A year after winning 60 games, the Hawks lack something. At rebounding, even the fundamentally sound Al Horford has become unsound.

So: If the Hawks are bad at rebounding and Horford is one reason why, doesn’t it follow that they should trade him for a Truer Center, seeing as how he’ll be a free agent at season’s end and might wind up elsewhere?

Mark Bradley says no, it does not follow. And trading point guard Jeff Teague is not a good idea either.

Trade deadline is Feb. 18

Hawks President of Basketball Operations and head coach Mike Budenholzer said recently that no trade involving his team is imminent as the NBA deadline approaches. A person in the Hawks organization tells the AJC the team has had many conversations about several players on their roster. But such calls are normal NBA business which ramps up near the trade deadline. (Click here to read more)

But Teague is selling his condo