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Report: Hawks’ Hardaway Jr. signs offer sheet with Knicks

Tim Hardaway Jr. averaged 14.5 points per game for  head coach Mike Budenholzer  (right) and the Hawks.  Curtis Compton /ccompton@ajc.com

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Tim Hardaway Jr. averaged 14.5 points per game for  head coach Mike Budenholzer  (right) and the Hawks.  Curtis Compton /ccompton@ajc.com
By Staff writer
July 7, 2017

Hawks guard Tim Hardaway Jr. , a restricted free agent, has signed a four-year, $71 million offer sheet with the New York Knicks, ESPN reported.

The Hawks will have 48 hours to match the offer.

The 25-year-old Hardaway averaged 14.5 points per game in his second season with the Hawks.

The Hawks have already traded center Dwight Howard and lost free agent power forward to the Nuggets in the offseason.

Hardaway played the first two seasons of his pro career with the Knicks.

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