I’m like yeah man go have at it uh like um those are all new things for them um so I think it’s just making sure that we’re supporting them and integrating them into our system into our way of doing things and then just go out and competing but those are all things that I’m not worried about because that’s that was part of our process in assessments uh during the draft process is making sure those were covered like we didn’t have to worry about those things um those guys have it when you draft it Zach you said part of the part of the plan with him is to uh add some weight to him like what’s the potential there like with his build how big do you think he could be there uh I don’t have a specific number I know you know he’s 19 he’ll be 19 all this season and um you know we’ve some we’ve done some new things with our performance staff that we’re really excited about there and he’s a worker so I I I would say look at his body this time next year and I think you’ll see some transformation we had one player come over here and talk about his shooting and I talked to another player who said wow he’s a he’s more as a ball handler than I expected um what has this first week of him on the practice court been like for you to see everything that what you were drafting yeah I mean it’s good right you you know you never put too much into two practices um but to see him out here and I think the thing that I’ve really been impressed by is just his ability to take risks you know it’s a new game it’s a new system new way of playing um so for him to step into that more and more is is crucial for how he’s going to evolve as a player um and we’re going to help him through that so yeah the shooting you know as I mentioned before even through the um the draft process is one of his superpowers like he’s able to shoot that ball and uh he’s got real size and you know you can defend as well so some of the ball handling stuff will definitely come but that’s obviously something that has that whichever player that was that we’ve seen as well two more please with their seasoning seasons in Europe ending you know so close to now how many games do you expect them to play at Summer League um I mean it’s hard to say I I don’t anticipate them not playing um we want them to develop and got to play to develop what do you want to see out of this summer league roster as a whole oh good question I would love for them to just go out and compete and and to implement the things that Coach Ron has been talking about in practice and to give more and more of you all a chance to see kind of what we really value here at the end of the day so um we’re just excited about how you know they’re going to approach it and from what we’ve seen the last few days the way they’ve been competing and getting after it has been fun