Dyson Daniels Rumors

Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 21 points, Jalen Johnson had 19 points and 14 rebounds and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Boston Celtics 117-106 on Wednesday night to avenge a lopsided home loss. Onyeka Okongwu added 17 points, Dyson Daniels had 15 and Corey Kispert 13 to help the Hawks win their fourth straight.

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The Hawks have upgraded Dyson Daniels (right ankle sprain) to available for Monday’s game against Milwaukee.

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Brad Rowland: Hawks update… Dyson Daniels is OUT tonight.

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Roland Beech: Post Trae Young, what are the Hawks? Over a 6-game sample of recent games... • 7 players with 85+ RHP is decent • Inconsistent Playing Hard/Physicality • Solid core: Johnson / Daniels / Alexander-Walker players to believe in, but still 'works in progress'

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Marc Stein: “I've actually been surprised within the league. When you talk to people around the league about it, they're applauding what the Hawks have done. And you have to say Onsi Saleh, the Hawks’ new GM, has been on a very good run. They they got Dyson Daniels and Nickeill Alexander-Walker signed to contracts that look very good. Jalen Johnson has been a monster. This is his team now. They traded for Porzingis. They seized an opportunity there.

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The Hawks, according to conversations with rival executives, agents and former players, are unsure of the long-term prospects of Onyeka Okongwu and Mo Gueye at center from a contention standpoint. Atlanta is an average defensive team (16th in defensive rating, per Cleaning the Glass), but a core featuring Dyson Daniels, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Johnson and Davis has enough versatility and optionality to rewrite a narrative that would have been otherwise impossible with Young as the centerpiece.

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Luke Hetrick: "All we can do is support Trae. He's been the face of this organization ever since he got here." @ATLHawks Dyson Daniels and Kristaps Porzingis on reports of a potential Trae Young trade. Trae is OUT for tonight after being listed as questionable with a quad injury. @wsbtv

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Shams Charania: Trae Young's Hawks tenure is coming to an end. He appears to be in his final days and weeks in Atlanta after seven-plus seasons together as the face of that franchise. I'm told both Trae Young and the Hawks know he just doesn't fit with the current team anymore. We've seen the Hawks move and turn the page toward this young core of Jalen Johnson, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Dyson Daniels, so both sides are collaborating on trade talks out of Atlanta, turn the page, seeing where else Trae Young can land to be the lead guard of a franchise elsewhere. And this really started in the offseason when the Hawks decided not to offer Young a contract extension, and now, Young is seeking a team that could give him an extension. This has also stemmed from the fact that the Hawks have played better this season without Young in the lineup. So between now and the trade deadline, the Hawks can either move Young, they can wait for his contract to turn into an expiring deal this offseason when he has a player option, or he opts out, and gives Atlanta $40 million in cap space. But Trae Young appears to be nearing the end of his career in Atlanta.

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Victor Wembanyama joined an exclusive club on Friday night, recording his 100th consecutive regular-season game with at least one block in the San Antonio Spurs’ 126-98 win against the Atlanta Hawks. The Spurs center led the charge with a team-high 26 points, 12 assists and two blocks. Wembanyama rejected a shot from Hawks’ Dyson Daniels with just over five minutes remaining in the third quarter, spiking it off the backboard. He finished the game with two blocks, later swatting down a layup from rookie Asa Newell.

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NBA Communications: Other nominees... West: Luguentz Dort and Chet Holmgren (OKC), and Amen Thompson (HOU) East: Bam Adebayo (MIA), Dyson Daniels (ATL), Evan Mobley (CLE) and Isaiah Stewart (DET)

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Hawks PR: Dyson Daniels has extended his already franchise-record steal streak to 69 straight games, the fourth-longest streak in NBA history.

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Crazy Stats: Dyson Daniels recorded at least one steal for the 65th straight game on Thursday, breaking a tie for the fourth-longest such streak since the @NBA began tracking steals in the 1973-74 season.

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What is it like guarding the best perimeter player night in and night out? Dyson Daniels: It’s fun. Yeah, I like that challenge. Going up against the best, it's sort of what I've always wanted to do. I've always been a defender, so to guard the best people in the world and be out there doing it 35, 40 minutes is a lot of fun. It's tough, but I like the challenge. Who would you say is the toughest player you’ve had to guard? Dyson Daniels: Probably Shai [Gilgeous-Alexander]. Shai’s very tough, crafty, really slithery. He can get fouls and shoot, so I think he's the one.

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After signing the extension, did you feel a sense of relief or more a validation for all the hard work you put in? Dyson Daniels: There's probably validation, I think. You know, you worked so hard your whole life. You dream of this here. The signing, the extension like that, you know, take care of your family forever... it means a lot to me, putting so much hours, and just getting the reward back for you, which is good.

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