NBA TV takes a closer look Atlanta’s active offseason and where it could land in the fluid Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Download the NBA App<\/a> Periodically, NBA.com\u2019s writers will weigh in on key storylines or trending topics<\/a> around the league.<\/p>\n > Which teams are the biggest winners of free agency?<\/p>\n Steve Aschburner<\/p>\n Milwaukee Bucks, Houston Rockets and Denver Nuggets. The biggest headlines of the offseason have come from trades \u2014 Kevin Durant to Houston<\/a>, Desmond Bane to Orlando<\/a>, Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is to Atlanta<\/a>, Norman Powell to Miami<\/a> \u2014 and, frankly, the horse-choking financial numbers of numerous players\u2019 contract extensions, from OKC\u2019s Big Three to Phoenix\u2019s Devin Booker.<\/p>\n Free-agent acquisitions have been more surgical than splashy, but Myles Turner\u2019s move<\/a> from Indiana to Milwaukee certainly popped in the East. Out West, Dorian Finney-Smith\u2019s and Clint Capela\u2019s signings<\/a> help the Rockets immensely in stalking the defending champion Thunder. Meanwhile, Denver won in the bargain-bin category by adding Bruce Brown and Tim Hardaway Jr. to the cast around Nikola Joki\u0107.<\/p>\n Brian Martin<\/p>\n Houston Rockets, Denver Nuggets and Atlanta Hawks. After its offense stalled in a first round playoff exit, Houston acquired a proven scorer in Kevin Durant<\/a> while retaining much of its young core and key veterans. Dorian Finney-Smith adds a 3-and-D wing, while Clint Capela bolsters the frontline.<\/p>\n Acquiring Cam Johnson for Michael Porter Jr. and a 2032 1st-round pick allowed the Nuggets to add another shooter in Tim Hardaway Jr. and bring back Bruce Brown from their 2023 title team as they try to maximize Nikola Joki\u0107\u2019s prime.<\/p>\n Adding Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is and Nickeil Alexander-Walker gives Atlanta a stretch five and an excellent 3-and-D wing right now. Atlanta\u2019s Draft-day trade with New Orleans \u2014 acquiring a 2026 unprotected first-round pick<\/a> to drop 10 spots \u2014 will help its future<\/p>\n Shaun Powell<\/p>\n Atlanta Hawks and Denver Nuggets. Atlanta stamped itself as a playoff contender, and Denver confirmed its place as a championship contender. That\u2019s the whole purpose of the Draft\/free agency\/trades: to go next level or at least enhance your current status. Both teams were under new management and hit the ground running.<\/p>\n The Hawks added Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is<\/a>, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Luke Kennard<\/a> while surrendering very little and keeping its nucleus intact. That\u2019s a good mix of young players and veterans, with Trae Young, Jalen Johnson, Zaccharie Risacher and Dyson Daniels.<\/p>\n The Nuggets swapped Cam Johnson for Michael Porter Jr.<\/a>, and welcomed back Bruce Brown on a cheap deal. Porter had reached the end of the line in Denver while Johnson, who averages roughly the same amount of points, helps improve Denver defensively, along with Brown<\/p>\n John Schuhmann<\/p>\n Atlanta Hawks and Denver Nuggets. The additions of Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Luke Kennard and Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is, along with the return of Jalen Johnson, give the Hawks a strong top eight. It\u2019s a group that complements Trae Young on both ends of the floor, and the Hawks should be one of the most improved teams in the league, whether or not Zaccharie Risacher makes a leap in Year 2.<\/p>\n The Nuggets\u2019 bench has ranked in the bottom 10<\/a> in each of the last four seasons, but gets an upgrade with the additions of Bruce Brown and Jonas Valan\u010di\u016bnas, with the latter critical in improving the team\u2019s performance when Nikola Joki\u0107 rests. Both Brown and Cam Johnson should also help Denver get back to being a better-than-average defensive team after ranking in the bottom 10<\/a> in defense for the first time in seven years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBA TV takes a closer look Atlanta’s active offseason and where it could land in the fluid Eastern…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3776],"tags":[676,208,3874,7,677,6,26242],"class_list":{"0":"post-163331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-hawks","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-hawks","10":"tag-atlantahawks","11":"tag-basketball","12":"tag-hawks","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nba-free-agency-2025"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114834973994147470","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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