The Atlanta Hawks officially announced the signing of 2017 second round pick Tyler Dorsey last week and this was an errant move. I am not referring to Tyler as a player or even as a draft pick. I am specifically referencing Atlanta’s timing of this contract. There is literally no reason to have done this before making other moves and it unnecessarily cost Atlanta $815,615 in cap space.
Per Chris Vivlamore of the AJC, Tyler agreed to a two-year minimum contract. This is the kind of contract that falls into what is called the “Minimum Player Salary Exception” (7.