Bogdan Bogdanovic says yes to $72 Million from Atlanta

Bogdan Bogdanovic has signed his four-year offer sheet worth $72 million from the Atlanta Hawks. It includes a player option in Year 4 and a 15-percent trade kicker for the restricted free agent. The Sacramento Kings will have 48 hours to match.

While Bogdan Bogdanovic looked for a free agency landing spot, the number of teams with cap space kept dwindling. After Charlotte went all-in on Gordon Hayward, the only teams left that could pay Bogdanovic were New York and Atlanta.

If Sacramento matches the offer, they cannot trade Bogdanovic for a year (or, in this case, until the next offseason).

Sacramento doesn’t want to match and pay Bogdanovic — last summer, the Kings gave Buddy Hield an $88 million extension to play the same position — but they had wanted to work out a sign-and-trade. That is now off the table.

Bogdanovic is a fantastic fit at the two for Atlanta, which is looking like a solid playoff team in the East. The Serbian wing averaged 15.1 points a game last season, shooting 37.2% from three but is also deadly from the midrange and is a quality secondary shot creator. That’s why Milwaukee wanted him, but that sign-and-trade fell apart, and now the league is looking into the situation.

Atlanta’s starting five could be Trae Young, Bogdanovic, Danilo Gallinari, John Collins, Clint Capela. Off the bench, the Hawks can turn to Rajon Rondo, Kris Dunn, Kevin Huerter, Onyeka Okongwu, Cam Reddish, De’Andre Hunter, and Tony Snell. That’s a strong team, not a great defensive one but an entertaining one that will win many games.

There had been pressure on management to put together a playoff roster. This is it.