Caris LeVert Leaves Atlanta to Sign Two-Year, $29-Million Deal With Detroit

During the NBA trade deadline, the Atlanta Hawks made trades involving some of the team's core veteran players, including De'Andre Hunter, who had been with the team for six years, and Bogdan Bogdanovic, who had been with the team for five years. In return, the Hawks received Caris LeVert, Georges Niang, and draft picks from the Cavaliers, as well as Terrance Mann and Bones Hyland from the Clippers.

When this trade originally occurred, many people felt down about it, as both Hunter and Bogdanovic were significant pieces to the Atlanta Hawks for years and had helped the team in some big moments. Hunter, specifically, was enjoying the best season of his career with the Hawks before the trade as he averaged 19 points and 3.9 assists on 46/39/85% shooting splits, and Bogdanovic, while not having his best season with the Hawks this year, did help the Hawks in many big playoff moments in his time in Atlanta.

However, since the trade deadline, the Hawks went 13-11 with these new additions to the team and ultimately finished eighth in the Eastern Conference. In that span with the Hawks, LeVert averaged 14.9 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 2.9 assists on 48/33/72% shooting splits. LeVert was a good spark plug off the bench for the Hawks, and he gave them solid scoring for a team that lacked in that area after key starters Jalen Johnson and Clint Capela were out with season-ending injuries.

In the two Play-In Tournament games the Hawks played in, LeVert was a bit of a no-show as he scored seven points, grabbed six rebounds, had three assists, and two steals with shooting splits of 27/0/33% against the Orlando Magic and against the Miami Heat, LeVert scored 15 points, grabbed seven rebounds, dished out six assists, and had one steal on 40/33/0% shooting splits.

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