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The Brooklyn Nets traded the oft-traveled point
guard to the Atlanta Hawks, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported
Thursday night. According to the report, the Hawks will send the
Nets a 2020 second-round pick originally from Portland and the
rights to 2016 second-round pick Isaia Cordinier, who to date
has remained in his native France.
Along with Lin, the Nets will give the Hawks a 2025 second-round
pick and the right to swap picks in 2023, per to the report.
The Nets weren't done there, either. According to Wojnarowski,
the team also worked a deal with the Denver Nuggets on Thursday
night, receiving forwards Kenneth Faried and Darrell Arthur, a
2019 protected first-round pick and a 2020 second-round pick in
exchange for guard Isaiah Whitehead. According to the report,
the Nuggets will waive Whitehead.
Lin, headed to his seventh NBA team as he prepares to enter his
ninth season, now joins a roster that includes two notable point
guards, No. 5 overall pick Trae Young and veteran Dennis
Schroder. According to Wojnarowski, however, league sources said
they expect the Hawks to now trade Schroder this offseason.
Lin, 29, played in only one game last season with Brooklyn,
sustaining a season-ending ruptured patellar tendon on opening
night. He had averaged 14.5 points and 5.1 assists in the
2016-17 season for the Nets and carries a $12.5 million
salary-cap hit on his expiring contract.
As for the other deal, the Nuggets freed up $21 million in
salary and potentially save $43 million in payroll and luxury
tax next season, Wojnarowski reported.
Faried, 28, played in 32 games (seven starts) for Denver last
season, averaging 5.9 points and 4.8 rebounds.
Arthur, 30, got in just 30 contests in 2017-18, making one
start. He produced 2.8 points in 7.4 minutes per game.
Whitehead, 23, averaged 6.3 points and 1.6 rebounds in 16 games
off the Brooklyn bench last season.
--Field Level Media
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