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Hawks, Hornets discuss Hield-Finney-Smith trade as offseason business continues

Sun, Sep 20Monday, September 21
By the Hoops Nightly Desk · 3 h ago

The 2026-27 season has not tipped off, so Monday's news is all offseason business. Hoopsrumors reports the Hawks and Hornets are discussing a trade involving Hield and Finney-Smith, while the Warriors are set to add Graham Ike on a two-way deal. Every team still sits at 0-0.

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The injury wire is quiet, with no changes reported for Monday.

Moves and reports

No transactions are confirmed yet. Hoopsrumors reports, at 45 percent confidence, that the Hawks and Hornets are discussing a trade involving Hield and Finney-Smith, that Keyonte George's extension with the Jazz has new details, and offseason check-ins on the Clippers and the Hornets. The same outlet has the Pelicans' Nowell and the Timberwolves' Thompson both waived, also at 45 percent, and the Mavericks expected to sign Dwight Powell at 44 percent. Hoopsrumors lists the Hornets' waiving of Bez Mbeng and Marc Stein's latest on Wiseman, Vincent, Leonard and the Mavericks without a confidence rating. Separately, Kenzo Fukuda reports the Warriors will sign Graham Ike to a two-way deal, at 50 percent.

By the Hoops Nightly Desk, from the data on this page, rewritten when the data changes. How the desks work.
No games in this window. The 2026-27 regular season tips off October 20; preseason starts October 3.

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