The Hawks could sign Al Horford to a max deal and create enough salary cap space to sign another player to a max deal.

Would you do that?

It’s possible in what could be a very interesting summer for the franchise.

The Hawks’ number one priority is to bring back Horford, Kent Bazemore and possibly Kris Humphries as unrestricted free agents. They will also need to figure out their point guard situation - which means an almost assured trade of either Jeff Teague or Dennis Schroder.

Those are the likely scenarios. However, there is a chance the Hawks could shoot for the stars and line up Horford with another max player such as Kevin Durant or DeMar DeRozan – likely the three players on the market who will get max deals.

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