The Atlanta Hawks open free agency with only two point guards on the roster and, frankly, with a lot of uncertainty. Dennis Schröder appears to be cemented, at least for now, as the team’s starting point guard for 2017-2018 and beyond. Behind him, Malcolm Delaney is under contract for next season at a reasonable salary cap number and showed signs of life during his rookie season in the NBA.
With that said, Delaney did not do quite enough to ease concerns about his stability as a high-end backup and that led to Atlanta investing in Jose Calderon for the second half of the season.