NBA insider: 'Virtually everyone' on Hawks available for trades

Atlanta finally traded John Collins to Utah after "listening to offers" for the forward for more than two years. According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, Collins might be just the first of many Hawks veterans to leave town as the team reshuffles under new coach Quin Snyder and GM Landry Fields.

The Hawks aren't planning to move Young, their franchise player. Reportedly they also want to extend Dejounte Murray, though it's unlikely the 26-year-old former All-Star would agree since the most Atlanta can offer him is just under $90M for four years. Murray can make far more money by becoming an unrestricted free agent next summer, but if Atlanta senses he wants to leave, it might trade him to avoid losing him for nothing.

The group of veterans on the block includes former No. 4 pick De'Andre Hunter, center Clint Capela and shooting guard Bogdan Bogdanovic.

Hunter has been a disappointment since Atlanta traded up to get him at No. 4 at the 2019 NBA Draft. He's a supposed defensive stopper on a team that gave up the fifth-most points in the league. While Hunter has a decent mid-range game and is an average three-point shooter, he's a poor dribbler and passer who grabs just 4.2 rebounds per game. Hunter isn't bad; he's just not someone you want to pay $90M over four years.

Capela is a solid center who averaged 12 points and 11 rebounds last year and had a dominant performance against Miami in the play-in tournament, but he makes $43M in the next two years. Atlanta might want to save money and give his minutes to 2020 No. 6  pick Onyeka Okongwu.

Bogdanovic signed a four-year extension just three months ago, but that won't guarantee him security when he's eligible to be traded again in September. With the Travis Schlenk-Nate McMillan era over, Snyder and Fields don't seem obligated to any of the previous regime's commitments.

They're also committed to avoiding the luxury tax, which Atlanta hasn't paid since 2002. While Wojnarowski reported that Fields has permission to move into luxury tax territory, the owner's history and the Collins trade indicate that the Hawks won't do that.

In fact, the Hawks may have a big financial incentive to stay under the tax: big tax payments from other teams. Right now, the Clippers and Warriors alone are set to pay over $200M in luxury tax, which is shared with the non-taxpaying teams. If the Phoenix Suns continue to add to their roster, that number will go up. Based on tax numbers right now, Atlanta would be looking at a dividend of around $10M.

While Atlanta might be poised for another move — it received a traded player exception worth $25.3M by trading Collins — the more likely scenario is that the Hawks will try to cut expensive veterans while Snyder figures out his roster with a full year in charge. Free agency might be heating up, but we may be looking at a fire sale in Atlanta.