Pape Sy, Brad Wanamaker, and Magnum Rolle were all waived today to cut the Hawks roster down to 16. Although the Hawks starting lineup is quite young still, with 4 out of 5 players still 26 or younger, the bench is, well, not so much. Ages for the backups:
Pachulia- 27 years old
Benson- 23
Sloan- 23
Ivan Johnson- 27 years old
These are the young guys still on the roster. Pachulia obviously isn't going anywhere, but I think Sloan and Johnson are likely to get cut, despite their decent preseason play. Here's where things get fun:
McGrady- 32
Pargo- 32
Green- 30
Stackhouse- 37
Collins- 33
Hinrich- 30
Radmonovic- 31
Lets just load the bench down with guys who have no chance of getting better. Meanwhile, the Hawks continue to be one of the worst in the league at developing players, as well as allocating resources towards player development. Buying out Pape Sy's contract and bringing him over to the NBA to do nothing but watch is just a terrible allocation of resources for a team on a tight budget. Now that they have cut him this year, what was accomplished. This could have been avoided, especially when everyone and their brother knew that Pape Sy wasn't going to contribute much last year. Why waste a roster spot, and money, more importantly, when he could have continued to be your property while developing overseas. Failures like this are why it is so frustrating to be a Hawks fan. They should be doing everything they can to find assets on the cheap, as well as allocating what few resources they have left under the cap in better ways. Now they just have dead weight. Like always.
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