Report: Bogdan Bogdanović Traded to Clippers; Hawks Get Terance Mann, Bones Hyland

The Atlanta Hawks are trading veteran guard Bogdan Bogdanović and three second-round picks to the Los Angeles Clippers for guards Terrence Mann and Bones Hyland, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.

The deal comes as the Hawks have shifted their priorities due to the steadily diminishing on-court returns they enjoyed after their run to the 2021 Eastern Conference Finals. After going 36-46 last season, Atlanta traded Dejounte Murray to the New Orleans Pelicans. Now, Bogdanović is out the door with the team sitting at 23-28 and ninth in the East.

The Hawks aren’t executing an outright rebuild, but they are taking one step back now in the hope they can make two steps forward in the near future.

With Bogdanović, Atlanta had a valuable trade asset who could yield a solid return.

Though 24 games, the 6’5″ guard is averaging 10.0 points on 37.1 percent shooting, including 30.1 percent from beyond the arc. His performance has undoubtedly suffered a bit from the hamstring injury that forced him to miss nearly a month.

Dyson Daniels’ arrival as part of the Murray trade has also lessened Bogdanović’s role slightly. Daniels has been a stifling defender whose impact has exceeded even his most optimistic projections.

Bogdanović’s long-term future in Atlanta has been called into question throughout the last year.

With a little over a month to go before the 2024 trade deadline, Jake Fischer reported Atlanta was “certainly open for business, with plenty of long-term deals to be moved.” Fischer added the front office was indicating to other teams that Trae Young and Jalen Johnson were considered the only “untouchable players.”

NBA insider Marc Stein painted the same impression and noted with Bogdanović specifically the 32-year-old was “expected to generate as much external interest as any current Hawk.”

Bogdanović obviously stayed in Atlanta through the deadline. In 79 games, he averaged 16.9 points and shot 37.4 percent from beyond the arc.

With Daniels ascendant and the team still hovering around .500, it stood to reason general manager Landry Fields would be just as receptive—if not more so—about a possible Bogdanović trade prior to the 2025 deadline.

The Hawks saw firsthand how having a player signed for multiple seasons doesn’t always boost his trade value. Eventually they had to settle for what was a salary dump in order to offload John Collins ahead of this season.

In the case of Bogdanović, though, inking him to a four-year, $68 million extension was a shrewd move. A $17 million average salary is a reasonable figure for a player of his caliber, and he’s under contract for at least two more seasons with a team option for 2026-27.

But the status quo wasn’t working and Fields has to continue reshaping the roster in some way. With Bogdanović, the front office had a trade chip that might ultimately yield the necessary reinforcements through future moves.

The Clippers, meanwhile, will hope his poor shooting this year is only a blip as they try to stay in the top six in the West.