Having leftover cap space at the end of the summer can be very useful. Teams with significant cap space can make lopsided trades without matching salary, as the Atlanta Hawks have done the last two offseasons in the trades to acquire Carmelo Anthony in 2018 and Allen Crabbe in 2019. However, this is the first time in the Travis Schlenk era that the team will take some of that financial flexibility into the regular season. Schlenk and the Hawks will open the season next month with about $5.33 million in cap space, barring any unforeseen moves in the coming weeks.
What is $5.33 million in cap space actually worth to the Atlanta Hawks?
